Hi all, I’m Andrew from England, a part of the United Kingdom of Britain.
I got into unicycling by accident a few years back. Basically I needed a big Wheel for A cycling project that I was doing.

I had a few 36er wheels built up and had for said Projectad one left over, so I decided to get the other parts to make it into a proper unicycle just to see what all the fuss was about.

Strangely, I took to unicycling like a duck to water, and I’ve really enjoyed it. I was even told that I was a natural. The weird part however, is that I find it much easier to mount and ride 36ers than I do to mount and ride the smaller wheel sizes, when for most people, they start off the other way round, small then progressing to this largest wheel size.

Many people were impressed by my riding and what I could do on a unicycle, I was often asked if I would teach, and they were genuinely keen for me to do so too. So I decided to buy some unicycles, and spare parts for them such as rims and tyres, etc (all 36er stuff, afterall, riding these was my speciality) and I sort to set up my own business teaching people to ride and also to sell them unicycles too.

However, not long after purchasing all this stuff, I was involved in an accident - not on my unicycle I hasten to add - which meant that I was unable to ride for quite some time. Anyway, what with recovery, life and one thing and another, the business idea was put on the sidelines for a few years. But, l kept all the gear that I’d purchased, as I’d always hoped to revive it.

At the beginning of 2020, before the Covid-19 crisis hit Britain, I decided to get back into riding my unicycle again. To my delight, I discovered that I could still ride, but to my despair, it was causing me too much pain. I put it down to me being rusty and out of shape, so I resolved to lose some weight, get fitter and to try again.

A couple of months went by, and I lost some weight, got fitter and thought I’d try again. By this time, it was now March 23rd and Britain was entering into its first Covid-19 related lockdown. Unfortunately for me, when I tried to ride again, the pain I’d felt the first time round was just as strong and I had to come to terms with the fact that my unicycling days were now well and truly over.

So now, you’re probably wondering why I’ve joined this site?.. well, the explanation will probably sound daft to you, but here goes… basically, I’ve decided to get rid of some of my stuff, because it reminds me too much of what I used to be able to do and how good I used to be, and this makes me feel quite sad. But, as I’ve become quite sentimental about them… I’d like to see them to go to people who I think would really appreciate them. PLUS… despite my lament, I do like to read some of the topics and stories on this forum, as they remind me - in a good way - about how I used to be.