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College Dorm + Unicycle Limitations
In September I'm going to be moving into a college dorm room, and unfortunately won't have the space for many unicycles. I need to figure out which ones I'll take (which is something only I can decide on), and how to store them in my room. You aren't supposed to put hooks in the ceiling, or really do anything destructive to the walls. I was thinking perhaps some type of net up high might work... I dunno. Obviously, I could just try and store them in a corner, but space is going to be really limited. Also, I'll have a roomate. So, for everyone out there that has unicycles in their dorm room, and those that *had* unis in their dorm room, how did you do it? How many did you have? How did you store them? Etc. And anyone else who hasn't been in the situation, please feel free to go ahead and post and give advice. Thanks! Later, Jess -- Jester2000 - "Don't think. Feel." -MacGyver 'unicyclejester.com' (http://www.unicyclejester.com) | 'busteduni.com' (http://www.busteduni.com) | 'primitivepictures.net' (http://www.primitivepictures.net) | 'teamprimitive.com' (http://www.teamprimitive.com) The next installment coming JUNE..JULY..(?).. ack.. to a browser near you. It's going to be BIG! My Photos! 'My 18th bday weekend' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/my_18_wkend) | 'Zack's 17th bday weekend' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/zack_kaori/) | 'Toque 2005' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/toque_05) | 'Moab 2005' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/moab_05) | 'Dan Heaton' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/dan_heaton_visits) | 'My Uni album' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/uni) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jester2000's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3662 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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Hey Jess! I'm in the same situation! I didn't really think about it, except I figure I can sacrifice clothing space in the closet lol. I think I'm gonna take 2 with me, my trials and my freestyle. I would take a muni too if I had one. I'm interested too in how to keep them without them being in the way and all that. Where are you going to college Jess? Kevin -- tugboat - street unicyclist "You won't get hurt if you land it!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tugboat's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3298 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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Yup, I've got the same problem as well. I'm gonna take three, space be damned. 29er, 24X3 and trials. I'm hoping I can find some way to hang them from the ceiling. Or maybe take pedals off and store them under the bed. -- Ben Plotkin-Swing - MUni rider www.benps.com "Every truly great accomplishment is at first impossible" -Fortune cookie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ben Plotkin-Swing's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/378 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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If you're not planning to bring your Coker or 8-footer, you shouldn't be too bad off. If you have shelves in your room, depending on where they are you might be able to attach come kind of hook to them. Or if you're feeling really inventive, you could probably devise some sort of freestanding rack to fit the shape of your room. Something like a floor-to-ceiling post, to which you could attach hooks or whatever to hold up the unicycles. You could wedge it against the ceiling where it wouldn't need to make any holes. Or just go ahead and put a hook up, and repair it before you leave! It's raining. I can't believe it's raining, in June, in Sacramento. It's not supposed to. If it doesn't dry up, looks like we'll have to put off the ride today... -- johnfoss - More Moab Fun John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" -- 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) -- 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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One space generating trick is to put your bed up on cinder blocks. That gets you more space under the bed. That, of course, depends on the type of bed. Space above and below the bed is often begging to be made more useful. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/963jr) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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Too bad no ceiling hooks. With enough of them you could hang your Unis flush to the ceiling (not dangling) How about something like this. You could put littler hooks down the sides to hold your helmet, camelback, etc. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attachment filename: storage rack.gif | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/326420| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Memphis Mud - Student of GrandMaster 2T "winter in peanut butter comes turquoise" -Greg Harper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Memphis Mud's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1987 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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College Dorm + Unicycle Limitations
I planned on taking just my trials to school in the fall... until I got a muni, and realized just how impractical a 20" is for transportation. I want my muni for going places, and my trials for... trials.. I would just leave the muni home, but I'm going to be right in the Pococno's (East Stroudsburg).... I'm going to just take both, and hope I get into the new, bigger, better dorm. If there really ins't enough room, just send one home. Dave -- fcwegnm0b - HammerTron "You wanna go to Denny's" "...Ahh, I'm already there....." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcwegnm0b's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8357 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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Hey, good idea John. I think that post in the corner with hooks would probably work nicely! Kevin- I'm going to University of California, Santa Barbara. You still going to that N. Carolina school? Ben, where are you going? I'm hoping I can bring the Coker. That Santa Barbara beach bike path is pretty sweet. I probably won't take it though. If I can find a way to accomodate it once I'm there, maybe I will bring it back when I come home for the holidays or whenever. I know I need my muni for sure, with those amazing mountains. And I'm sure I'll want my trials. So it's just a question of if I can squeeze my freestyle somewhere... and possibly that huge coker. One other thing. When I signed the dorm agreement, it specificly said no bicycles in the dorms. Santa Barbara has a LOT of bikes, there are designated 2-way bike paths all over the campus. And they have lots of lockable racks to store your bike. Anyway, I just hope it's not an issue having unicycles in the dorms. I'm hoping it will be similar to the airport luggage thing. "It's circus equipmet... totally different from a bicycle!" Later, Jess p.s. John the rain's not that bad over here. I'm still going. -- Jester2000 - "Don't think. Feel." -MacGyver 'unicyclejester.com' (http://www.unicyclejester.com) | 'busteduni.com' (http://www.busteduni.com) | 'primitivepictures.net' (http://www.primitivepictures.net) | 'teamprimitive.com' (http://www.teamprimitive.com) The next installment coming JUNE..JULY..(?).. ack.. to a browser near you. It's going to be BIG! My Photos! 'My 18th bday weekend' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/my_18_wkend) | 'Zack's 17th bday weekend' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/zack_kaori/) | 'Toque 2005' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/toque_05) | 'Moab 2005' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/moab_05) | 'Dan Heaton' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/dan_heaton_visits) | 'My Uni album' (http://www.unicyclejester.com/gallery/uni) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jester2000's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3662 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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Jester2000 wrote: * Kevin- I'm going to University of California, Santa Barbara. You still going to that N. Carolina school? Ben, where are you going? * I'm going to Swarthmore college in Swarthmore PA, outside philly. fcwegnm0b wrote: * but I'm going to be right in the Pococno's (East Stroudsburg).... * Do you know anything about the MUni scene in that area? I'm thinking I may have to head up to the Poconos from Swarthmore to get my MUni fix. -- Ben Plotkin-Swing - MUni rider www.benps.com "Every truly great accomplishment is at first impossible" -Fortune cookie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ben Plotkin-Swing's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/378 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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College Dorm + Unicycle Limitations
Kevin- I'm going to University of California, Santa Barbara. You still going to that N. Carolina school? Yup, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Can't wait to get there. Kevin -- tugboat - street unicyclist "You won't get hurt if you land it!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tugboat's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3298 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/41227 |
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