Hi,
I'm attending Western Michigan University this fall, as a freshman. I
was a little nervous to ride on a campus of about 27,000. I can't
believe the great responses I've gotten. I ride during the night on
main campus, too. The reason I do this, is because I try to avoid
riding near too many people. I don't get the riding done that I want to
when I get requests to do everything on my trials cycle, including
backflips--which for some reason people think are possible.
So far I've had five clown comments. I always tell people that I didn't
learn how to ride trials, my sport, my art to be compared to a place
that usually displays unicycling as a cheap joke.
"Is that thing hard to ride"--"Hardest thing you'll ever learn how to
do. But, it's easier than walking for me (riding on flat, anyway)."
I always make sure I stop and talk to each person that asks me
something. Sometimes people try to ride it. If any of you on campus
know what's good for you, don't let drunks at 10pm try to ride it down
the hallways in the dorms.
"How much did that thing cost? A hundred?"--"Haha, way more than
that--$1300"
"Can you ride that thing?" I love that the best "Nah, I just walk
around with it. I find it's better to pretend."
I always forget what I do, Urban Unitrials, is "weird". I think nothing
of it when I'm out riding.
"Holy [censored] that's dangerous" as I drop from a four foot high, five inch
wide ledge that I rode twenty feet down.
"You're the uni pimp"
"You're my hero" I've gotten this twice.
"Doesn't that hurt your balls?" I love that. I feel like a total
neuter. "No, because I don't sit on them, like what you're doing.
That's why they hurt." It's kind of humiliating. People make you feel
like something's wrong with your reproductive parts, a man's most
vulnerable area, because I ride a unicycle. When I do gaps or drops, I
get asked that a lot.
"Are you okay?" as I fall from an awkward ledge I was going to hop on.
This girl just randomly ran up to me, to cater to my health whims. I
told her that I'd be fine when the pain went away.
Those are just some of them. Ah the fun of riding a college campus. I
think I have a fan club. Some guy the other night, recognized me
walking down the street, coming out of a cafe.
Later,
Evan
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