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Middle kid has a couple unicycles -- he's the only one around, and rides often. (And he's pretty good, can jump mount, do 180 jumps, ride up and down stairs, an
by wiredfool 3y ago
Middle kid has a couple unicycles -- he's the only one around, and rides often. (And he's pretty good, can jump mount, do 180 jumps, ride up and down stairs, and generally he's a comfortable as on a bike. He has played the Emperor's March on a trombone while riding as well. He insists that he's not practicing for the circus).
Most common comment by far: "Do a wheelie", second -- "Where's your other wheel/You've lost a wheel" (which is answered by the tshirt -- "My other wheel is on my other unicycle".
- pc86 3y agoI never had the athletic ability to do anything like this as a child but this definitely would have made your son 100x cooler to me as a (what I assume is) elementary/jr. high peer.
- SteveDR 3y agoHe’s 33 but thank you for saying so
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoStill counts.
- underdeserver 3y agor/notopbutok ?
- dtgriscom 3y ago... does that preclude his being in Junior High?
- matthew-wegner 3y agoI mountain unicycle[0]. My favorite replies to "you're missing a wheel" variants are: * It was a half off sale (to hikers) * I took off the training wheel (to bikers, if they seem smarmy) These days most of my responses are very positive, almost universally. 15 years ago this wasn't the case, especially on the street--lots of people yelling "FALL!" out their window to scare you, etc. I think a big part of the long term change has been "extreme sports" becoming a very broad umbrella. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWzoCUUIbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWzoCUUIbE
- drc500free 3y ago> I took off the training wheel (to bikers, if they seem smarmy) This is a fantastic retort.
- edanm 3y agoThat's awesome! My friend and long-ago business partner was a unicyclist, and did mountain unicycling for a while as well. He recently switched to going around with free skates - I'm trying to learn them as well (I never did get around to picking up unicycling unfortunately).
- jbaber 3y agoWhat's a free skate?
- aidenn0 3y agoThink a rollerblade turned sideways, so that when you are standing neutrally you are moving in-line with your shoulders (like a skateboard), and the wheels from each skate form a single straight line.
- jfim 3y agoThat's really cool, I didn't know that was a thing!
- bigwheeler 3y agoWhen I read this description, I assumed the skate was attached to the feet like a rollerblade, but after looking at YouTube, it’s more like each foot gets a little foot-sized skateboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuR-uxPTGzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuR-uxPTGzI
- taternuts 3y agoCurious as to why people gravitate towards unis, are they more fun to ride? Is it just more of a challenge and therefore more rewarding? Better workout I'm assuming?
- cwillu 3y ago“My other bicycle is a tricycle.”