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  1. The unicycles made paragraph 2 in today's Chilly Hilly article in the
    Seattle Times:

    Quoted message said:

    Monday, March 01, 2004, 12:00 A.M. Pacific

    Cycle season wheels in at Chilly Hilly By Nick Perry
    Seattle Times Eastside bureau

    It's go time: The cycle shoes hitting concrete sounded
    like a herd of horses when hundreds of cyclists surged
    onto three chartered ferries bound for Bainbridge
    yesterday morning. As soon as each ferry pulled into dock
    and lowered its ramp, the cyclists — many wearing lime-
    colored jackets, tight pants and wrap-around shades —
    were off.

    The bikes: The trick to riding a unicycle with a 36-inch-
    diameter wheel is to lean forward going uphill and to
    descend very slowly, said Irene Genelin, a 19-year-old
    University of Washington student.

    "It's a different way to see the world," she said. "It's
    fun, you're up higher and you can see things. It's also
    more of a novelty. People just come up to you and start
    talking."

    *Rest of story is just about bikes…*


    'The rest of the story' (tinyurl.com2sdtq) (You may
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    John and Irene,

    Ride report please?

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    UniBrier - Its Time to Ride

    Steve DeKoekkoek ~ A one track mind in search of the never-ending sine
    wave.

    Sure you can walk the whole track, but then it's not MUni, its WUni. ~
    Rowan regarding being hard-core.

    Actually I think it's more of a WUni. ~ John Foss regarding Sponge Bob’s
    water giraffe.

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  2. We made it. All 33 miles. I'll write up a ride report
    and post it.

    I like the shot of Baker Hill in the Seattle Times article.
    That viewpoint gives a good appreciation for the hill. I got
    a shot of Irene at the bottom of the hill but from that
    viewpoint the hill looked almost flat. Baker Hill is about
    an 8% average grade.

    Best part of the ride: *No Rain!* 🙂 🙂 🙂

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