Hi.
I've recently got a new unicycle from unicycles.com.au and
well, it's farkin cool fun.
The seat is so uber comfy it makes me weep like I'm the
widowed blonde in a Humphry Bogart film.
Only problem I've had this this seat so far is the handle
trying to assassinate my fingers. Nailside of the main
knuckles, especially in my middle, ring and index fingers
were very sore from hopping and seat linking.
I trundled off to the LBS and bought some full fingered
gloves. I call them my 'extreme gloves' and pull them on and
run around the house screaming EXXTTREEEEEMMEEE... nevermind
that though.
This helped a little, but not as much as I'd hoped, and as
much as I was lead to believe by some certain communist
sympathisers in #unicyclists on dal.net. (they weren't
really commies, they just thought Mao was a nice guy).
I went at my handle with some kitchen paper towel and some
masking tape.
AH-HA! I folded several pieces of this kitchen paper towel
(spot who raided the kitchen McGyver style looking for stuff
to use) and folded it around, and under the handle. Building
up the rather uncomfortably thin edge. I taped this down
with the masking tape. This helped quite a bit, until I
bought some thick ass gaffer tape and went to that baby like
a stain to an oval office dress. I made it all clean looking
(I even matched the colour tape with the seat colour) and
it's not perfect.
My finger pain has all but gone, the handle is thicker and
much nicer to hold onto when hopping over pathetically small
things, and in general, all is well.
Enjoy wondering what I'm talking about. :p Sam Murray Perth,
Western Australia.
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perth
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