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An Amazing night out: Maple vs. Pavement

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    podzol
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    Hi Everyone,

    With the weather turning, I decided to take my uni to the gym tonight
    instead of the playground.

    It was incredible! My spins, which on the playground were a tad choppy
    to start and hard to keep going, suddenly turned in to smoothly started
    spins resolving into pirouettes! I couldn't believe it I think the best
    pirouette I came out of was about 1-1/2 rotations. I could spin until I
    was too dizzy and had to stop in both directions! I could turn
    backwards, turn on one foot (forwards), do forward unispins, all this
    stuff that I really struggled with before.

    Thie biggest trouble was stopping the spins and turns. I think I was
    forcing them like I had to on the pavement and so my 90s became 270s
    pretty easy and I couldn't stop to change directions in a figure eight,
    the inertia kept me turning one direction.

    What a blast! I'll hate to go outside with my freestyle again!!

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  2. digigal1
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    Threadjack - how did you know the gym would let you ride inside? I'm
    almost embarrassed to call a local gym and ask. Figure they'll say no
    you'll scrape up our floor, or just laugh at my unicycleness.

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  3. flyer
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    I just got a new Primo The Wall tire on my uni, where my old one was a
    2.1, this was a 1.8 or whatever, AND I got to ride on a poured concrete
    floor (which is actually nicer than a gym because it's so flat and
    smooth). I could do a half-rev into a two-spin pirouette no problem. It
    was crazy!

    How you got to ride in a gym, I'll never know. I have an awesome
    juggling club in my area that meets in the front lobby of a university
    building three times a week, so I get to practice my freestyle there
    when it's wet and cold out in the wintertime. awesome stuff.

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  4. cathwood
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    When I made tentative enquiries at the university gym they implied that
    I would have to hire the whole hall, just so that I could ride in it. I
    decided not to.

    Cathy

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    victims may be the most oppressive - C.S.Lewis

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  5. podzol
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    digigal1 said:

    Threadjack - how did you know the gym would let you ride inside? I'm
    almost embarrassed to call a local gym and ask. Figure they'll say no
    you'll scrape up our floor, or just laugh at my unicycleness.

    FORGIVENESS BEFORE PERMISSION!
    That's my my favorite life-motto!!!

    I just showed up and started riding next to the people playing pick-up
    basketball.
    I am also quiet and respectful and give them no reason to evict me! I'v
    been bact several times since this post and seemed to raise no
    eyebrows.

    Give it a go. What's the worst thing, they say shoo?

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  6. Klaas Bil
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    cathwood said:

    When I made tentative enquiries at the university gym they implied that
    I would have to hire the whole hall, just so that I could ride in it. I
    decided not to.

    Sounds like the next North Wales unimeet should be in that gym, so you
    can share the burden between aaaaaall the participants.

    Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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  7. cathwood
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    Klaas Bil said:
    cathwood said:

    When I made tentative enquiries at the university gym they implied


    that

    Quoted message said:

    I would have to hire the whole hall, just so that I could ride in it.


    I

    Quoted message said:

    decided not to.

    Sounds like the next North Wales unimeet should be in that gym, so you
    can share the burden between aaaaaall the participants.

    Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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    "erectile function trumps public image - David Stone, commenting on the
    importance of seat comfort"

    Could do but I go to University in England.

    Actually the North Wales Unimeet met in the Gronant Institute for our
    first indoor meet on Sunday. It was great. We had a good turn out and
    the hall is inexpensive to hire.

    Cathy

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