Can You WHEELIE a Unicycle?

" Can you wheelie on a unicycle? " A question I get asked too often and joked about with too much 🥲 Are there unicycling manual tricks and can you manual a unicycle?
➡️ In this video I'm going to be answering these big questions! You may be surprised to find that like BMX, scootering and skateboarding manual tricks - we have our own unicycle balance tricks. I'm also going to dive in and look at what nose manualing on a unicycle might also look like. We'll also be opening up a big can of worms here by asking; how similar are these balance tricks to bmx manualing or manualing on a skateboard? Can we even call these tricks "manuals" or "wheelies" in unicycling?
So let's do a unicycle wheelie and get to it! Hope you enjoy these unicycling tricks (and if you do please share your love in the comments 😉 )
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro (BMX manualing examples)
0:22 - Can a Unicycle Wheelie?
1:34 - The 1 Foot Coast
2:41 - The 2 Foot Coast
3:24 - What's a Unicycle Nose Manual?
4:15 - The Scuff Coast
5:16 - Other Unicycle Coasts & Balancing Tricks
5:59 - The Conclusion/Answer (sort of)
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[@atufante1]

That's a philosophical question right there! One time a little kid started following me on his little bike and asked for a wheelie, so I did a one foot coast. But he said that that was not a wheelie, then he did a small wheelie and said: "see? You need to rise a wheel"; so I did a hop and the kid got super impressed. It actually got me thinking about the ontology of the wheelie, is a wheelie defined by what is in touch with the ground or by what is not anymore in touch with the ground 🤔

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

That is actually super deep dude haha. I mean I defined it as "removing points of contact with the ground" But I didn't think about it any deeper than that 😅Yeah, then wouldn't hopping on a unicycle be considered a wheelie then? A point I totally missed asking in this video haha

[@yankochoynev652]

hahahah great story!

[@EliBrill]

Quality content. I wish I could forward scuff coast but I’m a washed up old man now

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Thanks Eli, that means a lot coming from you. Dude it's never too late to learn! Coasts are my go to for how low impact they are. If you're looking for something hard but light on the body, avoid the explosive bangers and stick to coasts man - seriously

[@Alex_Anderson]

I feel like the ultimate variation is the no footer coasts, the way ivar , ayrton, and pablo do them. I still can't get past 2 revs but it looks so sick!!

[@FABICIRCUS]

may be that coast could be the equivalent to front wheel manual/wheelie

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Yes, the Ivar coasts and those "star fish" coasts are nuts. I hope to someday make a video looking into these variations, but hot damn - it's gonna be hard

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

@@FABICIRCUS Could be the case actually ...

[@Billy_Dali]

Ikr, why didn't Jack include the no-foot coasts

[@connorwurst6104]

Goddamn has anyone hopped into Josef coast on a pad like that? Don’t remember seeing it and it’s sick

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Thanks Connor, I've been doing them for a little bit since 2019, and Ivar recently did them in a street edit he made last year I believe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npu5f6V8hsyCmNE Ivar did it here at 3:35 ^^

[@finnfoster9593]

What a fascinating and intriguing moral and philosophical quandary: can the one-wheeled device remove half of its wheels from the ground? (derived from the idea that the skateboard removes 2 of 4 wheels from the ground, and the bicycle 1 of its 2). What defines half of a wheel in this case? Does half of a wheel count as a wheeled-transport mechanism? Truly a question to challenge the known concepts of automotive and mechanical engineering as a culture and an idea. Magnificent. The very ontological security of the enigmatic circle is at stake.

[@satsmot]

on the board the manual is so close to the basic standard riding. with this i mean that when gaining control in your four manny stances you get much closer to riding fluent with use of pivots when needed, weight shifting between any of your feet, even popping in those different stances have similarity as theyre kind of exaguration of that initial lift (just take it higher and manual up in the air). I might be bias here and never learnt the board before i already got it on the une but i think the onefootrides might be close to manuals in difficulty and in how they feed back to your stability in normal riding. But coasting has the same mechanics. Ever since your forward scuff at naucc to louis coastable to mimo starting to coast we now know that this is how to paint curbs and blocks 👌

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

That's also a good point - manuals on skateboards don't take too much work either (comparably to other tricks in skateboarding) and that works very similar to 1 foot rides in Une. I mean if you can ride a une/skateboard then you can probably hold a small 1foot ride/manual then. 1 foot ride is actually a really close candidate for a "manual". Good thought Ivar ^^

[@dvirgehasi8699]

The two feet coasting is sick!!! Love your videos

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Dude thanks! They are hard. The 2 foot scuff and the normal 2 foot coast were tough to get.

[@baltetomboy8328]

Love these videos Jack! Super motivating and fun to watch!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Thanks Balte, I'm really glad to hear man - that's why I'm trying to make them :) This feedback keeps me goin'!

[@EdUnicycling]

I've recently started learning the 2 foot coast, and it's been a fun time!

[@forkwind]

When’s that coasting tutorial coming? Love the video keep it up!!!🤙🏾

[@doamono]

Yes Mate!! Loving the content. Makes me want to ride and film more. Just waiting on Melbourne's restrictions to ease so I can hit more skateparks! I don't think there is anything quite like a wheelie on a unicycle. The only thing close would be a freewheel unicycle with a brake. That's got t be something like a balance point brake feathering wheelie on a MTB. I feel like you're right re two foot off coasts being the closest to manuals on terms of body movement. But also like you said, the one foot coasts looks the best and works the easiest for street stuff by the seems. That Josef coast on a pad is crazy man... Keep these coming :)

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Man, thanks for all the feedback you've been giving on my videos, always in good stuff man :) Yeah I was thinking BC wheel or freewheels would be close to manualing. Just sucks that it's a constant manual when riding them. Yeah the 2 foot coast looks most like a manual (if we're comparing to BMX) but the 1 foot coast (in my opinion) looks way cooler and has way better utility for sure. Thanks, I really want to make them consistent and really start throwing them in some street lines!

[@marcosterer8834]

Some seriously inspiring content here. Just a tip, if you talk into the side of the mic with the dials, and get very close, it will make a much better sound.

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Dude I am so happy I could inspire you 😁I've gotten this comment a couple times about the mic, but I still don't understand haha

[@branden_ponschke]

I get so intrigued by your videos, dude. Well done! I gotta live vicariously through you because there is no shot I could pull any of this off 😂

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

haha aaaaw Thanks Branden! I think you'd surprise yourself man ;)

[@Billy_Dali]

I didn't know two foot scuff coast was a thing lol. Keep these videos coming!!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Haha I don't blame yah, it's not the most fun to do nor does it look super pleasant haha 😅 Thanks Billy!

[@satsmot]

Id suggest remove the back hand, or step in through that window and make it a bay, so u can get a nice squeeze between your knees

[@JaredHathaway]

That one foot stand up is really the true manual to me

[@JaredHathaway]

I knew about the manual from the top 5 tricks video!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Yeeeah boooi, welcome back!

[@onlyonewheel]

Great content :) sport doesn’t deserve you 🥲

[@onlyonewheel]

1:14 doodoo

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

@@onlyonewheel 😂😂

[@benjaminnetanyahu138]

You got amazing skills!

[@benspencer8783]

Unicycle philosophy…we’re getting deeeeeeeeeep

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Phd. in une philosophy man haha.

[@et_1000]

i think the real difference between bmx and unicycle is not _1 wheel / 2 wheels_ but _fixed gear / free pigon_ . the wheelie on a fixed-gear bike is very close to the unicycle (this is where its origin comes from with penny-farthing...) but i relate to your feeling of the coasts

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Aaah okok, never thought of that. So unicycling itself would be the original "wheelie" then, if we're talking fixed gear?

[@deanne.sleeperamdsb5106]

Cool tricks!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Thanks Dee!

[@robstar61]

Please make a tutorial on how to jump to frame coast. Like what you did in the video.

[@JillySkates]

I always wanted to try unicycling

[@jeanmaillard7478]

go for it! you can get a used one for like 20€, do it a bit everyday for a couple weeks, and then get hooked and make it one of the most important things in your life! (that's how it seems to work in general)

[@JillySkates]

@@jeanmaillard7478 will it become more important than my daughter? I hope not!

[@jeanmaillard7478]

@@JillySkates i don't have a daughter, so i can't tell you... You just have to try and see for yourself x)

[@JillySkates]

@@jeanmaillard7478 ok. It's a risk I'm willing to take

[@jeanmaillard7478]

@@JillySkates go for it mate!

[@luchenaff6426]

Awesome work!! Makes me wanna go train!!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Dude thanks, get out that uni and go ride then ;)

[@dafffodil]

A trick that looks gross? Time for me to learn it 😎

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Hahaha dude yes. I personally don't like the feeling of the trick and it usually looks bad, but watching it back in this video it doesn't look as gross as I originally thought it was. Either way it was a fun learn haha

[@TourandExplore]

Nice stuff

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Thank you :)

[@JaredHathaway]

The two foot coast is pretty close to the manual

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Amen brotherrr, I think that's the consensus among a lot of people in these comments too.

[@jeremyshafervariety]

Ya, sorry to break it to you, but a wheelie on a unicycle is just a bunny hop. Hundreds of times, whenever anyone asks me to "pop a wheelie" I start bunny hopping and I say, "Wheelie, wheelie, wheelie!" usually ending with... Isn't that wheelie neat?

[@trexinvert]

I used to think i can ride a unicycle, but watching you do what you do......nope!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Haha thanks man! I've been committed to it for a long time and I love it! But seriously if you can ride a uni, tricks like these are not too far off. With how the standards and limits are rising in the sport, getting to a pro level in a couple to a few years is super obtainable! Thanks for commenting trexinvert :)

[@trexinvert]

@@jacksebbenunicyclist You guys are the next generation of advanced unicycle riders pushing street tricks. I think the "wheelie question" ends with a unicycle, and the question continues as "what's the next hardest way to ride a unicycle" which becomes quite clear in two ways: a.) Remove the seat: becomes an ultimate wheel, and getting half way there is a trick SIF(seat in front)...which I'm proud to say I can do. b.) Remove the pedals: or simply no foot on pedals and all control is "whatever" you can grasp: foot on wheel, foot on frame or just sitting on the saddle.

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

@@trexinvert This seems to be a lot of people's conclusions or at least similar to yours^^

[@noellewhitcroft9255]

24/7 wheelieing

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Yeeeah boooiiii

[@zptro6316]

10 years ago i saw no one coasting except maybe pure freestyle dudes in a gym in europe somewhere. I can BC wheel decently... could that be a transferrable skill for unicycle coasting?

[@satsmot]

yes :)

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Of course ! BC is super similar to the 2 foot coast in my opinion. If you are good at BC wheel then you will have an easier time learning the 2 foot coast for sure!

[@ThumbnailGrail]

FIRST

[@ThumbnailGrail]

Haha seat walk stop motion! Love those silky-smooth slo mo shots. Great video!

[@jacksebbenunicyclist]

Sneaky boi. Thanks man, gotta love that 60fps footage in 24fps timelines 🥰🥰

[@m3k886]

Someone should put a wheelie bar on the seat of a unicycle then put your feet on the seat then pull up the wheel

[@shroomboy432]

So you have to float