For far too long people have looked down upon the unicycle, ridiculing riders for how silly they look perched up high above a single wheel. It’s time that one-wheel lovers unite and take over the streets of New York! That’s just what the NYC Unicycle Festival is planning to do over Labor Day weekend.
To kick things off on Thursday, August 31, unicyclists will meet up in Battery Park and cruise up the West Side before rolling to Central Park for a loop. The next day, on Friday, September 1, Brooklyn Unicycle Day features a massive group ride over the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island—more than 13 miles on one wheel.
As for Saturday, September 2, the festival’s main event will be held in Queens. Activities include a learn-to-ride area, basketball competition games, demonstrations, workshops in Seven Gables Playground (210 Street & Oceania Street) and mountain unicycle rides on the Cunningham Park Mountain Cycle Path.
The fun wraps up on Sunday, September 3, with a unicycle club meeting at Grant’s Tomb. Anyone interested in learning to ride a unicycle can come find out more.
The free, four-day event is presented by the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and features dozens of one-wheeled riders sure to turn heads. All ages are welcome to attend. Here's the full schedule.
