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Difficulty is all relative
I was UW'ing in the parking lot of a trail head yesterday, waiting to see if anyone else was gonna show up for the ride. While I was practicing, there was an older couple who came up behind me, and were baffled. They never said anything to me, but I heard the lady grab the guys attention, and some noises of amazement soon came. They then went into the trail on their walk, while i waited for a few more minutes. No one showed, so I headed in, on the MUni. I passed them soon enough, luckily, in a semi technical section (the best place to pass people!) The comment from this older (60+?) couple who just got passed by a unicyclist in the woods was: 'Well, that looks a lot easier, eh?' Side note: Because I was by myself, I decided to see how fast I could ride the 20km loop. I did it in one hour thirty six, MUni/160's -- Sofa - You Tu Tu Tuni? 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://tinyurl.com/368h6) *107* reviews on *72* products 'London Unicycling Club Website ' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/) version 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sofa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/706 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31725 |
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Unicycling seems to be all about relativity. Where I'm from, people seem to think I'm pretty good, or at least that's what they say. Then, after going to Moab, suddenly I feel like a beginner groupie-cyclist who took up the sport to try and be cool. (not that it isn't. . .) I guess maybe I shouldn't compare myself to these guys who are the best of the best, but when you look like a wimp who can barely ride. . goes off to try and rebuild self-confidence -jD -- JonnyD The proper wording is: "Whom is this?" Or, more formally: "Just exactly whom the heck is this to whom I am speaking to?" Don't light a match until you know which end of the dog is barkin' I don't NOT want to go. . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JonnyD's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/563 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31725 |
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Yeah, everyone around here says that we're really good. But compared to people who are good, we suck bad. -- James_Potter - ***** ***** ***** -Crap, Crap, Crap!!- -- Kris Holm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James_Potter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3807 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31725 |
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This is the nice thing about (us) being so rare. As long as you can ride at all, most people will think you're great! And now that I can hop and drop and idle and go backward and one-foot and suicide mount, people are even more impressed, and after Moab I'm more motivated than ever to get better -- elmer - uniimpaired "At 40 life begins...to show." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ elmer's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5193 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/31725 |
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Difficulty is all relative
JonnyD wrote:
Where I'm from, people seem to think I'm pretty good, or at least that's what they say. Then, after going to Moab, suddenly I feel like a beginner groupie-cyclist who took up the sport to try and be cool. (not that it isn't. . .) Ho yes. In the days when I was properly fit, after riding in a few races at UK juggling conventions I got the impression I was one of the fastest people around on one wheel. Then I went to a Unicon and met the likes of John Foss and discovered I wasn't even close :-( -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ Why I like OE6 - http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/misc/oe6.html "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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