High Wire Unicycle
The High Wire Unicycle is a unique experience that allows you to pedal a unicycle on a 1.5 inch cable spanning 84 feet while 17 feet above ground. What keeps you from falling? Balance. All objects have a center of mass.
For stability, it is important to keep your center of mass over your base of stability (where your feet touch the ground). In the case of the High Wire Unicycle, the attached 250 pound weight lowers your center of mass to below your feet and below where the unicycle contacts the cable. This makes you so stable that it is impossible to fall. The High Wire Unicycle also acts as a class 1 lever with the counterweight and the rider's body being the two weights and the cable contact being the fulcrum.
In order to ride, the rider must...
1) Be wearing shoes in which the foot is completely enclosed: No open toe or open heel shoes, sandals, bare feet, high heels, Crocs, etc.
2) Be under 250 pounds in weight.
3) Have at least a 25 inch inseam.
Please Note: High Wire Unicycle closes 1/2 hour before COSI's closing time. To accommodate guests fairly, the line may close even earlier. Visitors who are pregnant or have heart or back conditions or motor skill disabilities are not permitted to ride.