Riding around Washington D.C., USA

I'm from Maryland and I think I could answer your questions, although
I've never uni'd in DC. I've biked there.

I'm sure it would be safe to lock your unicycle outside the museums.
It might be better not to have a quickrelease seatpost, but even then,
I wouldn't worry about it.

Not sure about the metro, but I would think it would be fine. A
unicycle is small enough. You probably wouldn't need the metro though
if you want to ride around. Most of the museams are close enough to
each other to ride between.

Wish I could come.
-Eric

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I have taken a bike on the metro before so a uni would be no trouble at
all. I want to know how many places we would be allow to ride trials.
Anybody done much riding in DC?

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I think I brought a unicycle on the DC metro once also, but this was in
1993. Can't remember if I brought it or not, but I think I did. I
remember our car never moved from the hotel's garage the whole time we
were there.

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I live outside of DC, and I have ridden there before.

I can tell you that guards are very very very strict, and if they see
you riding anywhere besides sidewalks they will kick you off.

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James - Organize it and I'm there!

I also have some experience riding in DC. I've never had problems
bringing my uni on the metro, though once as Wogri and I were leaving
the Vienna metro station on our way home, the guard said bikes were
only allowed between rush hours (I think it was 10 to 4) and that we
shouldn't have been allowed to bring them on. But obviously the guard
that let us on didn't care, so...I don't know.

Anyway, the Mount Vernon trail is fun, it starts 16 miles south of DC
and goes through Alexandria on the way. There's a metro in Alexandria,
so it would be possible to start there, ride the trail 8-10 miles to
DC, and when we're tired out, just take the metro back to our cars in
Alexandria. But that's just an idea.

As far as urban trials, there are public parks where security guards
shouldn't be an issue, but I'm not familar with which ones are
conducive to uni-trials. Old Hell on Wheeler Trip Glazer honed his
skills around the American University campus, and a rock strewn creek
nearby. Here's one of his 'vids' (http://tinyurl.com/2mfppf).

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Thanks for the information. I am just at the wishful thinking stages. I
think unicycle would be an easy way to get around the Mall and the
usual tourist areas. The Metro is the easiest way to go longer
distances.

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