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Hahahaha, thats hilarious! I guess the primitives could make a good joke to. -- unibuddy Hey, mom! Look! No hands! "I can create forest fires, but at the same time, I'm the only one who can prevent them? I MUST BE GOD!"-Me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibuddy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14725 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60999 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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anam wrote: The earliest cited reference to unicycle is April 1869 for hemmings unicycle velocipede (the yankee flyer), which is a design for something we'd call a monocycle. However this predates the penny-farthing (late 1869 or early 1871 depending on source). Intresting it suggests that unicycling might not come from wheelie-ing penny-farthings/Ordinaries. Actually it suggests that monocycles developed separately/before penny-farthings. In the Yankee Flyer does it show the rider completely off the ground, or using feet to "help" balance? Probably not, as it was probably very heavy so feet wouldn't be great at that. Were these things actually built, or are these patent drawings or similar? ...we now have an antedate for unicycle from 1860 (I need to check this) from a british magazine. More excitingly there is a much earlier sighting of something that may be a unicycle. A plate in the triumph of Maximillian apparently shows a one-wheeled convayance. The Date ? A stunning 1516 ! Keep up the research! We still don't have the "invention" of the unicycle nailed down, in part due to various claims by late nineteenth century entertainers all claiming to have invented the thing. Some even after the turn of the century! It will be interesting to see what you're able to uncover. Please note that many of the older designs you may find may or may not have been actually built. Your 1516 example is probably one of those. I've seen pictures of a much older piece of sculpture, of four funeral pall-bearers with wheels between their feet, from the year 1000 or earlier if I remember correctly. But I assume this is a fanciful design, not a depiction of something that actually happened. But there's no telling what people may have done way back in the past, we can only find out what was documented. -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "pretty much every trail that we've done on the California or Moab Muni weekends is an XC trail." -- Kris Holm, on XC from a North Shore point of view ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60999 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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mikepenton wrote: Check out issue 4* of Uni - The Unicycle Magazine when it comes out. We've something MUCH earlier than 1516! * yes we're still working hard on it - there are not enough hours in the day at the moment. I have asked the higher authorities for an extra eight hours, but no luck so far. I'll post when I have a definite date. Oh Mike, you're such a tease -- cathwood Cathy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cathwood's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9425 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60999 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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cathwood wrote: Oh Mike, you're such a tease yeah, we want it now -- thejdw kington99 wrote: A hobnob is an oaty biscuit, the fact that they don't exist in america just goes to show that you have no culinary heritage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thejdw's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13230 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60999 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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mikepenton wrote: We've something MUCH earlier than 1516! I'm thinking a caveman on a BC wheel... -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "pretty much every trail that we've done on the California or Moab Muni weekends is an XC trail." -- Kris Holm, on XC from a North Shore point of view ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60999 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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johnfoss wrote: I'm thinking a caveman on a BC wheel... 'Yeah me 2.' (http://tinyurl.com/2qcxkz) -- Hazmat I'M 1 WEIRD AND UNUSUAL GREEK CYPRIOT AUSTRALIAN WHO IS DESTINED TO BE DIFFERENT. **Please vote: *'The Hazmat Poll' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59458)' Hazmats unicycle Design/Creation competition' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/sho....php?t=62030)* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hazmat's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13828 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60999 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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