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I'm not trying to "dis" and trials riders or anything, but I just don't think of trials as actually unicycling. I mean, you don't pedal, you just jump up and down on the unicycle. You might as well have a pogo stick, it has a much better bounce. Any comments on this? Again, I'm not trying to be mean or anything, please don't get upset if you disagree. -- Tomahawk Coconuts kill around 150 people every year. Falling from a height of 80 feet, they can build up an impact speed of 50 mph. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tomahawk's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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trials is freaking fun dude...and just because you bounce around doesnt mean you cant roll around its just a different type of unicycling and honestly do you find it fun to just roll around on the sidewalk, i find that quite boring unless your attempting to ride long distace -- dunawan psalm 51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dunawan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13582 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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Yeah I hear what you're saying. I actually enjoy a little bit of trials myself, but I find it pretty boring to watch some of the videos on this forum where the whole video is just jumping and nothing else. If you're ONLY going to jump, you might as well get a pogo stick (which is what I did before I got a unicycle) -- Tomahawk Coconuts kill around 150 people every year. Falling from a height of 80 feet, they can build up an impact speed of 50 mph. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tomahawk's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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oh yes ofcourse...if your just gonna stand in one place and jump thats no fun. and i used to pogo myself too my record of jumps is 959 without falling off -- dunawan psalm 51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dunawan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13582 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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dunawan wrote: oh yes ofcourse...if your just gonna stand in one place and jump thats no fun. and i used to pogo myself too my record of jumps is 959 without falling off I think that's why I like street; it seems to be more "flowy" and natural IMO. But I'm impressed with all styles and appreciate them all. -- MuniAddict "There is an -idea-, of a Patrick Bateman" "They all float down here" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuniAddict's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12920 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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I have become interested by rolling trials recently, but its different from street in the way that trials is not so much for show or video, but for knowing that you can do something technical, or knowing that you are able to get over that obsticle. I see it as almost more personal. -- benjaug 'My wicked awesome gallery' (www.youtube.com/user/benjaug) unidude3 (at) yahoo (dot) com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ benjaug's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11229 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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I understand where your coming from, but think: why don't bikers just get a pogo stick too? Hell, why even use a pogo stick when we can all do parkour or street running? Why even do that when you can just stick to walking the paths? It's because we enjoy the challenge. A pogo stick is much easier to jump high and far on, but doing it on a unicycle takes alot more thinking/balance/strength (in my opinion). For example, you want to jump across a line of rocks. A pogo-ist (whatever you call them) would simply bounce across, while a trials unicyclist would plan how he would land/where he will land on the rock/what the easiest path would be, and so on. I also do it because its unique, and you can do it almost anywhere you go. -- Bottle Cement hurts. Alot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bottle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13181 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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Tomahawk wrote: Yeah I hear what you're saying. I actually enjoy a little bit of trials myself, but I find it pretty boring to watch some of the videos on this forum where the whole video is just jumping and nothing else. If you're ONLY going to jump, you might as well get a pogo stick (which is what I did before I got a unicycle) It's not all jumping, trails riders do skinnies which can look very impressive and be a great crowd pleaser too. -- csuko ------------------------------------------------------------------------ csuko's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12939 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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i am in concurrance (sp?) with the first post. -- iridemymuni [signature too long to be displayed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iridemymuni's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11900 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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Tomahawk wrote: I just don't think of trials as actually unicycling... Any comments on this? I just don't think your thread contributes anything to the unicycling community. -- maestro8 Those are my principles. If you don't like those, I have others. -- Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maestro8's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7871 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/56476 |
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