Best Unicycle Pic!

Nomadic · 2009-09-15, 03:57 AM

~I was always curios what you would do with your unicycle if you rode it to the store, and now I know! The best part is that it was locked to the bike rack using handcuffs...
(Image credit to PeopleofWalmart.com)

dudewithasock · 2009-09-15, 04:35 AM

Haha, well I've never used handcuffs, but I loop a bike lock around through the tire at bike racks all the time on campus during class.

johnfoss · 2009-09-15, 08:31 AM

I wonder what that unicycle did wrong?

Nomadic · 2009-09-15, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dudewithasock

I loop a bike lock around through the tire at bike racks all the time on campus during class.

Does it stay fairly safe? I mean, unicycles are kinda expensive (even the seats for that matter), and I really would like to ride my unicycle somewhere and chain it up, but I'm just too concerned about its safety. I wish there was a decent/secure way to lock up a uni..

DoctorPunch · 2009-09-15, 06:42 PM

I usually just find a high spot to stow it or bring it in. I don't think I ever tried to bring my uni anywhere where they didn't allow it.

Hell, If I bring it to a bar it's a guaranteed free drink!

1-wheeled-grape · 2009-09-15, 07:15 PM

free drink ehh... have to remember that one
I'm considering riding to college, I'll just lock through the wheel and either through the seat or take the seat off and put it in my locker

Saying that i could take the frame off too :L that would be even funnier!

Michaelgoround · 2009-09-15, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomadic

Does it stay fairly safe?

Yah. Have you had anyone try and steal it?

DoctorPunch · 2009-09-15, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Michaelgoround

Yah. Have you had anyone try and steal it?

lol he has the cuffs to make a citzen's arrest.

petad · 2009-09-15, 09:40 PM

I just loop my bike lock through the space in my frame between the double crown and the normal crown, and through the wheel

Trevor Staader · 2009-09-15, 10:08 PM

In my town with the population of 500 Im the only unicyclist so it would easy to find the person who stole my unicycle.

nimblelight · 2009-09-15, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomadic

~I was always curios what you would do with your unicycle if you rode it to the store, and now I know!

I just wheel mine in with me. Nobody cares so long as I don't ride it.

This works perfectly. Because my hands are free, I can snack on whatever I bought while I'm riding home.

dudewithasock · 2009-09-15, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nomadic

Does it stay fairly safe? I mean, unicycles are kinda expensive (even the seats for that matter), and I really would like to ride my unicycle somewhere and chain it up, but I'm just too concerned about its safety. I wish there was a decent/secure way to lock up a uni..

Well I did it all freshman year and have done it so far this year as well with no incidents.

maestro8 · 2009-09-15, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dudewithasock

Haha, well I've never used handcuffs

If used properly, you'll never have to. She'll put them on for you. And take them off when she's done with you.

Peripatet · 2009-09-15, 11:49 PM

As cheeky a picture as this is, the handcuffs are really much less secure than a U lock or even a chain with a good padlock. Any 15 year old with a bobby pin and Youtube access can shim 4 out of the 5 most common handcuffs in the world in a matter of seconds.

I used to use a big Krypton U lock on my uni, but found it unnecessarily heavy. Now, I have a good length of heavy gauge chain and a sold Master lock. Nobody has messed with my unis anywhere I've left them.

johnfoss · 2009-09-16, 12:27 AM

A thick chain is pretty theft-proof as long as your lock is bolt-cutter-proof. The reason U-locks are more popular is the weight difference.

2009-09-15, 03:57 AM	#1
Nomadic MUni Extremeist Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 125	Best Unicycle Pic! ~I was always curios what you would do with your unicycle if you rode it to the store, and now I know! The best part is that it was locked to the bike rack using handcuffs... (Image credit to PeopleofWalmart.com) Attached Images Last edited by Nomadic; 2009-09-15 at 04:00 AM.

2009-09-15, 08:31 AM	#3
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,927	I wonder what that unicycle did wrong? __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

2009-09-15, 07:15 PM	#6
1-wheeled-grape Scott Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colchester, Essex, England Age: 20 Posts: 4,408	free drink ehh... have to remember that one I'm considering riding to college, I'll just lock through the wheel and either through the seat or take the seat off and put it in my locker Saying that i could take the frame off too :L that would be even funnier! __________________ This is no longer a blank signature, that is all

2009-09-15, 09:40 PM	#9
petad ... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CHASKA, MN, USA Age: 18 Posts: 674	I just loop my bike lock through the space in my frame between the double crown and the normal crown, and through the wheel __________________ )--360unispin-O 2nd )-Crankflip-'O, 5th

2009-09-15, 10:08 PM	#10
Trevor Staader Trials is pretty good Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Far North coast, NSW Australia Age: 18 Posts: 2,284	In my town with the population of 500 Im the only unicyclist so it would easy to find the person who stole my unicycle. __________________ 85cm static sidehop 200cm gap 80 second standstill

2009-09-15, 06:42 PM	#5
DoctorPunch Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 102	I usually just find a high spot to stow it or bring it in. I don't think I ever tried to bring my uni anywhere where they didn't allow it. Hell, If I bring it to a bar it's a guaranteed free drink!

2009-09-15, 11:49 PM	#14
Peripatet Sometime one-wheeler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hawaii! Posts: 471	As cheeky a picture as this is, the handcuffs are really much less secure than a U lock or even a chain with a good padlock. Any 15 year old with a bobby pin and Youtube access can shim 4 out of the 5 most common handcuffs in the world in a matter of seconds. I used to use a big Krypton U lock on my uni, but found it unnecessarily heavy. Now, I have a good length of heavy gauge chain and a sold Master lock. Nobody has messed with my unis anywhere I've left them.

2009-09-16, 12:27 AM	#15
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,927	A thick chain is pretty theft-proof as long as your lock is bolt-cutter-proof. The reason U-locks are more popular is the weight difference. __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

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