Muni is educational

I went for a Muni ride the other day with my brother, and I learned a
lot!
1. Wear gloves while riding trails. (I got a few thorns in my hand and
now my palm is a few different colors)
2. I suck at Muni with a 24". I got destroyed.
3. I am even worse with 150mm cranks rather than 170s.
4. Always wear a helmet when riding trails. I hit my head on a log,
after falling one of the many times. I was wearing a helmet,
fortunately.

john


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johnglazer wrote:

2. I suck at Muni with a 24". I got destroyed.


john [/b]


??

i thought everyone said that you can't do Muni with a trials cause the
wheel is only 20". Isn't it much easier on a 24"? Or perhaps you have a
29er, and were comparing the 24" to that? anyways, please elaborate on
this so called being "destroyed" so as i may prevent it from happening
to me when my kh24 comes.

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You forgot 26". I like my 26" MUni for good rollover factor, a little
better distance/speed, and it looks a little tougher, I think.


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Always wear a helmet
I hit my head reasonably hard the other day too when I was attempting a
really nice 7' drop (pretty soft, sloping dirt landing and all...it's a
great one). I'm glad I was wearing a helmet.

Andrew


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i, of course, am the brother, and it was a great ride. it was my second
"real" muni ride since december! we rode along a mountain bike trail
within the James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia. it is a trail
i have actually helped rebuild several times in recent years. the
scenery is great. despite the fact smokestacks can be seen when there
is a clearing, there is always a view of the river (james River, that
is) and the vegetation is so grown out that usually concrete cannot be
seen. the trail is considered very technical by moutain bikers but i
would rate it an "moderate" trail on muni. it consists mostly of little
ups and downs. Since it follows the river, there is no significant
elevation change. the trickiest part is by far the inclines. many
exceed a 100% incline, by my judgements. there are a few logs or
streams to cross, so trials skills come in handy. we had a great time
and i went again to finish that particular trail the next day. i only
had two falls, one as a result of my pedal hitting an exposed rock, and
the other i just had to bail during a tricky descent. john, on the
other hand, was falling at every other descent, usually with a fair
amount of air time and skidding involved.

overall it was a great time. i had always ridden muni with 150s but i
tried a muni with 170s and i really liked it. so much more control and
the unclines are infinitely easier. i am making the switch...


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tennisgh22 wrote:
i thought everyone said that you can't do Muni with a trials cause the
wheel is only 20".

The original Pashley Muni had a 20" wheel. I spent several years doing
Muni on a 20" DM, first because 10 years ago that's what most people
used for Muni, but also because I couldn't afford a second unicycle.

Muni is much easier on a 26", but it's quite doable on a 20". A trials
unicycle, with a trials tyre, would probably be no problem at all.

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