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  1. This evening, I changed the cranks on my MUni back to 150's as per
    Scott's suggestion and headed out to do a quick 4 mile loop around the
    neighborhood. BTW, the 150's felt very comfortable after riding the 150
    equippped Coker so much lately.
    Anyway, I was riding down a small hill about 1/2 mile from the house
    on my return trip when a big landscaping company truck came around me
    and abruptly turned onto the next street. The driver jumped out of the
    truck and called for me to come back.
    As I rode up to him, I just had to say it! "You used to ride
    unicycles, didn't you?" He quickly responded with a yes and asked if I
    would let him give it try. He freemounted, wobbled a few feet and asked
    if I had a few minutes, he'd like to try a few more times. We talked as
    he practiced and I learned that he last rode about 14 years ago on a
    regular basis. After about 5 minutes, he was riding up and down the
    street, riding backwards and idling a little, wanting to know where he
    could buy a unicycle locally.
    As I told my wife about my experience, she informed me that my new
    acquaintence is also my next door neighbor's yardman!! I guess I'll
    have to convince him to take a little time off and go riding with us
    locals 😄 😄

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    Krashin'Kenny - Crash Tested

    If you ain't crashing, you ain't going fast enough!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. what a great story! my 80 year old neighbor (who is also a
    former CIA agent) told me he used to be able to ride when he
    was young. It hard to believe. They probably didn't even
    have unicycles then.

    -grant

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    The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a
    capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
    labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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  3. Nice! The exact thing happened to me yesterday! I found out
    that there's a guy who lives about 3 blocks away who used to
    ride. I was doing trials practice in front of my house when
    he stopped by and said hi. We started talking and he noted I
    was wearing armour, which he said was a good idea. Then, I
    did some hopping, and asked him if he ever did anything like
    it. And to my surprise, he said at one point he wsas able to
    do picnic tables (ground to table, rubber to rubber)! Then
    he complained about his wheel, and I asked if he had
    splined. It turns out he rides almost exactly the same muni
    wheel as me! AND, on top of that, I've been looking for a
    place where I can do some machining for a SH-like muni
    frame, when he told me he owns a shop with an aluminum (and
    everything else, of course) MIG welder and a smally milling
    machine! He made his muni frame himself. We're planning on
    making a few aluminum frames, and I'm hoping to make myself
    a new trials frame (the Onza crown is a knee-knocker). So, I
    too met someone in the neighborhood who rides the same kind
    of stuff as me. That brings to 3 the number of serious
    trials riders within 20 miles of me, and brings to five the
    number of unicyclists in the neighborhood, although one I'm
    out of touch with, and another is no longer riding. But
    still, there are lots of riders nearby.

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    gerblefranklin - Trials Unicyclist

    Don't you think it's a cruel irony that acting like a G.I. Joe in the
    army can get you a Medal, while playing with one can get you thrown out?
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