Monday, April 18, 2011
Travelling in wheel comfort
We’re all thankful for our cars when we have to undertake a long journey or cross harsh terrain, but one 37-year-old man has taken the comfort of four wheels to the extreme – by using just one wheel and travelling through some of the planet’s most difficult locations.
The Canadian unicycler, who has been riding since he was 12 years old, has an amazing talent for unicycling and is fearless when it comes to trekking across the world’s most impressive and dangerous regions.
His one-wheeled talents have won him the 1999 North American, 2002 World and 2005 European unicycle trials championships, as well as an extremely respectable third place in the seven-day mountain BC Bike Race in 2010 – against 500 two-wheeled cyclists!This unicyclist likes to challenge himself and among the achievements he can boast about are riding through the jungles of Bolivia, travelling the length of the Great Wall of China, and cycling down the side of a 6000 metre volcano – all on his one wheel.
This man brings a new meaning to the word off-roading!
The unicyclist, who is also a professional geoscientist states, “I do get some odd looks sometimes on my travels.” We’d have never guessed.
Image by magician14 via photobucket
Labels: car, off-roading, wheel
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posted by Fuse @ 8:24 AM 
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