Re: My Halifax Trip Write-up

steveyo said:

Wow !! What an awesome trip! I've driven the northern bit of NS (Cape
Breton) and I'd love to ride there someday. Thanks for the great
write-up.

Do you feel your skill on the big wheel improved any over the course of
the journey?

It definitely did. It was measurable too - at the beginning of the trip
I was averaging 15ish km/h, and by the end it was closer to 18km/h
cruising. Now that I've had a few months to get really used to it, I'm
cruising around town at above 20km/h usually. Obviously I probably
won't keep that sort of speed up over a day's ride (because I'm not ken
looi!), but there was definitely a marked improvement.

I wouldn't be surprised if the trip made it way easier and faster to
get comfortable on the Coker than it would otherwise have been, for
sure.

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Really enjoyed your write-up. I've gotten pretty bored with all the
same "which uni...,how do I...,etc." threads so I don't check in here
very often lately. Sure am glad that I caught this thread before it
slipped over to page 2 or 3. You're an inspiration.

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brian.slater said:

Absolutely, please, please do this, Uni Mag will -need- stories like
this, both in caliber and topic, to be the success that we all want it
to be.

Just remember that one of Uni Magazine's requirements for articles is
that they haven't been posted anywhere previously, including online
here. Not to discourage you at all as it would make a great article,
but it would have to be all new content.

---Nathan

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Way to go, Dave. There are two ways to do trips like this -- as a
purist, and not. This comes up in backpacking all the time. If you
are a purist, and get a ride into town for supplies, you have to get a
ride back to the same place, and hopefully kick a tree or something
before and after, to prove to yourself that you Walked the Entire
Distance. If you are not a purist, but wish you were, there always is
an element of not-quite-good-enough to your trip. Trouble is, it can
be hard to fully not to be a purist.

This seems to be an art which you have mastered, and that is as much of
an accomplishment as the trip itself. You had a fine adventure on a
unicycle, and thanks to your writeup, we all could enjoy it too.
Thanks!

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