Hmm, i’ve realised, that if i unicycle, i’m quite happy, get along well with everyone and am a very pleasant guy, however, when i d’ont unicycle in a couple of days, i get moody, barely get out the door in the morning and am pretty much pissed off all day long.
Does this happen to anyone else?
My body has becaome dependant on unicycling:p
Just wondering,
-Ryan Atkins
Re: Unicycling addiction
> Does this happen to anyone else?
Greetings,
Yes, I have made this correlation. I’m just coming off of an injury so
wasn’t able to ride for three weeks, and I found that I was starting to
get a bit moody myself. I also found that I dreamt of unicycling many
nights, and several nights in a row. Fortunately, I was able to take my
son out to the trails and let him ride. Watching him enjoying MUni was
enough to help settle my restlessness. I rode last weekend with him both
Sat and Sun. It was just what I needed to brighten my spirits!
Cheers,
Jason
Definitely true here. In fact, if I get shorter than my usual exhausting ride, I have to overcome a sense of anger. But this is a small hurdle compared to all the benefits!
i had my first uni-dream recently
i can’t quite place where i was riding
i dreamt i was standing ever so slightly on the pedals, keeping the saddle pinched between my thights and i was making these most amazingly smooth and sweeping turns
at fair speed
faster than i’ve ever thought the 20 was capable of going
it was quite kewl
how often do people dream uni-dreams?
I’m always angry when I haven’t ridden. Mostly thats because my uni’s broken so often, though. Unless of course I’ve took an intentional break after frustrating myself so much trying to do new things and forgetting about how much I can already do.
I’ve never had a unicycling dream, and I want one. On the other hand my friend who has never ridden a unicycle had a dream where he was riding one and it felt really normal to him.
I’ve had a couple dreams where I’m in a unicycling club. But they were weird. And I had another dream where I was walking down the road and I looked in the window of this bike shop and saw the new Kris Holm Muni. So I went in and I just looked at the Velo seat. Then I left. Then when I got down the road a ways I thought “Oh no, I didn’t even try riding it or anything!” So I went back and it was gone. It was kind of strange.
Nikki
I had a uni dream once
(I have biking dreams all thie time, I’m doing manuals, and drops like you wouldn’t believe!)
The uni dream:
I invited Kris Holm to go for a ride with me, and he accepted! When he got to my place, my brother was home, and Kris went off with him. I never got to meet him, or ride with him.
My brother doesn’t unicycle!
Damn him 
Me too! I had a bad ankle distortion 4 weeks ago and today I’ve “ridden” more or less. In fact I’ve just made 1 minute of ride behind my house, just riding! But I’ m very happy!
I often have uni dreams!
I remember some of them: in one I was riding on grass and I was “spinning-pirouetting and going ahead”, then I was riding down a steep hill, making a lot of frontspin and bakspin. In another I was riding on my giraffe in a supermarket (???!!!)
It’s a mental addiction; I don’t think there are any actual chemicals involved. I guess that means it’s “natural” drugs! Something I’ve always known.
I don’t have them often, but I remember dreams that became inspirations for riding. In some dreams I saw tricks performed that I hadn’t seen in life yet. In others, it was me doing tricks I had been practicing, and in the dream I could feel how they were done. Both these types of dreams translated into real-world riding improvements!
Not from my experience; aside from the complexities of psychology and habit, rigerous excercise may easly develope into a chemical ‘dependancey’, with withdrawl and other simmilar effects.
As some one else mentioned, I, too, become surrly when unable to ride.
Most of my unicycle dreaming happened in the first few months of regular practice, and were accompanied by involuntary muscle reactions in my legs… ‘catching’ myself as I fell off to sleep.
-Christopher
Re: Unicycling addiction
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:57:56 -0600, rhysling
<rhysling.ehcan@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
>Most of my unicycle dreaming happened in the first few months of regular
>practice, and were accompanied by involuntary muscle reactions in my
>legs… ‘catching’ myself as I fell off to sleep.
That gives a whole new meaning to FALLING asleep.
Polar bears can smell/detect humans 32km away. That is about from here to Kakabeka Falls.
I can only remember the one… I remember looking at my trials uni and seeing that all the spokes were ragged and bent. I was rather concerned when I got up the next morning before I saw it, because I had been jumping the day before…
Phil, just me
I’ve been uni-less for almost four months.
I almost died.
But now, I've got it back. I did need to borrow a seat though...Man are torker seats lame.
It so strange getting back on after so long. I expected that I wouldn't be able to do all the neat stuff I used to do. I found out, though, that I can actually do some of the things better! I tried going backwards...I got twice as far as I ever could. I also got a few more spins in my piroettes. Has anybody else noticed this strange phenomenon?
People say some things are like riding a bike. You just don’t forget.
Not only did I not forget, but I also got a lot better!
Is this going to be the new way of practicing?
I can see it now…
"Hey all you unicyclists, have you ever been too lazy to practice? You just can’t handle the pain? Can’t fit it into your schedule? Well, have we got a solution for you! The Five Steps to Better Uni plan is the answer to all your problems. This is what you need to do…
1. Have absolutly no money.
2. Go and break you seat.
3. Stow your unicycle in the garage for a few months.
4. When you get a little bit of money, get yourself a seat.
5. Ride like you’ve never ridden before!
You don’t believe us? Here are some satified costomers…
'I followed the Five Steps to Better Uni plan, and I am just amazed at how well it worked!'
'I never though I would be able to accomplish so much while doing so little!'
'I may have to try it again!'
Call us now and well send you your very own Five Steps to Better Uni calendar, where you can keep track of all those days your without your unicycle. Well also send you the How to Pick Up Women book so that you’ll have something to do while you’re waiting.
Call now!"
Wouldn’t that just be great for all us lazy people?
But now that I’ve got my unicycle back, I will be much happier in the days to come. Once again can I ride to school, ride to friends houses, have people tell me how awesome I am. In fact, I’ll be off to the skatepark tomorrow to show them all what cool really is. I have missed all this greatly. There is no person alive that could separate me from my unicycle now!
Re: Unicycling addiction
johnfoss wrote:
> It’s a mental addiction; I don’t think there are any actual chemicals
> involved.
What about endorphins (the runners high)? Aren’t endorphins considered
an opiate? I believe that they come with any regular and vigorous
exercise.
Cheers,
Jason
Opiates a derived from opium. If you can produce opium from running, I’m going out to get better shoes!
Re: Unicycling addiction
Sofa wrote:
>
> Opiates a derived from opium. If you can produce opium from running,
> I’m going out to get better shoes!
Sofa,
I hope you find a comfy pair! 
Endorphin for “morphine within.”
http://www.methadone.org/discover.html
…
“Today the term opioid is used for all endogenous morphine-like
substances, including Dynorphin another brain opioid peptide system
found by Avram
Goldstein”
Cheers,
Jason
Re: Unicycling addiction
Jason <nospam@nospam.no.no.no> wrote in message news:<3DDE745B.778B19BD@nospam.no.no.no>…
> Sofa wrote:
> >
> > Opiates a derived from opium. If you can produce opium from running,
> > I’m going out to get better shoes!
>
> Sofa,
>
> I hope you find a comfy pair! Endorphin for “morphine within.”
>
> http://www.methadone.org/discover.html
>
> …
> “Today the term opioid is used for all endogenous morphine-like
> substances, including Dynorphin another brain opioid peptide system
> found by Avram
> Goldstein”
The words “Opiate” and “Opioid” have different meanings. My
understanding is that the term “Opiate” is reserved for natural
derivatives of opium (heroin, morphine, codeine, etc). The term
“Opioid” is generally used for the synthetic counterparts (methadone,
oxycodone, dynorphin, etc), although it is sometimes used as a very
broad class which includes both the synthetic and natural versions.
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?opiate
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?opioid
peace,
fire