Small towns are great! Our unicycling has been getting more and more
exposure in our town especially since my boys and I rode in our first
parade on the 4th of July. Later on in the day after the parade, my wife
and I were walking into the grocery store with the boys and a man exiting
recognized us from the parade and made a joke about us walking instead of
riding our unicycles. Yesterday as I was leaving the video store, I saw a
kid pointing in my direction and overheard him “whispering” to his dad,
“Daddy, that’s the Unicycle Man.” Today in Wal-Mart, as I passed a boy
about 12 years old, he grinned and said, “Hey Unicycle Man.” It’s kind of
fun being identified as a purveyor of a unique sport in our town.
Guys call me “Uniboy”. I’m 16. I have to say I don’t really like
it…sigh… Better than what they called me before I learned to
ride though!
Cheers, Graham W. Boyes
“Bruce & Mary Edwards” <REMOVE.TO.REPLYyoopers@inwave.com> wrote in
message news:3B47D6BA.8377910B@inwave.com… > Small towns are great! Our unicycling has been getting more and more > exposure in our town especially since my boys and I rode in our first > parade on the 4th of July. Later on in the day after the parade, my wife > and I were walking into the grocery store with the boys and a man > exiting recognized us from the parade and made a joke about us walking > instead of riding our unicycles. Yesterday as I was leaving the video > store, I saw a kid pointing in my direction and overheard him > “whispering” to his dad, “Daddy, that’s the Unicycle Man.” Today in > Wal-Mart, as I passed a boy about 12 years old, he grinned and said, > “Hey Unicycle Man.” It’s kind of fun being identified as a purveyor of a > unique sport in our town. > > Anybody else have experiences like these? > > Bruce http://move.to/daup
REMOVE.TO.REPLYyoopers@inwave.com writes: >Small towns are great!
<snip> > Yesterday as I was leaving the video store, I saw a kid pointing in my > direction and overheard him “whispering” to his dad, "Daddy, that’s the > Unicycle Man." Today in Wal-Mart, as I passed a boy about 12 years old, > he grinned and said, “Hey Unicycle Man.” It’s kind of fun being > identified as a purveyor of a unique sport in our town. > >Anybody else have experiences like these? >
NYC must be a small town. I have been riding for years and am known in
various neighborhoods as Unicycle Man, Unicycle Guy, Uni Man, The Guy on
the Unicycle, or some such remark. This does not just happen in my own
digs, either, but all over town. It’s kinda nice to be known for
something, I guess, and the nice thing is that unlike actual celebreties,
I need merely walk somewhere sans uni and I lose my fame instantly and can
pretend to be a normal everyday person.
Better, “Uniboyes”. Gives it a more official feel. I suppose you could
also be known as “Boyes and his Toyes”. The toys part becomes more
important as you age. I like my toys, they help keep me young…or at
least keep me feeling like I’m young.
“Graham W. Boyes - TOAO.net” wrote: > > Guys call me “Uniboy”. I’m 16. I have to say I don’t really like > it…sigh… Better than what they called me before I learned to ride > though! > > Cheers, Graham W. Boyes > > “Bruce & Mary Edwards” <REMOVE.TO.REPLYyoopers@inwave.com> wrote > in message news:3B47D6BA.8377910B@inwave.com… > > Small towns are great! Our unicycling has been getting more and more > > exposure in our town especially since my boys and I rode in our first > > parade on the 4th of July. Later on in the day after the parade, my > > wife and I were walking into the grocery store with the boys and a man > > exiting recognized us from the parade and made a joke about us walking > > instead of riding our unicycles. Yesterday as I was leaving the video > > store, I saw a kid pointing in my direction and overheard him > > “whispering” to his dad, “Daddy, that’s the Unicycle Man.” Today in > > Wal-Mart, as I passed a boy about 12 years old, he grinned and said, > > “Hey Unicycle Man.” It’s kind of fun being identified as a purveyor of > > a unique sport in our town. > > > > Anybody else have experiences like these? > > > > Bruce http://move.to/daup
“Unicycle guy!”? I get two variations from: the local kids in my village
and pissed up twentysomething guys in bars in town. The local kids are
great! Shame the same can’t be said for the older variation encountered on
a Saturday night. The tone in their voice seems to bring on selective
deafness in me
Neil
“Bruce & Mary Edwards” <REMOVE.TO.REPLYyoopers@inwave.com> wrote in
message news:3B47D6BA.8377910B@inwave.com… > Small towns are great! Our unicycling has been getting more and more > exposure in our town especially since my boys and I rode in our first > parade on the 4th of July. Later on in the day after the parade, my wife > and I were walking into the grocery store with the boys and a man > exiting recognized us from the parade and made a joke about us walking > instead of riding our unicycles. Yesterday as I was leaving the video > store, I saw a kid pointing in my direction and overheard him > “whispering” to his dad, “Daddy, that’s the Unicycle Man.” Today in > Wal-Mart, as I passed a boy about 12 years old, he grinned and said, > “Hey Unicycle Man.” It’s kind of fun being identified as a purveyor of a > unique sport in our town. > > Anybody else have experiences like these? > > Bruce http://move.to/daup
Now, when you’re walking around, and someone yells out to you, “Hey,
you’re missing a wheel,” you know you’ve become a local celebrety.
(Fortunately, I’ve only gotten this from people I actually know… though,
I have gotten “what’s with the extra wheel?” from complete strangers when
I’m riding my bicycle… though, this was the same place and time I
usually ride, and I was dressed about the same.)
Jeff Lutkus
— “David Stone” <dstone@packer.edu> > wrote: NYC must be a small town. I have been riding for years and am > known in various neighborhoods as Unicycle Man, Unicycle Guy, Uni Man, > The Guy on the Unicycle, or some such remark. This does not just happen > in my own digs, either, but all over town. It’s kinda nice to be known > for something, I guess, and the nice thing is that unlike actual > celebreties, I need merely walk somewhere sans uni and I lose my fame > instantly and can pretend to be a normal everyday person. > >David
I was recently blasting in and out of the woods in a park, at dusk, on my
muni in full armor, and surprised a bunch of teenagers. They referred to
me excitedly as unicycle monster! Joe
> “Unicycle guy!”? I get two variations from: the local kids in my village > and pissed up twentysomething guys in bars in town. The local kids are > great! Shame the same can’t be said for the older variation encountered > on a Saturday night. The tone in their voice seems to bring on selective
deafness > in me > > Neil > > “Bruce & Mary Edwards” <REMOVE.TO.REPLYyoopers@inwave.com> wrote > in message news:3B47D6BA.8377910B@inwave.com… > > Small towns are great! Our unicycling has been getting more and more > > exposure in our town especially since my boys and I rode in our first > > parade on the 4th of July. Later on in the day after the parade, my > > wife and I were walking into the grocery store with the boys and a > > man exiting recognized us from the parade and made a joke about us > > walking instead of riding our unicycles. Yesterday as I was leaving > > the video store, I saw a kid pointing in my direction and overheard > > him “whispering” to his dad, “Daddy, that’s the Unicycle Man.” Today > > in Wal-Mart, as I passed a boy about 12 years old, he grinned and > > said, “Hey Unicycle Man.” It’s kind of fun being identified as a > > purveyor of a unique sport in our town. > > > > Anybody else have experiences like these?
“Bruce & Mary Edwards” <REMOVE.TO.REPLYyoopers@inwave.com> wrote in
message news:3B4930DD.9368AB40@inwave.com… > Better, “Uniboyes”. Gives it a more official feel. I suppose you could > also be known as “Boyes and his Toyes”. The toys part becomes more > important as you age. I like my toys, they help keep me young…or at > least keep me feeling like I’m young.
Joe