And no mountains!
I don’t complain about the no mountains. This keeps riding uni very comfortable for lazy people like me.
After a fall I mounted my muni and rode away as an old couple approached - I wanted to be back on the trail before they would pass me and block the trail. Later, at the end of the trail, I was taking off the knee protectors and pumped the tire to prepare my ride on tarmac.
The couple caught up with me and the guy said: „At first I couldn‘t believe what I saw - just a single wheel!“. They both were amazed that someone would ride a rather steep trail in the woods on a uni - „We’re already happy when we can walk it!“. Then we had a nice chat before they moved on.
Comfortable, but also a bit boring (ok, you have the wind…).
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Right/Ride on brother that’s awesome.
Couldn’t tell as I had my headphones on.
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I walk into a bike shop to see if they could swap my pedals to the shorter end (I forgot my tools). Immediately upon walking in, a boy (about 7 y.o.) sees me and his mouth drops open, comically wide.
“Is that a unicycle?”
“No, it’s a Ford F-150,” I reply with a grin. His mother laughs.
“Nu uh…I’m pretty sure that’s a unicycle.”
“Huh…I guess it is. I was mistaken!”
Shopkeeper walks up to chat with me.
Mid-conversation, he looks at my unicycle jersey and blurts out “Are you an Olympian?!”
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Lady: You’re riding half a bike.
Me: Nope. Riding a full unicycle.
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Ahhh, the truthfulness of those that truly love us… I just asked my wife how an outfit looked (darker green mountain biking shorts with a lighter green top), and if “I could get away with it”. She responded with, “I don’t think it matters. You’re riding a unicycle, with a dog.”
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It is not so much the strength gained in the core but the dynamic control that unicycling enhances.
I had recurring lumbar spine problems until I started unicycling.
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A mother to her kid: „Look, yet another unicyclist!“
As far as I know, we’re two grown-up unicyclists in my village (who actually use their unis on a regular basis). I guess the other guy must have left the shop just before I arrived.
Today a guy with a dog and missing a whole set of teeth: “fun isn’t it, doing something abnormal?” Hadnt heard that before.
We were three unicyclist cruising in Oslo the other day and some kids on bikes yelled “Two wheels are better than one!” as they passed. My friend tried to call back with “We got three wheels!” but I doubt they heard it. 
When riding with one friend I often reply with “But we got two wheels!” when people say things like “How can you ride on only one wheel?” or “You lost a wheel!”
On a side note, more often than not I get the actual comment “You lost a wheel!” from a fellow unicyclist randomly catching up on me on his bike or highwheel. And I would probably make a similar remark myself in the reverse situation. 
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I occasionally get the lost wheel remark, but mostly people are quite positive, like giving a thumbs up or saying “knap hoor” (well done). Possibly also depends on which wheel I ride. Today with the 32" a girl on a scooter kept looking at me, not seeing we were in a bend, so while I followed the road, she came in a straight line towards me, but luckily in time she looked at the road again.
Often before they have a chance of saying a corny remark, I just say “good afternoon/evening” in a polite way and hey Im nearly 50 so peeps ought to show respect anyways.
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Maybe his last UPD turned into a face plant…
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I met a runner yesterday. He said “dude that’s sick” with a wide grin on his face. Best compliment I’ve received in my 4 years riding.
Good thing I’m a hip 68 year old who understood it as that.
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A grandpa on a unicycle is very sick 
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Yes, my wife thinks I need my head examined 
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certainly not! For my grand-children (age 23, 22, 19) 50% of grandpas ride à unicycle 
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A guy on a bike riding the other direction yelled out at me, “Nice ride, how many do you have?”
Clearly he understands us, must have been a unicyclist himself 
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On an evening ride around my neighborhood, rode by a man doing some kind of yard work. He looked up as i passed, and from behind I heard:
“YES! I love Austin!”
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the peeps in my office clearly don’t understand me. I told my colleague I had bought a 24" and then he asked if that was to replace my current unicycle. Then I told him it would be number 14 or 15 - I lost count.
I shouldn’t forget to have the mailcompany bring it to my house on the day my wife is off to work, so I won’t have to hear her complaints. Just told my daughter we don’t have money for summer holidays to go to a diff country ^_^.
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