Pictures of your latest ride continued

Unclipping…
Thank you for the compliment. I thought my dismount at the end looked a little clumsy. Now that I’m starting to age past my prime my body usually is complaining a little by the 122nd mile. Riding is not so much the issue. But the sudden change to anything else with little or no transition that gives me troubles.

As a side note, if you were to examine closely, you might be able to notice my shoes, spd pedals, and cleats are usually worth as much or more than the rest of the unicycle (unless I’m riding a Schlumpf). I originally decided when converting to clippless never to trust my wellbeing to inferior or economy grade components.

“Kit”…
Those two water bottles, id, AAA card, and a boat anchor (smart phone with little or no service) got me 52 miles nonstop unassisted. Then my wife, who I had sent back to bed after taking start photos and video, caught up with me and provided any necessary assistance and pampering.

A couple weeks later I made a 43 mile unassisted nonstop with the same “kit” on a Friday afternoon in gridlocked rush hour traffic through Seattle. I’ve also completed a 62 mile unassisted nonstop on a Semcycle 43” with the same “kit”.

Even though I usually carry very little with me, in reality only a few times I’ve needed “rescued”.

I’ve been on the verge of a hypothermia crisis (this has happened more than once and each time I managed to avert disaster). I’m now more careful when the potential exists to have options available.

Also when I destroyed my knee, fractured my tibia, and severely sprained my ankle on the last day of Ride the Lobster I was immediately rescued by a medical aid vehicle and two support vehicles with additional generous offers of assistance. I’m hoping if this type of issue arises again a Good Samaritan will take pity on me and tend to my needs.

In the places I’ve unicycled, usually, almost immediately after I dismount and either start fiddling with anything or start walking my unicycle people stop and check on me and offer assistance.

If I’m anticipating being remotely isolated, I adjust my “kit” accordingly. I’ve also stopped the adventure and put the unicycle in the boot several times when faced with unexpectedly being remotely isolated and in an at risk level exceed my or my wife’s comfort zone. Yes, there have been multiple times finishing a ride, outing, or event and the risk of needing search and rescue to extract me from a bad choice limited our continuing. I like to think I’ve made wise choices and averted a few life altering experiences.

What items do you other distance unicyclist and endurance municyclist find essential that you think I should consider adding to my “kit”?

Is it just me or is the picture upload broken? Both yesterday and today despite my repeated efforts and setting adjustment I keep getting upload failure messages. Maybe it’s my new iOS update and configuration changes.

Regards,
JM

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I noticed that too earlier this evening and I haven’t changed any software. Attaching a picture failed every time, even with photos I had successfully uploaded before. I wondered if it was something on my end or maybe a temporary glitch. Guess not.

Your kit just seems more like what you’d see a road cyclist carrying (ie. basically nothing) which is a pretty big departure to what most unicyclists seem to carry (ie. basically everything plus a bit more). Obviously it works for you, my only real worry with kitting up like that would be the bottles flying out when you stop 'n hop, or go over a particularly nasty bump!

When I do long trips (Which is usually a maximum of 65 miles for me) I at least bring a spare inner tube/mini pump, but there have only been one or two times I’ve actually used it on the road. Off the top of my head, my backpack (Which is a weighty piece of kit in itself…) usually holds water (In a camelback, due to the aforementioned fear of bottle rockets), a couple of food items such as banana/jam sandwiches, and emergency repair kit (Mini pump/tube, a multi-tool). Depending on the season I’ll pack another layer (Usually a waterproof). I’m interested in ditching the backpack as I find it uncomfortable and annoying, so it’s good to see minimal kit working :slight_smile:

I reckon all of the situations you have listed there are the sort of thing that “kit” couldn’t really affect. You can’t exactly stuff a full medical kit for dealing with broken bones, hypothermia and being stranded by extreme conditions in your jersey pocket, and at that point your best bet is to probably abort the mission or call in the emergency rescue.

Picture uploads - I just use Imgur and the ‘large thumbnail’ BBcode. Never liked this site’s upload feature.

Crucifix of Cevo

Me at the gigantic Crucifix of Cevo (Brixen) Italy. Yesterday.
Not a great photo, but an incredible big cross

This is actually a re-creation of a planned dismount that went horribly wrong. About a year ago when I first started riding my 36er after a 50 year break from unicycles I was not comfortable riding across the bridge. So I had planned to ride up to the start of the bridge and dismount. I hit a bump at the start of the bridge and took a header clean off the bridge. It was about 12 ft down to the ground below but the ground was soft and I sustained no real injuries. It was my most exciting dismount to date.

Jim

:astonished: :smiley:

Great photo!

That will be my new desktop pic. :smiley: The superman dismount. It is not the fall that kills you…

Looks like a Photoshop dismount

That is an awesome photo! Your facial expression has the perfect look of surprise, angst and fear.

Whether photoshopped or a recreation that picture belongs on the next calendar

Jim

I’d like to know how he recreated it

Sorry, the continuity isn’t there.

Photo Editing

Thanks for the comments. Here is how “Unicycling is Fun” was done.

Jim

but you forgot to erase the front part of your helmet above the wheel of your unicycle, and the shadow of the unicycle wheel is cut sharp.
regard fetzenschorsch

Nothing as exciting as JimT. Just the usual routine today…
One more unicycle commute trip…

I’m into this unicycle commute trip thing now for over three thousand round trips between the same house and the same employment location.

JM

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Thanks Fetzenschorsch, I fixed it on my original.
Jim

How many kms between ur house and work? I have only 7 and occasionally take the uni, but they don’t have bathrooms in the office and I don’t want to sit there all sweaty.

Uni commute is best commute :smiley:

I’m about 4.5 miles from work so it’s basically the perfect distance. Far enough to justify taking the big wheel, not so far as to make me want to bike it.

That’s a lot of work for a picture. It would have been easier just to make the fall. Of coarse it would have hurt more

7.2km, so about the same as Setonix then. :slight_smile:

I have also been commuting a lot recently (on a 28" because my 36" is still broken). 5.9km/3.7m and mostly hills, plus it is really hot this summer but screw it. I am doing it anyway! :stuck_out_tongue: