Mastodawn

Why do folk go cycling low? Cycling high is obviously what you should do!

@ruario i could not do that (i would fall fall fall) but i got much admiration for folks who do!

@ranjit it is not as bad as it looks. It's just as riding a normal cycling contraption but high up! 😆

@ruario mounting and dismounting is what I’d find scary! Hmm and also pausing such as at a traffic light.

@ranjit mounting is actually surprisingly straightforward (so is dismounting). And cycling slow is not hard.

@ruario thank you for showing how to do it! (i'm still not gonna try it)

@ranjit @ruario I’d try it but I’m too far away!

@aubi If you turn up in Norway at a point, just contact via Oulipo and you can try. 😉

@ruario @aubi [Oslo airport, guard looking at passport]

— What brings you to Norway? Work? Tourism?

— I'm going to try tall biking!

— .... ??

@ranjit Sounds about right.

On a particular flying occasion, I brought along a contraption for unicycling.

My discussion with a guard at bag audit:

👮 What is this?

🧔 It's just a cycling apparatus, with a singular ground touch point.

👮 What? For clowns?

🤡 No not for clowns… Ok sort of.

@ruario @ranjit @aubi i had to pass airport guards with two pairs spooky all hallows’ bonz plus switchblayd sporks. much fun (!)

@ira @ruario @ranjit I took a Blobulator to NYC and also MSP by air, and nobody took a look in its box. 🤷