Author: Charlie DanceyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781898591184
Category : Cycling
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
How to Ride a Unicycle
Author: Jack WileyPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508554219
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
HOW TO RIDE A UNICYCLE covers equipment and the mechanics of unicycling and details a proven step-by-step method for learning to ride a unicycle. The book goes on from basic riding to performing skill such as mounting, turning, idling, riding backwards, and riding with a partner.
How To Ride Unicycle
Author: Adomivs RaylorPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fundamental actions of mounting, riding, and dismounting the unicycle make up the sport of unicycling. Mastering the different layer of stages of this sport requires a significant amount of time and effort due to the rigorous level of balance that is necessary for unicycling. This book describes a tried-and-true approach to learning how to ride a unicycle from the scratch, including the necessary equipment and the mechanics of unicycling.
The Complete Book of Unicycling
Author: Jack WileyPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508837046
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF UNICYCLING covers equipment, mechanics of unicycling, and how to learn to ride a unicycle. The book goes on from basic riding to learning solo artistic riding with and without props and partner and group skills. Beginning, intermediate and advanced skills are included. All types of unicycles, including midget, giraffe, and big-wheel designs, are detailed. There are chapters on riding giraffe unicycles, using novelty unicycles, games and races for fun and competition, performing and artistic competition, and clubs and organizations. A chapter is devoted to the history and development of unicycling, and another to unicycling records and feats.
Author: Kris HolmOne Wheel, Many Spokes
Author: Lars Christian ClausenPublisher: Straight Into Gay America
ISBN: 0971941599
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Presents a story of a man riding a unicycle across America. The author tells of his 50-state unicycle trip from the West Coast to the Statue of Liberty and back again. He describes his spoke-by-spoke trek through a Mojave dust storm, past breathtaking, snow-capped Montana mountains, and close to a raging hurricane.
Dynamics of the Unicycle
Author: Michał NiełacznyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319953842
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
This book presents a three-dimensional model of the complete unicycle–unicyclist system. A unicycle with a unicyclist on it represents a very complex system. It combines Mechanics, Biomechanics and Control Theory into the system, and is impressive in both its simplicity and improbability. Even more amazing is the fact that most unicyclists don’t know that what they’re doing is, according to science, impossible – just like bumblebees theoretically shouldn’t be able to fly. This book is devoted to the problem of modeling and controlling a 3D dynamical system consisting of a single-wheeled vehicle, namely a unicycle and the cyclist (unicyclist) riding it. The equations of motion are derived with the aid of the rarely used Boltzmann–Hamel Equations in Matrix Form, which are based on quasi-velocities. The Matrix Form allows Hamel coefficients to be automatically generated, and eliminates all the difficulties associated with determining these quantities. The equations of motion are solved by means of Wolfram Mathematica. To more faithfully represent the unicyclist as part of the model, the model is extended according to the main principles of biomechanics. The impact of the pneumatic tire is investigated using the Pacejka Magic Formula model including experimental determination of the stiffness coefficient. The aim of control is to maintain the unicycle–unicyclist system in an unstable equilibrium around a given angular position. The control system, based on LQ Regulator, is applied in Wolfram Mathematica. Lastly, experimental validation, 3D motion capture using software OptiTrack – Motive:Body and high-speed cameras are employed to test the model’s legitimacy. The description of the unicycle–unicyclist system dynamical model, simulation results, and experimental validation are all presented in detail.
Author: Jack WileyBike & Trike
Author: Elizabeth VerdickPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534415181
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
“An amusing friendship story that's just right for reading aloud.” —Publishers Weekly “Everyone’s indeed a winner here.” —Kirkus Reviews “A sure bet for read-aloud fun.” —Booklist Toy Story meets Cars in this sweet and relatable story that explores universal themes of friendship and growing up. Look out, world! There’s a shiny, new Bike in town. But what does this mean for rusty, old Trike? Trike is a rusty little fellow, a trusty little fellow, on three worn-down wheels. Now that Lulu has outgrown him, he’s lonely in the garage. But then a newcomer shows up. He’s shiny and big and has FOUR wheels. It’s BIKE! Gulp. Trike worries that Bike won’t know how to take care of Lulu. Bike won’t listen, and challenges Trike to a race. It’s ON! Who will win?
Slowspoke
Author: Mark SchimmoellerPublisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603585915
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Why a unicycle? Why a cross-country trip? Why leave a prominent New York magazine and return to the simple life in Kentucky? Reminiscent of classic literary travelogues, Mark Schimmoeller’s Slowspoke: A Unicyclist’s Guide to America takes readers on an inward, emotional journey as he inches across landscapes and communities from North Carolina to Arizona. Schimmoeller became inspired by his unicycle as an adolescent. It taught him that rushing—whether down the driveway or toward adulthood—would cause a fall, and so, instead of accepting the speeding, straight line that de-fines modern American life, he adopted his single wheel’s wayward rhythms. Written with poise and humor, Slowspoke is more than a cross-country trip on a unicycle; it’s a meditation on a playful, recalcitrant slowness that is increasingly rare in a culture obsessed with acceleration. At times ach-ing and other times joyful, Schimmoeller intersperses recollections of his journey with vignettes of his present-day, off-the-grid homesteading with his wife in Kentucky and their efforts to save an old-growth forest. Schimmoeller’s personal journey will resonate with anyone who has slowed down to experience life at a unicycle’s speed or who longs to do so, who has fallen in love or searched for it, or who has treasured tall trees or mourned their loss.
