# practice riding more!? **URL:** https://unicyclist.com/t/practice-riding-more/121434 **Category:** Riding Advice **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/practice-riding-more/121434 "2013-09-30T23:32:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![LanceB](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/lanceb/32/133862_2.png) [@LanceB](https://unicyclist.com/u/LanceB) #### Post date: [October 1, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/practice-riding-more/121434/15 "2013-10-01T20:09:42Z")
> [@UniMyra](#): > > Parents are like that. My mother doesn’t like my unicycling activities much either. I’ve also ridden a motorcycle for the last 12 years, and I still haven’t told her about it because she wouldn’t approve (the biggest problem is explaining to my kids why they can’t mention the motorcycle to grandma). If she had a computer and knew how to use it, I would not be writing this. > > Sounds dangerous. I don’t think i would tell my mother. Myra, your post cracked me up. unicycleharry, it sounds like your parents need to read the forum a bit, and/or watch some videos showing unicycles on the road, perhaps they’re stand may soften a bit. (Just don’t show them any Kris Holm or similar ones, that would only make it worse.) (Although your age may also be a factor, you don’t mention that detail.) Unicycling is at least as safe as regular bicycling, and, statistically, has fewer (reported) injuries. (Refer them to scholarly report here: [What Was Your Worst Unicycling Injury?](https://unicyclist.com//t/what-was-your-worst-unicycling-injury/119330/1) , but be careful not to let them read the rest of the thread, which shows numerous unicycle injuries – not the right direction to go I think.) If their main complaint against commuting to school is the dark early morning, then perhaps you could bring it along with you to school in the morning (assuming you get a ride), and then ride it home in the afternoon, when the sun is nicely illuminating the landscape? Sounds like a good compromise to me. Good luck! --- _[View the full topic](https://unicyclist.com/t/practice-riding-more/121434)._