I saw a unicyclist!

[Tri Girl]

There's a unicyclist that rides the lake trails around here regularly. He doesn't ever wear a helmet (or a shirt), but his seat is really high off the ground and I'm always super impressed.

[sgtiger]

Unicyclists are not that uncommon around these parts. There's a guy in the Seattle area that seems to regularly commute on one. And there's usually at least one person who does the STP on a unicycle.

My son's school has a handful of unicycles for them to try our during PE. I so wish we had had that when I was a kid.

[oxysback]

Did someone say unicycle?....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP-feymJg5M

[just1morebike]

I saw a group of them in Moab this weekend, can you imagine riding a unicycle on slickrock?!

[Cheryl SF]

Two years ago I rode America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride (72 miles around Lake Tahoe), and there was a group of unicyclists who also did it. Some of the descents were really fast, and unicyclists can't ever stop pedaling- amazing!

Passing them felt sketchy because they wobble around so much while riding, it feels like they might fall over into you.

[channlluv]

At my one and only race so far, there were two guys on unicycles who started with me in the 18-mile run, but they had two courses starting at the same time, the other being 26 miles. I'm not sure which route they did, but they finished a bit after my daughter and I pulled in at two hours. I think they did the 26-mile route - they were uberfit people. Not an ounce of fat on them, and they rode shirtless, which shocked my 10-year-old, and helmetless, which shocked me.

I was super impressed all the same.

Roxy

[LilBolt]

During the summer & fairer weather, I regularly cross routes with a commuting unicyclist in Bellevue, WA. I guess there is no place for him to mount a fender when it gets wet.