I went up to the Fort Wayne juggling festival last weekend. It was fun, and very low key. There were maybe 30 or so people there, so it was much smaller than your average regional jugglefest, but it was a nice little gathering.
There were two things about the fest that were awesome. One was that Tom Miller of the Unicycle factory there, and two, he and other people brought some of his creations.
Tom is the guy you call if you have any bicycle or unicyle related oddball request. He has made all manner of normal and normal-ish unicycles like various heights of giraffe unicycles:
(By the way, it’s called a giraffe when the pedals are higher than the wheel so there is a chain that connects them.) (more…)