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damage caused on unicycles
the damage does not incule damage to your unicycle!!! -- thinuniking - started trails unicycling unicycle it is your right ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thinuniking's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4294 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
thinuniking wrote: i just had to ask who else has any one broken benches ect on there unicycle? [/b] TUK, the day I got my first unicycle, I attempted to break my father's shin. Ended up just making his shin a bloody bruised mess, she swore he thought I broke it! As most of you can visualize, in our stupidity of unicycling mechanics, my Dad stood behind me and held my waist as I tried to mount the uni. We all know where that other pedal planted, yep, right on his shin... Does that kind of damage count in your thread? I should also mention, my Dad NEVER helped me mount my uni again, and that was 32 years ago. --chirokid-- -- chirokid "Unicycling can make you proud then humble in very quick succession." Mikefule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chirokid's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4140 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
yes that's the sort of stuff i want -- thinuniking - started trails unicycling unicycle it is your right ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thinuniking's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4294 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
I confess. I knocked over a street sign in Long Beach Island, NJ once. I was trying to mount my Coker towards the end of a long ride; I was too tired to freemount and the street sign had come very loose and fell over when I grabbed it. Just to show what scum I was, some kind soul anonymously mailed back my drivers license which had apparently fallen out of my, um, "small pack that is strapped around the waist and has no proper name that does not offend some nationality". Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ -- JJuggle - Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists The Library exists ab eterno. This truth, whose immediate corollary is the future eternity of the world, cannot be placed in doubt by any reasonable mind. Man, the imperfect librarian, may be the product of chance or of malevolent demiurgi; the universe, with its elegant endowment of shelves, of enigmatical volumes, of inexhaustible stairways for the traveler and latrines for the seated librarian, can only be the work of a god. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJuggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/24 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
I broke my wrist when I fell off my 6’ giraffe when I was a teenager. The sprocket slipped and the wheel went right out from underneath me. I couldn’t write with the cast on my wrist and had to start college a semester late. My son kept jumping up on the brick planter by my front steps and knocked some bricks loose. I had to tear several bricks out to repair it properly. We are very careful not to jump on public property that might be damaged by our actions. I don’t want unicycling to get the same reputation as skateboarding. -- tomcopeland ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomcopeland's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/713 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
tomcopeland wrote: *We are very careful not to jump on public property that might be damaged by our actions. I don’t want unicycling to get the same reputation as skateboarding. * Tom, I am very glad to hear that attitude expressed. I can not jump on anything, yet, but I hope I always keep your attitude when I can jump. Multiple thumbs up to you. --chirokid-- -- chirokid "Unicycling can make you proud then humble in very quick succession." Mikefule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chirokid's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4140 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
Thats my rule of thumb when out riding in public places, if its going to cause any damage to the thing in riding on i won't go on it! -- James ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4185 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
Two years ago I was part of a show at the Peruvian Naval Academy for their officers and cadets. This is Peru's equivalent of Annapolis. They had a very nice auditorium and stage set-up. Before the performance I was warming up and experimenting with the stairs and platform level to see what I could incorporate into my set. The stage has about a 3-4 foot drop to the hardwood floor that covers the orchestra pit. I've dropped to many a wooden floor before and never thought twice about it. This time I should have. Thankfully I did a rolling drop and rolled out of my landing. When I landed there was a loud crack rather than the usually dull thud as the floor splintered and cracked. This left a nice hole where you could see into the darkness and void of the orchestra pit. Had I not rolled the landing I may have gone through the floor completely. I was quite embarrassed and was afraid I was going to find out how the Peruvian Military punished its ranks. In the lower left of the pic you can see the spot where I jumped off the stage. Unfortunately this doesn't show the floor. This is the only pic I have from that performance. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attachment filename: peru naval academy.jpg | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/158789| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- dustin - on and off the road again dustin kelm www.dustinkelm.com isa40:30.31 "You are only limited by your imagination." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dustin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/920 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
Kudos to Tomcopeland and James. My rule of thumb is that I will not break or damage things that are not mine, and also that I will not leave a mark. Same as going into a national park or other public space, since it's for everyone and not just me, this should be the approach. Lately I've taken to photographing obvious areas of skateboard/inline skate damage, to show to people when they don't understand what I'm talking about. My most embarrassing damage was a hole in a wall. And this was recently! For a while we were doing unicycle club meetings in a storefront activities center formerly used by Joe's Joint, a part of my wife's company, STEP (http://www.stepsite.com/joes.htm). I was warning Jacquie, who was riding along the wall, to be careful when approaching the far wall. "If the unicycle slips out, like this..." and it made a big hole in the thin sheetrock. Big laughs, and so much for my warning about how it hurts if you're still on the seat when the wheel hits the wall! My friends and I made gouges in the wooden bleachers at SUNY Purchase (New York) University at the 1983 IJA Festival. We were jumping up and down, with spikey metal pedals. A prime example of what one should not do. I have since learned my lesson. I'm sure there have been many others, but those are the ones that come to mind. -- johnfoss - Now riding to work John Foss the Uni-Cyclone www.unicycling.com ________________ "Where's my kids?" -- Amy Drummond "Where's my unicycle?" -- Andy Cotter spoken one right after the other, mostly to themselves, at NAUCC 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
damage caused on unicycles
i also try not to break public property but some things like tyre marks can not be helped.The bench i did break was my own but it came with the house and was not up to being sat on any way as it was rotten and had a hole at the back were one of the beams were missing. but if i am going to use a public bench i never use one that is in memory of someone do not ask why. -- thinuniking - started trails unicycling unicycle it is your right ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thinuniking's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4294 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27356 |
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