ban unicycles from charity rides.

yes i think all unicyclists should be killed.

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

Are they mimes too, and juggling bowling pins in traffic?

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

If you can't pass safely, don't pass.

Are the slow century riders really in pacelines? Maybe the
problem here is people who are skittish riding in pacelines.
I have seen some sketchy riding in century-type rides, perhaps
because the average rider seems to be less experienced, or
maybe just less accustomed to riding with others than people who
have raced a little or have a lot of experience riding in trafffic.

Someday, I hope to see a paceline of unicyclists.

Ben

Quoted message said:

Someday, I hope to see a paceline of unicyclists.

Ben

Hmmm... I've seen *a* unicyclist on the Seattle to Portland ride- he
didn't look all that fast, despite having aero bars to lean on.

The Cross Crusade here in Portland has a unicycle class:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/dec04/UScrossnats04/?id=day2/04CXnatUni_16

Jeff

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

It's really no different from a pack of little kids. I've seen several
wrecks caused by young riders who wobble into the paths of adults. The
first few miles of long well attended rides are usually the worst.
There's little you can do about it but try to watch out for them.

catzz66 said:

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

It's really no different from a pack of little kids. I've seen several
wrecks caused by young riders who wobble into the paths of adults.

Hmmm, I'm an adult and I know little kids are often wobbly. So when I
see them I deal with it -- giving them a wide berth if I pass. I
think in most cases of adults overtaking kids, if there is a crash I'd
say the adults caused it.
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Maybe all they need is a little pat on the back encouragement as you
pass them. That's not too much to ask for.

Maybe all they need is a little pat on the back encouragement as you
pass them. That's not too much to ask for.

Maybe all they need is a little pat on the back encouragement as you
pass them. That's not too much to ask for.

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Hmmm, I'm an adult and I know little kids are often wobbly. So when I
see them I deal with it -- giving them a wide berth if I pass. I
think in most cases of adults overtaking kids, if there is a crash I'd
say the adults caused it.

Good advice, especially during large organized rides. The biggest one I
have been on had 12,000 participants. The starts and first few miles of
that one are pretty crazy no matter how careful one tries to be. I
figure I am going to be out there for several hours, so there is no
reason to try and scream away at the start.

I think the whole point of it is it is hard to ride in pack of other
bikers alone: much less someone flailing their arms around weaving
irradically. They should be separated for the safety of all
participants. The photo shot above in a message showed a unicycle race.
There was 'one' contestest flailing alone. Maybe the race was to see if
he could live from falling off repeatedly until the finish line.

Bet they are fun to watch, but I bet most people are laughing because
of all the minor crashes for them at low speeds. But with higher speed
bikes, it could be bad especially for the unicyclist, and expensive for
bicycist.

Like 2nd hand cigarette smoke, I don't care what someone does to
themselves as long as it doesn't harm my (chemical sensitive) self. If
they would not brave to ride on edge of busy traffic road, then why do
they want to ride in pack of less stable bikes? The odds are greater
they will crash with higher variable bikes (vs cars).

If they are playing the psychological game of "LOOK AT ME", there are
less dangerous ways that don't harm others in the process. These are
not kids learning, they are adults trying to do something that is
difficult to do alone, much less in an orderly fashion.

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

I'm not much of a unicycler myself but I have respect.
Fact is riding 25 miles on a uni is probably harder than
riding 100 on a bike. I say go around.

I saw a dude on a Coker 36 blazing up Lookout
Mountain, faster than some on bikes. And he
would get a workout downhill too.

In the meantime check out Yogi. He is one of the
best. Amazing trials moves on monocycle and bicycle.
In the opening scene he is 'coasting.'

[Warning: French content.]

Robert

Well here's a guy one riding district chose to represent unicyclists as
an average or the only one in the race (note his muddy feet/legs):

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/dec04/UScrossnats04/day2/04CXnatUni_16.jpg

You can't take the world's best to rationalize all riders of less
skill. That's like a cigarette smoker who can not exhale in 5 minutes,
so why can't all smokers smoke around non-smokers. Well no one else can
and everyone else harms other people health or safety.

:-)

Quoted message said:

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

I'm not much of a unicycler myself but I have respect.
Fact is riding 25 miles on a uni is probably harder than
riding 100 on a bike. I say go around.

I saw a dude on a Coker 36 blazing up Lookout
Mountain, faster than some on bikes. And he
would get a workout downhill too.

In the meantime check out Yogi. He is one of the
best. Amazing trials moves on monocycle and bicycle.
In the opening scene he is 'coasting.'

[Warning: French content.]

Robert

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Quoted message said:

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other
cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50
and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking
havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms
swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out
for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

I'm not much of a unicycler myself but I have respect.
Fact is riding 25 miles on a uni is probably harder than
riding 100 on a bike. I say go around.

I saw a dude on a Coker 36 blazing up Lookout
Mountain, faster than some on bikes. And he
would get a workout downhill too.

In the meantime check out Yogi. He is one of the
best. Amazing trials moves on monocycle and bicycle.
In the opening scene he is 'coasting.'

[Warning: French content.]

Robert

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ddog top-posted:

Quoted message said:

Well here's a guy one riding district chose to represent unicyclists
as an average or the only one in the race (note his muddy feet/legs):

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/dec04/UScrossnats04/day2/04CXnatUni_16.jpg

That's a guy?

Quoted message said:

I'm not much of a unicycler myself but I have respect.
Fact is riding 25 miles on a uni is probably harder than
riding 100 on a bike. I say go around.

I saw a dude on a Coker 36 blazing up Lookout
Mountain, faster than some on bikes. And he
would get a workout downhill too.

In the meantime check out Yogi. He is one of the
best. Amazing trials moves on monocycle and bicycle.
In the opening scene he is 'coasting.'

[Warning: French content.]

Robert

Dear Robert,

I hate them even more when they're on only one wheel, but thanks for
the wonderful video!

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Bill Sornson said:

ddog top-posted:

Quoted message said:

Well here's a guy one riding district chose to represent unicyclists
as an average or the only one in the race (note his muddy feet/legs):

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/dec04/UScrossnats04/day2/04CXnatUni_16.jpg

That's a guy?

And look at the padding that Uni rider is wearing! Looks like roller
derby padding top to bottom. Get one of those complete arm pads in the
chops trying to pass on a bike and it may knock you out. Not a lot of
wind resistance for the long leveraged lean arms, so it would be like:

(60mph arm back-flail (for balancing) + 20mph of bike) x 20 lb padded
arm

Yeow, $4K of dental work for the bicyclist per every screw-in tooth
required. And I imagine he could do multiple rapid flails like a
humming bird wing if he got hyper from adrenaline of 'chicks' watching
him. Just from repetition alone, he is an an athlete arm flailer like
most people blink their eyes. He could mess you up like fighting Mike
Tyson in his prime all without knowing he did anything: when he
partially turns around in his gyro spinning equilibrium and sees you
laying on the ground behind him in a bloody pulp.

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Callistus Valerius said:

Having been in many charity rides, I've seen some very strange bikes in
them. But the unicycle seems to be quite dangerous to the other cyclists.
It's always in these rides where they have the 100 mile option, the 50 and
the 25, or something like that, with the unicyclers doing the shortest
distance. Here's the problem, the slow century riders are coming up, and
then there are the unicyclers flaying away, all over the road, reaking havoc
amongst the passing pacelines. I saw one, on a descent, with arms swinging
around, not keeping any kind of line, with pacelines have to watch out for
him and the cars from behind. Let's face it, unicycles don't belong in a
bicycle event, they belong in a circus.

Sounds dangerous. Would be a shame if one of them found the ditch.

--
Michael Press

Quoted message said:

ddog spaketh:

Quoted message said:

Well here's a guy one riding district chose to represent unicyclists
as an average or the only one in the race (note his muddy feet/legs):

Portland's "Cross Crusade" attracted a field of up to 7 unicyclers:
http://www.obra.org/results/2006/cyclocross/cross_crusade_10_1.html#13

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/dec04/UScrossnats04/day2/04CXnatUni_16.jpg

Bill Sornson said:

That's a guy?

Oregon residents often grow extra hair to shed rain. Ever heard of
Sasquatch?

Jeff