(not the guy who passed me, but it might as well have been, if you can imagine him going uphill)

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riding my bike

downhill 

using my brakes

to slow down a bit

when

a unicyclist passed me going

uphill

a smile and a nod

no struggle

how is this even a thing?

i’m just trying not to crash

 make it back from town

with

a loaf of bread

no scrapes 

no scratches

no blood

no band-aids needed

dignity mostly intact

on my two-wheel bicycle. 

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here’s what ai had to say about it:

Riding a unicycle uphill requires intense, continuous leg power to fight gravity at the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock pedal positions. Meanwhile, riding a bicycle downhill relies on momentum, gravity, and brake control to safely manage speed.

no big difference really

we each have our skills

i’m on team gravity

for the win

and

 i now can make toast.

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“a bike is just a unicycle with training wheels.”

-common unicyclist joke

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