There are several methods of learning to ride. We recommend using a tennis court. That way, you can ride around the inside while hanging onto the fence until you get the hang of it. Other methods we have heard about include using a dorm hallway, ski poles, monkey bars, a wall or railing, and other people. One of our favorite ways to teach others is to place the inexperienced unicyclist between two experienced riders. Then, the middle person can hold onto the others' shoulders and arms for support, and everyone can ride together. Click HERE for pictures and explanations of learning methods.
If you'd like to read our personal stories detailing how we learned to ride, please click below:
Anyone can learn to unicycle! It's more about attitude than anything else.
Click HERE to read Tammy's thoughts on the importance
of attitude. :)
We formed a unicycling club called the UFO - Unicycling Freaks Organization. :) In this photo are just four of our many members: Jana, Tanya, Mike, and Tammy.
To see more pictures of us unicycling, check out our scrapbook!
Unicycling is a lot more fun when you're with other people. The more, the merrier! When you get a big group of five or six unicyclists riding around town together, you really attract the attention!
We had T-shirts made for our organization: to see the design, click HERE!
Starting a club at your school is another idea. Tammy started a unicycling and juggling club at South Dakota State University, where she is a junior this year. Read her story of forming a club.
A great way to get really involved in unicycling is to join the Unicycling Society of America - http://www.unicycling.org/usa - it really connects you to the unicycling community and it's a great way to make friends. Basically what membership (at only $15 a year) gets you is eligibility to go to the National Unicycle Convention and a subscription to the quarterly unicycle magazine for the USA, On One Wheel. As of this year, we are the editors of this magazine, so if you have story ideas, questions, or information for us, please email ononewheel@unicycling.org!
Another tool for getting to know other unicyclists is subscribing to the unicycling listserv. To get on that, just send an email to Majordomo@winternet.com with the message "subscribe unicycling" in the body. This will get you on the grand list of unicycle discussion, which can be quite informative and entertaining. It will also flood your inbox with messages from people all over the world.
We have compiled a "unicycling resume" that lists events, parades, and performances we've done, clubs we've started, and a few other things.
When there ISN'T snow on the ground and we feel like doing some off-roading, we grab our unis equipped with mountain-bike tires and do some Mountain Unicycling (aka MUni)! We are new to MUni, but to read our first real MUni experience, click HERE!
Now we'd like to share with you some of the comments that we get
while riding around. We've compiled the most common and the funniest
ones in our "Top 26 Comments We Receive While Unicycling" List !
We would love it if everyone who visited our page signed our guestbook. In the comments section, we are interested in knowing your unicycling experience and what you think of our page. Thanks so much!
Please feel free to e-mail us with any questions, comments, suggestions, or unicycling stories!!
We like to study foreign languages, so feel free to email us in Spanish, German, French, or, you know, English. :)
Or, see if we're online with AOL Instant Messenger!
Tammy's screen name: iloveunis
Josh, Tammy and Brian are all set to go trick or treating, October 31, 2001!
Other useful sources:
How to Ride a Unicycle
For more information,
we recommend this wonderful site which has everything you ever wanted to know
about unicycling: http://www.unicycling.org
What We Ride
Silver Streak, Tammy's 24" uni, and Silver Bullet, Tanya's 24" uni, were our first unicycles we bought. We like them very much, and we feel it was a good choice to start out with because you can ride some nice distances without feeling completely exhausted and you can also use them for tricks.
Streak and Bullet are both Cyclepros.
Then we bought bigger unis for distance riding: Cyclops and Bubba are our 28" Semcycles with Miyata seats. They are great for distance riding!! Really fast and smooth.
After that, we added more unis to our family: 20"
Miyatas Yoda and Obi for tricks! We love them. We got them from
unicycle.com. Now we are getting Cokers - for major long distance rides. Tammy has hers now, named Tractor, and it is extremely fun, fast and smooth with plenty of momentum. Next on our wish
list? An ultimate wheel, MUnis and perhaps own giraffe. :) And wouldn't a tandem uni be the epitome of cool?
Form a Unicycling Group!
Try to recruit all your friends and teach them to ride. (Convince them to buy their own unicycles, too, so you can ride together. Or, borrow one from somebody.) Also, hook up with people in your town who also unicycle or once did. Surely, people will start talking to you about how they used to ride or have always wanted to learn or how they know someone who can. Track down all these people, and usually they are kind enough to let you borrow their unicycles! (Trust us - we do it a lot. Luckily, unicyclists are just all-around, really cool, super-nice people!)
Join the USA!
Unicycling Games and Activities
There are an infinite number of things you can do on a unicycle, but here are a few of our favorites.
Please click HERE to see our list. :)
Cool Stuff We've Done
We've done some pretty fun things while unicycling,
from trick or treating to unicycling a thousand miles through Europe.
Snow Unicycling and MUni!
When you live in South Dakota, snow covers the
ground for several months out of the year. But that's no reason to
stop unicycling! Snow-uni-ing can be a lot of fun!
Click HERE to read all about our frosty
experiences. :)
Top Ten Lists!
Unicycling is way WAY more fun than biking. Why? Check out our "Top Ten Reasons Why Unicycling Kicks Biking" List!
Care Tips
We have put together a few tips you should consider in caring for your unicycle. Just click HERE .
Baby pics!
Okay, if you're interested in seeing us as cute little kids, this is the place for you. It relates to unicycling in a few ways! Check it out!
Please sign our guestbook!
Tanya's screen name: unifanatic
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