One year riding uni

Great going, Underdog!

I've still got a couple of months to go till mine, but it seems like
I've been uniing for years!

Like you, I'm a bit of a butterfly with new hobbies, but I like the fact
that there will always be something new to learn on a unicycle.

You've put in a lot more miles than me, I tend to do the practice in
front of the house a lot more than longer rides. There is a steep hill
from my house into the village, and so far I don't think my legs would
manage on the 20" and I'm scared I'll go too fast on the 29" and face
plant along 50 feet of tarmac....

Anyone else nearing their universary?

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I can tell you first hand that it's a lifetime skill.
I learned when Iwas nine..... and now I'm 44...

... I put it away for a few years once... then you see it in the corner
... looking dusty... then the next thing you know ... you got the
neighbors looking out the windows at you ... comming up to you and
asking when, where, how ... etc...

And it never fails to put a smile on someone's face.

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I admire you. I started riding less than a year ago and unless I make
some rapid advancments in the new few months, I could not ride that
trail you are on.

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s7ev0 said:

*Anyone else nearing their universary? *

I have been riding for about a year.
My first 50 meters was 02-22-04.

When I started I intended to put in 5 miles per day, but reoccuring
injuries, unicycle breakage, fear of
getting more injuries, and reduced focus made my progress half as good
as I aimed.

I keep a unicycle log, and I have recorded 965.5 miles of riding - that
averages 2.5 per day - exactly half of the distance I set out to ride.

I can hop 12" (in various ways) consistently
I can ride 10 miles off-road on an intermediate trail.
I can ride 6 miles per hour for extended distances.
I can hop 25-50 times before quitting consistently.
I can idle, 1foot, backwards - but I still don't "own" the skills.
All of that is about the halfway point of my preset goals.

Even so, I am better on a unicycle than I ever was on a bike.

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mistake. ignore

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I bought my first unicycle March 28, 2003, shortly after I turned
50-years-old. It was to be "the only unicycle I would ever need". Now I
own 5.

I can ride backwards, idle (either foot down) and hop but I still cannot
jump up onto a curb if it is more than about 3 or 4 inches. My current
goals are a higher curb and riding one-foot. Oh, I can ride
seat-out-front if I start by holding onto something.

Get a real MUni. It will make off-road riding a LOT easier.

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Im actually approaching my 2 year universary, I bought my first uni, a
20" Norco, spring break 2003, and to commemorate the occasion im buying
myself a second uni, a 29KHXC 😄

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I'm approaching my 1 year too. I got my KH 24 last year in April (my
first uni). I started roughly this time last year, when my girlfriend
loaned me her muni for 2 weeks.

Now, i've got a KH 20, rusty giraffe (given to me), Schwinn 24"
(ancient, given to me), and a Coker. Geez...5 unicycles in less than a
year. i must be crazy!

--corbin

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Great going dude. When I started I borrowed a Miyata 20-inch from a
family that unicycles. Then I got one for christmas and gave it back to
them. And before I knew it, I've been riding over two years.

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Quoted message said:

-Originally posted by underdog-
*I have a tendency to pick something new up and get going hot and
heavy at it for a couple of years until the next new thing comes
along. Unicycling feels different though. I think this ones got the
staying power to keep me interested and challenged for years to come.*

Likewise, man. I've lost count of the number of things I've started,
got kinda good at, and then lost interest. But unicycling is here to
stay. Like I said to a mate the other day, "The honeymoon period is
over, and now its a deep love affair"

corbin said:

*I started roughly this time last year, when my girlfriend loaned me
her muni for 2 weeks.
*

Man, she sounds cool!

Isn't "universary" a great term?!? I forget who said it first but good
work that man! He should be creditted for it.

{edit: I just went and looked, It Was "S7ev0" that coined the term.
Nice one, man!

T.

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All you guys who've accumulated multiple unis are makeing me feel
woefully inadequate. I need to get with it here and add to my fleet (is
2 a fleet?). I've got a cheapo Torker 20" (LX?) and a Torker DX24 that
I just love. I'm seriously looking at a Kris Holm 29XC. Looks like a
sweet ride and it'll make the long road miles much easier. I've seen a
few posts from folks who've bought this one and so far the reviews are
good. Should have enough cash by mid-summer.

Good job on the research, DarkTom, finding out who coined the
'Universary' term. Unicycling schools could be called universities.
Damn, that one's already taken.

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I met Kris Holm at a trade show last Feb. and I've been on a uni ever
since, minus one month recovering from a Muni wreck. So I've been
roughly a year in the saddle.

I learnd to ride when I was a kid--35 years ago--but nothing beyond
freemounting and riding the old Schwinn down the block. So I didn't
have to "learn," though idling, backward riding, one footing, WWing and,
most of all, negotiating hard Muni runs was all new. A few months ago I
was frustrated with seemingly slow progress, but I somehow got past that
and am enjoying all the stuff I'm learning.

The most fun is finding a weakness, then training to overcome it.
Right now I'm starting to get dialed into sticking connected gaps and
drops onto rounded surfaces. I kept fumbling the stillstand till I
bought several of those big, rounded cement base plates that support
umbrellas, and practiced hopping and stillstanding on those. It's
starting to come now. Learning is quite rewarding.

Best of all is the great group of guys I Muni with up in Santa Barbara.
They're all champs. We have a fricking blast every time out.

JL

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DarkTom said:

*Isn't "universary" a great term?!? I forget who said it first but
good work that man! He should be creditted for it.

{edit: I just went and looked, It Was "S7ev0" that coined the term.
Nice one, man!*

My work here is done.

*dons colourful spandex suit and cape and flies off*

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