I have a photo of a boy of about 11 unicycling with a younger sib on his
back and a baby sis in the stroller -- from 1935. We are not alone.
My eldest is 11, and she and I rode (her, stroller; me, 20" or 24" uni)
for years all over Manhattan, occ'ly making the newsreels. When my son
came along, I repeated the effect, this time with my daughter standing
on one of those stroller-skateboard things. Then we moved to New Paltz,
so I rarely get to uni-stroll with my last kid. She and I occ'ly have
fun riding around Manhattan when we go in for visits. All together I'd
say I've ridden perhaps 1000 hours with a stroller in front of me. Wow.
I'd never considered that before.
The largest uni I ever did it with was a 29, I think, and it was a bit
scary. A Coker would def'ly be a terrible idea for riding with an
actual child in the stroller. For one thing, the only point to a Coker
is speed, so if you're just going to ride semi-slowly, you might as
well use a smaller wheel. By the way, I did use extentions for the
stroller handles so that I didn't kill my back. It looks like you used
those, too.
I also took a few risks, such as riding down a super-steep hill with a
stroller-uni while on a 26". Eventually I got the hang of it, but
initially it was pretty terrifying.
I have a great photo of my son, at 6, pushing his sister in her
stroller. He couldn't ride on his own at the time, so the stroller gave
him some support.
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