Top 10 Cities in the World for Unicycling

Based on the number of top world-class riders and overall contribution
to the growth and organization of the sport, any list of top unicycling
cities has to include Minneapolis - Saint Paul (USA) at or very near the
top. Its accomplishments include: Home to the Twin Cities Unicycle Club
(TCUC); birthplace of Andy and Connie Cotter; venue for UNICON VII
(1994); venue for the North American championships three times; and,
home to this forum. Another top US city not previously mentioned is
Detroit (home of the Redford Township Unicycle Club and hosts for four
North American championships). Cities and towns in Ohio also produce
many excellent riders.


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I live in Sydney and i'm not too sure that is should have a place on the
list. There aren't heaps of riders or groups that i know of and i've
heard that Melbourne's unicycling scene is far better.


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If you like trials and big stair sets.Wellington,New Zealand is soooooo
good.(the place unicon is being held).Literally Everywhere you look
there is trials to ride on and stair sets and stuff to do street.


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tholub wrote:
It hosted the first-ever California MUni Weekend, and another one last
year.

The first three MUni Weekends were held in the Sacramento or Gold
Country area (centered around Auburn), which I would count separately
from the Bay area. That said, the SF Bay area is currently much more a
unicycling hotbed with organized rides nearly every weekend. MUni
Weekends were in Santa Cruz (Bay area) in 1999, 2002 and 2007. Tomorrow
you can join the locals for Rob's Ride, and on Sunday there's the annual
San Francisco Tour, a 41-mile ride past loads of SF's best tourist
spots.


tadaniels wrote:
...venue for the North American championships three times...

The first USA convention held in the Twin Cities area was 1978. I think
that one was a little bit before the TCUC club got started. Then it was
held there again in 1982, 1987, 1992, Unicon VII in 1994, 1997, 2003 and
tentatively 2009. Two of those were hosted by clubs other than TCUC.

That said, great unicycling cities don't necessarily have to have big
or active unicycle groups nearby. Some of my best/favorite unicycle
rides or experiences happened with people who may all have been
visitors there, such as the epic MUni ride at Kleine Sheidig (sp?) in
Switzerland. Or Moab, which has no unicyclists we know of.


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Revised list nelow...

To be fair, I don't think NYC can be #1 if we're to have as
accurate a list as possible.

Top 10 maybe hard, so let's expand it to Top 20!

Here they are so far (revision #2):

_Top_20_Unicycling_Cities_in_the_World_

1. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (USA)
2. MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL (USA)
3. NEW YORK (USA)
4. VANCOUVER (CANADA)
5. TOKYO (JAPAN)
6. SANTA BARBARA (USA)
7. LONDON (UK)
8. COPENHAGEN (DENMARK)
9. SEATTLE (USA)
10. PARIS (FRANCE)
11. ________ (GERMANY) -SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHICH CITY YOU GUYS ARE MOST
CONCENTRATED IN-
12. ________ (SOUTH AFRICA) -SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHICH CITY YOU GUYS ARE
MOST CONCENTRATED IN-
13 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
14. WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND)
15. MOAB (USA)
16. DETROIT (USA)
17. LONDON (CANADA)
18. ________ (SWEDEN) -SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHICH CITY YOU GUYS ARE MOST
CONCENTRATED IN-
19. CLEVELAND (USA)
20. PHILADELPHIA (USA)


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HardcoreCokerRider wrote:
Revised list nelow...

To be fair, I don't think NYC can be #1 if we're to have as
accurate a list as possible.

Top 10 maybe hard, so let's expand it to Top 20!

Here they are so far (revision #2):

_Top_20_Unicycling_Cities_in_the_World_

1. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA (USA)
2. MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL (USA)
3. NEW YORK (USA)
4. VANCOUVER (CANADA)
5. TOKYO (JAPAN)
6. SANTA BARBARA (USA)
7. LONDON (UK)
8. COPENHAGEN (DENMARK)
9. SEATTLE (USA)
10. PARIS (FRANCE)
11. ________ (GERMANY) -SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHICH CITY YOU GUYS ARE MOST
CONCENTRATED IN-
12. ________ (SOUTH AFRICA) -SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHICH CITY YOU GUYS ARE
MOST CONCENTRATED IN-
13 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
14. WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND)
15. MOAB (USA)
16. DETROIT (USA)
17. LONDON (CANADA)
18. ________ (SWEDEN) -SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHICH CITY YOU GUYS ARE MOST
CONCENTRATED IN-
19. CLEVELAND (USA)
20. PHILADELPHIA (USA)




Melbourne is a nice city, but surely Canberra is the number #1
Australian unicycling stronghold?


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I think Melbourne would beat Canberra based on the original criteria:

Number of unicyclists in the area
- Availability of clubs - Regular unicycle meetings & numerous other
events
- Conducive riding terrain - Flat
- Conducive climate for riding - Warmer than Canberra
- Ability to get equipment easily -UDC Australia & their distributor
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I think some european and japanese citys are the unicycle capitals. For
example my ex hometown bottrop has 2 big clubs each of them has like
300 members then it is in a big city area with at least 5 other clubs
which more than 200 members not more than half an our away from each
other. One of the biggest german unicycle store is also in this area.
The minus points are that nearly everybody only does freestyle, hockey
and racing and there are no hills.

But all other citys I visited are not comparable to Bottrop if you
think mostly of numbers of people who unicycle (except of tokyo).


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MT High wrote:
I think Melbourne would beat Canberra based on the original criteria:

- Conducive riding terrain - Flat




I thought that was a huge negative when I was in Melbourne actually


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HardcoreCokerRider wrote:

1. New York (USA)
2. Vancouver (Canada)
3. Tokyo (Japan)
4. Santa Barbara (USA)
5. Paris (France)
6. Seattle (USA)
7. Sydney (Australia)
8. Berlin (Germany)
9. London (Canada)
10. Copenhagen (Denmark)

Re-arrange, add, or subtract from this list as you see fit...


1. Townsville (Australia)
2. New York (USA)
3. Vancouver (Canada)
4. Tokyo (Japan)
5. Santa Barbara (USA)
6. Paris (France)
7. Seattle (USA)
8. Sydney (Australia)
9. Berlin (Germany)
10. London (Canada)


ahh thats better...


and canberra is ****. townsville all the way.


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