Calling all ottawa unicyclists!

[m_extreme_uni]

yeah, you guys must not ride in the winter... but 3 degrees is like a heat wave!! woohoo.
I just got back from a ride, and it looks like everything is drying off. This will be the best trials (outdoors) you'll have ridden since the fall! I'm getting kinda stoked for this ride now, see you all there!

-Ryan

[hecklar]

I suggest that we locals all meet at City Hall at noon. From there we can head to campus for 2 hours, and then meet the foreigners back at City Hall at 2pm on our way downtown. If 2 hours is too long for campus, then we can meet at 1pm instead of noon, and only ride for an hour before meeting the other kids.

Meh?

[Eroick]

Hecklar, that sounds good. Im not sure what kind of stuff there is to ride on at the campus, seeing as I haven't been there since summer. It looks like we are going to have a lot of people. Yay! Im probably going to be the worst on there, but meh.

Could this be a weekly thing? Sure, if people are going to show up every week then it could very well be a weekly thing. I think I can make it on the 8th, but lets take it one week at a time.

And yeah, after riding in -10 weather, 3 is warm

[hecklar]

Um, the exact same things that were there in the summer are there now. haha. I guess you mean that since you may not have been good enough to ride anything, you never bothered to look in the summer. That's how it always is for me too. As soon as i get better, i suddenly recognize new things that i've seen a million times before. Don't worry though, campus has everything for every level of rider. I've been riding there since my first week. It has everything from curbs to 6 sets (and 15 sets). It has cement benches, ledges, skinnies, posts, gaps, etc. I suck and Ryan is Ryan, and we can both ride there, so clearly there's something for everyone.

Don't worry about sucking. I'm pretty lame too. I'm sure you'll get some pretty good laughs watching me suck. It's Ryan and Jason that you have to worry about.

This could be a weekly thing for me, Ryan, and you, since Ryan livs on campus and i liv on Rideau St., but i doubt that the rest of them will want to hike downtown from Nepean all the time... at least they haven't seemed to want to in the past. It would be cool for it to be a weekly thing, though.

Actually, tomorrow is said to have a high of 7oC now, with variable cloudiness. That's sounding a lot better. I'm stoked. Maybe i'll go out today too.

If you're going to be coming downtown to ride all the time, and you have MSN, then please PM your contact to me. It'll be easier that way.

[Eroick]

Final plan:
Meet at city hall: 12:00
Ride around city hall till: 12:15
Go to campus... Back to city hall at: 1:30(ish)
Pick up whoever couldn't make it for 12:00...
Decide where to ride for the rest of the day (not too far from city hall) Of course, we can move around a bit depending on what people want to do.

If anyone wants my cell number, PM me. I will give Victory my number just incase.

So, show up at city hall at 12:00 or 1:30, or try and find the guys on unis ! I think that parking should be free on Sunday. Which is a very good thing for the people driving .

Anyone have any revisions? I probably screwed up somewhere .

[ntappin]

Sounds great, I like how there are two meet times as it gives me a chance to make sure my wheel is true and get some pedals, which I should be able to do before noon but just in case

[Eroick]

Also, if somebody has some basic tools, bring them. Nothing fancy, just a 4-5-6 hex set. Ive misplaced mine, and if someone's seat twists, it wont be any fun.

ntappin, do you have your new hub on yet?

Now, I have to try and keep up on a 24" inch. Faster, but not too great for trials .

Um, if anyone wants any time to change, reply as soon as possible.

[Eroick]

Oh, and if anyone wants a map, just ask. Ill dig one up off of google maps. City hall is fairly easy to find though. Its the big greyish building that says Ottawa on it

[Eroick]

Im sick... Really sick. I hope that someone who is going picks this up. Odds are that I'm not going to be able to come, barring some magic. So, yeah. Have fun! Maybe ill be there next week.

[Jason Allemann]

Man that's a drag. I'll let everyone know you can't make it.

Hope you feel better soon.

J

[hecklar]

So whatever happened to you out-of-towners? We rode around downtown, minus campus, from noon until 4pm. We didn't return to City Hall at 1:30, because Karl said that you guys were supposed to call. We didn't ever get a call though, so we assumed you bailed.

Some guy from the Ottawa Sun followed us around and took photos, so we may end up in the paper on a slow day. Meh.

A few of us may end up going out again next weekend, if the weather is good.

[Eroick]

So you guys had fun? Im really pissed that I couldn't go! Anyway, Im up for a ride next week. I should be able to breath by then

[ntappin]

That was absolutely beautiful! I kicked the crap out of myself, nearly couldn't ride home but it was worth it.

I must say the day was great, I really acomplished alot. I cut up my arm twice, sprained my thumb and ankle two or three times, and my thighs feel like they got indian sunburned, o and I managed to miss the armour on my legs and kicked a concrete post! ahhhh it was soooo much fun!

I really can't wait until the next ride. Hopefully then I will have a camelpack cause having no liquid sucked.

It's too bad you guys didn't come to the skatepark though it was really nice, almost all of the lower half of the park was free of people cause there were two little streams running down it and I pretty much had it to myself, the people there were really nice too. I talked with some cool bmxers and some skaters, one of which could ride a unicycle!!

Anyways I think a good day was had by all.

[Victory]

Originally Posted by hecklar

So whatever happened to you out-of-towners? We rode around downtown, minus campus, from noon until 4pm. We didn't return to City Hall at 1:30, because Karl said that you guys were supposed to call. We didn't ever get a call though, so we assumed you bailed.

Some guy from the Ottawa Sun followed us around and took photos, so we may end up in the paper on a slow day. Meh.

A few of us may end up going out again next weekend, if the weather is good.

I rode around by myself(my brother was sick also) for an hour and a half looking for you guys... I was running late and showed up at city hall at 1:45. I asked some ppl that were sitting around if they'd seen any uni riders in the past little while and they all said they hadn't. There must have been a mixup in the number karl gave me... I called at around 1:40 from a payphone just before I reached city hall and there was no answer.
After hanging around city hall for a while I took a ride around the campus and asked a few ppl in there if they'd seen any other uni riders... still nothing.
after trying the number few more times some chick finally answered and said I had the wrong number. (I even tried calling Karls dad to get the right number but no one was home there)
Anyways by 3:30 I gave up and headed home.

[Mr. Dawson]

where were you guys you said you'd come back to city hall about 1:30... Guess what?!? YOU DIDN'T!!! > I arrived at 1:30 sharp, went around the park about 3 times. Went in the campus to search a bit and i never saw you guys, I stuck around till about 1:40 before parents had to go. WHERE DID YOU GO!

I tried calling the phonenumber but there wasn't any answer. please don't tell me that was a home phone number. Cause if it was how is that useful.

I think you guys need to work on planning your Ottawa Meetings better next time.

Ugh...