Fun 16 Inch Wheel Unicycle with Alloy Rim

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality, strength and durability of this unicycle. And at how fun much an 8 year old has had learning and riding it. It took her a week or two to be able to do a full circle in the driveway (30 minutes to an hour each day).

This is probably the right size for anyone up to about 5 feet tall. I had to cut (hacksaw) about 3″ off the end of the seat stem so that she could reach the pedals through their full cycle (She is 4 feet tall, and the bottom of the stem hits the top of the wheel if you lower the seat down very low). That has still left enough stem remaining that I’ll be able to adjust the seat up as needed for the next several years of growth. One other note about assembly: there is not much to do, but it is very important to put the cranks and pedals on the correct sides. The bolts and threads go in different directions on each side, so if you do it backwards anywhere it is easy to strip the threads. Just look for the markings on each piece – they are not easy to find but they are there.

A unicycle is not as hard to ride as it might seem (anyone who can learn to ride a bike – ie. with normal strength and balance – can learn). It provides a good alternative to biking since you only need a small, flat paved area in which to do it. Just don’t forget the helmet, since during the time it takes to learn how to go forward many attempts end with a fall. She never had any fall that required the helmet, but as with learning a bike it’s definitely a risk. One benefit of learning a unicycle over a bike is that at least the unicycle is always going slow. But there are more falls.)

I learned to ride a unicycle about 35 years ago, and recently bought a larger (20″) different model that cost three times as much as this one – and it is only slightly higher quality.

After a few months now she can go forwards, rock to balance in one place, and go backwards without falls. It has been great fun and exercise, and helping to promote self-confidence and demonstrate how to set incremental goals and work to achieve them. Check out youtube for a wide variety of free lessons and ideas about how to get started and progress. Example beginners game: after the first few days of just trying to balance and go one full-pedal distance, using a different color chalk each day to draw a line for each new record distance achieved.)

And now she can’t wait until the next small local parade that allows little bikes….and unicycles.

The unicycle came in a box, requires simple assembly.
The quality is generally poor. Very thin metal, cheapest leatherette, cheapest plastic.
The unicycle is new, but rusty right out of the box. Looks good from afar, but up close it looks like a used one.
I bought this as a gift for a child, but it’s not good for a gift because of the many rusty parts.
Disappointed. They could have sent something better for that kind of money.
We didn’t even bother trying to ride it, but disassembled it and packed it back up for return.
Waste of time.

I love the quality of the metal and the seat is very comfortable, it was very simple to assemble. 10/10 would recommend

After the 20″ unicycle I bought for her was too big, I bought this for my 9-year old daughter. But because of the way this product is designed, with a closed seat tube that doesn’t allow the stem to go down far enough, the minimum saddle height was ~27″. Given that my daughter’s leg length with shoes on is 24″, this was still way too large.

From my research I have come to learn that wheel size is not a good predictor of suitable size–minimum seat height is what really matters. So if a product doesn’t give you that information, look elsewhere! Also, a unicycle with a 20″ wheel is about as small as a new rider would want to go anyway. Wheels under 20″ make going slow more difficult and maximum speed is too limited. A 16″ wheel would only be appropriate if that was the only way to make a unicycle short enough, as for a very small child. Unicycles with 20″ wheels can be found with 25″ minimum seat heights.