attention to John Childs!!

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I need to ask you a few questions that have been burning on my mind since I heard about you. I need them answered. Im young, and curiosity gets the best of me!!

1: How old are you?
2: How long have you been unicycling?
3: How did you get started in unicycling?
4: What is your favorite division of unicycling? (i.e. trials, mUni, etc.)
5: Did you learn all of your vast and seemingly endless amounts of uni knowledge thru personal experience, or tips from someone else?
6: How many unicycles do you own? and if so, what kinds are they?

any response from you would be greatly appreciated. I am one of your biggest fans! (have I sucked up enough yet? haha)

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Re: attention to John Childs!!

John can’t be reached right now…he’s off filming a major motion picture “Zen and the Art of Unicycle Maintenance”. Magic 8 Ball will answer on his behalf, in CAPS.

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Re: attention to John Childs!!

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I learned when I was 13. But I wasn’t serious about unicycling back then. I only learned how to mount, ride, and idle. My only extravagance was getting a 6’ Schwinn Giraffe. My unicycles spent most of their time in the garage or in storage. I didn’t get more serious about unicycling until 1997 when I bought a Pashley muni and started riding much more regularly. After I got the Pashley I learned to ride backwards, started learning other skills, and started riding off-road.

I asked for a unicycle for Christmas. I must have been fascinated by the kid riding the unicycle during the credits of the TV show “Welcome Back Kotter”. I was the only unicyclist I knew.

Muni

Going to conventions, muni weekends, and other events. Talking to people who know unicycling. Reading the newsgroup here. Buying lots of unicycles and seeing first hand what works and what doesn’t. Doing a lot of my own maintenance. And being a bit of a gearhead.

I think 10. It’s hard to keep track.
GB4 36 custom Coker, stock Coker, 20" DM Ringmaster Advanced, 26" DM Vortex muni, 24" KH Pro muni, 20" KH Pro trials, 24" Semcycle XL, 6’ Schwinn Giraffe, 24" Bedford ultimate wheel, Fleet mini giraffe, and a spare urban wheel for my 24" muni. I guess that’s 10 1/2, if you consider the spare muni wheel a half a uni.

At the time I got the DM Vortex it was the only muni with a splined hub available. At the time that I got the two KH unicycles there were only a few choices (the KH, Hunter, Vortex, or custom). Fortunately the Profile hub was now available. We didn’t have good inexpensive unicycles available back then. Back then, if you wanted a strong muni you paid the big bucks. You young kids are spoiled now with all these inexpensive strong unicycles. $450 for a KH muni is a lot better for the pocketbook than $1500+ for a KH Pro muni.

I sold off the Pashley and the two Schwinn unicycles I learned on (a 20" and a 24").

More flattery will make me feel better. :smiley:

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Re: Re: attention to John Childs!!

That answer is actually not certain at all. I’ve lost count. I forgot to include an old old 20" Schwinn that I’ve got stuffed in my storage closet. That unicycle could be made rideable again in very short order (but I’d have to ask myself why).

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ok… so maybe he is human:D

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thanks million John