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Category: Geezer Wheels
New Century, New Ride
If a Segway and a Unicycle had a baby it would have to look like one of these. An electric unicycle is a fantastic machine for short commutes, errands, and mostly just riding for enjoyment. Learning to ride one is MUCH easier than learning to ride a traditional unicycle. With a traditional unicycle you have…
So last century
We road the tall unicycles in local 4th of July parades in central Minnesota in the 1970s. These tall machines are not something we get to ride very often so we really enjoyed the parades because we could spend a few hours on them and ride a long distance.
Geezer on a stick
I had ridden this unicycle in parades years ago. It had fallen into disrepair so I decided to rebuild it and ride it again. When I got on the unicycle for the first time in over 30 years the young side of my brain said “let’s go” and the older side of my brain said…
A nearly famous unicycle
This 10 foot tall unicycle I am holding was built by Brett Shockley, a young University of Minnesota engineering student who set a world record in 1977 when he rode a 53 foot 9 1/2 inch unicycle which he had built the previous week for the world record attempt. My uncle Don and his son…
A young Wheeled Geezer
My uncle Charlie, who lived in California, road a unicycle that he built himself and watching him ride it captured my imagination – I too wanted to ride one. It must have been around my 8th birthday when I asked my parents for one and they agreed to purchase the unrideable contraption from a Sears…