Can any of you ride a unicycle?

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Originally Posted by fasterspider

Hey Birdgirl, it was almost 30 years since I rode one and had no problem regaining my balance. I bet you could do it if you gave yourself a chance?

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I strongly doubt I could do it now, Fastspider. As it turns out, I was born with a malformation of the very back, low part of my brain, the cerebellum, which governs balance. People who have this malformation compensate for it beautifully as a kid, but they lose that ability as an adult. I began to notice problems when I was in my mid-30s with my balance, which is when they diagnosed the malformation. I ended up having to have some fairly routine brain surgery to help take the pressure off the malformation, but my balance has never been what it was when I was a kid. I can't safely ride a two-wheel bicycle these days without falling off, and so I'm sure I'd be a disaster on a one-wheeler. I want a motorcycle something awful, but my neurologist has said I need to stay off machines that require balancing ability. So I'm fairly certain I'd be a disaster on a unicycle now. Too bad, too. They're a lot of fun!

couldn't pay me to get on one of those damned things.... see i'm like a magnet for injuries.. and sitting on a single wheel just screams "HEY I'M VULNERABLE!!! MAKE ME HURT!"

Ive actually never tried to ride a unicycle before but me and my buddies out of bordom got really good at balancing a wheelchair on the 2 back wheels and just wheeling around doin 360's and stuff. It really gives your arms a good work out too.