Help with people wanting my unicycle..

Normally I just give people a go. When I can't be bothered, I find that
some line about responsibility, liability and insurance works wonders -
although I've only used it once or twice.

-Iain

As a member of the Unicycling Society of America, I consider it part of
being a good member to help spread unicycling. This means give people a
chance if they seem like they really want to try. You never know who
might get inspired and pick it up later, even drunk guys!

They have to be the right size to fit what I'm riding, and the
conditions have to be right. For example, drunk guy in flip-flops + MUni
with spiked pedals may not be a good combination. Of if I don't have any
time.

But the main deciding factor is if people ask nicely. That's all you
need. And I have been surprised from time to time, by people who *can*
ride, and later admit they haven't been on one in 10, 15, even 20 years.
Those are always great to see.

More likely the person wants to see what it's like. So I let them know
up front they may get whacked by the pedals, and you don't learn to
unicycle in five minutes. Then they get a chance to experience it, and
usually understand that more work would be involved to learn to ride.


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Thinking about a solution to these requests made me think of a Seinfeld
episode in which Jerry is being heckled by Kramer's girlfriend (who
works at Pendant Publishing with Elaine), so Jerry goes to her office
and heckles her. My idea is instead of the ultimate comedian's revenge,
we do the ultimate unicyclist's revenge: stalk the next person who
annoys you while riding, and wait for them to ride a bike, drive a car,
mow the lawn, etc. and start asking "Oh, that's so cool, is it hard? can
I do it? Can I try?"


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I sometimes invite someone to try ...
I'd do a hieght assessment first usually.
(I dont carry wrench)

... but, I say 'at thier own risk' ...
(when I say that ... some change thier minds)

... flip-flops or sandels not allowed.
(or anything else I notice ... like the sidewalk is too busy ... you
don't want to endager anyone else around if the uni goes flyin)
I always ask them to 'grab the seat' if they fall.
(if they can)


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Yea, not many people can ride mine because either they are little kids
who are too short for the longneck (it's right up to the seat for me, so
if you are even an inch shorter than I am it won't work) or too tall
like an adult or teen and I can just say I don't have a wrench to move
the seat up. But most of the time I just let them try it. Threadjack:
Has anybody ever noticed that beginners always prefer the seat lower
than they should?


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This sometimes works for me, but you need a fairly serious looking
machine: "I'm sorry, not on this one. If it was my smaller one, it'd be
safe for you, but..."

That is courteous, and buys enough time for you either to ride away, or
to assess the person asking. If their reaction is good, you can stop
and chat, and possibly spread the word a bit.

If you do stop to talk, you can usually point out the "dangerous"
aspects of the one you're riding. Start with the pinned pedals.

Some people genuinely just want to make conversation, drunk or sober.
The friendly drunks won't try too hard, and will give it back to you
with a laugh. Aggressive drunks should be politely deflected, then
fled.


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If I'm on a ride with the local group or even by myself I try to get
anyone onto a unicycle who expresses even the most remote interest. Some
try, some can ride. With some you end up holding almost all of their
weight up. Having two people is a plus. Having a group is best because
it's more likely to have a unicycle set to about the right height. We
always give warnings about pedals smashing shins during mounting and one
of us will put a foot behind the wheel to keep it from rolling.


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UniTyler wrote:
* Threadjack: Has anybody ever noticed that beginners always prefer
the seat lower than they should? *


Yes, but I still can't figure out why.

To keep on subject:
I normally just let people give it a try. If there are three or four in
the group they normally try to hold each other up, it's free
entertainment and it's HILARIOUS!


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i hate when you get people who are self centerd and determend because
they just keep on trying and when you take it back they start whining
like little kids then they expect you to hold them up and help them role
along and then they just get this stupid idea that your having fun by
helping them i would just ignore them and ride away but im not very good
at being rude

then there was this one time where after trying mine they went and
bought their own just so they could be better then me and he would do
stupid things just to beet me like before he could even turn well he was
jumping off 2' drops then falling hard according to him that was "skill"
that i didnt have so i stoped talking about unicycles with him and now
hes back to playing X box


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When I was riding a cheapie with a banged up seat, I'd let anyone have a
go. once on New Years Eve a drunk fresh out of a bar said he could ride
and asked if he codl have a go. I humoured him, it turned out he could
ride, and soon disappeared down the street. For a second I'd thought I'd
lost my unicycle, he did come back though.


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