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Carnival ride

s7ev0 · 2007-06-23T16:53:11+00:00

Haven't posted in absolutely ages, I guess partly because I haven't been riding much lately. However - today I took "old creaky" (my trusty old 20" with the broken spokes) out for a spin at the Bishop's Stortford Carnival. My school had a marching procession and one teacher dressed as a squirrel (our logo) and I thought we might get noticed a little more if the headteacher was in a suit on a uni... The good news was that it didn't rain, but the sun was out all the way, and I now know how sweaty I can get in a suit while riding a uni. In fact the riding was ok when there was enough space in the road, it was the constant idling/hopping that I had to do due to the slow speed of the procession that did for me. I had to keep overtaking other marchers and doubling back. Results: 1 embarrassing UPD but a nice specatator in the crowd took pity on me and picked up the uni for me with a smile. 1 "hope he falls off" comment from an idiot holding his phone up to me from the crowd - I replied, "Not today mate" cheerily, and then gave silent thanks when I actually didn't fall off. 1 meeting with a fellow unicyclist when we reached the main field at the end and I was wondering how long my shirt would take to dry in the sun. He recognised the Kris Holm seat, mounted, rode and hopped a bit. Nice chap - if you read this, hope you had a good day. Anyway, in the vernacular of the young folk, I believe we "pwned" the school marching in front who could not produce a unicycling headteacher. Of course if I hear other headteachers are planning to unicycle I'll have to get a giraffe... -- s7ev0 DARWIN LOVES YOU The best things in life aren't things -Avatar courtesy of Loosemoose. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ s7ev0's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7310 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/61998 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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s7ev0
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23 June 2007, 16:53 UTC #1

Haven't posted in absolutely ages, I guess partly because I haven't been
riding much lately.
However - today I took "old creaky" (my trusty old 20" with the broken
spokes) out for a spin at the Bishop's Stortford Carnival. My school
had a marching procession and one teacher dressed as a squirrel (our
logo) and I thought we might get noticed a little more if the
headteacher was in a suit on a uni...
The good news was that it didn't rain, but the sun was out all the way,
and I now know how sweaty I can get in a suit while riding a uni. In
fact the riding was ok when there was enough space in the road, it was
the constant idling/hopping that I had to do due to the slow speed of
the procession that did for me. I had to keep overtaking other
marchers and doubling back.
Results:
1 embarrassing UPD but a nice specatator in the crowd took pity on me
and picked up the uni for me with a smile.
1 "hope he falls off" comment from an idiot holding his phone up to me
from the crowd - I replied, "Not today mate" cheerily, and then gave
silent thanks when I actually didn't fall off.
1 meeting with a fellow unicyclist when we reached the main field at
the end and I was wondering how long my shirt would take to dry in the
sun. He recognised the Kris Holm seat, mounted, rode and hopped a bit.
Nice chap - if you read this, hope you had a good day.
Anyway, in the vernacular of the young folk, I believe we "pwned" the
school marching in front who could not produce a unicycling
headteacher.
Of course if I hear other headteachers are planning to unicycle I'll
have to get a giraffe...
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Poseidon
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23 June 2007, 16:56 UTC #2

Sweetness man. I wan't to unicycle for marching band that would be
awesome!
What exactly does UPD stand for. (Excuse my stupidity)
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23 June 2007, 17:51 UTC #3

Hey, nice one. Glad to hear you're still riding. 😄
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23 June 2007, 18:00 UTC #4

Haha, I like your avatar😄
I always wanted to represent my school on a uni, but our principal is
not very interested in students' skills. (she threw my juggling balls
in the trash >.>😉
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23 June 2007, 18:02 UTC #5

Thanks, Cath. Missed BUC this year due to other commitments. Hope to
be back again next year (preferred indoor camping).
Thanks too, Poseidon. UPD is a great unicycling euphemism for falling
off, or as my son would say, "stacking it". It stands for UnPlanned
Dismount. Hmm, a marching band - wonder if I could play cymbals while
riding...?
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23 June 2007, 22:16 UTC #6

I have always used the term UPD and never known what it meant. So,
thanks for telling me. Your son's term is cool too. "Stacking It"... I
really like that.
Yes, I saw a dude on unicycle.tv on youtube that played saxaphone on
his uni. I play trumpet, but I'd be too worried about stacking it and
damaging my trumpet.
I love that phrase... Stacking It... Just seems to roll of the tongue.
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