unicycling
Solo wheel riding
Unicycling is riding a unicycle—a one-wheeled vehicle propelled by pedaling while maintaining balance.
The activity ranges from basic transportation to competitive sport, including racing, freestyle tricks, and mountain unicycling.
She took up unicycling after getting bored with regular cycling.
Rotating circular frame
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- cranksObsessive eccentrics or rotating handles
- pedalsFoot-operated levers
- frameSupporting outer structure
seatpost · tire · hub · spokes · rim · axle · bearings · clamp
Without prescribed technique
- flatlandLevel, unvaried terrain
- streetPublic urban roadway
- trialsFormal legal proceedings
- muniCity-issued debt security
road · distance · touring · basketball · hockey · commuting · racing · cross-country
Operating without working
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- hoppingLeaping in succession
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- coastingMoving without active effort
pirouette · spin · one-footed · backward · grinding · stall · drop · gap
Comedic performer in makeup
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- ringmasterCircus performance director
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
- entertainerOne who amuses others
showman · stilts · fire-eater · carnival · tent · spectacle · act · costume
State of balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- proprioceptionBody's spatial self-awareness
- centeringPositioning at midpoint
poise · steadiness · control · wobble · counterbalance · posture · alignment · gracefulness
wheel
Rotating circular frame
frame · seatpost · tire · hub · spokes · rim · axle · bearings · clamp · bumper
freestyle
Without prescribed technique
muni · road · distance · touring · basketball · hockey · commuting · racing · cross-country · downhill
idling
Operating without working
coasting · pirouette · spin · one-footed · backward · grinding · stall · drop · gap
clown
Comedic performer in makeup
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- ringmasterCircus performance director
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
entertainer · showman · stilts · fire-eater · carnival · tent · spectacle · act · costume · prop
equilibrium
State of balance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- proprioceptionBody's spatial self-awareness
centering · poise · steadiness · control · wobble · counterbalance · posture · alignment · gracefulness · kinesthesia
competition
Struggle for supremacy
training · fitness · marathon · relay · speed · track · helmet · pads · club · convention
- circus actsacrobat, acrobats, trapeze artist, juggling, jugglers
- human-powered transportbiking, walking, running, skateboarding, rowing
- performance skillsmagic, illusions, sleight of hand, juggling, mime
- Wheeled Sportsskateboarding, roller skating, rollerblading, inline skating, BMX
- challengeschallenge, difficult, hard, challenging, tough
- circus skillstrapeze, acrobatics, tightrope, contortion, juggling
unicyclingtricycling
Riding a three-wheeled cycle
biking · four-wheeling · bicycling · cycling · driving
unicyclingwalking
Locomotion on foot
driving · go-karting · sitting · standing still · lying down