Welcome to the unicycling mail list. I enjoyed your story, though I thought the
surprise ending was ironic. They really had their publicity plan written in
stone, didn’t they? I can’t see why they didn’t allow the media to know about
the substitution, which clearly benefitted both parties. I don’t imagine they
were expecting to sell a 10’ unicycle anytime soon and were very glad to get
rid of it.
Dennis Kathrens