thinking about quitting riding...for now
Rubix
I am seriously thinking about not riding for a long while. My main
problem is I have nothing really in the area to challenge me to become
a better rider. Charleston is really flat. There isn't many areas where
I can work on my stairs, hopping, or anythig of that nature (street). We
are in the low country, which is exactly what the name states. No
forested areas, mountains, or even decent hills (there goes trials and
muni). I could ride distance, but I know I can ride distance
realitively ok. Noone else in the area rides, so I'm not really pushed
to learn new tricks.
I almost refuse to go out in the street, as there are a shit load of
little kids who swamp me when I bring my uni out to practice. And the
backyard is infested with mosquitoes. Maybe I'm just trying to find an
excuse to stop riding. I dunno. I will head out tomorrow and ride my
29er around on a bike path to think about stuff. Maybe I just need a
small break...or a swift kick in the ass to get going again.
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Rubix
UniDudeDX wrote:
> I think some mob member is gonna hear bout this and come and kick you so
> hard youl cough up your scrotum sack.
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hugo
Maybe you need to think about moving - if your occupation allows. Or, if
you have a family, plan for a longer vacation (I know in the US you
don't get much) in an area with mountains, ideally where you can find
other riders (use the forum to ask). You are welcome to visit Germany -
we have a lot of riders and mountains / forrests here.
I get the impression that you are not happy where you live right now
anyway - talking about the mosquitos and the "shit load of little
kids".
Maybe you need to change something in your life for a better future ;)
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hugo :cool:
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für das einradfahren gilt: >>muskelkraft ist durch nichts zu ersetzten,
außer durch mehr muskelkraft<<
flow wrote:
> von unten sind da schon ganz schön kantige Kanten.
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Rubix
believe me, if i could move to Germany, i would be there in a heartbeat.
You are right, I don't care too much for the place i'm at now. Right now
I really have nothing holding me here. But I have nothign waiting on me
anywhere else. Either way, i want to be in a place where I can muni, as
that is really appealing to me. I've thought about going extreme, saving
what money I can, and move to Washington or Oregon. Never been out west
past Kansas, but from what I've seen, you are in the mountains. Hell,
at this point, I'd opt to go to North Dakota, just to ride the farm
roads for miles and miles. Yes, I've been to NoDak, i know how brutal
the winters are, but the warming up and summer months make up for it.
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UniDudeDX wrote:
> I think some mob member is gonna hear bout this and come and kick you so
> hard youl cough up your scrotum sack.
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Enoch
I hear ya, Might be the heat. I've been to the Charleston area. Nice
place to visit. I wouldn't want to live there. I'm up in Charlotte,
N.C. and it is hot up here which takes all the fun out of mUni riding.
I tend to do more bike riding, road and Mountain, during the hotter
times,plus the flies can't keep up with you. We built a freeride/
trails area to ride on at one of the local mtb trails. It gives us
something to play on when it is too hot to ride Uni. I would suggest
trying that. Here is a link of mtb trails in your area. Some of them I
rode my MTB on , Harbinson is a good place, Columbia is not too far
from you is it? Would be great on a mUni. Ride early when it is
cooler.
look me up if your in the Charloote area. We are starting to get a few
people on Uni's here. We have some excellant stuff to ride.
Jerry
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vanpaun
Well, live your life. After all it belongs to you. Learn German, Apply
for dual citizenship, Find a job at your level there. IDK what you do
for a living, but I'm sure you'll find one there. You may want to wait
untill the dollar pulls up again, so you don't loose thousands.
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jamessd
You don't necessarily need to be constantly learning new things, as
eventually it becomes a slow learning curve. I was very inspired to
ride at first but after a while other things got in the way, mostly my
lack of money meaning I couldn't go anywhere to ride, so now I just
ride when I feel like it. I still consider myself a unicyclist,
although I do not ride offen at all. I still love my unicycles, and I
think of them as works of art. And one day I know I will want to get
out there and start riding more seriously again!
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Kieron wrote:
> I tell u wat they would have to be a very commited pedo to learn to ride
> a unicycle in order to mingle with us, steel one of us and rape us in a
> bush.
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vanpaun
Out of the Recession, recession=bush :p:o:(
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StephenH
You should unicycle because it's fun, not because it is some deed that
needs to be accomplished. Different people enjoy different things, so
it's good either way. Personally, the idea of riding distance on a 36"
appeals to me, and a lot of the muni stuff just doesn't (not that I can
do it anyway, just I don't want to be using a unicycle for a pogo
stick).
As far as challenges go, you might check into the ultimate wheel or a
giraffe or a BC wheel if you haven't already tried them. If you enjoy
riding distances, you might enjoy biking more than unicycling, for that
matter.
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skilewis74
East coast humidity is brutal. I visited my Mom in Boston where she is
getting her masters last July/August. I don't know how people there
can function w/o AC. During one mild day it was 89 w/ 100% humidity.
I had a hard time doing anything other just laying around. On one hot
day I spent the entire time at her school's library w/ AC, that night I
was sweating w/ just underwear and a sheet.
Set up a trials/northshore course (see 'Trials Course Love 99'
(http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=bf_7pWRG9dI) and check my signature) in
your backyard and practice in the mornings when it's cooler (here
mosquitoes are only bad in the evenings). Take your car out and your
garage can turn it into a decent compactable course. You could even
set up some stuff in your house.
Learn a long list of unicycle comebacks.
Hook up w/ other local riders.
Take a few weekend trips to places w/ different terrain.
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Ride everywhere and never just ride anywhere. If you can ride where you
are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the
time do it along the way.- Bob Burnquist
What next? 'IUF skill levels'
(http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/levels/)*'
Street'
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia/Street)*'unicycletips.com'
(http://unicycletips.com/)*'Trials class system'
(http://tinyurl.com/yqpvxk)*'Trials Building'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64235)
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forrestunifreak
Build your own trials course. It doesn't have to be pre-made somewhere
out there for you, you can just make your own.
That is, if trials is what you want to do.
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Joe "Hodgekins" wrote:
> Oh... they don't kick bricks, do they?
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hobo_chuck
vanpaun wrote:
> Out of the Recession, recession=bush :p:o:(
Don't be stupid.
It's the people's greed combined with the federal reserve.
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hobo_chuck
"hobo_chuck" wrote:
> *HOLY* son of a bike rider:eek:
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