An elderly woman, I’m talking 70s or 80s, stopped at a traffic light asked me this evening, without so much as a trace of humor, if I was old enough to be riding a unicycle.
I was somewhat taken aback and politely asked her to repeat the question. She did.
Not knowing what else to say I blurted out that I was 42. “Oh”, was her response.
The light turned green and so I was not able to ask her what she thought the legal age was for one to be able to ride a unicycle nor if, given her inability to tell a man from a child <insert wisecrack of your choice here>, she should really be behind the wheel of a car.
The ride, by the way, was my longest to date that involved the express purpose of getting food. 6 miles round trip with a grilled cheese sandwich, fries and diet coke inbetween. Yum.
I also brought along my Kryptonite lock and chained the uni behind the diner where all the employees lock up their bikes. Many were quite amused and asked me about riding.
My guess is it’s a similar phenomenon to when someone told me I’d lost half my unicycle.
So what she was thinking was, “Aren’t you too old to be riding that thing?” (I suspect this because, at 40, I occasionally get this reaction from friends and family.)
The thought crosses their mind, but isn’t processed properly because it isn’t a very long journey!
Yes.
The age of consent for unicycle riding, is when you are old enough to walk.
Here is another question…is a unicycle considered a wheelchair?
“JJuggle” <JJuggle.u2u3w@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in message news:JJuggle.u2u3w@timelimit.unicyclist.com…
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> An elderly woman, I’m talking 70s or 80s, stopped at a traffic light
> asked me this evening, without so much as a trace of humor, if I was old
> enough to be riding a unicycle.
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> I was somewhat taken aback and politely asked her to repeat the
> question. She did.
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> Not knowing what else to say I blurted out that I was 42. “Oh”, was her
> response.
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In New Zealand, Snickers is a chocolate bar. I’d prefer to get Snickers than words, but I’ll settle for words since they are better than nothing (when pleasant). The age of consent for unicycling for me was 16. It is different for everyone I guess. I was sixteen when I decided I wanted a Unicycle, so I gave myself consent to buy and ride one then. Younger people might need consent (and maybe financial help) from their parents, but people older than 16 can make their own mind up.
Snickers are also chocolate bars in the United States, but it’s been forever since i’ve seen one somewhere. i don’t really recall ever liking them though
Re: Re: Is there an age of consent for unicycling?
I believe I looked this up in the Utah lawbooks, and from what I can remember, a wheelchair fits under the category of “mobility assistance device,” while a unicycle is considered a “human powered vehicle.” Of course, I’m reciting this from memory, so maybe I’m just crazy.
But I think that legally, unicyclists and people in wheelchairs would both be considered pedestrians in most cases. This will vary from state to state, but you should be able to find out, if you really care.
