I was looking at these on youtube. Balance is something that I really appreciate and give importance too. I'm not great at balance - it's something I work on. It's handy for bushwalking - so often I've been able to navigate a fallen tree across a river or steep creek when my companions have shuffled across on their bums, sometimes getting wet feet or still falling in. It's also a biggy with mtb.
Recently we had a 3 week holiday that was going to be mtb based. We'd booked accommodation etc for Marysville in Vic. The forecast was looking pretty grim - big rains were still happening and still expected. While still in St Kilda (melbourne) I decided to buy an e unicycle that was going cheap.
E unicycle isn't a big thing in Australia. The one I bought was discounted a lot simply because they weren't selling.
In Marysville we were lucky to find huge club rooms / community center that had a fair bit of covered outdoor space with rails to start learning to ride the wheel (e unicycle).
I other countries these are used as real transport. I have found it to be incredibly versatile. I'm not a great rider still, we have 156km of use between us; I've done more than Gail. I have been exploring single track (bush tracks). The tracks I'm riding are fairly tame but a real challenge for me right now. Our staghound Basil likes it too - he gets to trot along.
We're going to do some travel soon through rural vic, nsw, and possibly qld. Or it could be vic / sa? It will be camping based and we'll take the wheels. I have a generator and I'm going to get a bluetti power station - probably 2000 wh for a portable fridge, led light, and recharging the wheels.
The wheel we have now is incredibly good with range / power. It is a small model - easy to learn on - but still good for 20km easily. It's 15kg - this is an awesome size and weight for Gail, who is 1" shy of 5 feet
. I've ordered another wheel bigger and heavier predominantly for me I imagine. It will be the better commuter and a good match for me when riding with Gail. I have an extra 30kg over her. There is a range hit for more weight, wind, hills, speed etc for e motors - more so than internal combustion engines I think.
Folk who travel and camp / caravan are using e scooters and e bikes. It makes sense. Set up camp then go exploring or shopping. We're going to do the same but with these wheels. They take up much less space than our mountain bikes. Also if we have a bike focused holiday we have to carry lots of spares and tools and they require a fair bit of maintenance. The only thing I've done with the wheel is tape hard foam in the impact areas, charge it up now and then, blast the dust away with brush and one of those foot pumps for an air mattress.
I'll post a couple of our videos later.
Recently we had a 3 week holiday that was going to be mtb based. We'd booked accommodation etc for Marysville in Vic. The forecast was looking pretty grim - big rains were still happening and still expected. While still in St Kilda (melbourne) I decided to buy an e unicycle that was going cheap.
E unicycle isn't a big thing in Australia. The one I bought was discounted a lot simply because they weren't selling.
In Marysville we were lucky to find huge club rooms / community center that had a fair bit of covered outdoor space with rails to start learning to ride the wheel (e unicycle).
I other countries these are used as real transport. I have found it to be incredibly versatile. I'm not a great rider still, we have 156km of use between us; I've done more than Gail. I have been exploring single track (bush tracks). The tracks I'm riding are fairly tame but a real challenge for me right now. Our staghound Basil likes it too - he gets to trot along.
We're going to do some travel soon through rural vic, nsw, and possibly qld. Or it could be vic / sa? It will be camping based and we'll take the wheels. I have a generator and I'm going to get a bluetti power station - probably 2000 wh for a portable fridge, led light, and recharging the wheels.
The wheel we have now is incredibly good with range / power. It is a small model - easy to learn on - but still good for 20km easily. It's 15kg - this is an awesome size and weight for Gail, who is 1" shy of 5 feet
. I've ordered another wheel bigger and heavier predominantly for me I imagine. It will be the better commuter and a good match for me when riding with Gail. I have an extra 30kg over her. There is a range hit for more weight, wind, hills, speed etc for e motors - more so than internal combustion engines I think.Folk who travel and camp / caravan are using e scooters and e bikes. It makes sense. Set up camp then go exploring or shopping. We're going to do the same but with these wheels. They take up much less space than our mountain bikes. Also if we have a bike focused holiday we have to carry lots of spares and tools and they require a fair bit of maintenance. The only thing I've done with the wheel is tape hard foam in the impact areas, charge it up now and then, blast the dust away with brush and one of those foot pumps for an air mattress.
I'll post a couple of our videos later.
