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What made you first pick this up?
bugman wrote: *I heard that long hours in the saddle had a physical effect like Viagra. * Someone lied to Bugs. --chirokid-- -- chirokid - Bug Killing Unicyclist "Other than that, the best maintenance is to keep riding it as this helps to keep the eccentric nut on the saddle in optimal condition." quote by Mikefule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chirokid's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4140 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
digigal1 wrote: * Tell me your story - I know you want to. * Gurrrr, this question plagues my mind. I have no idea why I wanted to learn to unicycle. My parents tell me I wanted on when I was 7 years old. No getting one, I asked again for Christmas the next year. It came under the Christmas tree that year. It was a little 20" piece of crap Sears model. The cranks were one piece. This even included the axle for each pedal. But, that was the uni that I learned to ride on. Now, my household has 8 unis, and all my daughters ride too. Having said all that, I still have no idea why I wanted to learn to ride. --chirokid-- -- chirokid - Bug Killing Unicyclist "Other than that, the best maintenance is to keep riding it as this helps to keep the eccentric nut on the saddle in optimal condition." quote by Mikefule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chirokid's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4140 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
hiya =) Over the years their have been lots of unicycling things that i've seen. Most just people bring up unicycling in random conversations. And I can't for get the unicycling animitronic clown outside a matress store that waves at everyone but it was stationary I first actually considered unicycling after I saw something on Teletubbies (they showed a clip of a kid riding his unicycle). Then their was a kid in St. Louis that i had to prove wrong. Then just before the summer started I broke up with my girl and was all but I saw a unicycle in a b*ike shop window and I got myself a 20" torker. I got all with lots of owwwiieeee's. Now i just have to find a grass skirt and learn to play my ukulele while riding. well that's my story and i'm sticking to it. Along with some of the strange things I like doin, which looks like it wouldn't be all that strange here though... oh well -- pawn2f8 - http://unicycle.meetup.com/ Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. -Apple Computers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pawn2f8's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
My brother and I had both been juggling for several years and saw unicycling as a natural progression. Half jokingly, we put "unicycle" on our Christmas list and, sure enough, our grandparents bought us a cheap-o from the local cycle shop. Things took off from there and haven't stopped since. We now have six uni's/uw's between us and thousands of hours in the saddle. -- onlyonewheel - uni-form--the name of the game. --Ryan Langton "the sex appeal comes from confidence, not a funny one wheeled bike thingy, unicycling makes a unicyclist happy, and happy people are attractive people." --evilewan "As others have pointed out, idling on a giraffe is actually easier than on a regular uni. The general public doesn't know this, so this enhancement comes with a reduction in difficulty." --Iunicycle "And I thought this hobby was for minimalists." --daino149 "On a unicycle, you are the odd one out, the unexpected, the eccentric, the dangerous one... the onus is on you to deal with situations. You're used to it."--Mikefule "If it ain't a big wheel, it ain't a big deal." --Lewis W. Beard "Learn your lesson, NEVER ride on loose or creaking cranks." -- Roger Davies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ onlyonewheel's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/381 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
Years ago I saw one at a yard sale and passed it by. Later I regretted that (slightly). Fast-forward several years: I see another one at a yard sale. How could I resist? A 20 inch Cycle Design. Asking price $35 USD. It didn't take too much work to talk them down to $20. I'm not allowed to buy anything at a yard sale that I won't use (my own rule). So having bought it, I was forced to learn. I figured that once I learned to ride it, that would be the end of it. It didn't seem to have many possibilities. Reading rec.sport.unicycling I found out how wrong that was. --Mark -- dogfeathersvt - Former Newbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dogfeathersvt's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4648 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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What made you first pick this up?
dogfeathersvt wrote: * I figured that once I learned to ride it, that would be the end of it. * Interesting, because that is exactly what I thought. The uni looked like a nice new challege for a 43 yr old. My goal was to ride to the mailbox and back (~1/4 mile). I nailed that goal pretty quick and learned that I really enjoyed the hobby along the way. I been into unis for 6 *whole* weeks now.... -- newtouni - Self Proclaimed Unicycling Dufus Download UniCalc (The Unicycle Calculator) free from http://www.ironjungle.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ newtouni's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5465 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31201 |
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