While it’s a well-written article, author Larry Knowles focuses on the whiny nerdy junior high point of view. I’ve got a grown-up friend who unicycles — he has a typical run-of-the-mill unicycle, one with a 3-foot wheel, and a mountain unicycle with a knobby tire and hydraulic brake — and he couldn’t care less about what people thought. He’s out to have a good time, and he does it.

There’s a stellar video of some extreme mountain unicycling (with the stupidest song of all time?) in the article, but the tone of Knowles’ writing is both apologetic and sort of antagonistic. I’d be ashamed to have my name on it.