Representation in Bicycling Magazine

Here's "The Fringe" section from the August edition of the local
"Bicycling Magazine". The photographers idea was to put muni in the
South African context. This was acheived by getting Table Mountain (a
landmark in Cape Town) in the shot. Here's the article:



CLOWNING AROUND

If you thought a single-speed mountain bike was the simplest and purest
vehicle to tear up the singletrack, you were wrong. If you thought
unicycling was strictly a circus act, you were wrong. If you thought
this kind of thing could only happen in America... Beeep, wrong again.
Right here on our doorstep. or rather, at the foot of our Table
(Mountain), there are a few youngsters (some just young at heart) who
roam the forest tracks on only one wheel. Their skill is surprising,
executing technical singletrack that some would never attempt on two
wheels. The equipment (trying hard here not to call it a bike) shares
similar features to a jump bike: aggressive-looking tires, beefed-up
cranks and spiky, shin-hating pedals. But make no mistake, the
apparatus is highly specialised. The saddle is banana-shaped, the frame
is high-tensile steel and there are more spokes than you could count.
Worldwide, the sport is spreading faster than chlamydia in a Bangkok
boudoir, with its mutating disciplines, a dedicated magazine and many
devoted followers, if the number of hits on www.youtube.com is anything
to go by. — Niel Gardine

[image:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/391...ngmagazq5.jpg]

Thought a few folks may be interested in seeing unicycling in
mainstream magazines.


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Far out!
Thanks for tuning me in.


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Great article. Who's the rider?


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steveyo

steveyo
...like having your own personal rollercoaster...

- a few 'uni race write-ups'
(http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/uni_race_writeups/)
- muni and kokopelli uni 't-shirts, mugs and stickers'
(http://www.cafepress.com/steveyo)
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steveyo wrote:
Great article. Who's the rider?



That would be me


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pretty awesome.

young at heart.. i love it

funny that they are gonna think every uni has loads of spokes (48)....
all qu-ax's fault.


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Lovely unicycle I love my Qu-Ax muni too...


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WOFT wrote:
That would be me

You seem to look much less cartoony in real life. Do you know if
that was just the SA version of Bicycling, or did it go around the
world? The writing sounds local.

Great press in either case!


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weekends is an XC trail." -- Kris Holm, on XC from a North Shore point
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johnfoss wrote:
You seem to look much less cartoony in real life.



No, but it may seem that way because you only see my back in the
photo


johnfoss wrote:
Do you know if that was just the SA version of Bicycling, or did it go
around the world? The writing sounds local.

Great press in either case!



It was the SA version of the magazine.


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Nice work young man!


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'if i'm murdered, don't execute my killer.'
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Just what the sport needs!
Great Job!!


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Every one should have "FUN ON ONE"
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