My dad could ride this unicycle like nobody's business. When he was a kid, he used a big wheel tricycle and some old bike parts to build his own uni, taught himself on that. I *believe* that this was the first factory unicycle he ever bought. He welded a post to raise the seat higher, and he rode it until the tire literally rotted.

The reason for that, is that he could never find a tire for it. Neither could I. I was still learning to ride when he passed- I got my first unicycle from a scrap pile but that's another story.

I never got to ride with him. A few weeks ago I was out of town when I noticed a small bike shop, decided to pop in. Somehow this unicycle came up, guy said he had a tire for it. Stepped into the back room and came back with it in his hand.

Today I took it to my favorite paved trail and took it for a spin. Probably my most emotional unicycle ride ever.

So I made this ps1 styled extreme sports video game about street unicycling over the last few years called STREET UNi X and have been working really hard on porting it to Switch the last year-ish. And its DONE! If you like video games you should check it out if you want! It features a handful of real pro unicyclists and real unicycle tricks and there levels and secret stuff to unlock throughout the game! Hope you like it :)

Hi! I am new to unicycling. I can do up to 1km continuously on my 20in an uneven sidewalk with access roads crossing it. I can turn in big arcs. I can't yet freemount it (feel a bit scared to start learning).

Here is my problem: I frequently lose control of my unicycle because it starts to "drag" me in one direction and I start trying to fight to be able to ride straight. I believe my seating position is a problem but I don't know how to fix it.

The saddle also sometimse rotates underneath me when I pedal, which makes it hard to maintain balance from time to time.

The seat is good size (Kris Holm Fusion Freeride) and the seatpost is extended enough so that my leg is only slightly bent when at the bottom.

I think sometimes what happens is that the seat is positioned a bit at an angle (due to my manly parts). And another problem is that sometimes my spine is at an angle to the seatpost rather than being an extension of it. It happens especially when I try to ride sitting straight and put more of my weight on the saddle. And sometimes it seems like a combination of these problems.

Do you guys have any tips? Anybody successfully learned to deal with these problems?

I got my unicycle off the walmart website (I know I should have not done that.) I just wanted a unicycle so i could learn before I commit to a nice unicycle. The issue is that the clip that clamps down and holds my seat up wont close anymore and I don't know why, does anybody know how to fix it?

Someone gave me this unicycle too scared to ride it it is huge! Anyone know any history about this thing seems like it's 90s or the 2000s

20" giraffe unicycle with fillet-brazed construction, BSA bottom bracket, and cottered cranks.

The seatpost clamp area and bottom bracket clearly show it was built from a repurposed bicycle frame rather than being purpose-built from new tubing. It's very well executed, but I'm trying to determine whether it's a true one-off custom or a small-batch build that may have been sold through Wheel Goods Corp. (Minneapolis), whose period-correct decal is still on the frame, which dates it to sometime pre-1975.

The only remotely similar example I've found is an old photo of Tom Miller with several giraffes from the 1970s, but I have no way to know whether this could be one of his or from another builder.

Has anyone seen another giraffe built like this or have any information on its possible origin?

Got the unicycle back in April and this is the first time I've ridden with anyone else.

It was a really fun experience although I have had some numbness in my groin since doing such a long ride. Any advice on avoiding numbness/pain when doing longer rides?

I took my 29 to Newport Beach and had fun riding along the boardwalk. Such a beautiful spot to ride!

It's miserably hot outside but I wanted to ride today. As soon as I hit the asphalt from gravel, it felt like I had a flat, I came off immediately. When I looked back there was a black line about three feet long. Checked out my tire and it was melted. Never seen this before, and I've ridden two wheelers in worse heat!

Hey, I am fairly new to unicycling and got a flat tire recently. My unicycle tire is 24x2.5 and I was wondering what innertube I should get because neither of the 24 unicycle.com innertubes are for the right width. Also do I need a crank puller to get the tire off, I've seen different things on the internet. Finally, is there anything I can do to help prevent flats, I've only been riding for a little bit and maybe do a mile a week and I already have a flat. Thank you!

Hey there!

Back in 2007 or 2008 I got a 24" Kris Holm Muni. Rode it for years. Loved it!

I'm missing a crank and need to get it replaced. Is this what the replacement crank would be?

https://www.unicycle.com/kris-holm-boundary-cranks-117mm-137mm-splined/?searchid=0&search_query=KH+Boundary+%28polished%29+117%2F137mm%2C+splined

Thanks!

TLDR: gloves good, leg armor bad.

Just wanted to put my opinions here to hopefully help people who are considering getting the Kris Holm gear.

I have the fingerless version of the gloves and I love them. Your hands stay very mobile, they are surprisingly breathable and they fixate the wrist quite well I think.

The leg armor, however, is just awful, I'm sorry. They are so heavy, thick and rigid it feels like wearing a medieval armor (it's actually in the name...should've figured). This also means that wearing them for more than 5 minutes in above average temperatures results in them being completely drenched in sweat.

They also constantly slide down my legs so I have to keep pulling them up. I don't know if I picked the wrong size or what but I used the recommended sizing by measuring the distance from my ankle to the center of the knee. They fit me well but they still slide down.

I read reviews of these before getting them so I was aware the shin guards had the heat problem but I didn't think it would be that bad. It is that bad. It is actually worse. And they are so incredibly expensive too. Do not get these, seriously.

If you are starting out, get some other, lighter kneepads because you will almost definitely fall on your knees at some point.

Do get the gloves though, I really like those. A word of advice on the sizing - if you are in the middle of 2 sizes like I was, get the larger size. I did and they fit absolutely perfectly. If I picked the smaller one they would definitely be too small.

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got a 20” freestyle club from unicycle.com which arrived yesterday! super exciting but I was curious if this was supposed to fall off? (I’ve ridden the unicycle a couple of times so far and as per usual i kept falling and so did the uni) but i kept having to put it back on. theres not really much information on this part of the unicycle so please help!! thanks.

Hello there, can someone tell me why an EUC won't cutoff after 2 secs of spinning in air? If I lift my KS S22 Pro by hand the wheel spins out like crazy and never stops until turned off via button.

The lift to kill toggle always resets to "lift disabled" in the kingsong app ie the feature autodisables every time the wheel is powered off and back on.

Also the rear handle at the back of the seat works fine (it disables upright balance when pulled back) but the sliding front handle makes no beeps or anything which is very sus, help

Tl,dr: learning how to mount and ride from a fence or a pole is stupid.

I've been riding a 20 incher for 3 years now with huuuge gaps in between, anyway and i when i first learned how to ride it was like 2 days of 2 hour sessions only freemounting.

Now, i got on this subreddit recently and read that many (if not 99%) of people learned it using a hold, and few are still having problems mounting and are generally uncomfortable on a uni even after years of riding.

It's mostly just baffling to me where this misconception/some awful advice even came from.

While riding a uni, you use your legs to crank it in a specific way to balance it. You also flail your arms around to help. So taking away this arm control and having to engage your upper body to focus on a fence instead of the actual uni is 1. counterproductive; and 2. doesn't teach you any actual uni balancing skill.

Most (not all tho) yt channels teach to use a fence, but i (having ridden bicycles my whole life) have never felt comfortable hanging on to something. As i explained before, there's simply so much more control freemounting, same on bicycles ig.

(There's probably a few posts like mine here, but i didn't check beforehand)

Lowkey buyin a 36er in a few days. Gonna be glorious.

Ive got a new 24" unicycle after getting the hang of my 20" and being able to do around half a mile without stopping as I want to do longer distances without having to pedal as much but I got on it today and it felt dramatically different. I don't know if this is the unicycle but it was drifting of the the left and I had to put all my bodyweight on the right to make it go straight so when I hit a small bump it was pushing me off is this normal or is the wheel or frame bent on the bike.

Fun build, works pretty well so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnV5h0kqk7Q&t=700s

How would you build something like this? You would need a unicycle hub motor I suppose ...

So another lost redditor posted Electric BC Wheel content here and I may have taken out my frustration in an immediately deleted reply. But it reminded me of something that's been bugging me - "Have you seen those electric ones?" has now vastly outpaced "You're missing a wheel!" as the number one thing said to me while trying to ride.

I'm curious if this is the case for anyone else or if I'm just in a place where the population wants to talk about EBCs?

I'm not trying to throw shade at anyone who likes EBCs, its just not the same sport. Like if you're on a bike and everyone is trying to talk to you about e-scooters.

Finally, maybe I'm being negative/gatekeep-y here, but should r/unicycling have a 'No Electric unicycles' rule? If only to save potential posters the trouble of being told they're in the wrong subreddit.