I recently obtained the UNiVERsE 2 DVD and have watched it a
couple of times. I saw George Peck's Rough Terrain
Unicycling on there, and noticed how he mentioned that
hopping without holding the seat can come in handy. I tried
it a few times, and it seemed easy enough. I tried it up a
few gutters, and I made it two out of three times.
Anyway, the next day, I did some shopping at the supermarket
and headed home. I was fully laden with three bags full of
groceries, going through town on the footpath. I saw a bunch
of young people up ahead, and overheard one of them say
"That's gross", and looked across and saw another guy
urinating against a shop window. The stream of urine was
trickling across the pavement in the path of where I was
going, and by the time I realised what it was, it was too
late to turn or stop. I used my recently developed skill of
squeezing the seat between my thighs and performing a small
hop to clear the unpleasant obstacle. The guys cracked up
and said "Did you see that? He bunnyhopped that [censored]!"
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welt.de/smilie/smilie/finger/34.gif] I rode on, quite
pleased to find that hopping with no hands had proven to be
a useful skill, because my hands were preoccupied with
carrying the shopping bags. There was no wet patch on my
tire so the hop was a success!
Thanks George, you saved my tire from being tainted!
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