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Mountain unicycling is an adventure sport that consists of traversing rough terrain on a unicycle. Mountain unicycling ( muni ) is undertaken on similar terrain to mountain biking . However, muni requires much more attention to the microfeatures of the short distance in front of the wheel. [ 1 ]
A unicycle is a vehicle that touches the ground with only one wheel.The most common variation has a frame with a saddle, and has a pedal-driven direct-drive.A two speed hub is commercially available for faster unicycling.
Australian English for tubular tyres. [12] Singletrack A mountain bike trail designed for a single line of riders. Sit-on and Sit-in To ride behind another rider without taking a turn on the front (thus tiring the lead rider), often in preparation for an attack or sprint finish.
In English and many other languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words. For example: simplex, duplex (communication in only 1 direction at a time, in 2 directions simultaneously) unicycle, bicycle, tricycle (vehicle with 1 wheel, 2 wheels, 3 wheels) dyad, triad, tetrad (2 parts, 3 parts, 4 parts)
All-mountain bicycles feature sturdy, highly durable frames and wheels, wide-gauge treaded tires, and cross-wise handlebars to help the rider resist sudden jolts. Some mountain bicycles feature various types of suspension systems (e.g. coiled spring, air or gas shock), and hydraulic or mechanical-disc brakes. Mountain bicycle gearing is often ...
Elevation, volume, relief, steepness, spacing and continuity have been used as criteria for defining a mountain. [5] In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is ...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
The Conundrum, a mountain unicycle made by Surly Bikes Conundrum, an NSA code word for Chrononaut Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days HMS Conundrum , the unofficial name of floating drums used to lay undersea oil pipelines between England and France during World War II