Am I circus idling ?

What idle am I doing ?

I have dominant foot on lower pedal, and idle with my other foot
mostly so that cranks go to horizontal positions - forwards /
backwards. I assume this is a 'normal' idle, though anything to do
with unicycling is hardly normal ;-).

I have heard of circus idling - what is the difference ?

Cheers

Tony (Nottingham , England)

You are doing a 'normal' idle. A circus idle is where the mid-point of
the idle is with the cranks horizontal. Generally when doing a circus
idle the cranks hardly move at all, only ten degrees or so.


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Tony Stock wrote:
*I have heard of circus idling - what is the difference ?
*

nickjb wrote:
* Generally when doing a circus idle the cranks hardly move at all,
only ten degrees or so. *


the result of the limited movement of the cranks is that your position
remains even more static than it does with a normal idle
this (i'm told) provides the greater stability for passing higher
numbers of clubs (7 and up) between two idling unicyclists where the
accuracy of the throws start playing a more important role in the
success of the passing pattern

i think this is were the 'circus idle' name came from

btw. does anyone know the record for passing clubs between two idling
unicyclists?
numbers and passes?


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nickjb wrote:
*You are doing a 'normal' idle. A circus idle is where the mid-point
of the idle is with the cranks horizontal. Generally when doing a
circus idle the cranks hardly move at all, only ten degrees or so. *
Hmm. Those of us here in newsgroup-land, and the "unicycle rules nerds,"
don't know or use this term. I'm not familiar with the "circus idling"
name.

We are of course familar with the move. I first learned it from Larry
Steele, manager of the former World Wheelers Unicycle Basketball Team.
He said this was a good way to stay in one place while being ready to
take off at a moments' notice. It also works well for
juggling--especially pass juggling, so you don't get caught with a
difficult throw or catch while your feet are in a bad position. Your
feet pretty much stay in one place.

I think the "rules nerds" would call it Horizontal Idling. In Standard
Skill, the closest thing to it would be Twisting, though this is not the
same:
http://tinyurl.com/1yem
Twisting is not supposed to involve any forward or backward wheel
rotation. But it looks similar.

I've heard the name horizontal idling used more than circus idling. When
I think of circus idling, I picture a performer who is generally going
for maximum visual on his movements. Long cranks, and an exaggerated
idle to make it look harder or less stable. Obviously this applies more
to a comedy-style act, and not to a high-end juggling act. But how often
do you see high-end juggling, on unicycles, in the circus?


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"GILD" wrote in message
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btw. does anyone know the record for passing clubs between two idling
unicyclists?
numbers and passes?


I don't think the juggle orgs groups have official records other than pure
juggling any longer.

I did run across this info from a source that was over 8 years old. Shows
time only, not number of passes.

Juggling while....
----------- Unicycle ----------
Idling, 20" Wheel Rhonda Tyson 9/4/90 21:48 PUJC
Bouncing on 20" Wheel Unicycle Steve Bell 12/13/90 3:02 PUJC
Riding 20" Unicycle with one foot Steve Bell 6/5/92 60 rev. PUJC
3 Balls Idling on Unicycle Steve Bell 5/23/90 7:00 PUJC
3 Club, Idling Steve Bell 11/8/90 7:03 PUJC
3 Club, Idling, Left Foot Only Steve Bell 11/20/90 5:01 PUJC
3 Clubs Idling on Giraffe Steve Bell 11/13/90 10:10 PUJC
5 Balls While Idling on Uni Ed Carstens 2/26/92 44c. UMR
1 Ball, 1 Ring, 1 Club Cascade
While Idling on Giraffe Steve Bell 4/11/91 2:48 PUJC
6 Club Every Oth. Brian on Uni Brian Fahs
Chris Long 12/08/91 2:28 VTJ
7 Club Doubles One Person on Uni Russ Peters
George Strain 10/15/91 1:56 AJA
6 Club Passing 4 Count Andy Ford
Both Idling on Uni's George Strain 2/04/92 3:00 AJA
6 Club Passing 2 Count Andy Ford
Both Idling on Uni's George Strain 2/04/92 3:00 AJA
6 Club Passing 4 Count, one on Steve Bell
Giraffe and one on Standard Shidan Habibi 12/17/91 2:47 PUJC
Giraffe Unicycle Balanced on chin Kieran Mead-Ward 2/2/92 2:30 MIT




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