No unicycles allowed... the irony.

MadFurai · 2012-07-31, 05:03 PM

In my teenage years, I was a "skate punk" and I still get agitated by all the "No Skateboarding" signs all over the place.. I think everybody is familiar with the stigma surrounding skateboarders on public and private property.

Anyway, now I'm 41 and generally a law-abiding citizen.

One of the YMCA's in my area has an outdoor skatepark. I started riding there one day and was asked to leave (nicely) because they ONLY allow skateboarders. I was the only one in the park at the time... Being a parent and an adult, I can understand the need for rules, but it still sucks.

Was just wondering how many other street/flat Unicyclists have been asked to leave by security guards and/or property managers, etc.

wrapmaster · 2012-07-31, 07:52 PM

They wouldn't let me and my friend in the skatepark with our uni's. And I've been yelled at by school janitors on the weekends like 2 or three times.

JJuggle · 2012-07-31, 10:44 PM

I took my unicycle to work once. The security guards wouldn't let me bring it in the building, so I walked it back to the car.

When I returned to the building they had the absolute gall to complain to me that they had wanted to see me ride it back to my car.

evil-nick · 2012-08-01, 01:11 AM

I had to bring my uni on the metro for the 1st time last month. I checked the times for when I could bring a bike (I didn't feel like having the "uni is not a bike" argument) and the STM website actually mentions that it's prohibited to ride uni's in metro stations.

So which one of you modder pockers ruined it for me? Murde Mental, I'm looking at you!!! (if you're still on the forums...)

tmoyer · 2012-08-01, 01:12 AM

It happened to me, too - at the Park City skate park. They have a skateboards-only rule. I got asked to leave by a security guard who said they were worried about damage to the structures from things other than skateboards.

knoxuni · 2012-08-01, 03:30 PM

I have goten kicked out of the back docks of walmart because i honestly dont know.

JJuggle · 2012-08-01, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by knoxuni

I have goten kicked out of the back docks of walmart because i honestly dont know.

Are you saying that you have been kicked off the back docks of Wal-Mart and that you honestly don't know why this was done to you?

Or are you saying that because you honestly don't know something, you have been kicked off the back docks of Wal-Mart?

If it is the latter what would be your guess as to what it is you don't know that if you did know, you wouldn't be shooed away?

If it is the former, don't you think that as a general rule people don't like others unicycling on their private property. Just feel lucky you weren't on maestro8 or Harper's property. They would have shot you.

deadbeatpope · 2012-08-02, 03:27 AM

Kicked off a nature trail. Didn't feel it was appropriate to argue that it wasn't a bike.

Milosboy · 2012-08-02, 03:47 AM

Well considering I got to unicycle through City Hall last week, I haven't been kicked out of anywhere

But I ride on bike paths mostly, so that would explain it.

JonnyD · 2012-08-02, 01:51 PM

We used to unicycle in the halls of my high school. The custodial crew would always yell and threaten us, but we (being in high school) thought that it wasn't that big of a deal, since we were an official unicycle club...

Not the best idea we ever had, but I don't ever remember being officially "kicked out."

4umfreak · 2012-08-02, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJuggle

Are you saying that you have been kicked off the back docks of Wal-Mart and that you honestly don't know why this was done to you?

Or are you saying that because you honestly don't know something, you have been kicked off the back docks of Wal-Mart?

If it is the latter what would be your guess as to what it is you don't know that if you did know, you wouldn't be shooed away?

Ha Ha, I had to read that twice to understand it.

knoxuni · 2012-08-02, 02:07 PM

sorry. I got kick off because i was distracting the employees, but the door was shut....

MuniSano · 2012-08-02, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by deadbeatpope

Kicked off a nature trail. Didn't feel it was appropriate to argue that it wasn't a bike.

That's just a technicality. The probable intent is limit the natural trails to "foot traffic only". While a unicycle is certainly NOT a bike it still is NOT foot traffic and the same issues caused by a bike are definitely caused by a unicycle as well. So when I see signs like "foot traffic only" or "No bikes" I fully understand the intent and stay off those trails when I'm riding. There is usually a pretty good reason to limit the traffic to "foot only".

JJuggle · 2012-08-02, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knoxuni

sorry. I got kick off because i was distracting the employees, but the door was shut....

I would imagine Wal-Mart employees to be easily distracted. Just ask BillyTheMountain.

knoxuni · 2012-08-02, 06:08 PM

very true but they said i could come back at night

2012-07-31, 05:03 PM	#1
MadFurai Skateboarder to Marine to Unicycler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Central Virginia Age: 42 Posts: 537	No unicycles allowed... the irony. In my teenage years, I was a "skate punk" and I still get agitated by all the "No Skateboarding" signs all over the place.. I think everybody is familiar with the stigma surrounding skateboarders on public and private property. Anyway, now I'm 41 and generally a law-abiding citizen. One of the YMCA's in my area has an outdoor skatepark. I started riding there one day and was asked to leave (nicely) because they ONLY allow skateboarders. I was the only one in the park at the time... Being a parent and an adult, I can understand the need for rules, but it still sucks. Was just wondering how many other street/flat Unicyclists have been asked to leave by security guards and/or property managers, etc. __________________ MadFurai's YouTube channel

2012-07-31, 07:52 PM	#2
wrapmaster J Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Miguel, CA Age: 15 Posts: 238	They wouldn't let me and my friend in the skatepark with our uni's. And I've been yelled at by school janitors on the weekends like 2 or three times. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/unicycle...e=results_main -J

2012-07-31, 10:44 PM	#3
JJuggle Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists Join Date: May 2001 Location: Matawan, NJ, USA Age: 52 Posts: 8,096	I took my unicycle to work once. The security guards wouldn't let me bring it in the building, so I walked it back to the car. When I returned to the building they had the absolute gall to complain to me that they had wanted to see me ride it back to my car. __________________ Raphael Lasar To plotz is human, to schvitz divine.

2012-08-01, 01:12 AM	#5
tmoyer slc uni Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Age: 47 Posts: 778	It happened to me, too - at the Park City skate park. They have a skateboards-only rule. I got asked to leave by a security guard who said they were worried about damage to the structures from things other than skateboards. __________________ )-OTGTrials- )--360unispin08--O

2012-08-01, 03:30 PM	#6
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,812	I have goten kicked out of the back docks of walmart because i honestly dont know. __________________ Kh 26: spirits, avid elixir 3 Nimbus 26: hookworm, hs33 24 muni: kh24 wheel moments no name frame Custom impact trials Kh/nimbus trials Torker tx 3learners

2012-08-01, 01:11 AM	#4
evil-nick Unicyclist, Linux Geek, & swell guy Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America, Earth, Sol System Age: 34 Posts: 1,757	I had to bring my uni on the metro for the 1st time last month. I checked the times for when I could bring a bike (I didn't feel like having the "uni is not a bike" argument) and the STM website actually mentions that it's prohibited to ride uni's in metro stations. So which one of you modder pockers ruined it for me? Murde Mental, I'm looking at you!!! (if you're still on the forums...)

2012-08-02, 03:27 AM	#8
deadbeatpope Some call me Kevin Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lakewood, CA Age: 41 Posts: 920	Kicked off a nature trail. Didn't feel it was appropriate to argue that it wasn't a bike. __________________ ---------------------------------------------- Art is a misspelled rat. "The unicyclist is the purest form of rebel"

2012-08-02, 03:47 AM	#9
Milosboy Live every week like its shark week Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 462	Well considering I got to unicycle through City Hall last week, I haven't been kicked out of anywhere But I ride on bike paths mostly, so that would explain it. __________________ Happy cows come from California. Then at one point, PETA got into the mix and claimed that California cows were not happy. Of course, being the animal experts PETA aren't, they were unable to quantify any method of detecting cow happiness. - JF

2012-08-02, 01:51 PM	#10
JonnyD Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 228	We used to unicycle in the halls of my high school. The custodial crew would always yell and threaten us, but we (being in high school) thought that it wasn't that big of a deal, since we were an official unicycle club... Not the best idea we ever had, but I don't ever remember being officially "kicked out."

2012-08-02, 02:07 PM	#12
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,812	sorry. I got kick off because i was distracting the employees, but the door was shut.... __________________ Kh 26: spirits, avid elixir 3 Nimbus 26: hookworm, hs33 24 muni: kh24 wheel moments no name frame Custom impact trials Kh/nimbus trials Torker tx 3learners

2012-08-02, 06:08 PM	#15
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,812	very true but they said i could come back at night __________________ Kh 26: spirits, avid elixir 3 Nimbus 26: hookworm, hs33 24 muni: kh24 wheel moments no name frame Custom impact trials Kh/nimbus trials Torker tx 3learners

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