after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up some
lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn all
covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-) motioned
towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my son's he hasn't
ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always wanted to try one." He
said, "Take it, it's yours."
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ClydesdaleMTB said:
after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up
some lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn all
covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-)
motioned towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my son's
he hasn't ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always wanted to
try one." He said, "Take it, it's yours."
it don't have knobs!!! get some offroad rubber on that thing! -
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after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up
some lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn all
covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-)
motioned towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my son's
he hasn't ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always wanted to
try one." He said, "Take it, it's yours."Jeez, Travis'll be getting all KINDS of stuff soon...{pause}...once you're DEAD!!!
Bill "ran into a couple of guys on uni's (very rocky terrain) a few weeks ago" S.
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James Connell said:
ClydesdaleMTB said:
it don't have knobs!!! get some offroad rubber on that thing!The knobbies on my daughters old bike just happen to be 20x1.75.... imagine THAT!-)
But I figured it would be best to keep the semi-slick on and stick to the town park's track, till I
learned how to ride the thing. -
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That's one of the next things on my bike list. Will probably get it from:
unicycle.comunicycle.comOpen ↗
Gary in VA
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Seat and frame, we don't need no stinkin seat and frames!
unicycle.comshopdisplayproducts.aspOpen ↗ Ultimate+Wheel
Gary in VA
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Sorni said:
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Jeez, Travis'll be getting all KINDS of stuff soon...{pause}...once you're DEAD!!!I'm not ready to be riding Hedghog Ledge Trail, JUST yet. I'll probably stick to Hayes Farm Trail
and the top (easy) half of Little Bear for _quite_ some time. This is NOT easy to ride !!!!! -
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after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up
some lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn
all covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-)
motioned towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my
son's he hasn't ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always
wanted to try one." He said, "Take it, it's yours."Jeez, Travis'll be getting all KINDS of stuff soon...{pause}...once you're DEAD!!!
Bill "ran into a couple of guys on uni's (very rocky terrain) a few weeks ago" S.
now, all you need to do is find some technical terrain and get the wifey to shoot some video of the
first ride ;-)if nothing else, one of these things should improve your balance. should be interesting when you
come to a steep hill though. either good bye knees, or good bye skin. not that you really need
either. ;-)
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~Travistravis57 at megalink dot net megalink.net~farmersOpen ↗
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after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up
some lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn all
covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-)
motioned towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my son's
he hasn't ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always wanted to
try one." He said, "Take it, it's yours."And it's a good thing you're already "fixed."
My brother used to ride one of those when we were kids. I was always amazed watching him, but then
he was the wheelie king on the 10 speed too.
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Slacker -
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after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up
some lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn all
covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-)
motioned towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my son's
he hasn't ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always wanted to
try one." He said, "Take it, it's yours."There's the wind up, the pitch and....it's over the wall! :-)
You had my head filled with visions of mint-condition 1960's Cinelli-and-Campy track bikes. But
this is great!Barry
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James Connell said:
ClydesdaleMTB said:
it don't have knobs!!! get some offroad rubber on that thing!The knobbies on my daughters old bike just happen to be 20x1.75.... imagine THAT!-)
But I figured it would be best to keep the semi-slick on and stick to the town park's track, till
I learned how to ride the thing.The day I saw two unicyclists riding gnarly singletrack in NorCal, I almost hung up my bike.
Incredible. One was on a 20", and one on a 24" wheel. Absolutely amazing. I couldn't get over it.-Barry
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after a satisfying day wrencing on Volvo's (Makaing some side cash ;-) I stopped by to pick up
some lumber from a local.... And then I spotted it hanging from one of the rafters of the barn all
covered in cobwebs and sawdust. I was enamoured. I causually(or as casually as I could ;-)
motioned towards it and asked: "Is that one of your kids'?" The sawyer answered: "It was my son's
he hasn't ridden it for years, you know anyhting about it?" I replied "No, but I always wanted to
try one." He said, "Take it, it's yours."Oh hell!
Shaun aRe - could you get a 296 on that?!?!?
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Shaun aRe - could you get a 296 on that?!?!?
If they came in 20"
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Shaun aRe - could you get a 296 on that?!?!?
If they came in 20"
Bummer ;-(
Nightlights?
I was just thinking a 'monowheeled-rigid-SS-fixed-night-ride-ice-bike' would be fairly cool......
Shaun aRe
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