Somebody recently asked about finding used unis for sale various places. The
bike club I belong to recently held a community bike sale, and this was the
only uni there.
Two things surprised me. First, that somebody actually thought they could
get $54 for it (it didn’t sell), and second, the number of people who didn’t
understand that the seat was busted.
-Carl
Re: Bike Sale Uni
There’s one on EBay with a similar squashed seat. Nine bids so far:
http://tinyurl.com/7o9
I’d like to see someone try to ride it with the seat like that.
I visited a yard sale that advertised a unicycle a couple of weeks ago. They had
an ancient rusty Troxel with a $137 price tag on it! They must have thought it
was an antique. I was afraid to touch it (you break, you buy).
–Mark
Carl wrote:
> Somebody recently asked about finding used unis for sale various places. The
> bike club I belong to recently held a community bike sale, and this was the
> only uni there.
>
> http://carl.unicyclist.com/seat1.jpg
> http://carl.unicyclist.com/seat2.jpg
>
> Two things surprised me. First, that somebody actually thought they could
> get $54 for it (it didn’t sell), and second, the number of people who didn’t
> understand that the seat was busted.
>
> -Carl
–
Mark Newbold
Montpelier, Vermont USA
RE: Bike Sale Uni
> http://carl.unicyclist.com/seat1.jpg
> http://carl.unicyclist.com/seat2.jpg
It’s a Cycle Pro! A decent unicycle for the price, except of course, the
infamous seat. One thing to be sure of with this one though. Whoever was
using it did not give up! When you see one with one of those seats with no
bends or tears, you know the rider gave up way too easily.
JF
RE: Bike Sale Uni
> There’s one on EBay with a similar squashed seat. Nine bids so far:
> http://tinyurl.com/7o9
Looks like one I have in my garage called Concord, made in Japan, probably
in the 70s. This one has a different sticker though, possibly American Flyer
or something.
Note the difference in the seat, this is an older one. It probably never had
metal bumpers.
You know who did the metal bumpers first? I’ll open this question to the
public and see if people agree with the first place I saw them…
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, on safety
equipment cleaning methods
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