Butler Wobble

There will be no unicycling at the Y this Saturday, December 23rd. We will resume the 30th from 4:30-6:30pm in gym 1.  If you get a new uni for the holidays, show up and show off!

We do a lot of riding outdoors. What you may not know is several of us actually do a lot of trail building as well. How much? Over the past 2 years 5 of us have over 1,100 hours invested in Alameda Singletrack . We see unicycling and biking (and hiking too) to be a vital part in an overall healthy community. While you may not have the time to spend in the woods building super sweet trail, we'd like to invite you to make your own contribution. The Alameda Singletrack project is one of the recipients of the International Mountain Biking Association 's (IMBA) Dig In Grant. THIS IS HUGE NEWS!  We NEED to raise as much money as we can so building an AMAZING local trail system can continue. We've built close to 6 miles so far, but we aren't even 1/2 way done. If you haven't checked out Alameda Singletrack yet, PLEASE do. And DONATE HERE .

As we noted in the last post, we're all about people trying unicycling for free. So are our friends at  #UnicyclesAreAThing .   They are friends in real life and not just virtually (as many things go these days). And, while they are now one of the newest Unicycling Society of America affiliated clubs, they already have some positive press in the Post-Gazette Uni Story that ran recently. And though they are now a new official club, they've been functioning for a few years with the same mission as we have: get people to try unicycling for FREE! There's a good chance that if you're reading this and are in the Pittsburgh region that you've already had the opportunity to join them or us (Butler Wobble) to try riding. I know I've mentioned the FREE aspect a whole lot recently. As with anything though, there is a cost incurred somewhere by someone. In the case of almost anything in our society, there are times when liability insurance is necessary. If you h...

The last post was about 3 months ago. That DOESN'T mean we haven't been riding and active. Quite the contrary, we've just got a routine. And it's a pretty good one. From the Autumn Daylight Saving Time to Spring Daylight Saving Time we've got regular beginner (and everyone else is welcome too) FREE sessions at the Butler Y on Saturdays. We also ride Friday nights at The Wheel Mill indoor bike (and uni) park. But, it's not that time of year. It's early July. And since the last post we've had FREE uni demos at the Y's Healthy Kids Day. And we had FREE uni demos at Dirt Rag's Dirt Fest (PA version). We also had a pretty fun group ride there as well. On our advanced rider end, we also had a pretty fun reviewing of the NAUCC 2013 Marathon course one fun Sunday. We also raced 6 Hour's of Brady's Run as a wobble of uni solos. And there's been FREE beginner unicycling with #UnicyclesAreAThing every Friday night from 6:30-...

Since Daylight Saving Time has hit, indoor attendance has been down.  So, April 1st will be our last session at the   Butler YMCA   for the season. Never fear, we will return to the Y in November. If you want to try unicycling for free in the interim, we will be working with   Thick Bikes   at their   # UnicyclesAreAThing   on Friday nights at Riverfront Park starting in May. We will also be at   Open Streets PGH   in the Summer. Thanks for such a great season! Get outside and ride!

Photo courtesy of Mike Briggs   It's the first day of 2017.  2016 is behind us.  Isn't it time you learned to unicycle?  We'd LOVE to see more people give it a try this year.  For now we're at the Butler Y every Saturday through the end of March from 4:30- 6:30pm.  As always, due to the generosity of the Y, unicycling is completely FREE!  You don't even have to be a Y member!  You do need to fill out a waiver  (under 18 needs a parent's signature) and wear a helmet.  We have extra helmets, and extra unicycles.   As the year progresses, we'll be at a lot of other events as well, but for now, let's keep it simple.  Y on Saturdays.  If you're new to unicycling, you can do it if you can ride a bike. Make it a point to hold to this resolution of learning to unicycle and join us.   We need more people for the pyramid.