When Did You Start?

brendonv said:

What age did you start unicycling and why?

I was 15 (Nixon was running for re-election) There was a unicycle out
in the garage and I thought no one was looking. Keeping the bell
bottoms out of the cranks was a real pain.

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I was 8 when I recieved it, my dad unicycle/ed and he gave me one, well
bought one, and I tried it, then gave up for a while, thought it was
stupid, well not stupid, just pointless, then my uncle came and rode
backwards on one (as far as he has ever gotten) and I was amazed, so I
learned, then I met this kid at my school who could hop, so I learned
hopping in a day (6 1/2 hour day) And then backwards in a week, idleing
in a day, and before I knew it I was caught up in it.

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I was and still am 21, i got my first one at the end of March.
I got it coz i was after something different to do, now i cant live
without my uni - if i couldnt experience the thrills of riding/learning
a new skill i would have gone totally insane long ago😄
I LOVE UNICYCLING - I HAVE NEVER LOVED SOMETHING SO MUCH BEFORE

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Started at 15. Currently 16 (17 on friday). I started because 2 of my
friends were doing it. (this was slightly before we discovered defect
and realized you could do tricks on these things) lol.

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15. 3 years ago

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brendonv said:

*What age did you start unicycling and why?*

1) I was 18 at the time when i bought my 1st cheapo 20" and loved it
every moment. 😄
2) What got me into the unicycling world was the fact that i kept
riding my MTB and BMX on 1 wheel. So you can see why i started to
unicycle. 😄

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More replies in 'this thread'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44133). Getting a
bit out of date now, but still pretty relevant.

I started riding on a 20" when I was 34, mostly just because I thought
it would be a cool thing to try. Now I ride mainly cross-country style
muni (26x3" or coker depending on which route I take). I use a
unicycle for probably half my commuting (the rest is by bike - can't
give up my road bike, but never ride MTB anymore).

Rob

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I started april of this year, my family and I went to see my sister for
spring break, her friend had a unicycle, my brother (who knew how to
ride) got on and started unicyling around a small part of campus, and I
figured I wanted to learn. We had a unicycle at home, but I never
bothered to try it until we got home, now I'm practicing 2-3 hours a
day, can ride forwards, and barely hop(about 2 in a row, and thats it)

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I started unicycling on the 14th of July last year. The day I finally
got my uni through mail.

This year 14th of July is gonna be the last day of Fluck and I'm gonna
be there. Nice way to celebrate an anniversary, eh?

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I started two summers ago when I was 17 because I was into
juggling/slacklining/balancing (both on things and things on me) and
figured unicycling was a logical skill to pick up. It took over and
since then I've pretty much abandoned juggling and everything else to
focus on unicycling. Well, that and school.

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Age 41, 3 yrs ago. Now my family owns 6 unis: a Radial 360, a KH29, a
KH24, a cut-down Torker LX24, a Torker DX20, and a United 16".

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Age 53, Christmas 2006.

After 3 months, rode Moab; Slickrock trail, Pritchett Canyon.

After 5 months, rode LBI Unithon (18 miles).

Stable:
24" Nimbus muni
24" KH
20" KH
29" KH
36" Nimbus
20" BC

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Age 39, two years ago.

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I first rode a uni at college in 1964. I was 18. The oldest photo I
have of me riding was taken at the National Sky Diving Championships in
Marana, AZ in 1969. These two photos were taken nearly 40 years
apart.

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Last December, age 51

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Age 45, 4 weeks ago.

A friend had a beat up 24 incher hanging from the rafters and said I
could borrow it. I could ride an occasional 30 feet after 45 minutes.
Second day I could consistently ride 30 feet, and an occasional 100
feet. Those two days were brutally hard compared to the third day when
I decided to try adjusting the seat higher. Once I got the seat under
my butt I could ride consistently 100 feet (after like 10-20 tries).
Now I am hooked. I try to ride 45-60 minutes a day. Some days end up
being 3 hours.

I joined Twin Cities Unicycle Club. There are some amazing riders
there. Very patient people. I just got a Nimbus II 20, it is very
cool.

Best of all, the wife says all this practice is making my abbs look
hot! (for a mid-aged man)

As a cross training tool the unicycle rocks. It has really helped my
hill climbing when I run.

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like may 2005... ithink🙄 . my friend had one so i decided...
wat the heck. i didnt no anything about the sport, trials and what not,
untill like spring '06 so i upgraded unis and started to do some
harder stuff.

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wow, i just realized that this thread was brought from the dead.:p 😄

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About a year and a half ago, aged 36.

And I'm still [censored].

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