Has anyone ever hear of the Petty brand or who the
original manufacturer might be? How old etc.?
I cant find even ONE reference on web of newsgroups.
Has a squared-off “loaf-of-bread” type seat (if original)
Bearing assembly (well, maybe it has bearings) looks
similar to some Savage Uni’s
Links to sites and photos appreciated.
tnx
Why do you want to know? Regardless, I have the answer to your question. The unicycle you are talking about is called a P.O.S. unicycle. It was probably made back in the late 70s or mid 80s, when there were mass numbers of P.O.S. unicycles were made. Though they were marketed under various names. There is only one true name for this type on uni. It is a P.O.S. more commonly known as a Piece Of Shit unicycle. So there is the answer, plain and simple.
-David Kaplan
Wow! David exceaded even my normal level of caloused sarcasm and wanten disregard… kudos! Some suggested refinement: don’t spell out your punch line- sucks the energy right out of your rant. Leave the reader SOMETHING to think about. 
Christopher
Chris,
A problem I have sometimes with your posts is that if a word is NIMD,
it may be because of your special spelling habits, or because it is
too exotic. “Caloused” is the one that beats me this time. Of course,
as per your suggestion I didn’t spell out the acronym 
Klaas Bil
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 02:47:46 +0000 (UTC), rhysling
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked automagically from a database:”
“AGT. AMME, Imad Fayez Mugniyah, 1ee”
Klaas-
Calloused: hardened and thickened, particularly in reference to one’s skin.
Please don’t discourage Chris from his creative spelling. It is one of the more amusing aspects of these posts. I think he uses a spell wrecker.
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:27:47 +0000 (UTC), harper
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
>Please don’t discourage Chris from his creative
>spelling.
I feel sometimes tempted to tease Chris - don’t know why. But no
discouragement at all, type on Chris (and a few notable other
spell-challenged* regulars) by all means. It’s just that being a
non-native English speaker I sometimes couldn’t understand. Actually
today I found a workaround: importing the text in Word and see what
the spell checker comes up with - it found calloused too.
> It is one of the more amusing aspects of these posts.
THAT statement might be discouraging for Chris
>I think he uses a spell wrecker.
LOL!
*I hope this word is still politically correct. I don’t mean any
offence.
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked automagically from a database:”
“THAAD, furby, FBI”