James_Potter said:*I personally like eating while riding a uni....soda in one hand,
pizza in the other, ahhhhh.... (: *
That reminds me of testing the gliding course at Unicon VIII in
England. I was eating a piece of pizza when the organizers dropped me
off at the top of the hill to try it out and see if it wasn't too flat.
I thought it was perfect, where a heavy-footed rider would come to a
stop, and only one with a light touch would really pick up speed. Alas
it was not to be, as it started raining just before the event (you can't
do a downhill glide race in the rain). We raced the 10k on the same
street though, in the pouring rain.
But Jonathan Marshall, or one of the other organizers, was amazed to see
me jump out of the van and start gliding, while still eating my pizza. I
wasn't even thinking about it.
One of my earliest experiences of total stupidness while riding was
trying to carry a 25 lb bag of dog food home from the supermarket (about
a mile) on a 6' giraffe. We took turns, Bradley Bradley and me, both on
6 footers. The hard part, of course, was the mount!
I have thought about bringing my laptop to work on the back of my Coker,
but I'm still nowhere near ready to attempt it. Though I have (knock
wood) not had any drop-unicycle crashes on my commuting rides, I
probably will someday. It's not worth the risk of my main computer!
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