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Why Unicycle?
You can choose any of the following:

  • Celebrate your single status. Purchase only one tire.
  • There is no better way of getting mad at friends than working out Uni parade routines. Then laugh together when you don't use the routine anyway.
  • It's cool, fun and legal.
  • Promote health and psychological well-being through active, vigorous exercise.
  • You'll be the centre of attention. Chicks/hunks will stare with amazement
  • The voyage of learning is a purposeful and contemplative one and stabilizes our day to day lives
  • Those biker guys think they're so good. We don't need their fancy high-tech crap, and we'll do it using only one wheel.
  • By concentrating on only keeping balance on one wheel, all your troubles will be forgotten, if only for a moment.
  • Do way cool tricks like hopping, going backwards, spins, going down stairs, mountain unicycling. Live to tell the tale.
  • Unlike traditional cyclists that have to "hunch" over by bending your back, riding on a unicycle is very upright and easy on the back. You're sitting up like in an easy chair
  • The folks will think you're doing harmless stuff, but in reality you're riding on hand rails in downtown Toronto.
  • Get off the couch and get some exercise. Your significant other, kids, and doctor will thank you.
  • Learn cool new words like idling, wheel walking, giraffes, the suicide mount, MUni
  • You've always been interested in learning how to ride a unicycle. Don't think, just do it. Life's too short to reminisce about lost opportunity.
  • Get to dress up in spandex on a regular basis. Shaving your legs is optional (this is a biker thing).
 
We'll ride here in the winter, whether the plow or not. L'Amoreaux Park, Scarborough

How Unicycling will Change You
You can choose any of the following:

  • Neighbourhood strolls will be spent examining the pavement for large cracks
  • You'll remember which houses don't shovel their sidewalk and driveway
  • A snowfall will be judged by the amount and type of snow, whether it is rideable or not
  • You'll start to collect many unis around the house
  • The spouse will wonder how come you have so many extra tires
  • When you see Mary Poppins holding her umbrella you'll think to yourself "I can do that on my uni".
  • Winter with snow is never short enough
  • You'll hate it when the sun goes down at 4:30pm, thus forcing you to ride in the dark.
  • Picnic benches will be objects to get up onto and ride.
  • You can and will ride on frozen streams. Sheer ice will tempt you and you will ride it, if only for a short distance.
  • You'll curse cars that park on the sidewalk, blocking you and babes in strollers
  • Curbs, planters and other concrete and wooden structures will become possible riding surfaces. As your uni level increases so will your tolerable danger level.
  • Juggling will be another skill you will learn. And then you'll put them together.
  • You'll lose weight and feel much fitter
  • You will contemplate how to ride your uni inside the local mall without getting kicked out.
  • You may contemplate making a tire chain for winter riding
 

What Might Happen When You Unicycle?
You can choose any of the following:

  • Calm and well mannered dogs that you've known for a long time will go bezerk and bark for no reason, as if they've detected a typhoon is coming
  • The stoic pedestrian will try to ignore you and as you pass they'll be paying particular attention to their shoelaces.
  • Cows will run the other way in fright
  • Friendly but shy people will break out of their exile and speak to you
  • Hooligans may be jealous of stealing their attention and try to throw stones and insults at you
  • Teenage kids will ask you if it's hard to ride
  • Mothers may insult you for giving their kids a bad impression
  • Public transit bus drivers may slow down or stop to say hello
  • Random cars will honk their horns when they're close to you to try to scare you so you fall off
  • Random cars will honk their horns to cheer you on
  • People who don't usually stare will stare.
  • You can easily scare people if when you approach them you pretend to lose control
  • Mountain bikers will shake their heads in disbelief before acknowledging your skill as a cyclist.