It was cool today I got " not enough people do that be an original and great job" that like made my day just about…
Uni’ing along towards a man on his phone. He looked startled when he saw me, then said into his phone “Oh I thought that was a bike but it’s a penny farthing”
The reactions from people on phones are the funniest. Sometimes they just can’t speak. Makes me wonder if the person on the other end thinks they’ve lost their mind. 
Yesterday’s reaction from a soccer mom or coach was not good. I passed by as they were practicing together. The kid about 9 or 10 starts yelling “look, look, unicyle, cool” (sometimes adults and children alike temporarily loose the ability to speak in complete sentences) 
Anyway, the mom really tears into him about keeping his eye on the ball and focusing on what he is supposed to be doing. She was kinda mean. As I pass around the bend I hear him, “But it was a unicycle. A UNICYCLE!”
I’m sorry kid.
Today I had a “Go on my son!” from a passing van and a “How do you stay on top of that, that’s awesome!” from a range rover driver going the other way.
I also passed 3 dogs that were held tight by their owners when they saw me coming. The owners were all friendly apart from an older chap with a german shepherd who just scowled at me. I just smiled back.
You know whats also very fun to do, riding beside a biker and predending that your holding a steering wheel from a bike or something, and then act like your turning really sharp, like your going to hit him. Did that once with a buddy of mine, he couldn’t stop laughing, he actually fell on the floor with his bike and kept laughing:p
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As I was coming down one of the hills today a “studly” looking guy riding a b*ke calls out “man you are making me feel inadequate”. I replied with “sorry” (I could have gone with “that’s because you are” but he was a well built chap & I doubt I could have out ridden him)
Why would you insult someone who gave you a compliment?
last nite i went for a ride up to the local milk bar, and wen i went inside i left my uni just out the front, which i always do, no problems…
I bought my goods and came outside, and an old guy was walking up to my uni quite rapidly for an old man hahaha, i picked up my uni and he says “oh, i was just about to come over and steal that” then he laughed a bit, and proceeds to ask me whether it is called a “Tricycle” “Some kind of cycle”
I told him what it was and he asked me a couple other qstions, then i left…
But from his first reaction, still not sure if he was joking about wanting to nick it, but im pretty sure he was… But it will make me think twice about leaving my uni out the front un attended
one of my favorite muni spots involves rossing a big foo bridge in orer to get to he island itself. asi was riding back across the bridge i hd taken my shirt off because i was hot. i passed tw incredily attractive college girls, and as i was riding away i heard one of the say to the other “O my Godness, look how awesome his ass is” i just sat up and kept on riding, made me smile tho.
Grumpy guy.
“No wonder public insurance is so high.”
I looked around for the person doing dangerous stunts but didn’t see anyone.
Cycling along the cycle track yesterday. A runner was running towards me. He started running straight at me, flailing his arms and shouting “Look no hands”. I was so surprised that I UPD’d. He didn’t even stop to see if I was OK.
Finally got my arse into gear and took the uni to Afan Argoed yesterday.
As you can imagine, on a blazingly hot bank holiday weekend, the place was packed with riders. I decided to take the easier side of the valley.
As soon as I lug the uni out of the car, four old gits sitting at a park bench stiffle titters.
“You’ve lost half your bike!” sniggers one.
“Yeah, I get that a lot.” I snap back.
This has become my stock answer recently, as I find I can adjust the amount of cynicysm and sarcasm quite easily. And if I say it with a smile, then it’s not insulting at all.
As I lean on a post to mount up, I look back to see all four old gits have their heads craned round to watch me set off.
The route is a 10k fire-road, quite smooth and hard packed, but in places where pot-holes have developed, they’ve been filled with big stone chippings the size of golf balls. Some of these ‘pot holes’ carry on for about twenty or thirty yards and are difficult to ride over.
On the way out I get passed by six or seven groups of riders, all kitted out in spangly lycra and wrap-around shades, and all of the comments are 100% positive.
I get lots of "Coooool!"s and "Awesome!"s and one guy hits the nail on the head by saying “Now you’re just showing off.”
On the way back, I pass a lot more riders who give similar one-word comments. I pass a lot of families too, and most of the youngsters give me the “That man was on a one wheeled bike, mum.”
About two miles from the car park, I have the most dreadful UPD in one of those gravel patches. The uni stops dead after hitting a large stone and I’m thrown forwards. My hands take all of the impact and before I know it I’m lying flat out on my stomach. I thank God I wore my gloves (I wore my helmet too) otherwise my hands would have been ripped to shreds.
I get back to the car park unscathed, and ride over the frighteningly tall bridge over the river, where I stop and chat to more families.
A good day, all in all.
as i walked my uni past a couple the man whispered (obviously not soft enough) to his wife “Jesus’ fu^king Christ how the hell is that guy gonna ride that”
Sounds like you had fun.
I was thinking yesterday when I got a similar comment for the nth time, about the absolute certainty that these blokes (and in my experience it is always blokes that say it) have about their orignality and fine sense of humour. Poor things!
Last week, mother turns to young daughter and says “Look, there’s a man riding just one unicycle!”
That threw me a bit. Just how many unicycles was the last person riding?
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Hello Cathwood, I’m understanding why you would want to ride a bike to avoid this senseless harassment.
Some grumpy folks take the cake. 
One of the patients at work made me chuckle today asking me if I’ve been riding my tripod much recently.
I have a hatred of chopsticks, and voice this opinion quite often in my flat, for being ineffective, impractical and inefficient for eating seeing that a fork is better in all respects appart from capital expenditure which infact is made up for in the long run because forks out last chopsticks by a long way.
my flatmate came back from a few days away to find id bought my first uni. he compared my uni to chopsticks and a fork to a bike…he kinda has a point…except i like the uni 'cos i can carry it around easily.
Hm… chopsticks are much more versatile than forks. Just like a uni is to a bike. Hands down chopsticks are definatley more advanced.
Metal chopsticks last a long time too…