Re: Keyesville Bike Trials with Unicycles report


I agree Rod. I felt we made quite an impression on the trials bikers. I
think the "who needs 2 wheels anyway" got to a few of them too lol.
After they finished the 5th line, as I stood observing and waiting, one
of the riders gave me the go ahead, and made a funny comment to his
friend. Something along the lines of, "Man they got it easier."
I then jokingly said with a grin,"ah but you guys have training
wheels."
He replied with a serious tone as he walked his bike by me, "man you
guys don't have a front wheel to worry about."
I had never heard that kind of response so I just laughed a bit. It is
true we don't have to worry about controlling two wheels. Getting
tangled up while flying over handle bars is very painful. The combo of
a second wheel with handle bars is kind of a double-edge sword. It
makes balancing and stearing easy. But at the same time, losing control
of the stearing can really hurt you way more than losing control on a
uni, especially when pushing it to the max. I hurt myself really bad
numerous times, biking big dirt jumps and off-road trails before I made
the transition to unicycling. Fortunately for me, I have not yet taken
anywhere near the seriousness of falls as in biking.

Overall, I have A LOT of respect for those trials bikers and enjoyed
watching them, though I do think they have it just a bit easier :) The
whole park was overwhelmingly beautiful and awesome for riding. I only
wish I had the energy to scout out single track downhill trails; that
place must have some amazing downhill. Did anyone get any info. from
the bikers on this?

Thanks again Rod for putting it all together! I had a great time!
Nice pix and clips too

Jake


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