An ultimate wheel is a wheel with two pedals directly connected - similar to a unicycle and impossible wheel. It has no seat or frame but offset and functional pedals. There are several different designs: the most popular involves a disk of wood fitted inside a regular small bicycle wheel rim. Pedals are attached directly to the wooden disk. This design is strong and easy to build but is relatively heavy. A less common style uses metal cross braces instead of wood.
Some mounting and riding techniques include:
- Regular mount - have one pedal lower than the other and step up to the other pedal
- Free jump mount - release the wheel then jump onto the pedals
- Standard riding - simply being able to ride without falling off
- Turning - turning by twisting your body and the wheel
- Bunny hop - grabbing on the wheel and hopping off the ground
- Idling - remaining in one place with one pedal down and one pedal up, rocking the wheel back and forth to keep balance
- Reverse - riding the wheel backwards
Famous quotes containing the words ultimate and/or wheel:
“Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood’s Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town. I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it’s getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anyone as utterly mean as Marilyn Monroe. Nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“The wheel is come full circle.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)