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a bicycle that quit halfway through and somehow became more impressive for it
means A single-wheeled pedal-powered vehicle that the rider balances and propels while perched directly above the wheel.
from A 19th-century mash-up of the Latin prefix 'uni-' (one) and the '-cycle' lifted from 'bicycle' — itself from Greek 'kyklos' (circle, wheel). So the name literally promises 'one wheel,' built on the same back as its two-wheeled sibling, which had borrowed the Latin 'bi-' (two) just a few years earlier. The whole '-cycle' family rolled out of the velocipede craze of the 1800s.
- no brakes
- stopping means pedaling backward against your own momentum
- circus origin
- evolved from the penny-farthing's oversized front wheel
- mountain version
- riders bomb down trails on a single knobby tire
- world record
- tallest rideable unicycle topped 100 feet
- constant motion
- balancing requires never fully stopping the pedals
monowheel — invented by edmondo de rossi in 1930, a motorized single-wheel vehicle that predates modern unicycles
stevens one wheel — james edward stevens patented his one-wheeled gyroscopic vehicle in 1925
kris holm trials unicycle — specialized 24-inch unicycle designed by rider kris holm for off-road trials riding, standard since early 2000s