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Category: Geezer Wheels

Wheeled Geezer’s Family Rolls Together

Posted on July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 by WheeledGeezer

The entire family makes good use of wheels.

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New Century, New Ride

Posted on July 31, 2023 by WheeledGeezer

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…

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So last century

Posted on July 29, 2023 by WheeledGeezer

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.

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Geezer on a stick

Posted on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 by WheeledGeezer

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…

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A nearly famous unicycle

Posted on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 by WheeledGeezer

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…

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A young Wheeled Geezer

Posted on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 by WheeledGeezer

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…

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