{"id":177561,"date":"2020-04-24T09:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T09:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=177561"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:05:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T09:05:35","slug":"one-wheel-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/04\/24\/one-wheel-is-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"One Wheel Is Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We Love Cycling loves any kind of cycling, no matter how insane. It doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s uphill or downhill, road or mountain. We don\u2019t even care if you\u2019re missing a wheel. We love it all the same.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>From a wheelbarrow to bicycle to unicycle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ancient Greece discovered that one-wheeled barrows made carrying weight easier. But the two-wheeled bicycle was invented before the unicycle. Carrying a load lower than yourself is one thing but if your cycle only has one wheel, your centre of gravity has to go above it. Unicycles are twitchy vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avoZwswq5kI&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=42<\/p>\n<p>The modern world relegated the unicycle to the world of novelty and entertainment. Unicycles are all about balance and to stay on this machine, you must work your core and upper body much more than on a bicycle \u2013 just to stay upright. Unicycles are a good workout.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>From Myers to Horwich<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Frederick Myers patented the unicycle in 1869 but no governing body existed until the International Unicycling Federation was formed in 1982 \u2013 over 100 years after the vehicle\u2019s creation. In comparison, the UCI was founded in 1900, less than 20 years after the safety bicycle\u2019s invention.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=K3N98OpqwB0 params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/K3N98OpqwB0\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until 2013 that the British put on their first National Unicycle Road Race. And it\u2019s fair to say that the footage lacks the Tour de France\u2019s polish. There aren\u2019t any wide-pan helicopter shots, for example. But that aside, you have to be impressed by the commitment of both fans and athletes.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>On a scale of 1 to EXTREME<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason Sagan competed in both road and MTB disciplines \u2013 both compliment each other. But you can really amp up your handling skills on a unicycle, which is essentially a fixie with fewer wheels. Balancing on a beautifully tarmacked, levelled ground is one thing. But a technical downhill course?<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=z5A74Qhk-RI params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/z5A74Qhk-RI\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>If you get a kick out of technical control or you just want to work on your balance, try a technical downhill route on a unicycle. Fixies teach you a lot about momentum and you don\u2019t get a higher centre of gravity cycling experience than a unicycle. If you want to train hard \u2013 one wheel is enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Love Cycling loves any kind of cycling, no matter how insane. 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