Gentlepeople
A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???(no offence
meant to those who have deep faith and take religion seriosuly).
Most activities have a patron saint - who is ours?
And please - not Kris Holm, not George Peck, not John Foss or any of the
other modern patriarchs.
Also - no suggestions of St Antony - he’s over-worked as it is.
Regards
Phil
Phil wrote:
> A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???
That one’s easy. St. Michael.
If I take my wife to Marks and Spencers often enough, she lets me buy
another unicycle. 
I wonder if this comment makes sense anywhere outside of Europe? Hmm.
Probably not. 
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M.Wiggins@ftel.co.uk (Mark Wiggins) wrote in
<mailman.1008590418.1210.rsu@unicycling.org>:
>Phil wrote:
>> A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???
>
>That one’s easy. St. Michael.
>
>If I take my wife to Marks and Spencers often enough, she lets me buy
>another unicycle.
>
>I wonder if this comment makes sense anywhere outside of Europe? Hmm.
>Probably not.
>
>Regards, Mark.
>
Confused and bewildered
I’m a skippy - a very simple one from ‘a land down under’. You’ve lost me
on the connection between St Michael, Marks and Spencers, and your ability
to buy another uni.
Oh well.
Phil
Phil wrote:
> M.Wiggins@ftel.co.uk (Mark Wiggins) wrote in
> >If I take my wife to Marks and Spencers often enough, she lets me buy
> >another unicycle.
>
> Confused and bewildered
I thought that might happen.
> I’m a skippy - a very simple one from ‘a land down under’. You’ve lost
> me on the connection between St Michael, Marks and Spencers, and your
> ability to buy another uni.
“St. Michael” is the brand name used by Marks and Spencer. They sell
(mostly) clothes. To women.
Ergo, I buy her clothes and then I’m allowed to buy myself a unicycle.
Hmm, hang on, am I losing out here?
> Oh well.
>
> Phil
Regards, Mark.
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This is from http://www.sportsjones.com/divine/00/6.htm
“St. Julian the Hospitaller (a.k.a. Julian the Poor) is the patron saint
of circus folk, specifically clowns, jugglers, musicians, and acrobats.
I’m assuming this also applies to unicycle-riding bears in tutus.”
[Why would people of faith be offended by this? We are not offended by
them.]
Arnold the Aardvark
How about Saint Eunice (not to be confused with Eunice Douglas)?: Saint
Eunice was the mother of Saint Timothy, a friend of Saint Paul. Her feast
day is March 11–her uni-cycle is throughout the year.
Eunice Douglas was a character on the US tv show Green Acres.
David Maxfield Bainbridge Island, WA
> A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???
That’s an easy one: William Jenack. You may have heard Jack Halpern refer
to
Mr. Jenack as ‘the father of modern unicycling,’ a phrase I coined. So
Jack would probably agree with me.
Bill Jenack was the guy who organized the many disconnected unicyclists of
the world, first by forming a mail service where he sent out
newsletter/mailings to a looser group called the Unicyclists Association
of America. From this grew the non-profit national organization we call
the Unicycling Society of America.
Bill Jenack influenced the architects of much of today’s unicycling world.
The founders of the original Japan Unicycling Club (now the JUA) got
guidance from Mr. Jenack. I believe Jack Halpern, the founder of the
International Unicycling Federation, was in many ways inspired and
assisted by Bill Jenack in his early efforts there.
Over the years between 1933 when he learned to ride, and his untimely
death in 1982, Bill Jenack also taught thousands of people to ride. During
my ten years living in New York, I constantly ran into people that told me
they used to ride, and that Bill Jenack taught them.
Bill Jenack was the editor of the USA Newsletter (now called On One Wheel)
for the first four years, 1974-77. He made good use of his many unicycling
contacts around the world to provide fascinating breadth and depth of
reading in those early issues. The USA still has reprints and back copies
of those issues available for sale:
http://www.unicycling.org/usa/merchandise/. We are also working on a
project to scan all the old issues and will someday have them on CD, but
we don’t know how long this project will take.
I had two role models while I was “growing up” in unicycling. One was
Floyd Crandall. His father’s club, the Pontiac Unicyclists, hosted the
first USA nationals in 1973. Floyd used to win most of the competition
events throughout the 70’s. But he was credited with always being a good
sport, and always friendly and helpful to others.
My other role model was Bill Jenack, who always made it a point to spread
unicycling and help others do so as well. He was a prolific
letter-writer, cranking out as many as 40 per day. He helped people start
unicycle clubs, learn to ride, and more. He was often quoted in newspaper
and magazine articles when an “expert’s” opinion was needed on
unicycling. He also assisted many bicycle companies with their unicycle
designs, including Miyata.
I have tried to live up to the example set by my main two unicycling role
models, and follow in their footsteps. Let us not forget the man
originally responsible for all of us knowing each other. Mr. Jenack came
and went before the Internet was popular, but without his groundwork it
may have taken much longer for our current newsgroup and other
communication systems to have been built.
Stay on top, John Foss President, Unicycling Society of America President,
International Unicycling Federation jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
John,
You never cease to amaze me. Your posts are always articulate, well
reasoned and informative. I pass on many of the newsgroup posts, but I
always read what you have to say. You are a great successor to Bill Jenack
Stay on top,
John Hooten
John Foss wrote:
> > A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???
>
> That’s an easy one: William Jenack. You may have heard Jack Halpern
> refer to
> Mr. Jenack as ‘the father of modern unicycling,’ a phrase I coined. So
> Jack would probably agree with me.
>
> Bill Jenack was the guy who organized the many disconnected unicyclists
> of the world, first by forming a mail service where he sent out
> newsletter/mailings to a looser group called the Unicyclists Association
> of America. From this grew the non-profit national organization we call
> the Unicycling Society of America.
>
> Bill Jenack influenced the architects of much of today’s unicycling
> world. The founders of the original Japan Unicycling Club (now the JUA)
> got guidance from Mr. Jenack. I believe Jack Halpern, the founder of the
> International Unicycling Federation, was in many ways inspired and
> assisted by Bill Jenack in his early efforts there.
>
> Over the years between 1933 when he learned to ride, and his untimely
> death in 1982, Bill Jenack also taught thousands of people to ride.
> During my ten years living in New York, I constantly ran into people
> that told me they used to ride, and that Bill Jenack taught them.
>
> Bill Jenack was the editor of the USA Newsletter (now called On One
> Wheel) for the first four years, 1974-77. He made good use of his many
> unicycling contacts around the world to provide fascinating breadth and
> depth of reading in those early issues. The USA still has reprints and
> back copies of those issues available for sale:
> http://www.unicycling.org/usa/merchandise/. We are also working on a
> project to scan all the old issues and will someday have them on CD, but
> we don’t know how long this project will take.
>
> I had two role models while I was “growing up” in unicycling. One was
> Floyd Crandall. His father’s club, the Pontiac Unicyclists, hosted the
> first USA nationals in 1973. Floyd used to win most of the competition
> events throughout the 70’s. But he was credited with always being a good
> sport, and always friendly and helpful to others.
>
> My other role model was Bill Jenack, who always made it a point to
> spread unicycling and help others do so as well. He was a prolific
> letter-writer, cranking out as many as 40 per day. He helped people
> start unicycle clubs, learn to ride, and more. He was often quoted in
> newspaper and magazine articles when an “expert’s” opinion was needed on
> unicycling. He also assisted many bicycle companies with their unicycle
> designs, including Miyata.
>
> I have tried to live up to the example set by my main two unicycling
> role models, and follow in their footsteps. Let us not forget the man
> originally responsible for all of us knowing each other. Mr. Jenack came
> and went before the Internet was popular, but without his groundwork it
> may have taken much longer for our current newsgroup and other
> communication systems to have been built.
>
> Stay on top, John Foss President, Unicycling Society of America
> President, International Unicycling Federation jfoss@unicycling.com
> www.unicycling.com
john_foss@asinet.com (John Foss) wrote in
<mailman.1008614118.4458.rsu@unicycling.org>:
>> A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???
>
>That’s an easy one: William Jenack. You may have heard Jack Halpern refer
>to Mr. Jenack as ‘the father of modern unicycling,’ a phrase I coined. So
>Jack would probably agree with me.
<<SNIP>>
>
>I have tried to live up to the example set by my main two unicycling role
>models, and follow in their footsteps. Let us not forget the man
>originally responsible for all of us knowing each other. Mr. Jenack came
>and went before the Internet was popular, but without his groundwork it
>may have taken much longer for our current newsgroup and other
>communication systems to have been built.
>
>Stay on top, John Foss President, Unicycling Society of America
>President, International Unicycling Federation jfoss@unicycling.com
>www.unicycling.com
John
Thanks for this wonderful piece of history. As an Australian rider of
the more modern era the previous history of unicycling had been
hidden from me.
Regards
Phil
this isn’t really directly related to the post at hand, but Maxfield D, you are the first person ever i’ve seen use the word ergo in a sentence, the only other time i’ve seen it was in the climbing mag. and it was a brand of climbing holds, ‘therefore’ does anyone else ever see ergo?
tim
i worship jesus
In the past year, I have met several people on the street in NYC who knew
William Jenack and were inspired by him.
Joe Merrill In a message dated 12/17/01 1:46:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
john_foss@asinet.com writes:
> That’s an easy one: William Jenack.
I sometimes use “ergo” in written and spoken language. In Dutch it is
not very uncommon. BTW I think I missed the post in which David
Maxfield used it.
Klaas Bil
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:35:08 +0000 (UTC), skunker
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
>this isn’t really directly related to the post at hand, but Maxfield D,
>you are the first person ever i’ve seen use the word ergo in a sentence,
>the only other time i’ve seen it was in the climbing mag. and it was a
>brand of climbing holds, ‘therefore’ does anyone else ever see ergo?
>
>tim
>
>i worship jesus
>
>
>
>
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John Foss wrote…
>> A simple question - who is the patron saint of unicyclists ???
>
>That’s an easy one: William Jenack. You may have heard Jack
>Halpern refer to
>Mr. Jenack as ‘the father of modern unicycling,’ a phrase I coined. So
> Jack would probably agree with me.
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. I had the honor to know Bill personally and
he helped me get started with unicycling in Japan. John, I didn’t know you
coined the phrase. It certainly is appropriate.
>Bill Jenack was the guy who organized the many disconnected unicyclists
>of the world, first by forming a mail service where he sent out
>newsletter/mailings to a looser group called the Unicyclists Association
>of America. From this grew the non-profit national organization we call
>the Unicycling Society of America.
>
>Bill Jenack influenced the architects of much of today’s unicycling
>world. The founders of the original Japan Unicycling Club (now the JUA)
>got guidance from Mr. Jenack. I believe Jack Halpern, the founder of the
>International Unicycling Federation, was in many ways inspired and
>assisted by Bill Jenack in his early efforts there.
Absolutely. Bill helped us every step of the way, with advice,
introducing people, providing pictures andf materials, learning
techniques, and the like.
John, it occurred to me that this message can make an excellent article
both for OOW and JUA News. Do you mind if I translate it to Japanese for
the spring issue?
>Over the years between 1933 when he learned to ride, and his untimely
>death in 1982, Bill Jenack also taught thousands of people to ride.
>During my ten years living in New York, I constantly ran into people
>that told me they used to ride, and that Bill Jenack taught them.
>
>Bill Jenack was the editor of the USA Newsletter (now called On One
>Wheel) for the first four years, 1974-77. He made good use of his many
>unicycling contacts around the world to provide fascinating breadth and
>depth of reading in those early issues. The USA still has reprints and
>back copies of those issues available for sale:
>http://www.unicycling.org/usa/merchandise/. We are also working on a
>project to scan all the old issues and will someday have them on CD, but
>we don’t know how long this project will take.
>
>I had two role models while I was “growing up” in unicycling. One was
>Floyd Crandall. His father’s club, the Pontiac Unicyclists, hosted the
>first USA nationals in 1973. Floyd used to win most of the competition
>events throughout the 70’s. But he was credited with always being a good
>sport, and always friendly and helpful to others.
>
>My other role model was Bill Jenack, who always made it a point to
>spread unicycling and help others do so as well. He was a prolific
>letter-writer, cranking out as many as 40 per day. He helped people
>start unicycle clubs, learn to ride, and more. He was often quoted in
>newspaper and magazine articles when an “expert’s” opinion was needed on
>unicycling. He also assisted many bicycle companies with their unicycle
>designs, including Miyata.
>
>I have tried to live up to the example set by my main two unicycling
>role models, and follow in their footsteps. Let us not forget the man
>originally responsible for all of us knowing each other. Mr. Jenack came
>and went before the Internet was popular, but without his groundwork it
>may have taken much longer for our current newsgroup and other
>communication systems to have been built.
>
>Stay on top, John Foss President, Unicycling Society of America
>President, International Unicycling Federation jfoss@unicycling.com
>www.unicycling.com
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