Butler Wobble

Photo by Emily Walley for Open Streets PGH   We've still been riding. Have you? Friday nights have been beginner/hang out sessions at Riverfront Park with  Thick Bikes   from 6:30-8:30pm (weather permitting). We also are part of  Open Streets PGH . The May date has come and gone, but you can join us on June 26th from 9am to 1pm. We're moving a couple of doors down the street this time from our usual location.  Bar Marco  has been a big supporter of Open Streets and has graciously provided us with their nice flat parking lot for try a uni demos! We're also doing some muni too.  Several of us raced the 6 Hours of Brady's Run  at the beginning of May as solo unis.  We're going to be racing the Fat Tire Challenge in Sigel on June 18th as well. We've had several people over the past few weeks tell us that learning to unicycle is on their bucket list.  We can help you scratch that one off.  Join us!

First up- New News: Lumber Cross, the indoor cyclocross race at The Wheel Mill will have a unicycle division.  We will be racing a bit later in the evening.  The uni race will be sometime after 7pm.   http://www.thewheelmill.com/lumber-cross-2016/ That means our Y session most likely will only be from 4:30-5:30 on the 5th so we can head to Pittsburgh to catch some of the bike racing fun as well. The next weekend, March 12, the YMCA will be having an evening event requiring both gyms so we will not be meeting to ride indoors. Now- The Wood Fest Recap: To say this was an AMAZING event would be an understatement.  The contests were a blast for both the bikes and unis (sometimes both at the same time), the uni demos were a success, and the hanging out was off the hook- and went well into the next morning.  Since this was year 2 with camping, it's looking like it's an annual event.  If you ride unis or bikes or both, you should plan on making the ...

Join us at  The Wheel Mill  for Wood Fest.  The late breaking details are: There will be Uni Demos from  THICK Bikes  (they're a  Unicycle.com  dealer), a learner session, and Uni Categories in the contests throughout the day.  As of now that will entail a Skinny Contest, a XC Loop Time Trial, and a Foot Down.  We may even have another contest or two as well. We'll also be camping out. We went to the inaugural Wood Fest last winter, and it was the BEST DAY EVER (at least for the middle of winter)! For more details (and to snag a camping spot), follow the link:   http://www.thewheelmill.com/wood-fest-2016/ Join the fun of one!

Last night was Jesse's first time aboard a 36.  Finding one to fit him at this stage of his life is a bit of a challenge.  Thanks to  Unicycle.com  and Chris at  Thick Bikes , the planets aligned and a Nightfox was available for demo.  The world won't ever be the same. As you can see, the week before was chocked full of good times too. You can join the fun.  We are at The Wheel Mill most every Friday night.  There's a discount for uni riders. We've got free loaner unis available (Trials and 24" muni) all the time. Last night we got to meet a new rider who has been riding for less than a week.  Ashley's already riding around the nice big open Beginner Room upstairs and working on her freemounting. We're at the YMCA in Butler on Saturdays from 4:30-6:30pm as well.  It's FREE to learn there too. Can't ride yet?  It's time to learn.  Why?  IT'S FUN!

Thanks Liz Wilson for the photo! It's been a bit since you've seen some news here.  Rest assured, that's NOT because we've been inactive.  Quite the contrary, we've been too busy riding to keep the virtual end of things up to date. The picture above is from the  6 Hours of Brady's Run  race on May 10th.  We're all smiling because this was before it went all down.  Yes, we had a unicycle class with 8 total entries.  It was definitely a FANTASTIC experience.  Not only because we had a great group of riders- including Liz and James from out of state, but because the organizers do an amazing job of putting on an event that welcomes all levels of riders.  6 Hours is a long time to ride a unicycle, but it's much easier when you're sharing the experience with other cycling brothers and sisters- even if they have 2x as many wheels. The weekend immediately after Brady's Run we went to Dirt Rag's Dirt Fest .  We've been there in some ...

We've always dreamed of a place to brush up on our off road chops regardless of the weather.  Now it exists.  The Wheel Mill  is Pittsburgh's indoor mountain bike park.  And, thanks to Harry and crew, unicycles are welcome too! So, what better way to celebrate this than a weekly uni gathering there?  That's right, mUni Mondays are BACK!  Who's it for?  EVERYONE!  We're looking to increase unicycle ridership in the region.  By now you may have heard that the North American Unicycling Convention and Championships are going to be right here in Butler County from July 21-27 2013.  We want to celebrate this event and encourage people not to give up their bikes, but to expand their horizons.  Unicycling is fantastic for balance and core strength- necessary attributes for biking as well.  As a matter of fact, their great skills for most humans to possess in spades. We want to give people the chance to try unicycling and brush u...