Re: Anybody want unicycle racing to get faster and more interesting?
Greetings
In message “Re: Anybody want unicycle racing to get faster and more interesting?”,
Katoo Yuuichiro wrote…
>Hello,
>
>I’m sorry too rate respons. and too short messege.
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>>Japan with how many Unicyclists Yuichiro? about 10 Milions?
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>Now, Japanease unicyclists about 15 milions. maybe more!
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>Becourse, all elmental school must be study unicycle.
I discussed these matters with the JUA a few times and we think that it is not
possible thjat there are 15 million active riders. The oly possibilit is that
this is a cumulative number over the last 15 or 20 years.
Mr. Sugano of the JUA once said that there are probably one million active unicyclists
but I think this is all speculation. It would seem to me that the JUA should allocate a
budget and do a serious survey. Yuuichiro, why don’t you suggest it?
Mr. Masuda of JUA, I recommend that you plan such as survey and present it at
the next JUA Board Meeting.
Before doing suchg a survey, I wonder if someone can suggest criteria. Do you
only count “active unicyclists”? What is “active”? Should we also count “closet
unicyclists”? How do you define “closet”?
Regards, Jack Halpern
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Re: Anybody want unicycle racing to get faster and more interesting?
> >>Japan with how many Unicyclists Yuichiro? about 10 Millions?
> >
> >Now, Japanese unicyclists about 15 millions. maybe more!
> >
> >Because, all elemental school must be study unicycle.
>
> I discussed these matters with the JUA a few times and we think that it is
not
> possible that there are 15 million active riders. The only possibility is
that
> this is a cumulative number over the last 15 or 20 years.
If there are 15M because they learned in elementary school, that’s certainly
not the same as 15M active, agreed.
>
> Mr. Sugano of the JUA once said that there are probably one million active
unicyclists
> but I think this is all speculation. It would seem to me that the JUA
should allocate a
> budget and do a serious survey. Yuuichiro, why don’t you suggest it?
>
> Mr. Masuda of JUA, I recommend that you plan such as survey and present it
at
> the next JUA Board Meeting.
>
> Before doing such a survey, I wonder if someone can suggest criteria. Do
you
> only count “active unicyclists”? What is “active”? Should we also count
“closet
> unicyclists”? How do you define “closet”?
I’d suggest that who you count depends on your purpose for the survey. If
it’s to encourage unicycling, counting closet unicyclists is very important.
Re: Anybody want unicycle racing to get faster and more interesting?
> Hi all!
>
> >
> > Mr. Sugano of the JUA once said that there are probably one million active unicyclists
> > but I think this is all speculation.
>
> What does active mean for you. In Switzerland it means joining a club or/and doing
> competitions. Does it mean the same in Japan?
>
> Marc
I don’t think joining a club or doing competitions should be a requirement.
Just actively riding for the fun of it should be enough.