WooHoo!

AWSOME!!!

keep it up

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So the last time you rode a unicycle was 40 years ago? Wow! Awesome
job.

-Lee

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That's great! What made you try unicycling again?

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Welcome back! I stopped riding for over 25 years. I'm now a coker-head
and Thursday will be getting a '05 KH Freeride. A whole new world of
toys awaits. There's nothing quite like it. When I started back up I
hopped back on my 24" Schwinn and it was almost like I had never gotten
off. My three little girls were very impressed (now two of them ride
unis with me).

Congratulations on getting back on! Keep on smiling!

unidaddy

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Just wondering, is it like a bike: you don't forget?

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Unicyclist of Oz said:

*Just wondering, is it like a bike: you don't forget? *

For most people, I'd say yes. One night when I was riding, a woman
stopped who said she used to ride 20 years ago. She need a hand getting
on, but made it a good 50 feet without falling.

Dave

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Great news Carey, ride that bad boy.

What kind of shape are you in? Asking only because I had quit riding for
over 30 years, and was badly out of shape. That was when I started
riding again getting close to a year ago. I've lost 20 pounds, and have
waist and leg muscles again. At my age it is taking a year to get the
muscles back. It is great fun and exercise.

So what size wheel on that torker?

What brought you back to unicycling?

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Friends,

My Dad bought me a small unicycle in 1961 when we lived in LA, I was 10.
The Beach Boys were hot and the Beatles had just arrived on their first
visit to America, John Kennedy was President. He got it from a famous
unicyclist who was aging but had his day in the 20s--showed me photos of
him at the pyramids, riding around the top of a tall building, and he
had pictures of a one wheel motorcycle that you sat inside. I wish I
could remember his name but I can't ( I want to say his first name was
Walter...) The uni he got for me from him was a 12 inch pneumatic tire,
very high quality for the day and I am sure was designed for circus or
clown riding. I learned on that one (with a leather derailluer seat)
and loved my unicycle. After moving out west, I rode it in the Ullrdaag
parade in Breckenridge in the mid-60s (That was when a lift ticket cost
about $5).

I went off to college and my uni disappeared during a subsequent
parent's move. For the last year or so, I wondered if I could still
ride one because I knew I would like to keep riding (even with my long
layoff). A few weeks ago, I was at a bike store getting parts for my
bike and I saw a uni there. I asked if I could try it and upon sitting
on it and pedaling just a turn or two, I knew I would be able to ride it
still--so I ordered a Torker LX from unicycles.com. It is a lot of
machine for the money and I had decided to get a 24" versus a 20"
(versus my former 12"😉 so I could cover a little ground with it.

I don't know why I wanted to get a uni again, maybe it is just a cheap
way to face the fact that I am on the upside of 50...so be it. I like
the big 24" wheel...seems to have a lot of control. The seat is new to
me and I spend a lot of time making sure I don't sit on something I
shouldn't. I am debating replacing the seat with a normal bicycle seat
like I learned on years ago, but I am sure these seats are standard for
a reason. No doubt, the U-seats are more functional and especially
useful for tricks and stuff but it will take some getting used to for
me.

I am glad I found this site it is a very active board and it seems like
a great community. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

Carey

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Chrashing said:

What kind of shape are you in? Asking only because I had quit riding for
over 30 years, and was badly out of shape.

It seems it's definitely the season for returning riders...

I only had about 5 years off riding, but got in really bad shape (224
pounds, 5'7"😉. Having lost a little weight, I'm back on, taking it easy
for now and have already lost 5 pounds in 3 weeks.

It's great to get back into riding - my balance is already coming back,
but I failed to glide it last week - a skill I was very proud of back when
I rode before. It's probably the fear of me with 3 sacks of potatoes extra
weight falling off!

If anyone's reading this who doesn't ride any more - I can thoroughly
recommend getting back into it. Some of the stuff you see in the videos
posted here is awesome inspiration. I don't believe for a minute that I'll
ever be doing all that stuff, but I can at least get somewhere.

Cheers,

Stu
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Carey said:

*I ordered a Torker LX from unicycles.com. It is a lot of machine for
the money and I had decided to get a 24" versus a 20" (versus my
former 12"😉 so I could cover a little ground with it.

The seat is new to me and I spend a lot of time making sure I don't
sit on something I shouldn't. I am debating replacing the seat with a
normal bicycle seat like I learned on years ago, but I am sure these
seats are standard for a reason. No doubt, the U-seats are more
functional and especially useful for tricks and stuff but it will take
some getting used to for me.
*

Good choice on the wheel size. To begin your collection.

and

Bike shorts. Those streachy silly looking tight shorts, they'll keep
your bits out harms way.

Opps, I cut out part where you stopped riding when you went to College.
Same for me. Looking back, don't ya think the campus would have been a
great place to ride a uni. Hmmm, maybe I'll go ride across Vassar
College this week.

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Regards,
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Welcome back! I did about the same thing in January. Great sport.
Great fun. Great community. A few clowns, too.

Just think of the Torker as the first uni of the rest of your life.

You'll have 4 this time next year.

Congrats!

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munipsycho said:

*

You'll have 4 this time next year.

Congrats! *

If you place your order now.

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bugman said:

*If you place your order now. *

I sense an issue of discontent!

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he/she could black out."
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One on one said:

*I sense an issue of discontent! *

Who me? Never! Sorry was that a categorical imperative?

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bugman said:

*Who me? Never! Sorry was that a categorical imperative? *

Kant be sure!

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