He’s absolutely right, though. I mean… if you’re wearing a neon orange jacket, you’re obviously looking for attention, aren’t you?
To be fair, I’m not 100% sure he got this in the right context.
It saddens me when people think that I’m unicycling because I’m craving for attention, or because I have an intrinsic need to brag, 'cause that is absolutely not my nature.
I’m getting better at this, but when I resumed unicycling on a regular basis I sometimes felt uncomortable because I thought that people could interpret this as bragging. Nowadays I care much less and just cycle around, even on a 36er with neon green rim, in a crowded city center. If someone has a problem with that, it tells a lot more about them than about me.
That said, I’m fortunate to live in a place where the majority of the reactions to unicyclists are positive. Some may laugh at me, but most smile, nod, or give a thumbs up.
First ride in snow today! In the morning there was just like 2-3cm, but I was still excited to have a ride on my 36er with its newly installed T-bar. Encountered a group of hikers who managed to step all to the same side of the farm track . Just when I passed them they made a Mexican wave for me! Now that was a first…
By late afternoon we had about 10cm snow, and I couldn‘t resist to have a go with my Oregon. A passersby noted „…a grin in the eyes“. That‘s the literal translation; how about „look who’s grinning“? After a moment of self-reflectiveness I had to agree - I caught myself still grinning. After this I rode 1.5 - 2km in the snow, and when I came back home I was completely exhausted, but felt so good. It felt also good when I overtook a lady who decided it was safer to push her b!cycle than to ride it …good weather to ride a fatty!
You remember that unicorn horn you gave to our daughter last year? She found out that she could stab her dad in the back with it while on the tandem bike. We had to take it away from her.
#MissionAccomplished. Oh the innocence of youth. That one comment will live in my brain for a long time.
Was riding the trails yesterday, on my 29, and came across four mountain-bikers (two men and their young sons). The fathers were nonplussed (I believe they’ve seen me before), but the kids’ mouths were silently agape as I approached and waved. So this is really the non-quote of the day (from non-riders).
Not really a quote but while I was out for a ride in the snow over the weekend I passed a family. As mum, dad and child one stopped to stare at me, child two seized his opportunity and caught the dad right in the back of the head with a snowball
Yesterday, I was passing by the “bike park” of the city, and I had probably the most polite discussion with a child I have ever had while on my uni :
Child - Is it hard ?
Me - At first yes, but after a while it gets easy
Child - OK, thank you
Me - You’re welcome
And I was gone
After parking up the other day and walking briefly along the road with my unicycle to get to my riding spot an elderly man asked me if I was measuring!
guess he must of thought I was a road worker with a measuring wheel, il let him off as it was a black frame with a yellow rim!
You still have to write numbers on it, then it’s true. 4 years ago I was at a hotel in the evening with my unicycle, left it outside. The nice gentleman at the counter said: “You are welcome to take your musical instrument to your room”. I then said that it was a unicycle and it was allowed in the luggage storage. Which was good, because I picked it up 4 hours later and went to the train at 04:22 a.m. that drove me home.
I recently got my hands on a Nimbus Hatchet and I decided to go for a ride out in the snow around our neighborhood. Almost as soon as I got on the road, a car that was passing by on the other side gave a series of light honks. I saw the driver’s face and it was priceless!
“Now, juggle!”
“I can, but not when riding on snow”
“Look, a guy who lost half of his bike”
“Or found half a bike.”
“… yeah … you could see it that way.”
Despite that not particularly smooth start we had a quite pleasant chat and the guy’s son was obviously keen on the mud guard that I made out of old PET bottles.
I mean they are fair but they still cut pretty deep. 
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