Wow! Disc brakes are a wonder! I never imagined a unicycle with a freewheel until watching Ed Pratt's world tour. But, this is amazing! This is a superb video of the possibilities with a unicycle and of your tremendous talent and skill. Simply put, .... Wow!
I sold my unicycle B4 I could learn n always wondered,why a Freewheel wasn't yet invented when I saw a Dude hop off the hill on a unicycle .I may give it a try again
If you can't wait to get one there are also other options for the beginning (Nimbus drift trike hub or JR drift trike hub, you should have a look in our Facebook group 'Freewheel unicycle chat' there are also some people that know where you can get one in the US).
This video is indeed quite fascinating, and it's a great motivation for me to get a unicycle free wheel hub ; ). My only question is that I see the unicycle on this video is a 27.5 in, and I wonder if the free wheel hub can also function on a 36 in Road unicycle. If it's not possible, can you please suggest what size unicycle is recommended.
Thanks! On a 36" it definitely can work with a lot of practice. But I recommend not do learn on that huge size. I recommend 29" and smaller for learning. Mainly because mounting is way easier to learn and your fall height is lower. I personally have not tried a 36" Freewheel and definitely not see the point on building one for me. I love my 36" how it is:)
@rebekkawiedener1330 Thanks a lot for the information. I'll start saving enough money for a 29-inch unicycle for both off-road and commuting purposes.
This brings another question...... You can freewheel, you can freewheel and brake on your downhills, but you're still limited to the one gear and wheel size. Would it be possible to integrate a Rohloff Speedhub to the wheel on a unicycle? (Why not?) -- It would be terrific for touring. You would be able to ride a smaller wheel size (26" or 27,5" instead of a huge 36"). You'd still be able to maintain a good clip on flat, smooth, favourable roads, but you'd have much more control on a smaller wheel when you encountered more difficult terrain.
My touring unicycle Ithat I rode on my 7800 km trip thru Europe last summer has 2 gears. Its not a freewheel, but has a normal gear 1:1 and a higher gear about 1:1.5 (what makes the 29 inch wheel to a 45 inch one). This was definitely a game changer for me and made me cover way more kilometres a day than on previous trips! And the low gear is great for terrain and the high gear is great for covering distances. And this with the advantage of the easier mounting of the 29" wheel. A 36" with luggage is crazy difficult to get on to.
Thanks:) No, you cannot lock it. I don't miss idling and backwardsriding when riding Freewheel Muni, since I usually don't do it on my normal muni anyway. But having a Freewheel hub that you could lock would be sick.
Thanks:) Unfortunately no release date yet since the Tawainese are currently very busy with the "bike boom" and it's hard to get stuff produced. It will be available at the QU-AX online shop
No, there is not, so always when you stop pedal the freewheeling starts. But it's definitely a dream of some to have a uni where you could turn the Freewheel on and off.
Thanks:) Yes, basically all balancing is done with the disc brake on downhills. With out it I loose quickly control even in slight downhills and only riding flat parts or uphill is possible.
Thank you! Freewheel unicycling is becoming more and more popular by the day (but still just a small fraction of the unicyclists do it). Can't wait until good hubs are available for everyone, this will definitely give the Freewheel movement a big boost!
@ejrich7016 The balancing is very different to a normal unicycle. With a normal unicycle you do lots of corrections with the feet, with a Freewheel you have to do it mostly with the brake. It feels a bit like learning to ride again, but it's so much fun!
@ejrich7016 If you pedal backwards on a normal fixed unicycle, you ride backwards. If you pedal backwards on a Freewheel you can pedal with nearly zero resistent unlimited into nothing, its like the freewheel on a bike.
I want to learn freewheeling brakeless. Is it possible? Seen a number of videos that suggest it is a great way to learn it and some that suggest it is not. Arguments in favour is that it teaches you perfect peddling style and balance. Negative is that it is too hard to learn without brake. What is your opinion?
Freewheeling breakless is a nice skill, but very hard. I personally can only do it on nearly perfect horizontal surfaces or Uphills. As soon as it goes a downhill I am lost. If you have a perfect place to practice brakeless freewheeling, go for it! It's a lot of fun. But as soon you go outside of it you definitely want a brake. For starting to learn a Freewheel in the first place I would definitely recommend to go with a brake unless you can already coast on a normal unicycle.
Nein, es gibt aber einige wenige die rückwärts etwas fahren können. Ist aber sehr schwer. Blockieren kann man sie nicht, funktioniert in etwa so wie ein Fahrrad (ohne Rücktritt)
Danke! So 1000 km muss man schon gefahren sein damit. Aber mit das schönste am Freewheel fahren ist die Lernkurve, beim ersten Mal denkt man es ist unmöglich aber man macht dann doch relaltiv schnell Fortschritte. Freewheel fahren lernen hat mich an die Zeit zurück erinnert in der ich Einradfahren gelernt habe:) Ich habe eine standard Shimano SLX verbaut mit einer 203 mm Scheibe.
@@rebekkawiedener1330 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sggFbWG7WEo.html&ab_channel=KayceeStevens have you ever watched this? not nearly as graceful as you on your freewheel. but coasts! & thats my soft spot
Unfortunately this hub is still a prototype, hopefully it will come out in 2022 at some point. There are other hubs around that do the job, but they are hard to get and don't have the same quality. If you really want a hub now, you could inform yourself in the Facebook group ' Freewheel unicycle chat' or in the unicyclist.com forum. But as I said unfortunately hubs are currently hard to get.
Mostly not at all. Occasionally when riding down easy trails it does. I got to the point where they are nearly the same for me. But in the beginning Freewheel riding goes a lot on to your brain and it way more tiring than normal uni riding brain wise. But Freewheel riding is so much fun to learn!
@@rebekkawiedener1330 I thought that would be the case, it's just so exhausting doing Muni, it looks very tricky to get the hang of, I think I would be terrible on one for a very long time
@@lindenwatson3316 Just keep practicing and ride regularly, that's the best way to make Muni less exhausting! Everything is possible, you need to invest the time in it;)💪
