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Louis
07-26-2008, 11:08 PM
... they come up with this: Mountain Unicycling !!!

NY Times story here. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/othersports/27unicycle.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/27/sports/27unicycle.1.190.jpg
thinpin
07-27-2008, 12:16 AM
Been doin it it for years Louis. I saw some footage of these fellows in mexico trying to descend a volcano on unicycles. Things were going great until the cadance got to much for them with predictable results. Funny stuff. They seemed happy though.
For some real nutters check this out on the west coast of Ireland

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=4087
BumbleBeeDave
07-27-2008, 05:32 PM
There are several guys who have been showing up for MTB races in our local Central Park here in Schenectady for several years. I am consistently amazed by what they do!

BBD
Cheapskate
07-27-2008, 07:30 PM
Into the Thunder Dragon (http://www.amazon.com/Into-Thunder-Dragon-Sean-White/dp/B0006GD2N0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1217204936&sr=1-1) can give you the lowdown.
saintsfan
07-27-2008, 11:35 PM
Can't be good for the taint.
redir
07-28-2008, 08:46 AM
Been doin it it for years Louis. I saw some footage of these fellows in mexico trying to descend a volcano on unicycles. Things were going great until the cadance got to much for them with predictable results. Funny stuff. They seemed happy though.
For some real nutters check this out on the west coast of Ireland

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=4087
I would'nt walk on that never mind riding a bike :eek:

There was an article in the latest Dirt Rag about unimountainbikeing (if thats what it's called).
dookie
07-28-2008, 11:34 AM
check youtube...

i don't have the links handy, but there is some absolutely insane video there...riding along a pier railing, north shore downhills, trials style pogosticking between staircase railings, etc.!
d_douglas
07-28-2008, 04:05 PM
I can't remember the guy's name, but he was a graduate student at the same University as me in vancouver. He was the master of freeride unicycling and did some scary stuff on that single wheel!

Though it was really goofy, he was seriously skilled!

BTW, he was also very smart - think he was doing his PhD in particle physics or something kooky like that.