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A near miss

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  1. A cautionary note - no, make that 2 notes.

    A pitch black night.
    Newly laid street with virgin pavement.
    No houses yet; no street lights.
    I can see nothing and nothing can see me.
    Been here before; know the drill.
    This time I shall try out my single LED uni light (Range about 5 ft).

    Thank Heavens.

    In the darkness ahead lieth a waiting monster.
    Three meters of fresh concrete
    protected by a miniscule twig for a barrier.

    The intrepid unicyclist approacheth......

    .......expecting nothing but good pavement.

    What the.....? The LED has seen something.

    Reaction delay reduces the range from 5 ft to 2 ft.

    Now the moral of this note is to make sure you can pile off the back of
    the uni when you have to. Never mind the being graceful bit.

    Dismounting from the front would have been a disaster. And a running
    front dismount doesn't bear thinking about.

    Note to self: Any light is better than no light.

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  2. i used to dimount out in front with the unicycle behind then i figured
    it was a lot easier to come off backwards, that way you don't have to
    swing the unicycle around so it is in front of you. im gonna get a set
    of LED lights and ride around, that would be so cool and yes i agree,
    one light is better than no light.

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  3. you can pick up a good LED light with a headband and adjustable angle at
    walmart or target for like $10-15. if you wear a helmet, just strap it
    on there and it works really well.

    edit: i just noticed that you're in new zealand. replace "walmart or
    target" with whatever the hell you guys have over there.

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    boo radley

    "no really, are you sure you love me more than your unicycle?" -my gf

    "America is my country and I love her. I wouldn't enter her in any way
    that's unnatural." - hank hill
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  4. edit: i see you're in new zealand. replace "walmart or target" with
    whatever the hell you guys have over there.

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    boo radley

    "no really, are you sure you love me more than your unicycle?" -my gf

    "America is my country and I love her. I wouldn't enter her in any way
    that's unnatural." - hank hill
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  5. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^that would be "the warehouse"

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    dan de man

    tomtrevor said:

    how the hell do u get fluro brown??? it would also probably look like
    uve dunked the uni in a big pile of [censored]

    iridemymuni said:

    What colour [censored] do you do tom ? flouro brown [censored]? thats kinda weird

    tomtrevor said:

    y do u want to know the colour of my [censored]? like that just isn't natural
    for someone to think that.


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  6. The neat thing about wet concrete is that when it dries it tells a
    little story. You can see if maybe a bird hopped across it, or a dog
    stepped in it, or maybe one set of tracks follows the other.

    I'm imagining the locals trying, in years to come, to figure out how
    the imprint of a single wheel and sprawled rider in full UPD came to be
    embedded in their pavement. That would surely be a story worth telling
    ;-)

    "Maybe he was being chased by jugglers"

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    mark williamson

    Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no
    pedals!
    Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
    Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
    Mark: My wheel has a wheel!
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  7. mark williamson said:

    I'm imagining the locals trying, in years to come, to figure out how the
    imprint of a single wheel and sprawled rider in full UPD came to be
    embedded in their pavement. That would surely be a story worth telling
    ;-)

    "Maybe he was being chased by jugglers"

    I bet the imbedded UPD facial expression would give children nighmares
    about the Unicycle Man for many years to come!

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