My article in paper today...here's pics and...

here are the pics. The "unicode" lists stuff for trials too, even though
the heading says it's all for Muni. Yeah, lots of errors, but no big
woop!

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Awesome! Yet another good article on unicycling and unicyclists.
Hopefully it will lead some lucky people into this sport!

Too bad for the mistakes though. They were really stupid, but I can see
how they were made.

Quoted message said:

the ability to ride backward for 10 minutes; one-footed for 10 minutes;
idle with the left foot down 25 times; idle with the right foot down 25
times; ride with the seat out in front for 10 minutes; ride with the
seat out in back for 10 minutes; and make a sharp, 360-degree turn to
the left and another to the right.

Lets take a look at this in detail:
ride backward for 10 minutes
+
one-footed for 10 minutes
+
seat out in front for 10 minutes
+
seat out in back for 10 minutes
= 40 min on the unicycle straight doing stuff. Not likely :P.

Another mistake:

Quoted message said:

Crank Flip (taking your feet off the pedals and spinning the unicycle)

Thats ok though, the article gets a very good message across and, once
again, I hope it will get people interested in the sport!

Congrats! You did a great job!

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Eroick said:

Awesome! Yet another good article on unicycling and unicyclists.
Hopefully it will lead some lucky people into this sport!

Too bad for the mistakes though. They were really stupid, but I can see
how they were made.
Lets take a look at this in detail:
ride backward for 10 minutes
+
one-footed for 10 minutes
+
seat out in front for 10 minutes
+
seat out in back for 10 minutes
= 40 min on the unicycle straight doing stuff. Not likely :P.

Another mistake:

Thats ok though, the article gets a very good message across and, once
again, I hope it will get people interested in the sport!

Congrats! You did a great job!

Yeah, that's the most glaring mistake(s). He sure didn't get that from
me! In fact, I actually gave him an official online source that
outlines the rules and levels.
http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/
So I don't know how he got it so wrong, but again, stuff happens!

You know, after re-aquainting myself with the levels, I guess I am
actually verging on level 6, with some of 7 too, like the 180 hop
twist. Cool!

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i liked this part

Quoted message said:

specially designed mountain unicycle.

to them its all so specially designed but to us its pretty tame...id
love to hear what they have to say about the 'DM Vortex'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=101)

but the article was great...good job.

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monkeyman said:

Those animals aren't innocent, they're keeping my meat from me

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trials_uni said:

i liked this part

to them its all so specially designed but to us its pretty tame...id
love to hear what they have to say about the 'DM Vortex'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=101)

but the article was great...good job.

That IS such a [censored] uni! Wish I could afford it...but then again,
it's probably a bit overkill for me.😄

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maybe ...but you would grow into it😄

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Those animals aren't innocent, they're keeping my meat from me

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He misspelled 'glossary' on the unicode section heading thinger. While I
try not to pick at spellings much, this is a newspaper. You'd think
they'd get something like that right 🙁

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That's pretty awesome...
I love how they have to define "hopping"

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unijesse said:

im too lazy to be lazy i gess

cathwood said:

employmentability

'just' (http://oldeenglish.org/gymclass.html) about the coolest thing
I've ever seen
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the problem was simple. the skill levels say '10 m'. we know that that
means metres, but they must have thought it was minutes...

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Eroick said:

the problem was simple. the skill levels say '10 m'. we know that that
means metres, but they must have thought it was minutes...

Ah ha! Very good deduction!😄

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Forgot to mention, but you may already know, those great shots
_(in_the_second_post_above)_ were taken at "Devil's Slide" in Simi
Valley, CA. I found out about this really fantastic spot a while back
and I've ridden about 7 times now. Three times I had to hike back up as
I was there alone without the aid of a shuttle. But with at least 2
riders who each have a car, it makes it just a great DH day with a car
ride back up! So if anyone in the Los Angeles or wherever want to meet
there for some amazing Muni terrain, PM me and we can set up a
time/date to meet there. To all those going to Moab, I'll see you
there!😄

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I wish we had something like MOAB here in Ottawa 🙁.

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ottawa isnt exactly prime muni territory...

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Nope, but the gatneau hills are fairly decent.

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Great article. Glad to see another old (😉) guy doing well. I am still
hoping to get into my local newspaper. (Maybe if I keep riding past the
newspaper office I will get their attention some day.)

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terrybigwheel said:

here are the pics.

Hey Terry,

Those pics are great! Too bad the reporter really scrambled the facts
(moabmunifest.homestead.com? He obviously failed to even visit all the
links).

Oh well, the article still has a nice vibe.

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Wheel Rider said:

Great article. Glad to see another old (😉) guy doing well. I am still
hoping to get into my local newspaper. (Maybe if I keep riding past the
newspaper office I will get their attention some day.)

Old? No way man! 😄 I'm actually in better shape than ever, (31 waist)
thanks to this muni sport! Probably also helps to have good genes, and
no smoking/drinking, not a lot of junk food or sugary sodas (diet
only!) sunscreen religiously and plenty of sleep! (Boy, what a BORING
life!:eek: ) But seriously folks, I usually date women in their mid
20's to early 30's, and I'm pretty much always taken for about 30
something, so that's not bad I guess! Still got quite a ways to go to
get that Denny's senior discount!

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Terry-

What a nice and positive article. That's good compensation for the
inevitable errors that will be made in the text by a writer, not a
rider.

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Hey, your famous. Well done!

Cathy

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