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Wizards 50th Birthday
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| January 4th, 2016 at 1:28:51 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | I am not really clear how he mounts the saddle. Does he balance on the paint can with his right foot, then straddles the seat; or does he use the can as a step as he runs/jumps up from behind? |
| January 4th, 2016 at 2:14:08 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | How do you suppose this couple mounted their unicycle?  |
| January 4th, 2016 at 2:19:48 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | You just set it running on a treadmill to activate the gyroscope effect, then climb it while it's more or less holding itself vertically ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 4th, 2016 at 6:07:07 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
For the guy's sake, verrrry carefully... |
| January 24th, 2016 at 1:36:43 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Getting back to this topic, I just changed out the crank arms on my 29" unicycle to be 117/137mm. They are set on 117mm at the moment. I tried a ride around the neighborhood on it and my speed was 8.64 MPH. That gives me pause to seriously consider doing my 51-mile ride on my 29" unicycle. I met Terry "Unigeezer" Peterson last weekend and brought up this idea and he seemed aghast at the idea of doing any long-distance ride on anything other than a 36". Then again, he doesn't seem to appreciate the difficulty I have with the 36". The slightly slower speed seems a fair trade off compared to less effort expended moving both forward and rotationally a much larger wheel and that I don't have to worry about mounting it. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 24th, 2016 at 2:25:44 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Why doesn't he have trouble with the 36, are his legs longer or shorter than yours? Did we discuss this already? That's what I'd be working on, why I can't ride a 36. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| January 24th, 2016 at 6:03:26 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
But you would expect that reaction from him. If you were comfortable on your mount, then would you even consider using the smaller wheel? |
| January 24th, 2016 at 6:45:11 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
No, I would use the 36" for sure if I felt comfortable I could mount it without assistance when dead tired. However, given his rebuke of my idea, I'm even more determined to use the 29". I think the 29" is a nice size for amateur riders and doesn't get enough respect. Speaking of mounting the 36", had a good day today, getting off six mounts in about 20 minutes. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 25th, 2016 at 8:15:54 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
What is different? How can it be reliably replicated? |
| April 30th, 2016 at 7:24:32 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | Did you see the Google logo today? Claude Shannon's 100th birthday. mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".[1][2] Outside of his academic pursuits, Shannon was interested in juggling, unicycling, Shannon and his wife Betty also used to go on weekends to Las Vegas with MIT mathematician Ed Thorp,[31] and made very successful forays in blackjack using game theory type methods co-developed with fellow Bell Labs associate John L. Kelly Jr., a physicist, based on principles of information theory. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |