Comments on: Discovery Channel Shoot With Kris Holm

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:37:04 +0000

Clay, I’ve got an SBU, now with more than 100 miles on it. Speed is controlled by the operator leaning forward. More lean, more speed, up to a point.

I learned to ride a pedal-unicycle a couple of years ago and this is far easier to learn and a lot less work.

When the wheel is off the ground, unless the seat post is precisely vertical, the controller will spin the wheel to the max. I don’t think it would be a good idea to do that too often.

Readers and especially owners are encouraged to contribute to the new Yahoo group for this vehicle:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FocusDesignsSBU/

Disclaimer: the Yahoo group is not officially sponsored or supported by Focus Designs.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:00:59 +0000

Daniel, my husband was JAZZED to get his SBU for Christmas, especially after he found out it was the one Kris Holm demo’d. He’s been riding a conventional unicycle for almost 40 years now, so has some habits to unlearn – but he plans to have it mastered on his next day off. My sons on the other hand – also unicyclists – pretty much got on and rode.

I earned some major wife points with this gift – worth every penny. And he’s gonna be the coolest gray haired kid on the block :o)

By: fred_dot_u

fred_dot_u — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:39:40 +0000

Clay, I’ve got an SBU, now with more than 100 miles on it. Speed is controlled by the operator leaning forward. More lean, more speed, up to a point.

I learned to ride a pedal-unicycle a couple of years ago and this is far easier to learn and a lot less work.

When the wheel is off the ground, unless the seat post is precisely vertical, the controller will spin the wheel to the max. I don’t think it would be a good idea to do that too often.

Readers and especially owners are encouraged to contribute to the new Yahoo group for this vehicle:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FocusDesignsSBU/

Disclaimer: the Yahoo group is not officially sponsored or supported by Focus Designs.

By: Pedro Tejada

Pedro Tejada — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:17:20 +0000

Awesome!

The SBU sounds fantastic and Kris riding it was probably stunning! Can’t wait to watch the full TV show!

Congrats to Focus and Kris!

Cheers,
—
Pedro Tejada
Kris Holm Factory Team
Brazilian Uni Team

By: Clay

Clay — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:35:04 +0000

This is awesome that someone finally figured out the technology to accomplish the SBU. I’m a regular unicyclist and would love to try one of these just for fun, but I am not prepared to drop $1500 on one. It doesn’t look like you would have as much control on a SBU as you would on a regular uni. How is the speed controlled? How does it know when to stop? I would like to see the video of KH doing some stunts on it to see how the balancing mechanism responds to some air time.