Unicycles

I did see a fellow on a unicycle on Nassau St (Dublin City Centre) within the last few months. He was rolling down the footpath and deftly avoiding various obstacles (pedestrians, bins, lamposts, etc.). Looked like an interesting diversion, but not too practical in town (like fixies! *ducks*).

Can't help you tracking one down though.

https://www.thebikeshop.ie/details.aspx?pid=P1254&cid=&sid=

Bike Shop in Wexford have a few in store.

JC's supermarket in Swords have them in now and again around 35-40 euros

If you are old enough to have a Boards account, you are too old to learn, IMHO. The kids started by supporting between the refuse bin and recycling bin, just rocking back and forth.

Broke my heart laughing the day I spotted the younger girl cycling around inside the trampoline (with side netting).

LBS should get you one.

They turn up on adverts/donedeal fairly often I think. I was tempted to buy one a year ago and there were 3/4 for sale.

A unicycle is just that, it's not a bicycle and so should be treated with the same suspicion and distrust associated with black socks and disk brake road bikes.
Unicycles are to cycling what motor bikes are to cars, half. One doesn't see car drivers going, 'hey look, half a car' no they say 'oh look a motor bike'.

Imho unicyclists are mostly clowns plain and simple. The only reason to become a unicyclist when you should know better is if you're renting a campus bike from a college.
There should be a Euro or Velo rule about this topic.

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

unless youre planning on joining the circus theyre just plain silly

Many people believe that adults using any form of bike are silly (“I suspect deep-seated insecurities, Joe, but let’s not go there”). They are prejudiced though .

Of those of us that see bicycles as perfectly normal to use at any age there are many that see wearing shorts as silly (“Let’s call them what they are, Joe, they are “short pants”, and they are intended for unwilling self-conscious school kids only, they are *not* for adults”), but they are prejudiced. Many consider lycra shorts as even more silly (“They’re gay, Joe, GAY! Stop them from making me stare, Joe, I’m secretly worried that people will think I secretly lust after other men!”), but they are prejudiced.

Fixies are the spawn of the devil according to many (“Hipsters, Joe, tantamount to damned hippy-ness!”), but they are prejudiced. MTB’s are not serious bikes at all (“Sure they’re just BMX’s going through their hormonal teens, Joe, an abomination, Joe!”), but they are prejudiced.

Anything with disc brakes is offensive to many (“The sole of a shoe against a tyre was good enough in my day, Joe, those disc brakes are pandering to the big girl’s blouse in today’s generation. They’re soft, Joe, SOFT!”), but they are prejudiced.

Recumbents, three-wheelers, tandems, TT bikes, etc., are silly to many (“They’re not traditional Joe, sure the UCI only acknowledge the existence of some of them and that’s begrudgingly!”), but they are prejudiced.

When it boils right down to it, and being completely unprejudiced, the only non-silly bicycle is a 2-wheeled 3-speed sit-up-and-beg type, with full mudguards, a pie plate, a chain guard, and only when ridden by someone dressed in a 3-piece tweed suit (“No wimmin, Joe, wimmin on bikes ain’t natural Joe!”). Conform, or be derided.

So now that we are decided on a unicycle, what kind of rig do we need?
I presume a carbon fork, carbon seatpost, Look pedals, 172.5mm cranks,deep section carbon rims, maybe a Conti 4000S tyre to deal with the changeable weather.

Which shop is best for unicycle fitting these days?

Any other suggestions?