I was riding my 29er on the main street in town during jury duty lunch break, two young guys said “Do a trick!”. So I took my hand off the saddle grip and said “look no hands!”
I had been waiting for a good opportunity to use another forum members comeback:
Man walking with his girlfriend, he says to me with a rude tone as I passed by “Grab that dick!”
To which I quickly replied “I don’t want it to get caught in the spokes!”
New one (to me anyways) on my 36er today, “Hows the weather up there?” It was nice not to hear the same old thing.
I got a “How’s the view up there?” once, which I also found refreshing.
On the topic of increased height, I always enjoy people who are so unaware of their surroundings that they don’t notice us ride by them, or notice that it’s one wheel and think it’s a bike. I can understand it, sure. But what gets me the most is when I’m on my 36er, which makes me quite a bit taller than almost EVERYONE, yet people STILL don’t notice and walk around aimlessly.
I had another quote the other day (also during my jury duty lunch break) as I rode my 29er through a small outdoor shopping plaza. It was a Wednesday afternoon, not many people around, I was causing no harm. As I rode (SLOWLY) through the very wide open plaza, mall security yelled at me from a ways off “Walk the bike!”… well he couldn’t possibly be talking to me right? I kept riding in the hopes that he would correct himself and then I planned to smile and have a joke with him, but he never said anything so I just kept riding, oh well.
Sadly, many people can only relate to their phone apps.
I’m always amazed at how many people cross high traffic crosswalks without looking up from their phone. They are either that stupid, or that trusting of others that they think someone wouldn’t run the intersection, or have a mechanical car failure and hit them. I always look both ways, usually TWICE, before crossing anything, especially train tracks. It’s not worth the chance that something could be wrong.
Among unicycling benefits, one which I find most valuable is how much riding has heightened my awareness. My sight, my hearing, my peripheral vision, it’s all improved because of unicycling.
People are always horrified to hear that I unicycle ‘OUT ON THE MAIN ROADS?!’. I tell them I’m probably the safest road user there, because there’s not a second where I stop paying attention. It’s sort of like that idea of making drivers safer by attaching a giant metal spike to their steering wheel.
I was very pleasantly surprised recently (another jury duty story, I was in it for a month, these are all the stories I have at the moment!..)
One of the alternate jurors, a very well spoken and intelligent Englishman, said to me one day “I imagine others don’t think so, but you must feel like you are in a great deal of control when you ride your unicycle on the streets and around pedestrians.”
I felt that was an amazing observation for someone to make who is not a unicyclist. I was very impressed. A nice conversation started after that.
Nice one!
That sort of behavior from Mister I Know It All I Work For Security And Therefore Use My Own Interpretation Of The Law always remind me of that little news that didn’t make the big news last year:
http://nypost.com/2012/06/06/wheely-rotten-teen-cited-for-legal-unicycle/
So many bad stories about NYPD… it’s a shame.
So i was having a bit of a ride on my 20" down at a waterfront park near a walking track, minding my own business, when i suddenly heard a loud,
“Where’s your other wheel mate!” from a man about 20 metres away.
I was quite excited at this point, as i’ve never gotten a “WYOW” before because i don’t really go riding out in public much and people around my area just don’t seem that phased by someone on a unicycle.
So i looked up expectantly ready to fire off some witty response, only to find he was in fact not talking to me at all but his friend beside him, and they were having a pretty boring, standard conversation about cars. I did my best to try and hide my disappointment as bitter tears of anguish streamed down my face, but luckily they weren’t even looking at me.
Oh well, i’ll get one someday… I’m clearly doing something wrong, that no one wants to yell abuse at me 
Any tips?
Down there in tassie must not click on as quick as Up here in QLD I get abused, laughed at and what not… The 36er gets more respect but on my 20 inch i get the circus response alot 
Some fool asked where was my steering wheel and thats not a bike
I said you think? And why would i need a steering wheel its no vehicle lol
Someone else: You look like a clown on that thing.
Me: You look like a clown and you’re not even riding one.
Damn.
Today someone yelled “you’re missing a tyre”. I replied (thuthfully) “I don’t get that one a lot.”
Also, in the last few weeks I get quite a few comments that I could use gears. I’m training for Unicon (standard class) so I’m spinning like mad. It’s a good observation but if someone seems really interested I explain that gears are not allowed in the class that I compete in.
I assume by ‘standard class’ you mean the whole, 24" wheel/is it 125mm cranks? 
In which case I completely understand why someone might say that to you. The speed I’ve seen you guys pedal is absolutely crazy! What other requirements does the standard class set? I’ve a spare 24" uni that I’ve not used in a long time, maybe it’d be fun to set it up as a racer 
I was up for a long weekend of riding around Jackson, Wyoming - just outside Grand Teton National Park. For folks not familiar with the area, it is a major outdoor recreation mecca. LOTS of mountain bikers and LOTS of awesome trails.
I heard lots of good, supportive comments, but the one that cracked me up was heard by my wife after I had passed a pair of mountain bikers.
As they rolled up to her, one was saying to the other, “Jackson: Where you think you are extreme… and then a guy on a unicycle passes you.”
We laughed about that one for quite some time.
riding around milwaukee
some dude - “hey your balls must must hurt”
me- “well at least i have balls”
dude’s girlfriend - " ha ha ha nice one kid!" gives me a thumbs up
Indeed.
tyre diameter (unloaded) not more than 618 mm
cranks no shorter than 125 mm
direct drive with no gears, no freewheel
So I am riding a standard class uni.
Is there somewhere with a list of distances and times for such events?