First ride of 2009

Well, my new year's resolution was to ride my unicycle at least once a
year. Done that. Next challenge?

It was a cold and bleak morning, and I had a teensy weensy bit of a
headache after a particularly wild night singing folk music and taking
part in an impromptu mummers' play. Going for a ride did not seem
attractive , but neither did the ring of blubber that has accumulated
around my midriff over recent weeks.

Too cold for the 700c - the wind chill factor at high speed can be
significant. Too fat for the Muni. I decided to do something
unusual and take the 20" out.

Gosh, it's slow! It took ages to ride along the tarmac drive to the
car park where I intended to practise some skills. I had the first "Do
you know you've lost the front half of your bike?", but I also found one
fisherman who asked a few sensible questions. His friend had been given
a unicycle for Christmas and was looking ofr tips on how to ride it. I
told him to Google for "Billythemountain" + "unicycling".

Down to the car park and I was soon warming up with some idling,
reversing, and general keeping it the right way up in a small space
skills. A nasty moment when I was reversing and hit an unsuspected
twig.

Some passers by asked me if I'd got the unicycle for Christmas - they
must think I'm a fast learner!

A few years ago I spent hours perfecting my one foot idling and riding
skills. It's nearly all gone now. I can idle either foot down, and one
footed with my left foot down, but that's about it. The 20" feels more
like a toy than a vehicle after all the miles I've done since then on
bigger wheels.

I moved on to nearer to the river, and after I'd worked out how to use
the timer I took this photo, just to prove to sceptics that both the
river and I exist.

Happy new year, everyone. Let's hope I get a bit more riding in this
year than last.


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Mike, you should update your avatar -- you look a lot different now!


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I chickened out today.

The wind was sharp and making my eyes run, the sun was low and blinding
and the prom was covered in frost ans slippy.

I turned around and rode home.

But I've been doing lots of riding on my 29er over Christmas so I
didn't feel too bad.


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my first uni ride of 09 was my paper round.


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you wasted your time didn't you?
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Just got back from my first '09 ride; 9 miles of MUni with 1,700'
elevation gain.


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hmm, yours sounds slightly more fun than mine... but at least I got paid
for it


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you wasted your time didn't you?
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"Yes... I used a machine gun!"
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Mikefule;1162000 wrote:
I told him to Google for "Billythemountain" + "unicycling".



You are a bad, bad man.


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Into the blue

Harper wrote:
i wuld get a 20' trialls uni prolly with a blu tiar.
get splined an a kh saet or ur a pansy.
get trials cuz thaz whut i du n u mus wannaa whut i du 2.
lol...awwsum.
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My first ride was yesterday and I landed many new things


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I was out a couple of times today:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75183.

I got quite a lot of strange looks from people who couldn't stand up on
the paths today, as I rode by on my Unicycle.

Innes


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