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What made you first pick this up?
I have always done random strange things in the past. I eat bugs and climb things. I also was raised doing alot of road cycling. We have always had about 15 bikes in our garage and the cars sit outside. I was taught everything about bicycles and assembled mine from used parts from garage sales and trash picking. I also enjoy running Ultra Marathons. Naturally the type of thing between eating bugs, climbing things, and bicycling is unicycling. I think I may have made a comment out of the blue that it would be fun to ride a unicycle. I quickly forgot about it. Months later i got a unicycle for Christmas. It was a complete surprise. I was so excited that I forgot about all of my other presents and went outside. I tried for eight hours that day, eight hours the next day, the next day I was sick with a temperature of 102 so I only rode for an hour because my parents prohibited me from getting out of bed (nothing to do with being outside on a unicycle in an Indiana winter for 16 hours i'm sure.), the next morning I got it. Two days later I was riding on the street and freemounting. I am 18 years old, a senior in high school and I have been riding for less than three months. I am obsessed and I ride backward to school, as well as practice in front of my house for at least an hour a day. I have not gone more than 10 miles from my house without my unicycle since I pulled the wrapping paper off. -- RangerForrest - Isolated Unicyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RangerForrest's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5539 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
The way i got started was similar to others. My brother and I recived one for christmas and ever since then i have unicycled . I now own 2 of my own. I enjoy it because i like challenges and i know that i can allways learn something new on it. -- JLthemanthelegend ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JLthemanthelegend's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5871 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
My reason is exactly as you say, how many people do you see riding a unicycle? I'm in a rural area. I just love to ride around the quiet roads and think of what the cars that drive by must be thinking! It just kinda makes me chortle (chuckle and snort, uh never mind). It's just the fact that it's such an eccentric thing to do. And hey, I could already juggle! So why not? -- asupercoolguy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ asupercoolguy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4169 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
When I was just a youngin (6 years ago), i saw my cousin riding his unicycle around his neighborhood and everyone stopped to watch. from that day i knew i wanted the attention that unicyclers get. its great to be recognized. how can you not stop to watch a unicycler? its mesmorizing. when's the last time you stopped to watch some kid skateboarding down the street? -- tennisgh22 - Learning to muni 3 out of every 2 people have trouble with fractions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tennisgh22's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5771 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
digigal1 wrote:
*I hope this question is OK for this forum. What made everyone first decide to try unicycling? ... Tell me your story - I know you want to. * Roadwork is *really* boring. Finding new ways to do it makes it less so. Unicycling, very much less so. |
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What made you first pick this up?
Ever since I was little I've been looking for a hobby to keep me busy but was never able to find anything very challenging. I was riding around on my monkey bike when someone in a passing car screamed"yeah thats right, the circus is that way!" Somehow at the time the circus made me think of unicycling, so after my next pay check i went out and bought one at the local bike shop and sure enough, its kept me busy without getting boring. -- Antimatter - Tetris Master "I drink a whisky drink, I drink a vodka drink, and when I have to pee, I use the kitchen sink" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antimatter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5864 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
When I was 10 or so, my buddy next door got one as a present and soon could ride. I tried his a few times, couldn't get it, gave up. Fast forward 30 years. One day I'm thinking back to that friend and his unicycle, and it suddenly hit my why he learned to ride and I didn't: it was his unicycle, so he could practice more. Went out and bought one the next day, got over the hump, and became an "around the blocker" for a year or so. Then, right about this time last year, I started riding off road, went to Moab, met tons of people much more advanced than I was, and have been trying to keep up with them ever since. I think unicycling and skiing are similar that way: lessons are okay, but eventually the best way to improve is to hang with people that are better than you are. Condensed version: It was time for my mid-life crisis, and I was too poor to afford a Ferrari or 'Vette, so I bought a uni instead. -- tomblackwood - Registered Nurtz Tailgate at your own risk..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomblackwood's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3762 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:27:28 -0600, "bugman" wrote:
I heard that long hours in the saddle had a physical effect like Viagra. Oops. Did it work out the way you wanted? :-) Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- "Heck, even my toes were aching from trying to grip the soles of my shoes! - Tommy Thompson" |
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What made you first pick this up?
In 1963 or 1964, I read an article in Popular Mechanics or Mechanics Illustrated entitled, "How to Build and Ride a Unicycle." The riding part intrigued me. I got one for my next birthday, a used, homemade 20" with a straight steel plate seat padded with foam rubber and a crude cover. I learned to ride it in three days. I did cut a 2x4 U, drilled and cut the steel plate and screwed the 2x4 to it to make a reasonably shaped unicycle seat. I wrapped it in foam and put the cover back on it. The next year I bought a brand new 24" Oxford. That was high-tech. -- harper - Statuesque -Greg Harper B L U E S H I F T "Stoke your own thread as much as you see fit, no problem." - Klaas Bil "Ugh, the Harpers; The worst neighbours in the world" - Tony Micelli ------------------------------------------------------------------------ harper's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/426 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
I went to China with some friends, and a couple of them could ride- one had a basic 24x3 and they told me about off road riding and I thought it sounded pretty cool. I figured it'd be one of those skills where you learn to do it basically, then stop and just have it as a conversation topic. Anyway, after blabbing on and on about getting one, my girlfriend got me a 20" for my 18th. I didn't really try to learn it for another 3-4 weeks, but as I was on a year out of school, I decided to really try to learn it. It took hours and hours over the course of two days to free mount (had to learn to do this, as my girlfriends shoulder was getting sore!) and ride down the street. Then I decided to just learn to go forwards and left and right. Then backwards, and then hop up curbs etc etc. I thought "I'll just try and learn this" but when I learned it, I'd want to learn something new and it just escalated! -- one wheeled stallion - Getting There! :-) OWS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ one wheeled stallion's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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