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No Holds Barred

\"unicycleNo holds barred – er, I mean, No bars to hold. Did you ever consider learning to ride a unicycle? I sure haven’t!

Not that riding on only one wheel means that you can’t do anything but ride around the backyard, or perhaps join the circus. People have used unicycles for cross-state rides. Even for high-altitude adventures.

How does a body get started on a unicycle? It looks and sounds so easy, and some say that it really isn’t hard. I\’ll have to take their word for it. I suppose it\’s the same as learning how to ride on two wheels: once you get the hang of it, you wonder what was ever so difficult about it.

At least a uni doesn’t have a chain to mess with, which I would assume makes maintenance a bit easier. A uni would be a lot easier to keep indoors, as it wouldn’t need nearly as much space as a bicycle. If you rode one to work, maybe you could even bring it in with you!

I\’ve got a question. Is it possible to use a trailer when riding a unicycle? It looks to me as though the pedal crank would run afoul of the trailer\’s tongue, so I suspect that the answer is No. So, carrying capacity would be limited to whatever I could carry on my back.

Otherwise, it seems that much of what you can do on two wheels, you could do on one wheel — no holds barred.