# RTL: Team AMERICAN MOJO

**URL:** <https://unicyclist.com/t/rtl-team-american-mojo/283616>\
**Category:** Ride the Lobster 2008\
**Created:** [June 19, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/rtl-team-american-mojo/283616 "2024-06-19T12:26:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![onetiredluver](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/onetiredluver/32/104311_2.png) [@onetiredluver](https://unicyclist.com/u/onetiredluver)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/rtl-team-american-mojo/283616/1 "2024-06-19T12:26:31Z")

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![TEAM AMERICAN MOJO](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/d/adde24f1191d39c9899cc2fb5a80937876ed966c.jpeg)  
(l-r)Eric Sheer, Bill Merrylees, Dawn DiCecco (support), Mark Premo. Picture credit: Dawn DiCecco.

Bill Merrylees: “I began riding a unicycle as a teen in the early 1970’s, one of a large group of young riders that sprang up in suburban Philadelphia at that time. I rode quite a lot through high school and college years, enjoying tricks, spins and some distance riding. An accomplishment I was proud of in those days was unicycling down the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, the stone stairway made famous in the old Rocky movies. I rode less after college but did the two-wheeler more. I rode my bike across the US in 1980, and worked for several years as a bicycle tour guide. My interest in unicycling became re-ignited when my kids became old enough to ride. A few families started up a club in Montpelier Vermont five years ago where folks of all ages & abilities would get together to ride, learn from each other and do the occasional parade. I also began to offer unicycling to young people through my work in the local after school program, and have introduced the sport to a couple hundred kids in 9 different schools. I have found unicycling to be a continuous source of challenge & fun over the years, and am excited to be taking part in the premier running of Ride the Lobster.”

American Mojo finished 17th in a field of 35 teams, 6 hours and 29 minutes after the first place team, over 4 days and 800 km of racing.