I was thinking about this myself today and wondered what you guys thought…Do you think that a riders age will have any great effect on how much of their budget goes into unis?
I dont think it does. Im only 17 and ive spent $2000 on unis in not even a year!! . Yet im sure that there are older people who have bought nothign more than a $100 Torker. And vice versa of course.
So what do you guys think?
And another question. When you bought your first uni…I mean the first one you ever had, did you ever imagine that you would become so involved in the sport. I just bought my uni for fun…Now its aa important part of my life…I cant imagine myself not riding.
Of course it does. It is a peaked distribution. In both the limits it goes to zero. You spend nothing as an infant, nothing when you’re dead, and maybe more than nothing in between those two limits.
I’m eighteen and I’ve spent more than 300 euros on my first unicycle. Still, I worked for it. Now I’m considering a few improvements, like a Kris Holm frame and stuff… And I wanted to save some money…
Re: Do you think that age effects how much someone will spend on unis?
trials_uni enlightened us with:
> I dont think it does.
I think it does.
> Im only 17 and ive spent $2000 on unis in not even a year!! .
When I was your age I didn’t nearly have that kind of money.
> Yet im sure that there are older people who have bought nothign more
> than a $100 Torker. And vice versa of course.
I’m 27, spent only €12,- on a wrench.
> And another question. When you bought your first uni…I mean the
> first one you ever had, did you ever imagine that you would become
> so involved in the sport. I just bought my uni for fun…Now its aa
> important part of my life…I cant imagine myself not riding.
Definitely for fun, and as a replacement for my two-wheeler. I’ve been
unicycling for a month now, and all the short-distance cycling I do is
on my uni. Of course, my radius keeps getting larger and larger the
more I train
Sybren
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Of course older people (i.e. adults with jobs) tend to have more money, but they have more responsibilities and outgoings and less inclination to spend all their money on unicycles. Younger people have less money, but tend to spend everything they have, and are also more likely to have the perception that they “need” Profile hubs, brakes, carbon seat bases, etc, etc. They are also more likely to do things that break equipment.
So I reckon younger people spend a considerably larger percentage of their money on unicycles than older people do (and I would guess that most of them spend more in absolute terms than the average older person as well), but there are probably enough older people with big collections to say that older people spend more overall.
I dont have a job yet and money is kinda hard to comeby and gather, so I got the best I could get with my 250 dollars.
As I get older, and get a job, and save up more, ill invest in other things, like a muni, as I already bought a coker, and ill start ugrading parts to better stuff once I break stuff.
As I get older, the amount I will spend on uni related item will increase.
Hey! I am 15 and i have a job and use my own money to buy unicycle hardware!
BEWARE: What you are about to read is a sweeping generalisation so dont get offended:
What i have noticed in the unicycling world is that there are lots of people with really sweet unis and average skills, and lots of people with average but adequate (sp?) unis and fantastic skills.
Often the older people (and also sometimes the rich kids) spend lots on their unis but arent that greater riders. These unis usually come in the form of cokers or munis with custom bits and expensive carbon fibre etc.
As a generalisation the best unicyclists are poor students in their late teens or early 20’s who dont have that much money to throw around. Their unicycles are often good, but dont have all the bells and wistles. They may be out of action for weeks if they break something bacause they cant afford a replacement. these are the psople who deserve to get sponsored.
I spent alot this year, don’t want to figure out how much! I almost have a complete functional collection from UWs and giraffes to what I might propose as the quintessential trio: my coker, muni and freestyle.
unicycles are important. I think a few things in life are necessary. Here are the fundamentals of Blakeism:
In each of our lifetimes we should:
build at least one boat
fall in love with a beautiful place and return there again and again
learn at least one musical instrument (including voice and whistling)
find a sport to practice each season
never permanently part with tools, good books, and friends!
. Yet im sure that there are older people who have bought nothign more than a $100 Torker. And vice versa of course.
Simpsons forever
And I wanted to save some money…