I ride a unicycle, a vehicle that touches the ground with only one wheel.
Thats cool, how old are unicycles anyway?
The US patents for them were published in 1869 by Frederick Myers.
thats so old, are they hard to ride?
Without a rider, they have no stability, but a proficient unicyclist is more stable than a proficient bicyclist.
damn, i guess it takes a lot of learning so they would control it better, are they very common or less popular?
It is very common in circuses, with street performers, and in festivals.
O ok, makes sense since its a neat trick. Were they invented before or after the bicycle? I know tricycles were first if i remember correctly.
unicycling and street unicycling.
Unicycles compared to other pedal powered vehicles.
Bicycles, tricycles and quadracycles share (with minor variations) several basic parts including wheels, pedals, cranks, forks, and the saddle with unicycles.
Without a rider, unicycles lack stability – however, a proficient unicyclist is usually more stable than a similarly proficient rider on a bicycle as the wheel is not constrained by the linear axis of a frame.
Unicycles usually, but not always, lack brakes, gears, and the ability
trials.
History.
US patents for single-wheeled 'velocipedes' were published in 1869 by Frederick Myers and in 1881 by Battista Scuri.
Unicycle design has developed since the Penny Farthing and later the advent of the first unicycle into many variations including: the seatless unicycle ("ultimate wheel") and the tall ("giraffe") unicycle. During the late 1980s some extreme sportsmen took an interest in the unicycle and modified unicycles to enable them to engage in off-road or mountain unicycling, trials