Quote of the day (from non-riders)



Well, it's been some time since I was asking newbie questions here and
now I can enjoy freemounting (yay!) and riding as far as I wish
(hooray!)...
As a result of my riding in the vicinity I gather a bunch of various
comments; fortunately mostly positive.

A few that really made me smile:
* In the park a mother is strolling with her 6 years old daughter.
She notices
me and points me with a finger saying: "Mummy, look!! Can you do
this?"

* A guy is walking with his daughter, they both notice me and father
says
"See? He's riding on one wheel, and you still are unable to ride
on two
wheels!" (poor girl, stupid father ;) )

Strangely enough, my first "lost wheel" comment I got not from local,
Polish people, but from a bunch of english-speaking foreigners taking a
walk nearby.


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Into the blue wrote:
>
> I ride off and realise I'm getting a reputation. Hell, there can't be
> more than four or five unicyclists in the whole of Wales.
> There's me, the missus (Pinwheel), Cathwood and Milk.
> I'll have to start spreading the uni word a bit more. :)



There's also MattyJ off the forums and a few guys at uni (Glamorgan)
who are learning. We should start a Welsh Unicycling Club or something
:)


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Just 1 pint of 'blood' (http://www.myspace.com/milkandshins) can save up
to 3 lives. I guess it's kind of unfortunate that I'm spilling mine on
the pavement.
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*white SUV stops, window rolls down*
thinking: they're gonna throw something at me!
*cellphone camera sticks out window*
people: hey!! unicyclist!! woo hoo yeah!!!


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ice_cold_uni6

*-_><>chug_counterfeit_tobasco_sauce_while_holding_bananas_for_christ<><_-*
PM if you want in.

harper wrote:
> read through MR? i'd rather drink bleach. it's more refreshing.


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"How did you get it down here?" - Little girl at the Franklin NH Dam, at
the bottom of an epic staircase.
"One step at a time". (I hopped... riding straight down is prolly
possible, but very very dangerous...)


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evil-nick

Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total
obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and
through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see
its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will
remain.

* Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

I'm late for checkers with the Dalai Lama!

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Our Club:
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milk wrote:
> There's also MattyJ off the forums and a few guys at uni (Glamorgan) who
> are learning. We should start a Welsh Unicycling Club or something :)



I'm just the local forum representative. I co-run a unicycle club which
can have up to ten or eleven unicyclists at various stages of learning.
Most noticably are carl (unicycling down snowdon adventure organisor),
Stuart (local MUni rider), Joel (best unicyclist of all - aged 13) and
Terri (Joel's dad). Also my hubby and nephew can ride, even if they
don't very often. There are many more riders in the North Wales area as
there used to be a circus school here (up to a couple of years ago).

I think it's safe to assume that there are many more unicyclists around
than are represented on this forum.

(End of thread jack).

"hey dad, there's a one wheeler" (I liked that)

Cathy


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Say no to unicycle genre discrimination! - MrBoogiejuice

http://www.chuckingandtwirling.co.uk
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Two asian ladies about 50yrs old are coming from the other direction. I
stop to let them pass.

1st one sez: "aaah, that looks hard". At the same time she almost slips
and falls on the terrain.
2nd one sez: "ooooh, a one wheeled bike"

I smile and go on my way.


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critter

MUni all the time Brah! I'm looking for win-win situations.
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cute little old lady walking in a parking lot, " oh, a bicycle with only
one wheel"
Me,"heh yeah i guess it is."
Her, "and you can ride that thing?"
Me, "yes ma'am i can"*gets on starts to ride off
her, " OH isnt that wonderful."


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I brought my unicycle to Cub scout camp last week and performed for my
fellow staff members I had my new trials seesaws and a board for
ridding up the stage because I can't hop up stairs yet, and I would
keep falling and I had quite a few quotes from some staffers and my
girlfriend.

first quote is my girlfriend "hee hee, now I get to laugh at you." the
other quotes were various other members of the staff.

this one came after I had fallen about four times: "I could watch this
all Day!"

this one after I went over one seesaw and onto a ramp then off the
stage: "Holy S*** "

this one was after I rode a figure 8: "We don't need a daily special we
Just need Ducttape"

the camp director said this: "YOU can RIDE that?" I replied "yes I do"
as I hopped on and rode down some stairs to the camp fire bowl


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*\"YOU'VE LOST A WHEEL!\" \"Don't be daft, where would I put a second
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I was up at my church... and well.. i bring my uni incase i have some
free time with parents talking late or somthing.. so i got like half
an hour of parking lot riding wee..
-Riding around... no one saying anything.. then i hear "WOOOOO!"
yelled REALLY loudly across the parking lot i look over.. 2 guys are
standing over across the lot watching me.
-I got my first "you lost the other half of your bike!"
-Little girl "daddy look at her!" "thats nice sweeti, get in the car"
-random clappings.
-i left my uni out side the door as i went in to wash my hands.. i come
out. and one of the little girls had taken it.. it was almost as tall
as her... like eye level. i was like "can i have that back?" " thanks i
love it" "what? can i have it back please?" "no its my pet. youll never
steal it from me." "but its mine... can i please please please have it
back?" "nope." so one of the other people was like give it back NOW so
i got it back safe... but then i had the little bugger and her sister
following me around.. and they kept coming up along side me... so.. i
would want to turn to avoid light pole.. or a car... and theyd be
there... it was rather anoying.


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heheh i got a few yesterday and another today

yesterday- wow, omgosh you are awesome on that thing, can you do that
again(i did), do something crazy (jumps over 3 sidewalk squares then
clears the grass btw sidewalk and street), do a flip (my response) I'd
rather wait a few more years ... maybe even decades to die... but one
time @ church retreat I did one, you are just insane, no I will not
try it ... i don't have a death wish, you idiot

today(on the skimboard)

YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION- I can't believe you are that good- WOW
all one comment
(it was a comment from a non unicycle rider, even if i wasn't on the
uni)


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skrobo

><> Unicycle For Christ <>< PM me if you would like to join!!!RIDE
UNICYCLES WITH BANANNA SEATS FOR CHRIST!
i have been riding for 3 years, doing tricks for 7 months and being
sorta hardcore for 4 months

-stephen-
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some guy: "hey look, a one-sicle"
girl with him: "you idiot! that's called a uni-sicle"


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"no really, are you sure you love me more than your unicycle?" -my gf

"America is my country and I love her. I wouldn't enter her in any way
that's unnatural." - hank hill
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Quite a few today:

"You've lost your other wheel". Not exactly quote of the day.
"Show off" "Big head". From a couple of women crossing the road, also
not quote of the day (I think they were joking though).

And then I passed some Americans - Cambridge is full of visiting US
students at the moment, who are still trying to get used to the
eccentric locals and strange traditions. I scooted round them, and
heard an amused voice exclaim:

"What the hell? Where the hell am I?"

Apparently random cokers don't fly past you so often in his hometown!
I turned round to smile and one shouted "Man, that's amazing!", and
then another shouted "We want your body!". So I guess that's good :)

I've had a lot of positive comments since getting the 36er - it really
gets me noticed compared to the 29er. The fact there are tourists
everywhere helps, they video me, stare and gawp, etc, etc.

I also got called a show off a few days ago, but that was probably
reasonable: scooting between groups of pedestrians I spotted some
gawping, smiled smugly from behind my shades and saluted. It was very
Top Gun, but I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing! Fun though :-D

Final quote: "Everybody stared at you" from a friend who was biking
alongside me. I later noticed my flies had been undone - the sight of
my underpants flying towards them at eye level at high speed probably
transfixed them. :) I really hope my T-shirt was long enough to
preserve my modesty!


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mark williamson

Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no
pedals!
Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
Mark: My wheel has a wheel!
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Just yesterday while riding semi-muni, a car passes with two girls, in
their 20's, and they scream: "SEXY!" I smiled and waved, and said to
myself...Did they mean me or my unicycle?:D Whatever-it's all good!


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terrybigwheel

Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings".

Uni is just a cycle I'm going through. :cool:

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Now that I'm riding well enough to allow myself to be seen on the
streets, I've been getting lots of comments.

~ most common thing I hear: "Is it hard to ride that thing?"

~ most recent thing I heard: "You should join a circus."

~ favorite thing to hear: "Mind if I try that thing?"

The one who said that was a dad with two toddlers at his side. He said
it's been years since he rode, and that he'd never tried a 26" uni. He
mounted on first try and rode 20 feet looking pretty comfortable doing
it! I think his toddlers were surprised and impressed. :D

Yesterday I came to a family that was walking past me the other way.
They were all smiling and the kids were whispering things to each other
while glancing at me. I decided to toss something back at them that
folks sometimes say to me. I said, "I lost the other wheel back
there." The kids laughed.

So far I haven't had anyone throw rocks or food at me...


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i've been getting nothing but positive comments lately... it's starting
to freak me out. i'm supposed to be the outcast who is genuinely glad
to be rejected by society.
- "you got skillllz man!!!"
- "this guy is good!"
- "that's unbelievable, i would've fallen on my face"
etc...


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"no really, are you sure you love me more than your unicycle?" -my gf

"America is my country and I love her. I wouldn't enter her in any way
that's unnatural." - hank hill
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