-That's a 2 wheeled, stacked unicycle...
If you saw my recent post regarding an article in the Houston paper,
this is almost a continuation of it. Jim Baccus read the article and
traked me down. He lives in the same area and used to have a significant
club here. His boys rode 12' unis and he had as many as 30 kids ride in
parades. He even attended a few conventions in Ohio. I was invited over
to see his uni collection and pictures. He had a photo of some youg guy
riding a BC wheel in a parade and told me it was Sem Abrahms. He
recalled some 'youg kid' with a decorated uni with bells and horns
-named John Fost. (Sorry John, I think 63 years isn't too long to
confuse Fost with Foss.)
He has a shed full of mostly Schwinns -none have been ridden for at
least 20 years when the club fell apart. Anyway, he "loaned" me a
stacked 2-wheeled uni and I spent all day getting it ready to ride. I
changed tires and tubes and cleaned rust off the chrome rims of the '83
'unicycle factory' cycle and repacked the bearings.
I spent about 1/2 hour trying to hang onto a wall and get on it. I
managed to mount it, and clinging onto the wall with enough force to
have cement under my nails, I made it about 20 feet. What's the trick to
riding this thing, aside from doing everything backwards.
...Oh, and I'll add a picture of everyone waiting around the table, like
any good family weekend.
😄
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