I've now logged close to 1500 km on my unicycles (the real deal, not the electric ones
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), with most of those miles being logged on asphalted bicycle paths.
Some stats about my hobby
Riding since: 2018
Cumulative kilometers ridden: 1489
Number of unicycles owned: 5 (1 x 20", 1 x 24", 1 x 29", 2 x 36)
Unicycle of choice: URC Roadrunner 29-er unicycle, 808 km logged thus far.
Longest single ride (distance) on a unicycle: 30.5 km
Longest single ride (time) on a unicycle: 4 hrs 58 minutes.
Highest speed on a unicycle: 17 km/h
Trivia: Unlike bicycling, downhills can be harder than uphills, when unicycling, particularly if there are no brakes on the unicycle.
A few pictures I've snapped while on my rides
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My URC Roadrunner, which has a hydraulic disc brake. Pic taken on my 30 km ride.
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The smaller Nimbus II 24" unicycle. No brakes on this on this one. Slowing down while riding downhill can be a bit hard on the knees. The bigger the wheel, the harder to slow down without brakes.
Resolution for 2023 and new challenges
Last year was one of the years I logged the least mileage on both bicycles and unicycles and so my resolution for 2023 was to be more active, and to log more hours outdoors, whether on two wheels or one. Ever since I bought my car, I've gotten lazier and I often get tempted to drive to work, if the weather is even a tad unfriendly, unlike earlier, when I bicycled whether it rained or hailed or snowed, so I'm also hoping to commute more on my own power, and drive less.
The other new challenge for 2023 is to explore riding offroad on my unicycles. The world of mountain unicycling is utterly fascinating, but it's also been a bit too much for my skill level so far, but I finally decided to work towards improving my offroad skills.
Driving to fun locations
When I didn't have a car, my rides stared from my apartment, thereby limiting my range quite a bit, but now that I can drive, I'm beginning to explore new fun locations to ride. The 24" unicycle can simply be tossed into the cavernous boot of my Octavia, and I can drive to wherever I wish to ride, and ride much harder while there, without worrying about saving some energy for the ride back home, so it's the ultimate win-win. My latest discovery is a wooded area that's less than 10 km away, which has many different MTB and running tracks, with everything from very simple and non-technical tracks to those that are more complex and technical. I'd like to start from the simplest and try and work my way up the order.