why unicycle?

i don't know exactly WHY i unicycle. I guess it's because it is the only
sport i've ever found that really gives me that rush that none others
can give. Maybe it's because it sets me apart from all the other
conformists that inhabit this world. Maybe it's just because i can.
I've never really found that out myself either. I guess i originally
started doing the extreme element of it to pick up chicks, but that
didn't really work as well as i originally planned.

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It's fun!
It's meditative! Preoccupied + Unicycling just doesn't work for me.
It's good exercise! More fun than a heart attack!

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Its fun, and a fun workout and unlike riding a bike a Uni can continue
to challenge your abilities plus I can do it and you cant

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There are constant challanges and always somthing else to learn. It's
also very versatile - MUni, hockey, distance and so on.

It's the closest thing to flying that I have ever experienced.

It gives me something to think about and something to look forward to
at the end of the day.

It's the most warming thing that I have ever done.

For me it is extremely difficult, so the buzz of accomplishing
something new or learning a new trick is fantastic.

Also it's just a bit different. Not everybody does it and I feel I have
something in common with everyone else who does.

Cathy

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cuz its one of the funnest things to do. and when you start learning
freestyle tricks and stuff, it gets twice as fun. for real.

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because it is written in my dna and it is in my nature to do so.

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Pleb: "Why do you unicycle?"
Unicyclist: "Why do you want to know?"
Pleb: "I'm just interested."
Unicyclist: "So why are you -just interested-?"
Pleb: "Er... um... er... well..."
Unicyclist: "Well, that's why I unicycle."
Pleb "?"

Or remember when the lady asked the jazz musician:
lady: "What exactly does "swing" mean?"
Jazz musician: "Lady, you gotta ask, then you don't got it."

(This exchange in various forms is attributed to several of the great
jazz musicians.)

Why do any sport or hobby? Because it interests you. Because you
enjoy it.

Why unicycling? Because you were lucky enough for the idea and the
opportunity to cross your path at the right time in your life.

Or, if you want to be less philosophical, just tell them what you do,
and speak with passion about the achievement, the exploration, the
satisfaction...

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"Why DON'T you unicycle?"

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B L U E S H I F T

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It's something that unless one can unicycle or fly for them self, they
wouldn't understand.

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It's not easy to explain. It's a virus somehow that once it's tried u
can't stop.
In german EINRAD ODER KEINRAD. In english ONE WHEEL OR NO WHEEL.
It's GOD's gift to us unexercised people.😄

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So that when people trip I can laugh that much harder.

It's fun, unique, and difficult. Way more fun than walking everywhere.

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Uni-D3 said:

EINRAD ODER KEINRAD

that's nice, I'm putting it as my title.

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-Morons everywhere.

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wowunicycle said:

"Why do you like to unicycle so much?"

So I stay in shape, while having fun, and don't get fat like you.

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I've been asking myself this for a long time. I had a burning passion to
learn when I was 6 years old. No idea why, at that age. I suppose I
should ask my kid. I remember that it was something I was simply driven
to do. My little brother learned, but never rode often. I pretty much
rode by myself for those eyars as a kid and didn't have a clue about
tricks. I could go down stairs, freemount and ride backwards. When I
was a teenager and my bro had a dirt bike, I'd try to take my uni over
jumps we built out of scrap wood on the gravel road (Wow, that was way
back in 1979!).

I didn't ride much at all from when I was 15-38. Why NOT? Maybe I was
tired of riding solo and I didn't know what else I could do with it.
Once in there I bought a 24" to get to work on, but it was stolen
within a week. Regretfully now I think of the 23 lost years. Glad I
straightened that out finally!

I was cleaning out my basement while procrastinating writing on my
dissertation, and ran across my old beat up schwinn and online, I found
a place to donate it (MUC).Tommy Thompson introduced me to the forum
and that was it! I was back into it again. I think Dudewith a sock said
the forum got him into it, too . So thanks everyone and Tommy T. and
Gilby, too! I just counted and I have been buying unicycles at a rate
of more than 1 per month since I got back into it STOP!!! :p Just
terrible. I think I have my fill of unis and will now have money for
food and heating oil for the rest of the winter.

Long answer to a short questions. I unicycle because a bunch of witty,
skilled, and creative people are out there stretching the limits of
what can be done on a uni and I'm happy be a part of it!

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It makes people stop in their tracks and stare at you in interest.

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1. Its fun
2. Its good for your condition
3. Its good for your balance
4. Its fun oh wait I alraedy said that
5. Its challeging

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It's just fun. It gives that rush of soaring 2-3 feet above the ground
with nothing in front of you, no handlebars, no extra wheel, no
nothing, just you practically flying.

It's also difficult, which makes every little accomplishment that much
more enjoyable and that much more satisfactory.

It's unique. It's something most people just sort of shrug off as
"something for the professionals". When someone asks what I do for a
hobby, or what I do to exercise, and I tell them I unicycle, they stare
blankly, or just don't believe me.

I love it.

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When asked by a Dutch cyclist:
"Why unicycle ? Two wheels would be quicker !"
My reply was along the lines of:
"Why cycle ? A motorcycle would be quicker, and a car safer !"

Chris

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Cause it makes me less judgemental.

I used to look at people who played out famous battles with toy
soldiers they painted themselves/collected erasers/attended Star Trek
conventions and muttered 'Get a life' only half under my breath.
Now that I find my main source of entertainment on one wheel, I find
that I no longer inhabit the (imaginary?) moral high ground that
allowed me such a judgement over their pastimes. And I like me better
when I'm not -that- judgemental.

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