It all depends on the circumstances. With the 29er I‘m moving at about 3 times the speed compared to me walking. So it‘s a great way to do the groceries - I use it virtually daily for this purpose. I could also take the bicycle instead but I wouldn‘t be a lot faster and I‘d even lose some of the gained time to un/lock the bike. Or I take it into the building if I go o the shopping centre in the next town. The uni I usually don‘t lock because there are far less people who would benefit from stealing a uni vs. stealing a bike.
But the uni is also great in conjunction with public transport, at least where I live. I enter the bus or train with it and (so far) never had any discussions with ticket inspectors - to my surprise not even when I once used the uni as a seat in a crammed train.
I can confirm this. Tried an EUC years ago at an activity. After a few tries I was riding it around comfortably. The owner was really skeptical when I told him I had never ridden them. When I mentioned I ride unicycles it made a lot more sense to him. The EUC was neat to try but not as much fun for me as a pedal powered uni.
Do you ride with your 29" on the pavement in the crowd? Back when I lived in Denmark, I also took my uni’s to go shopping, but I would always lock them. It is much easier to pick up a unicycle and throw it in the back of a truck. Even if people can’t ride one, they would still steal them. I have no trust in humanity 
Unfortunately now I have a young kid I cannot ride as much as I want to and I have to choose between the EUC and either of my uni’s. The EUC is still new to me, so I choose that, but when I do take my KH26 or Nimbus 29" it takes a bit longer to freemount at a cold start. Of course after a few kilometres it becomes comfy and freemounting is instant again. Still I don’t like riding where there are many people around. Neither on the EUC for that matter.
Depending on how crowded the crowd is 
There should always be enough space that if I UPD neither me nor the uni is likely to do damage to other people. There was once a situation where this clearly wasn‘t the case: After a musical show everybody was walking to their own vehicles or to the shuttle buses. I was on my 29er. First it was fun to exercise riding slowly (and I mean reaaaalllly slowly), but all of a sudden I realised that there wasn‘t enough of a distance between me and the people in front of me and behind me to be able to dismount (leave alone UPD). Fortunately, the place widened and I was able to pass the pedestrians only seconds later. Fun fact: I made the 2.5km to the station sooo much quicker than the rest of the group who took the shuttle bus.
But to do the groceries (my daily business when it comes to unicycling) I usually don’t have to cope with crowds.
I have no problem leaving the uni unlocked in my town. By now most of the people should know whom it belongs to. Of course there‘s always the chance that some idiot steels it and throws it in a river or whatnot…
The thing is, once I have a Schlumpf hub, things get a bit more complicated, since the hub alone will cost about five time the amount I paid for my 29er. It would really hurt if that sort of „investment“ disappeared.
When I go to the big city (if that‘s what you can call Bern) I usually take the uni into the shop and either leave it at a place that appears save enough or just push it along with me. So far no problems.
Well, the possibility to humiliate yourself in front of other people is a constant companion when unicycling, unfortunately. It happens every now and then. I‘m usually not trying to show off, so a UPD or a fall feels less humiliating to me than if it happened while trying to impress someone. After all, it’s just part of the game.
But for me, being able to ride a unicycle is too amazing a skill and too much fun to let the presence of other people prevent me from doing it.
I ride both acoustic and EUC. Acoustics everywhere, EUC only on the trails. Both are a total blast. I currently have a Patton Veteran EUC. It has suspension, 30 mile range, and climbs well. I ride with my Mtb friends in the woods. My acoustics range from 26" - 36", with the 32" being my goto uni and the 36" for distance rides (50 mile NYC5BBT stuff). Make no mistake, the EUC requires skill to ride it, especially in the woods over rocks, roots and across bridges. EUCs are unicycles, so have no fear; we are all unicyclists.
E bike rider masters the EUC.
“…I feel like a superhero, standing forward with hands on hips..”
EUC rider masters the “manual” unicycle.
“…Behold, now I control the laws of physics, I mock you Earth and your 6 degrees of freedom”
…slam
Random question in a hopefully not too random thread. While looking at the classified ads for unicycles, they are mixed with EUCs (no big surprise) but I noticed one or two ads for EUC tires.
My question is: are they really sized with a different sizing than bike wheels and incompatible or is it just a different way to mark the tires but they could overlap with some bike rim sizes ?
As far an not locking your unicycle up my thought is that a thief does not need to know how to ride one to sell it to a pawn shop.
I’ve never serviced an EUC, but from what I have seen of electric scooters that have come through the shop I used to work at, the tires are pretty different, very thick, like motorcycle tires.
You‘re correct, of course. One can have different reasons to steal something, even a uni.
Recently I took my frankenuni 20er to the cinema. Because of the shiny Koxx One Karbon Koncept frame I asked the cashier if I could leave it somewhere in the foyer, which wasn‘t a problem, fortunately. I think carbon fibre screams “expensive”, so the chances of getting a uni with carbon fibre parts stolen are bigger.
Today I bought a secondhand EUC : a Kingsong 14D, which is the smaller version of the S16. I got this one now I am in Thailand and will just leave it at my mother-in-law’s when I go back to NL. This one is a lot lighter and was very wobbly when I tried it at the shop. The guy asked if I was a beginner and I told him I took the big one for a 10K spin before the holidays, but as I wobbled so much on the smaller wheel he prolly didnt believe me. Anyways I showed him the pic of my 15 non-electrics and he
was quite impressed. He said of all his customers there was only one American who also rode normal uni’s
Congratulations on your purchase @Setonix! The smaller EUC’s are definitely more squirrely, but I’m sure you’ll get used to it. These powered younger brothers of our cherished, traditional unicycles are so incredibly fun and convenient, that I think they may be one of the coolest vehicles on Earth! And now with most versions having full suspension and the top model having a max speed of 94mph, it’s truly amazing how capable and powerful these machines have become.
You just wear a full face helmet and all the protection you can wear and take off. Speed bumps will send you fly and if you somehow lose the uni during flight you just bonce around like a ragdoll.
What I did notice though is that you very quickly get comfortable with speed and maneuvering and before you know it you will roll pretty fast. The Kingsong 14D though only lets me ride 30kph with a full battery. At 50% it starts nagging at 23. On the Kingsong s16 Pro I set the first alarm at 20ish and hang-back (or whatever that was called at 30, coz i dont wear a full face helmet)
In Thailand I ride like most peeps on motorcycles here: no protection whatsoever. ‘What could go wrong. i know what I’m doing!!’
I do the exact same thing on my Gotway (now Begode) MSX here in NYC. I tend to live my life according to @harper’s automotivator:
It seems you do the same!
I like the idea of
on a vehicle with …one wheel.
[duck and run]