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New Semcycle Longneck Frame: gliding friendly!

I just received my new Semcycle Longneck frame. The footrest is closer to the wheel in addition to the long neck. This is supposed to help out with wheel walking and other wheel skills, like gliding. Never tried it before, but that is what I heard.

My "reason" for getting the frame was that the seatpost I am using is too short. I needed to raise the seat about 1.5 inches or more. The other option was to replace the seat post. However, then I would have a seatpost I couldn't use anymore. With this option, I might be able to upgrade Negeen's unicycle as well.

I immediately tried out the new frame and the new height in the street in front of my house. There isn't much you can really do in the street except glide. So that is what I tried out.

It seems the claims made are well supported. I think the angle you can hold your foot at, more parallel with the ground, helps, hard to tell exactly why. I think my legs are a little less cramped, that might help.

However, I was also able to lift my foot off the tire for a rev if I needed to speed up. I don't think I would call this coasting. The result is the ability to get past situations that might have caused dismounts in the past. One other new occurance was speedier gliding. It happed as a result of needing to glide into view of my camera before it stopped recording.

UniLog

Posted Monday, June 07, 2004 (PermaLink)