Should you wear a cup?

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does it help?

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For baseball I think. I wouldn’t know.

Ever sat on a cup? Think about it.

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lmao that facepalm made my day.

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Health and Safety: if compulsory cups saves one testicle, it will be worth the loss of freedom for everyone else.

Or to put it another way: no.

If you’re afraid of riding without a cup, they’re probably not big enough to need protecting.

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Funny replies.

I’m guessing that you are trying to reduce the pain from riding on a unicycle seat? I would recommend bike shorts and an upgraded seat if you haven’t gotten them yet. A Nimbus gel or KH Fusion are real comfortable. Welcome to this forum and good luck on your progress!

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lol

Thank you so much, you made my day!
Simply sit on your but, and wear briefs. If you do that you should be fine.

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LOL I have never ridden one with a cup, I was just curious to see if anyone has and if it made a difference.

Like when you are riding long distances on a 24’ if it helped where you don’t need to stop every 3 miles cause your nuts are number than ever.

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nah with a cup you’ll probably be sore after riding 3 inches. get bicycle shorts, that’s the best thing.

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just for your information: as this is an international forum think of those poor non-native speakers who keep wondering “what is a cup ?” a cup of tea? a helmet? ok now I suppose I know (good thing about the forum is that it updates your english :sunglasses: )

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unless you want to cut a gigantic circle around your “garden of good and evil” (who was it that used that earlier?) I wouldn’t put your whole body weight on a cup and sit on it : P

sorry, that euphemism had to be used again. ; P

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Cutting Edge Fashion Choices

You could wear a cup. It could either be individually identifying or it could set a trend. In the 80’s Devo wore ‘plastic hair’ and earlier flower pot style hats. So you never know what the “new cool” will be.

If you are to wear the cup as a hat I would suggest that you get an extra large cup so that you don’t have to carve your head down so much. I would also suggest that if you are to go to all the trouble you should carefully select a cup that is very aesthetically pleasing. If it serves as a sufficient helmet I don’t know but doubt it.

I tried wearing a saucer for a while but found that it needed a chin strap. It never caught on so I gave it to Goodwill.

I really hope this helps!

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LOL. But I think it’s his other “helmet” he’s worried about.

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Hey! That was me. I can’t take credit for it (that may be a good thing). I heard it somewhere, probably a TV show.

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but what is your riding tech lines and such and then fall :frowning:

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It’s often known as a baseball cup or catcher’s cup as they are required equipment in some sports. They are a hard plastic “cup” that fits around the testicles in case of collision with speeding objects.

I’ve tried riding on them and they merely get in the way. I really wish it were not the case but, alas, I have yet to find one that works for unicycling. Most because you need some movement down there because of the seat and a cup allows none at all.

I wonder what bull riders wear in rodeos?

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Tight blue jeans. The cowboy equivalent to biker shorts.

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Show of hands who has actually tried wearing a cup while unicycling. Next, feel free to report on how many feet you actually rode while wearing a cup.

Me:

  1. yes, tried it back in 2005
  2. it took about 12 feet to form a strong opinion on its value as unicycle safety equipment
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Maybe I should try it. Give a female perspective :D.

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I tried with karate cups they were ok… but afterwards I stopped crushing my family jewels. So I left those at home (I mean the cup not the family jewels :D)