unicyclers = attention seekers/exhibitionists?

Im both, maybe more on the show side....If all the good lines were
behind the buildings people would never see me 😉

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I enjoy showing off sometimes, but mostly I just ride for the fun of it.

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My younger sister always says i'm showing off if I ride infront of
anyone, when I go out and ride for LONG streatches of time by myself
without any human contact, I will admitedly, say I like to share new
things i've learned with other people, like if I learn a new trick or
take a video of me going down a killer hill, i'll want to share that
experince with other people, I wouldn't consider it showing off parse.

I've actually taught my younger brother to ride, and he seems fairly
exited to learn, and is getting alot better, and now that i have him I
find i'm, as my sister would put it ,"Showing off" alot less, and this
is because I have another unicyclist that apretiates it more to "Show
off" too.

I'm sure there are alot of unicyclist out there that enjoy grabbing
attention, but they are probably people that enjoy attention as well,
you get both sides in any sport, but unicycling draws attention itself,
without your own effort, so alot of people get the wrong idea.

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One of the things I love about muni-ing is it takes you to all sorts of
fantastic places where there aren't crowds of people shouting about
handlebar deficiencies and suchlike...

Phil

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Thats stupid, why arent bike trials riders and MTBers and BMXers and
skateboarders and snowboarders said to be trying to get attention?

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forrestunifreak said:

*Thats stupid, why arent bike trials riders and MTBers and BMXers and
skateboarders and snowboarders said to be trying to get attention? *

Cause they're more common than we are.

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i kinda started unicycling because i wanted attention in some ways.but
that was years ago. i will admit i show off all the time. but not just
with riding. i usually jsut do a wheel walk or somethin cuz it impresses
em. im not really in it for attention now as much, but i like to impress
people.

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NO.

I just want to do a skill that's a bit unusual but great exercise and
makes me feel good. Without anyone telling saying anything to me unless
I know them.

I starting to enjoy the postitive attention a bit more now - I might
aswell.

But, NO, NO NO.

Why should doing something different mean you want attention. I've
always been different/done different things and I have NEVER looked for
'attention'. I just want to be different in peace.

Cathy

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It's been said "I'm not here to show what I can do on a unicycle, but
rather to show what can be done on a unicycle."

That's my idea on the subject and I like the way that quote sums it up;
does anyone know who I'm quoting?

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In some ways, I'm an attention seeker, although much less than I was a
few years ago.

Attention seeking was certainly NOT part of my decision making when I
bought my first unicycle. I just wanted a unicycle.

On the other hand, I was a Morris dancer, and used to perform regularly
on harmonica at several local folk clubs, and do a bit of busking. I
always dressed unconventionally, and had a habit of drawing attention to
myself.

As a unicyclist now, I would be perfectly happy if I could ride every
day and never see a single person or receive a single comment. I don't
go out unicycling to seek attention. Often, i resent the unsolicited
remarks.

But I do quite enjoy the fact that I do something unusual, and that it
provokes interest. I would do it if it didn't provoke interest, but the
interest is an added bonus.

For me, it isn't about attenion seeking per se. However, if I'm honest,
it is partly a general statement about my attitude to convention.
Whether it is my taste in music, clothes, hairstyle or sport, I always
end up being slightly different. Even as a unicyclist, I find myself
going for the skinny high pressure tyre when everone else goes for the
fat low pressure tyre.

I wonder what it is deep in my personality that makes me so
introspective.

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men I ride my uni because I like to ride not cauz of the attention...

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nah, actually, I'd much rather -not- have all the attention on me. I
dislike being in the spotlight....

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As a newbie to unicycling, my answer is NO and goes along with Cathwood.

I had the time and the desire to learn unicycling. I want to get good
enough to ride a 36" on the road. The population is fairly small here so
it is pretty quiet. I ride my Trek on the road already so I want to ride
my uni to the next town (one is 4 miles away).

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NO thats the reson i dont ride as much around school.. not becuase im
embarrased... but becuase i hate it when people thnk im trying to show
off

Chase

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Sometimes I wish that there weren't any people around, so that I could
just ride trials and street on any obstacles I wanted without people
laughing if I stacked it, or without getting any trouble for riding on
stuff. And when people say that I'm showing off, I just think to myself
"I'd rather that you didn't watch then, cos I don't really care what you
think of how I ride etc... I'm doing this cos it's fun and cos I want to
get good at it!" :p

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I unicycle b/c I want to show everyone else that I am superior. I also
like to give people the illusion that I am not confined by natural
laws--this helps support the fact that I am superior; after all, who can
defy gravity!?! So, it could be said that I unicycle for others, not
for myself. Gosh, aren't I just the wonderful altruist we've all been
missing?

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I'm definitely an attention seeker - my hair is the same colour as my
tire, which is a primo 'the wall' in blue 😄

I like to impress people, and to show off, or even to entertain them
(long time improvisational theatre writer 😉 ) So it's cool when they
enjoy watching me practice.

But on the other side, I like to go to a nice quiet tennis court in the
middle of the day (uni..versity student, lots of holes in my schedule)
and practice for an hour. Usually I'll get better at something small,
every now and then I'll learn something totally new, but regardless, I
come back exhausted, relaxed, and usually in a better mood than when I
left.

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oldfatboy said:

*As a newbie to unicycling, my answer is NO and goes along with
Cathwood. *

I'm with the NO crowd as well, even though I learnt to ride nearly two
years ago. I always wanted to be able to do it, and it gives me an
unbeatable sense of self-satisfaction.

I've only just begun to do small rides out amongst the General Public,
only had one bad comment so far but even the ones who react with
amazement still embarrass me sometimes.

There's also the fact that even if nobody says anything, my skill level
plummets dramatically when people are about. For instance I've just
learnt to hop up a 4" curb and can do it every time in the night, but
the knowledge of just one person in view makes me turn to jelly and then
I can never do it.

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