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After a late night of rushed organisation a friend and me decided to
pleasure our unicycles with a visit to Leeds UK.
After setting off on the train at 9:50 our 1 hour journey was
particularly eventful. By coincidence the day which we picked to go was
the very day that Leeds was playing Barnsley in a football match so of
course, the train was occupied with legions of drinking, swearing,
singing fans. Although intimidating, it was all in good nature and I
definitely learnt to appreciate the troops of police.
Aside from an exhilarating journey the city itself is a very strange
place. Throughout the day we came to around only 3 spots very suitable
for trials and street riding but where we did find was very good.
Immediately outside the station we came to a small concrete park, great
for warming up in, plenty of low walls. As well as this we came to a
fantastic area outside an art gallery and cathedral. Though suited
towards more intermediate riders there was a great amount of more
traditional obstacles to experiment with –not to mention the
abundance of stone floor for you flatland nuts.
I was a little suprised with the cities almost suspicious atmosphere
(that's all subjective though so don't pay much heed to it). I know
Sheffield (my hometown) has a slightly sub-culture skew but we did meet
quite a lot more hostility than normal. One time riding through a high
street some “Youf” attempted to push my friend off his
unicycle, not very impressive. Perhaps it was my bright green
shoelaces. Contrastingly, we talked to a quite a few trials bikers and
they were always, at least, mildly intrigued and friendly. We even met
2 unicyclists, one who is interested in Muni and hockey and another
into street. I’ll try and not let funny looks and a few jeering
sway me too much.
It was our first out-of-town trip, hopefully one of many, and was a
definite adventure; leaving two very tired teenagers at the end of the
day.
On a final note, in Leeds we saw whole schools of trial bikers and
free-runners dotted around the place. To make up for this there were
almost no skaters or BMXers. I don’t know how informed I am, but
this is completely opposite to wherever I’ve been to!
We’re planning for our next trip to be to Manchester UK.
It’d be great to see some new faces and some old ones there.
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experience but the city seems to lack vibrancy and there aren't to many
places to ride, the city centre would probably be good for a few hours
but not for an all day all night jam (unless you really know ur way
around).
ANDYC
PS. CAN YOU INCREASE THE IMAGE LIMIT IN POSTS GILBY?
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