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  1. Hi there,

    Just wandering, but has anyone ever seen a monster unicycle as sold by
    unicycle.com?

    http://tinyurl.com/7nuex

    If anyone has seen one of these in action, what are they like? Are they
    easy or hard to ride? What sort of situation would you want to be using
    this in?

    Any help or advice about this would be very useful!

    Many thanks

    Mark Watson

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  2. It's a novelty unicycle. A unicycle for special occasions like parades
    or where you want to have something a little different. It would not
    be good as a primary unicycle. Novelty unicycles are something to get
    if you already have five unicycles and are looking for something unique
    and not particularly practical.

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  3. john_childs said:

    It's a novelty unicycle. A unicycle for special occasions like parades
    or where you want to have something a little different. It would not
    be good as a primary unicycle. Novelty unicycles are something to get
    if you already have five unicycles and are looking for something unique
    and not particularly practical.

    couldnt of put it better myself 🙂 nice.

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  4. markwatson said:

    Hi there,

    Just wandering, but has anyone ever seen a monster unicycle as sold by
    unicycle.com?

    I've seen one in the flesh, and it looks like fun. But that's about
    it. I've not ridden one, or seen anyone ride one, or can think of a
    reason why you'd want to ride one... other than for fun. Almost
    anything that you would want to do on a unicycle you'll find that
    there's a specific one for that and it'll do a much better job.

    STM

    PS "200 feet and counting!!!!!" Are you a centipede? 😄

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  5. yer for novelty are you a centapede i like that one it made me laugh 🙂
    🙂 🙂 😄 😄

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  6. Hi there,

    No, no, no. The message "200 feet and counting" refers to how far I
    have ridden on a unicycle without stepping off! This seems very good to
    me considering I was only riding about 20 or 30 feet at the weekend!

    Hope this clears things up! LOL!

    Many thanks

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  7. yes I rode the prototype actually, not terribly easy or fun to ride,
    just nice to look at. Unless you have the tyre pumped up high the extra
    grip makes it extremley difficult to turn on a sealed surface.

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  8. It's a horrible unicycle to ride. But it does look quite cool. I can see
    it'd be cool to have for idling and juggling on, just because of the
    looks, but can't think of any other reason anyone would want one.

    Joe

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  9. When i read the title *"Monster Unicycle"*. I thought of this. 😄

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  10. Hazmat said:

    When i read the title *"Monster Unicycle"*. I thought of this. 😄

    That's a monocycle (rider inside the wheel) not a unicycle (rider on
    top of the wheel). Although I think most other languages don't have
    that distinction.

    Rob

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  11. rob.northcott said:

    That's a monocycle (rider inside the wheel) not a unicycle (rider on top
    of the wheel). Although I think most other languages don't have that
    distinction.

    Rob

    you said that monocycle means "rider inside the wheel" , but in French
    it means unicycle...

    M@B

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  12. Marijn@Belgium said:

    you said that monocycle means "rider inside the wheel" , but in French
    it means unicycle...

    Yes I know. Is English the only language to have different words for
    these two kinds of single-wheeled vehicles? Anyway, getting a bit
    off-topic here - I'll make 'another thread'
    (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67675) to ask the
    question - I want to know now.

    Rob

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  13. I saw somewhere a unicycle, made out of a car wheel. It looks
    magnificent😄

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  14. Triball said:

    I saw somewhere a unicycle, made out of a car wheel. It looks
    magnificent😄

    .......

    [image: http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/images/unicycle.jpg]

    that?

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  15. jamessd said:

    .......

    [image: http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/images/unicycle.jpg]

    that?

    i think that would excpetionatly hard to turn.

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  16. jamessd said:

    that?

    Anyone know what racing team that guy is from? I've seen the unicycle
    before in pictures posted in RSU, but I've not been able to find out
    what racing team he works for. It would be neat to find out what team
    he works for and find more pictures of him riding that unicycle.

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  17. john_childs said:

    Anyone know what racing team that guy is from? I've seen the unicycle
    before in pictures posted in RSU, but I've not been able to find out
    what racing team he works for. It would be neat to find out what team
    he works for and find more pictures of him riding that unicycle.

    I got the picture on google.
    f the site (which I'm sure you'll know) where the picture is, if that
    helps...

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  18. jamessd said:

    I got the picture on google.
    http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/images is where the picuture is (which
    I'm sure you'll know) , if that helps...

    I looked at the rudyrucker blog and it's just a blog by someone who
    snapped that picture at a race. No info on the unicycle guy he is from
    or even what type if racing the team does (drag racing? stock? F1?
    Indy? ?).

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  19. john_childs said:

    I looked at the rudyrucker blog and it's just a blog by someone who
    snapped that picture at a race. No info on the unicycle guy he is from
    or even what type if racing the team does (drag racing? stock? F1?
    Indy? ?).

    Unfortunately his jacket has no terribly obvious signs on it, but the
    bridge to cross the track behind him suggetss it's not drag, stock or
    Indy .

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