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Are you 45+
I'm also just under 45, and I got back into unicycling two years ago. It is now my main form of exersize, and I get out onto the trails as often as I can. I enjoy the incremental progress I've made over weeks and months. It just keeps getting better. I hope to keep riding for at least another 20 years. -- FlyByTire Just because you can, doesn't mean you should ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FlyByTire's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14437 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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46 - Got back into riding a few years ago after running into a couple of Muni riders on a business trip in Austin, TX. Went home and bought a beater, got back into it, and now I'm the proud owner of four rides, a 26" Qu-Ax muni, a radial 36", and a five foot Torker giraffe, to go along with the dust-collecting beater... I still feel like I'm 15, though!! 22676 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: logo.bmp | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/22676 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- ag_streak ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ag_streak's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15786 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I'm a little under the age limit here, not turning 45 until late 2008. I mostly muni with 2 of my three sons, and the third will likely get started next year when they do circus arts in PE (6th grade--cool, huh?). I was in an endurance race last weekend on the muni, and had a blast--it is an addiction, all right. Besides the unicycle, I like to bike and skateboard (I longboard to work lots of days, and have fun at the skateparks in our area even though I have no skills!). My father grew up in SLC after being born in NYC; his dad was some kind of an executive muckety-muck at the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine (at the time run by the Ohio Copper Company) back in the 1930s. I've not visited often, but always enjoyed the area. -- pkittle *========================== Peter Kittle * Chico, CA "The Revolution is just a t-shirt away." --Billy Bragg ==========================* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pkittle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12111 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Hello! I'm checking in as soon to be 53. Unicycling is great, I'm still having fun, and continue to improve. I can idle, hop, and am just beginning to think about SIF hopping. Funny thing about SIF, is that as a teenager, I could ride SIF, but have not managed it since I started riding again at 49 years. Never mind what the neighbors think. -- Chrashing Regards, Ken ... I say it's a great exercise. They say it's a mid-life thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chrashing's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7501 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i'll be 50 this april. got my aarp in the mail, then rolled on the wheel for an hour. whew feels great! -- shorewoodmayor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ shorewoodmayor's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12546 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Hey ag_streak on the giraffe, you better remove that grown-up-looking name tag or people won't realize that you are still 15! And steveyo, I ended up in Salt Lake City after ski bumming in Jackson Hole (in the late 70s and early 80s). I’m still ski bumming (tele-ski and snowboard patrolling at Brighton). It is fun to make these connections. An interesting side note, my best friend and windsurfing buddy disappeared about five years ago to live with his sweetie in Colorado. The last I heard he was living part time in Baja and kitesailing. It sounded too coincidental with Cynbad’s story so I PM'd her. Sure enough, her fiancé and my buddy are one-in-the-same. It is a small world. -- stevea ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stevea's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15485 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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stevea wrote: And steveyo, I ended up in Salt Lake City after ski bumming in Jackson Hole (in the late 70s and early 80s). I’m still ski bumming (tele-ski and snowboard patrolling at Brighton). It is fun to make these connections. Speaking of finding these connections ... I just found out that my grandfather was one of the founding members of the Salt Lake Winter Sports Association, which was responsible for securing the land and raising the funds to create Alta ski area, with the nation's second ski lift, back in 1936. Google rocks! -- pkittle *========================== Peter Kittle * Chico, CA "The Revolution is just a t-shirt away." --Billy Bragg ==========================* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pkittle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12111 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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47, been riding over 31 years. Most of those years on my 24 Schwinn (still operational but retired), 24 Miyata, and 20/24 Schwinn Giraffe. Then about 5+ years ago I discovered there was such things as Freestyle skills, MUni, Coker, & Trials. New skills don't come as fast but I'm still going strong. Both my girls ride too. -- UniBrier Steve Hop Drop & Roll “If something is to hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.” – Homer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniBrier's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Like UniBrier, but been riding 7 years. I haven't made as much progress in freestyle, trials, and muni as I'd like, as I got into distance riding a few years ago and have become kind of a one trick pony. Get on and ride 50 miles appears to be my trick, just please don't ask me to wheel-walk along the way. Stevea: welcome to riding and the forum. You live in a GREAT area for off-road riding, as well as some on-road. If you don't know him, you should connect with Rolf, who organizes the annual Moab Muni Fest. Think he's down around point of the mountain, and knows lots of trails. If you need contact info, PM me, or search on Moab Muni Fest. My favorite ride in Utah (not that I know many as I moved away from there just after learning), is Mill Creek Canyon in late-spring, early summer. There is a period when the snow has melted on the road, but they haven't yet opened it up to cars. Pedalers rule, and it's a great climb. Do it on a muni or a 29-er with knobby, and you can take the Pipeline Trail on your way back down. Great mix of road and off-road in a single day. Best think about being an old fart who rides is having a kid to ride with me. Here's me and my son Miles on Father's Day this year, about to set a new personal best for him at 26 miles. Good times... 22680 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: t and m fathers day smaller.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/22680 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- tomblackwood Tailgate at your own risk... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomblackwood's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3762 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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46 here. I've been riding for nearly 2 years now having got the idea from my younger son, who started about 5 years ago. I'm mainly muni with a bit of road riding (26" muni & 29" road) but every time i see a coker I'm thinking mmmmmmmm. Only a matter of time, and persuading the other half I need another uni, three at the moment along with two b*kes gathering dust in the garage. -- ian.stockwell A chocolate unicycle tastes great but is a bugger to ride. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ian.stockwell's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12265 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/64739 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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