James Hill

A little wobbly, but at last!  Proof that I really do unicycle…

Andrew, Andy, Chris and I went out for a little potter at Hope Cross.

Andrew has a .kml file and more information here.

Andy coming down a rocky path - pure madness at speed!

The damage for the day was:

Andrew - Skinned elbow, pretty patterns on his left calf from his front deraileur (pictures here).  Lost a tooth, but only on his rear mech.
Andy - Pinch flat on his front tyre.
James - TWO pinch flats on his rear tyre, and lost the bolt to the rear QR skewer on the way home.

We went out for a little jaunt at Delamere.

Kyle trying out the unicycle, with Jerry providing a little support.

Jerry and James Hill resting at the top of a hill.

Glyn flying down a track.

Jerry took a GPS log of the trip too.

On the day of the planned trip to Delamere the weather wasn’t looking good, so Andy and I went out to my local park to play around.

First crash of the day was me going down an easy rollable drop off, getting it a bit wrong and going over the handlebars. This was followed about 30 seconds later with the second crash of the day where I tried taking the steps down, and slipped off the back of the bike. Andy of course had had no trouble with those steps.

The highlight for me was going over one of my nemeses - a small drop off that I messed up on a couple of years ago and ended up bleeding all over. Andy managed it after a few tries, and then he managed to coax me over. Hooray! Thanks Andy! All that’s left now are those steps of death near Andrew’s house.

No pictures or videos this time, I’ll make sure to take my camera next time. The next day out is Wharncliffe on the 22nd.

This is a video of me biking down the steps of Rivington Pike last year. It’s much steeper looking in person than on the film!

James biking down the steps at Rivington Pike