I have an old Hedstrom unicycle that a neighbor gave me. Its a children’s
model, hard rubber tire, uncomfortable seat, and un-rideable for the most
part. I can’t imagine anyone learning on one of these, and it reminds me
of the Western Auto-brand unicycle I bought at a garage sale 25 years ago
for $5 that I never learned to ride. Before I send it to the scrap heap,
can anyone tell me if there’s any reason not to do so ? I hate to get rid
of it, but giving it to someone to learn on would be counter-productive.
> for $5 that I never learned to ride. Before I send it to the scrap heap, > can anyone tell me if there’s any reason not to do so ?
I’ve thought of an art project I always wanted to try. Take a unicycle and
paint it all one color, like white. Then mount it on the wall. I saw this
done in a magazine with a bicycle, and it looked pretty classy. Should be
just the thing for a unicyclist’s house. This I think is the most
honorable end for a unicycle of the Hedstrom variety.
> I hate to get rid of it, but giving it to someone to learn on would be > counter-productive.
You are so right. I learned on one. It took me months to accomplish
what would have taken a week or two on a Schwinn. If you think someone
might actually try to ride your Hedstrom, throw it away immediately.
They do more harm than good, making people think unicycling is even
harder than it is.
Clean it up and put it on the wall. Maybe some flashing lights in the tire or a clock in the centre or something. My Norco is about 15 yrs old and it’s going on my wall alomg with my old lowrider bicycle.
Find a kid who needs a Unicycle and can’t aford one. There are lots of people who would view it as an asset, and not trash. 'Tis all a mater of perspective. When you have nothing, gestures like that mean alot. Clean it up, make sure it’s safe, find a canadate. If you want to go one step further, for both of you, teach 'em to ride.
Whatever you do, make it less rideable than it is now! I tried to learn on one and it was complete hell. Maybe you can take the seat post of it and use that for something else?
John Foss wrote: > > > for $5 that I never learned to ride. Before I send it to the scrap > > heap, can anyone tell me if there’s any reason not to do so ? > > I’ve thought of an art project I always wanted to try. Take a unicycle > and paint it all one color, like white. Then mount it on the wall. I saw > this done in a magazine with a bicycle, and it looked pretty classy. > Should be just the thing for a unicyclist’s house. This I think is the > most honorable end for a unicycle of the Hedstrom variety.
Clean it up… paint it all white enamel… put little mounting
brackets on it…
>I have an old Hedstrom unicycle that a neighbor gave me. Its a children’s >model, hard rubber tire, uncomfortable seat, and un-rideable for the most >part. I can’t imagine anyone learning on one of these, and it reminds me >of the Western Auto-brand unicycle I bought at a garage sale 25 years ago >for $5 that I never learned to ride. Before I send it to the scrap heap, >can anyone tell me if there’s any reason not to do so ? I hate to get rid >of it, but giving it to someone to learn on would be counter-productive. > >Mike > > >
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We had some well-meaning friends donate one of these nice uni’s (Stelber
actually) to our club. Only problem is that the tire is split and broken
at one spot and unrideable. My boys had a blast trying to ride it and
actually managed to hop on it a bit at one point. The local hardware store
has a replacement tire that would work except I can’t figure (really
haven’t put much figuring into it) out how to get the old tire off let
alone how to install the new one…should I decide to shell out the $7.00
for the new one. I posed this question to John Drummond once and I loved
his reponse. John said it’s time to retire, not re-tire the uni.
Bruce
Mike wrote:
> I have an old Hedstrom unicycle that a neighbor gave me. Its a > children’s model, hard rubber tire, uncomfortable seat, and un-rideable > for the most part. I can’t imagine anyone learning on one of these, and > it reminds me of the Western Auto-brand unicycle I bought at a garage > sale 25 years ago for $5 that I never learned to ride. Before I send it > to the scrap heap, can anyone tell me if there’s any reason not to do so > ? I hate to get rid of it, but giving it to someone to learn on would be > counter-productive. > > Mike
<< We had some well-meaning friends donate one of these nice uni’s
(Stelber actually) to our club. Only problem is that the tire is split and
broken at one spot and unrideable. My boys had a blast trying to ride it
and actually managed to hop on it a bit at one point. The local hardware
store has a replacement tire that would work except I can’t figure (really
haven’t put much figuring into it) out how to get the old tire off let
alone how to install the new one…should I decide to shell out the $7.00
for the new one. >>
Try saveaunicycle.com. Is not your son looking for a school project that
you describe in another posting. Have fun.
