Looks like they grow on trees, I must admit I have never found any seeds.
Looks like this picture belongs to John Foss, perhaps he could tell us more
about propagation. I believe simple grafting is quite easy particularly in
the seat post region.
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From: GILD [mailto:GILD.3v59n@timelimit.unicyclist.com]
> pray tell where u ‘found’ a unicycle?
> r they growing wild in some parts of europe?
There was a very similar tree at BUC9, I am sure that someone must have some pictures by now.
You can also grow unis from palm trees.
If you do not use the right fertilizer (I did not) you might get different color bumpers:
Have fun,
Fred
Re: RE: i have one now - Humour
Yes, and the one growing at BUC9 had a much better harvest. But have you
noticed, and this apples …er that was accidental…applies to BUC9 at
well: there is always some daft kid up in the tree trying to ride one.
Not enough sense to wait until autumn when the fruit falls.
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RE: i have one now - Humour
> http://www.unicycling.com/garage/pix/TOMTREE.JPG
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> Looks like this picture belongs to John Foss, perhaps he
> could tell us more about propagation.
Images of this nature are propagated by copying. Here’s the text that
accompanied the picture on this page:
"Where do unicycles come from? They don’t grow on trees . . . “Unicycle Tree
Troll” Tommy Miller planted the fruits in this tree at Syracuse University
in 1984. It was UNICON I, and the 20 member Japanese team had gone for
lunch, asking us to watch their unicycles. After they’d left, Tom looked at
their unicycles, neatly parked along a wall, and said “You know, there’s
something I’ve always wanted to do . . .”
Tom thought of it first. I don’t think I’ve seen or heard of a “unicycle
tree” before this.
Then the Puerto Rico and US teams did it after UNICON III, at our ryokan in
Tokyo. Alberto Ruiz has video of this, but the unicycles were taken down
quickly after the ryokan management expressed worry about their one and only
tree on the property.
Alberto expressed in his video (a hilarious tour around the ryokan, done the
same day most of the Americans went on a tour to Mt. Fuji) his thoughts on
the origins of the Japanese tree. I believe he said that unicycles were more
common in Japan because of these trees. You simply plant a pedal or a crank
in the ground, and after a few years you get “one of these beautiful trees.”
The 1984 picture was actually taken the day before UNICON I started
(Thursday?). There weren’t many people there yet. The Japan team had gone to
lunch, leaving 20 or so unicycles neatly lined up along the wall. In our
care (we had offered to watch them). With help from me and a few other
people, Tom Miller hung all the unicycles in the tree, and we waited for the
Japan team to return and to observe their reactions. This was a young team,
with most of the riders age 15 and under (little Kato was only 9). They
seemed pretty freaked out at first, but I think they figured out pretty
quick we were just doing something visual. Everybody grabbed cameras and
took pictures before Tom started handing the unis down to the waiting kids
below.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“I am never riding the wrong way on a busy street again, esp. when on the
phone.” - David Stone, on survival
