[hawkinspeter]

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/a-ridiculous-ride-from-london-to-bristol/

Starting Thursday, a pair of unicyclists will be riding from London to Bristol while raising funds for two national charities. Ben Kirby and Bertie Bilsdon, circus artists from Bristol, will be unicycling 35 to 40 miles everyday from August 22 to August 25.

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[mdavidford]

So what you’re saying is you

So what you’re saying is you gave it up because you got two tyred with it?

[Sorry – someone had to]

[Dnnnnnn]

I wouldn’t describe that as a

I wouldn’t describe that as a ridiculous ride – maybe unique…

[hawkinspeter]

EK Spinner wrote:

Absolute nutters – anyone who uses a unicycle to get somewhere  – and the world is a much better place for them

I used to commute to work on a unicycle, but it was only a couple of miles and part of that was on the Bristol-Bath cycle path. When I moved house, I got put off by having to deal with my journey being mainly on the road (or having to deal with lots of kerbs if using the pavement). That’s when I started using a bike instead.

[brooksby]

You’d think that a unicycle

You’d think that a unicycle would be, on average, half the price of a bicycle… 

[brooksby]

More than that, look at how

More than that, look at how much stuff he (Pratt) was carrying with him?! 

Beaumont was just riding an unloaded bike, while a camper and support team carried all his stuff behind.

[chrisonabike]

Road.cc has mentioned him

Road.cc has mentioned him previously.  (The video of him cycling with Mark Beaumont is great – difference in leg speed is something).

Think he’s got all the usual channels and a site.

[EK Spinner]

several years ago I came

several years ago I came across a guy on facebook called  Ed Pratt, he maybe lives up to his surname but he was unicycling around the world, I think it took him a couple of years, including at least one break of several months when he met a nice girl in kazakstan or something like that.

Absolute nutters – anyone who uses a unicycle to get somewhere  – and the world is a much better place for them

[hawkinspeter]

chrisonabike wrote:

That’s a lot of pedalling, unless they’ve got touring ones!

(Yes, you could add gears also, for a price…)

That geared hub is expensive!

[chrisonabike]

That’s a lot of pedalling,

That’s a lot of pedalling, unless they’ve got touring ones!

(Yes, you could add gears also, for a price…)

[brooksby]

Yay! 

Yay! 

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