messengers on one wheel

No because it would be significantly slower and thus less profitable. It
has been discussed preivously on these forums

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kington99 said:

No because it would be significantly slower and thus less profitable. It
has been discussed preivously on these forums

Being different is important when it comes to marketing. Delivering
goods by unicycles could underline a company's image of simplicity,
balance, effort or just it's uniqueness. Speed isn't everything.

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aye, but it helps a lot. That's why people use bike messengers instead
of walking messangers.

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I think we should get off the topic off kinky/horny girls and unicycles,
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when it comes to being a messenger yes it is

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Speed isn't everything.

The only reason bike messangers exist is for the speed.

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I've stopped off at a pub in London a few times where bike couriers meet
for a drink after work. There's a lot of respect for me and the
unicycle, but there's no way that I'd be able to make any kind of
living against what these guys do. They are paid per package
delivered, so the more packages they can do in a day, the more they
earn. I'd just never be able to come close to what they do.

As for image... well, the people asking for the package to be sent or
the people receiving it never get to see the courier themselves.
That's just down to the receptionist in both companies. And even then,
the receptionist never gets to see the transport, because that's locked
up to a lamppost outside.

I've given it some thought in the past, but, sadly it would just never
ever be a feasible money earner.

STM

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A deli on purdue university's campus was considering hiring all the 29"
and larger unicyclists to deliver sandwiches but they had unrelated
problems and had to close. I could probably convince someone on campus
to let us deliver for something...individuality especially on a campus
like ours will earn a name so its reasonable to think it could be done
but not in a bigger city or for complete profit/speed reasons

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Well couldn't you have a trailer that has the delivery stuff on it
hooked up to the coker or whatever it is??

*1) *'Either this trailer.' (http://tinyurl.com/yovjuo)
*2) * or this one.

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semach.the.monkey said:

As for image... well, the people asking for the package to be sent or
the people receiving it never get to see the courier themselves.
That's just down to the receptionist in both companies. And even then,
the receptionist never gets to see the transport, because that's locked
up to a lamppost outside.
STM

What about the company logo unicycling past thousands of pedestrians
and traffic? what you need is to be paid by the hour, not the package,
and sell yourself as advertising as well as couriering

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'Like this except a unicycle instead of a motorbike??'
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mouse said:

A deli on purdue university's campus was considering hiring all the 29"
and larger unicyclists to deliver sandwiches but they had unrelated
problems and had to close. I could probably convince someone on campus
to let us deliver for something...individuality especially on a campus
like ours will earn a name so its reasonable to think it could be done
but not in a bigger city or for complete profit/speed reasons

Yeah maybe something more personal like sandwhiches could work,
particularly if they use unis all the time so it becomes known as "that
sandwhich shop where a dude delivers your stuff on a unicycle", it
could be good for business.

But for speeding documents across town forget it, not only will you get
fewer done in the day, but people will want to use you less as you're
slower, so you'll get fewer jobs too.

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Hazmat said:

'Like this except a unicycle instead of a motorbike??'
(http://tinyurl.com/yqyyme)

no trailer though, without handlebars to hold you back you could
unicycle carrying that sign

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I'm sure someone told me about a messenger on a unicycle in London. He
eventually got a bike instead, not because it was faster, but because
some of the companies using that courier firm complained that having a
unicycle turn up at their offices wasn't good for the company image
image, and the firm told him to stop.

I dunno who told me it, maybe it was someone at Lunis.

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Hazmat said:

Well couldn't you have a trailer that has the delivery stuff on it
hooked up to the coker or whatever it is??

Uh, is the trailer supposed to make the unicycle go faster?

In any case, those are lame multi-wheeled trailers. 'One of these'
(http://tinyurl.com/yr63fd) would be much more stylish!

Yes, messengering, in general, is all about speed. Unicycles can't
compete. For the sandwich shop it could have been interesting, but what
a situation for them to be in (if they hadn't gone out of business) if
they couldn't find enough unicyclists! Brett Bymaster is long gone from
the Perdue campus. Anybody else there doing '25mph gliding'
(http://www.unicycling.com/brett/hsg.shtml)?

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joemarshall said:

I'm sure someone told me about a messenger on a unicycle in London. He
eventually got a bike instead, not because it was faster, but because
some of the companies using that courier firm complained that having a
unicycle turn up at their offices wasn't good for the company image
image, and the firm told him to stop.

I dunno who told me it, maybe it was someone at Lunis.

Joe

The unicycle courier was James, from Hackney. he didn't last long, for
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Ok, ok. Let's forget the idea about messengers on unicycles. But what
about money transport? The frame could be welded from armor steel ...

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I've been speaking with the manager of one of the Jimmy Johns sandwich
shops on Purdue's campus a lot lately. Since the two stores near
campus are mainly staffed by bicycle messengers as opposed to delivery
drivers they have agreed to give us a shot early in the spring when
weather improves for a while and sacrifice a minute or two in return
for something interesting. Of course we all have fixed gear bikes or
access to them as well in case it doesn't work out but some of the
cyclists that deliver are no faster than us so it shouldn't be a
problem to toss a couple sandwiches in a backpack and make a few
dollars outside of an office chair 🙂. I'll be sure to let everyone
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Nice! And then you can give a uni lesson as a side dish. 🙂

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mikepenton said:

The unicycle courier was James, from Hackney. he didn't last long, for
that reason.

Yeah, I was asking him about it this evening. He did it for two weeks,
although most of that time was spent trying to build up the confidence
of the courier company to actually beleive he could deliver stuff on a
unicycle. Once he finally got some half decent multi-drop stuff come
in, he got spotted by a top bloke in one company who commented to the
top bloke in the sending company. Neither of them liked it much, and
as the two companies accounted for about 50% of the couriers business,
they couldn't argue much when they both asked them to stop using a
unicyclist.

He did go on to a 2 wheeled fixie after that, but only stayed a couple
of months or so.

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