Goal #124) Ride a Unicycle
June 4, 2011 10 Comments
I’m not really sure why, but I didn’t expect riding a unicycle to be challenging.
In early May, I decided to get serious about this goal so I bought a unicycle, and I found out pretty quickly that riding it was a lot more difficult than I’d originally thought it was going to be. But after a couple of days of practice, I began to get the hang of it, and before long I was riding short distances.
It took about a week for me to ride more than a few feet, and after that I was able to ride from one end of the parking lot to the other. I was getting pretty good! Then I went on vacation in Mexico. I’d thought about bringing my unicycle along with me so I could practice, but decided to leave it home. I like to travel light, so dragging along a unicycle would probably just end up being a pain in the ass. After a week of hanging out on the beach, all the progress I’d made earlier with my unicycle was all but lost.
I was back to square one.
But I kept trying, and quickly picked up where I’d left off. In all honesty, I haven’t been riding nearly as often as I should to get really good at it, but I’m able to ride…and that’s what my goal was; to ride a unicycle. So, I’m scratching it off the list. I’ll continue to practice, and maybe learn how to do some cool tricks!
Be sure to check out the video of me riding my unicycle!!!
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That’s mighty impressive! I’m pretty sure I would break my neck if I ever tried riding one of those!
Allegedly they’re safer than bicycles. I haven’t quite figured out how that can be possible, but I’ve read it in a few different places!
I think that’s pretty good!
Way to go!
You’re doing well on your list.
I enjoy visiting to see what the latest is on your progress.
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I saw someone on Twitter talking about wanting to ride a unicycle across Africa. How incredible would that be?
Well, if I get into the Peace Corps, I might have to take mine with and join them for a portion of their journey! Send ‘em my way!
Great! Love the video.
Great work and great video. Keep up the great practicing.
Back when I first started college there were several people that I would see fairly regularly that would ride a unicycle everywhere they went. They were absolute naturals at it (and I was subsequently jealous of them)
Where did you find your unicycle. This is something that is on my list and something I would like to try to do soon.
I found mine at a local bike shop, but you might try Craigslist first to save some money. It doesn’t make much sense to buy a brand new uni to learn on because you’re just going to bang it up…
But, I recommend learning, it’s actually really fun once you get the hang of it. It’s frustratingly difficult to ride at first, you probably won’t even be able to sit on it when you begin learning, but stick with it and you’ll get the feel for it. It took me about a week before I was able to ride even a short distance.
Good luck!
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