I made a trip to my hometown today, to pick up a unicycle frame I had welded for me, and to pick up another unicycle that my mum got off a customer who goes to the shop that she works at. The unicycle from the customer ended up being given to me, due to it’s condition, which was cool.
When looking at the said unicycle, there was something strange about it, for a start the wheel was built the same way I built up my old unicycle wheels, also the seat was padded out more the same as I had done with my old unicycles. when stripping the unicycle to get it home easier, I decided to see what the seat was padded with. Much to my surprise and amusement, it was a school P.E. t-shirt from my old school, with my name on the label.
So yeah, this unicycle is the first unicycle I owned, the one I learned to unicycle on. I sold it to a mate about 10 years ago, at somepoint he sold it on. The customer who dropped the unicycle at mums work for me lives a few doors along from my mates old house. I've not seen it since I sold it, and hadn't expected to see it again, but it's back with me.
http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=568718
Back to the frame I had welded for me, I got one of those mini bikes, cut it up, and had it welded so I have a mini-giraffe-unicycle. It looks cool, not running at the moment, need a fixed wheel sprocket, so I built it up using a freewheel to see what it looks like and how mini it will be. It has a 6 inch wheel, and it stands 2ft 1 inch from ground to the dip in the seat.
http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=568721
http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=568724
http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=568727
http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=568730
So yeah, all in all a cool day.
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