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I host a beginner intro meetup for electric unicycles in the east bay. http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-Electric-Unicycles-Meetup/events/224305473/ http://www.mee

• jessriedel 11y ago
  Cool! Am I right in thinking that "electric unicycle" is a somewhat misleading name since these things are self-balancing (forward-backward) unlike traditional unicycle which require a lot of practice?
  • heyrhett 11y ago
    I consider it a unicycle because of the word etymology. uni "one" + cycle, from Greek kyklos "circle, wheel". Some guy showed up to the first meetup asserting that it was a "bc wheel", which I later learned is from the old B.C. comics strip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_wheel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_wheel I used to love those comics with cave people riding on wheels. Maybe that's why I like these things. With regards to practice, it took me 2 weeks to learn well enough to travel a few blocks around the neighborhood. Other people learn faster. Many people come to the meetup and go a few feet on their first day.
    • jessriedel 11y ago
      Thanks :)
  • JulianMorrison 11y ago
    I propose calling them a "seg". Given that they are half of a Segway.
    • neverminder 11y ago
      So then falling on your face from one of these would be a segfault?
      • JulianMorrison 11y ago
        Segmentation fault (core dumped). Shoulda worn a helmet. -- epitaph