I said Laconia -region- 😉 I actually grew up in Sanbornton, but most
people look at you and go "wha?" to which I reply "East Bumfsck" 😉
I didn't actually start riding till I was in college, and that's up
here in Lennoxville.
The 20" was too small, the big challenge going to the 24" was having
something the right size. After that I went to a 24" muni. Each time
there's a period of adjustment. The 20" was too small, so I didn't
ride much, and I was a poor student so I never bought a new one 😉 A
friend gave me an abandoned 24" from the Northfield Police they'd had 2
years, and that sealed it for me 😉.
It took me about 30 min to get used to the 24" (and I could barely ride
anyways) and another 30 min to get comfortable on the muni. Once you
get the basics down, being able to freemount, ride, etc, it's mostly
just getting used to a new uni. Since I got my muni I've tried 20"
freestyle, 20" trials, different 24", and even a 16" and 12" uni. I
might not freemount 1st try, but after a couple tries I can usually
ride 🙂 Don't worry about transitioning from one size to another,
that's the easy part 😉
Side note, even though I'm from Sanbornton, there's at least 2
unicyclists there... The wife of the maintenance guy from my HS, and a
kid who lives about 5 min from my parents. Another guy I went to HS
with rides, though I didn't know until 7 years after grad 😉 And the
family down the street from my parents sold me a 24" uni at a yard sale
this past summer. There's prolly a bunch of uni-ists in Laconia...
they prolly just don't that there are any others...Actually, now that I
think of it I know of a set of twins who ride, either in Laconia or
Meredith. They're not on the forums, and I only met them once or twice
through a friend but didn't know they rode 😉 There's more of us than
you'd think!
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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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http://evil.linuxfreak.ca/uni.html
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http://cs.ubishops.ca/~buuc/
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