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@@OGStarlightKY lol that fly was there in his jenga blocc video a month ago and I think in another video before that. He's well overdue for rent payment.
@@OGStarlightKY lmao don't remind me. I had an infestation just 2 wks ago. Started off as one then two then three then pull bacc curtains and see the whole family, friends, family friends, cousins, distant cousins, cousins by marriage, acquaintances, and neighbors. They invited everybody over to my apt. Be sure that after that sandal you give em all the boot. They do get busy like rabbits, laying eggs somewhere.
@@CaliGramz Sometimes when a family is having a cookout on my window sill, I have to bring the spray to teach them a lesson. They took loud with they buzzing, and they bad ass kids keep flying near my ear, one of the little bastards flew into my mouth one time. That was it, they all had to go, bugs never control they kids.
Great explanation. As a keen rider of both one and two wheelers, there are a few advantages of a unicycle over a bicycle. A unicycle gives you an all over workout...you work pretty much every muscle...great for core strength. It's a great conversation starter; don't ride a unicycle if you don't like attention from strangers! Embrace the fact that it's a bit silly... people will laugh at you, so go with it and enjoy the fact that you've cheered people up. The most boring routes for a bicycle can be a new challenge on a uni. Kerbs become obstacles to be conquered, not an inconvenience. Finally...and most importantly, it's good for your mind. Once past the frustration of learning to ride it, riding a unicycle demands concentration. This makes you forget life's silly irritations. I've read that it also helps your spatial awareness and mental health. It's like meditation...only it's meditation whilst on a balance ball, doing a wheelie on a bike with no brakes!
The mental health aspect you speak is the reason I am considering a unicycle purchase. I quit caffeine recently and really need mentally and physically stimulating activities.
Hey man. I relate. Taught myself to ride a couple years ago at 59. Took about a month of blood sweat and tears before I could go 100yds. Almost quit trying a few times. Had a nice golf ball on my elbow from falling backwards. A few times I got stuck in the 12 o'clock 6 o'clock position. Got raked down the back of my calves by the pedals. I took some lumps for sure. But now I can ride and I'm proud of myself it was not easy. Peace. Steve
Bro.... I'm so embarrassed. I can't even ride a bicycle 😔 and I live in Europe where everybody seems to just know how to cycle since birth. I was going to learn this summer but I have no balance and my anxiety and shame got the better of me but since it's still warm outside I'll start going during the weekends. Wish me luck! Edit: if anybody was wondering I actually did learn to ride a bicycle 😁.
You can do it! My first time on bike: crashed into car in front of a neighbour guy who i liked. Still learned how to ride and so can you. Just don't give up! 🚲
@@Smokeyx195 Thanks for the reply.... I'm gonna be 66 this week and unicycle riding has increased my strength, balance and agility. I'm still enjoying unicycling!
I ride a unicycle because it's fun af. I've always been into tricks on my bike, but when that was out of commission for a while, I pulled out the unicycle and now I have more fun riding it than the bike
About the diminishing returns he mentions, it's true but that just means I don't feel the urge to learn trickery, however it doesn't mean I don't crave going out on my unicycle with my pals. Every ride is an absolute blast.
A unicycle is apparently perfect for college campuses since I see them around often. I mean just thinking about it with all the people walking around a small, maneuverable vehicle like a uni works better than a big fast bike, and you still save time.
I can relate to this video. When I was 14, I saw one hanging in my local bicycle shop for $120 and my brother (2 years younger) and I thought it was our next odd rideable (we both were dropping in on half pipes on RipSticks long before we did so on skateboards and at 7 had set some stupidly high personal time, jump count and distance records on pogo sticks.) We went in on it together and within three days, had graduated from a rope swing in a tree, to hand rails to open riding. We both rode that thing for a solid year before the seat broke. With a replacement costing $100 for unknown reasons, we learned to mess around on it by just holding the half a seat and just standing on the pedals. Over the last 15 years it's floating from storage unit, to garage to storage unit with our parents. Now I've been driving 18 wheelers in the US for 5 years. I've utilized two OneWheels for primary transportation while on the road. I've worn out three battery packs, eight tires, four sets of bearings and have accumulated over 3,700 miles (5,950 km) between them. Unfortunately I have also broken my left clavicle, right wrist, have a dent in the skin on my right leg from catching a jagged pothole on my way down once. It bit me. My brother has ten screws and two titanium plates that held the two halves of his radius together after he fell into a curb, snapping it in half. After 400 miles, hundreds of dollars in tires, inner tubes, replacement trucks and a second $150 remote, the battery pack in my carbon fiber Evolve GTR left me stranded twice at 80% charge before failing completely. If I could fit a full sized bicycle on my truck, I'd be able to fit my motorcycle on it. Perhaps though, I may fit half a bicycle. With the outrageous price of all these PEVs, repairs and reliability issues, I believe that it is time to return to first principles. Pedals fixed to a solid crank, seat, one wheel. Zero complexities, zero redundancies. I want to be able to ride from Salinas, California to the beach, 12 miles (20km). Currently looking at the Nimbus Hatchet 29 to start, then maybe a big wheel for long distance cruises. Last note about riding a unicycle in high-school. The jocks usually would all start singing the Circus tune whenever I'd get near them 🎶Duh-na NA-na-NA-na-NA NA na-na🎶 🎶Duh-na NA-na-NA-na-NA NA na-na🎶 Lastly, that sweet little 20" was never chained up outside, as it fit in my locker
I know how to ride a unicycle. I took a clowning class in college. No joke. Was probably third best in the class. Don't own a unicycle, so I haven't tried since lol.
Freshman year in high school. I met a kid named Mike. I went to the elementary school 50 feet from my house to ride my bike. There was Mike with his unicycle. He said would you like to try? Well after weeks of trying for a hour or so after school daily I started riding farther from the fence. I got better and better. I got a job and bought my schwinn unicycle. We went everywhere on those thing. Bunny hopped curbs, down two steps then more. Jumping as far as we could into sandboxes at the park, drifting on muddy canal banks after a good rain. I eventually taught myself to ride one footed by just taking weight of of one foot. Then lifting off the pedal for a second. Then a quarter revolution and so on. We still have those original schwinn unicycle. I’m 57 now and I get on it for about 5 minutes per year. My cousin tells my kids, “ your dad was the shit on the unicycle”!
I personally use unicycle as my main transportation method inside the city when i need to go 3km or shorter distances. It's fun and even more practicle than bikes because you can carry it with you on public transportation or basically anywhere, never needed to tie it and be afraid of it being stolen. It's great! (Btw I upgraded to a 26" wheel to ride faster)
Trying to learn how to ride a unicycle during the lockdown. This is literally the first video where you're being told it will probably take days, when all the other video's tell you you'll have it down in 2/3 hours. Great motivation to keep going. Thanks!
My dad can ride pretty well since he used to ride in high-school and do tricks. After he broke his arm skateboarding, my grandma made him stop skateboarding and he decided to find another form of transportation that he could do tricks on... hence (unicycling). Once he switched, his friend's moms heard about the broken arm story and made their child try unicycling. It became the thing that gave him a group of friends again since his skateboarding was no longer there. To this day, my 4 siblings and I can ride the unicycle. Since we live on the coast of San Diego, we go on bike rides 1-2 times a week on the beach and my dad refuses to use anything but his unicycle. Side note: he also has those bikers padded shorts.
I was going to say unicycles are for people who want a *real* leg workout, that's what it looks like to me. I'd like to know does it help prompt you to keep your back straight? Like if you used to slouch does it now have you not slouching? This is to those who unicycle because it always looks to me like it helps with balancing.
It's harder to keep your back straight than to slouch on a unicycle because it raises your center of gravity. You can easily get used to sitting up straight though.
@@CalebMackle : on a unicycle, like on a bike, you want the highest possible barycenter to keep your balance. It's the main reason why we prefer large wheels on bikes : higher = more balance momentum.
You're just taking whole journeys and giving us the *tl;dr* huh 😂 I'm proud of you for still searching for things to learn, even if they become a past conquest conquered. 😊
This is like exactly hoq I feel about skating. I didn't know how so when going out with friends I wanted to learn and I got pretty good but wouldn't see myself doing it daily. Its pretty useless but I like learning new things
You are just the COOLEST guy ever! It’s funny, my brother and I were just talking about how my cousin used to ride his bike while sitting on the handlebars backwards everywhere he went. Then the topic of Unicycles came up and I was saying, how I’ve always wanted to learn to ride one. Now, here you are a couple days later riding a Unicycle.
I like how you explained the diminishing returns of increasing skill. It's something I've thought about but never thought to say anything about, really cool.
Mountain Downhill is where it's at. Like downhill skiing any time of year in just about anyplace you would like. It became a great way to blow off steam, meditate... or get a great core workout. I figure since being able to unicycle trough my 60's and into my 70's has worked out well. You are absolutely right in all of your experiences. There is always more if you use MORE COWBELL and most important, EXPLORE THE SPACE
This highlighted a pretty good point: I'm fortunate enough to have a lot of things I wanna learn and do like to learn but at what point to you start to prioritise some stuff over others, knowing your days are numbered
I bought a unicycle after a breakup to give me something to put my time into and to take my mind off the bs. It gave me something to focus on instead of all the negativity that comes with a bad breakup of a relationship that was many years of your life. I still have it to this day and hardly ever ride it now but it was fun to learn and the first time I went a long distance without falling or using anything to help with balance was very exciting.
Haha like your style and delivery. Message was good too. Different. I’m 1 week into learning. And actually up early because my hip woke me. Dominant side. it’s sore AF, and got me thinking, have I got arthritis? The way you’ve described the reality of what physically has to happen when one sits on the seat kind of cleared up why it’s squawking at me this morning. So I suppose that answers why one person would even watch this video Their bio is so dire they cannot sleep AND your vid popped up on my RU-vid feed, which I clicked on because the title particularly interested me at this moment. Your vid turned out to be different than what I expected. Are you a Lakers fan? I felt like you were delivering Kobe Bryant’s take on unicycling. By the way, that’s one thing you didn’t mention. Why some ppl unicycle. To compete in basketball. I’ll have to RU-vid that next. THSNKS
great explanation, as a unicommunter i wholeheartedly agree that friction is the enemy. Get a 36, look into shammy cream, and acquire the padded shorts. I would say the unique purpose of riding a unicycle around town is to receive complements from strangers, and beyond that, to experience "flying" or feeling so connected to the wheel and the ground that you forget you are peddaling at all
Its true when i learned over 10 years ago I was really into it at the start but after the first year I kind of stopped. I still have my unicycle and use them every now and then but we are talking months in between use, i even went a whole year once not riding. Its a fun skill to just have great way to occupy your mind and work out your legs
Bro you just actully made me laugh 😂😂,just bought one today and im starting to learn it ,its harder than it looks but you improve fast ,and it is fun lol ,got a feeling it will be one of those things like a rubix cube😂
Funny, because I learned to juggle in high school, then cube about 15 years ago (2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 7x7, skewb, square-1, megaminx, etc), and now that I'm almost 50, it's time to learn to unicycle for the hat-trick of unmarketable skillz! :) Loved the video, well done. (Oh, and I am taking forever to learn--definitely harder than it looks!)
I taught myself how to ride one in 11th grade and rode it with a helmet up until one fateful afternoon when I got home from school which landed me in the emergency room the day after the seat tapped me below the belt then blacked out in the bathroom of the library that’s in the city that I live in. If anyone is gonna learn how to ride it make sure to wear the proper ppe such as a helmet, a cup, shin guards and elbow pads because getting injuries from it aren’t fun. Always be safe with everything that you do in general.
That was not what I expected at all. I thought you were about to say something about how learning the skill would impact other areas of your brain and learning, etc... Instead, it was a completely honest explanation of the reality of what it's like, that actually may discourage some from trying. But - for those who do try, the reward will be worth it, and it's great to know what you’re in for before starting. Thanks for such a great video! 💯
If you’re into skateboard or bmx types sports, where you continuously learn new tricks, unicycling is amazing. It is surprisingly good for those types of tricks, and has other sub types, such as trials or mountains cycling.
So true..same thing happened after I finally learned to do a handstand..took a long time but now the furthest I get is thinking I should do one but don't. Now I'm learning how to unicycle.
Been riding for about 8 years. Though the last I'd say 3 years I haven't been able to use my two bikes. Decided to get back into riding my 20" freestyle. It sat outside for all that time I didn't use it. Now it's looking a bit rusty on the frame, a bit on the wheels rim. Saddle looks weathered. Brought it to a small bike repair shop today for a quick look over. Bike preforms just fine like when new, but my stamina clearly has gone down since my last sessions on it. I barely made it the two blocks from the shop to my driveway and I could already feel my legs, getting sore. And my breathing definitely went up. Still enjoyable and I have retained the muscle memory to ride.
