Austin One Wheelers
Unicycle Club
Who We Are

We are a group of unicyclists from all walks of life.
We have been meeting for distance rides on Cokers, off-road rides, free-style sessions, unicycle hockey, and Unicycle Trials.
Newcomers of all skill levels are welcome to join us.
We meet at various times during the week.

Join our email list or email one of the club contacts below and we will let you know where you can find us.

News
Club Contacts
Links
Take a look at AJ's Mediterranean Unicycle Tour
The MS150. A.J. rides the one from Houston to Austin and maybe the one from San Antonio to Corpus Christi.
Many of us are members of the Texas Juggling Society and go to the Thursday meetings.
Unicycle.com is where we buy uni's and parts.
Many (very few) of us from Austin along with unicyclists from around the world post on the rec.sport.unicycling newsgroup.  If you have a question or comment about unicycling, the newsgroup is always willing to help.
Here's a link to the old website where you can find old photos.
Eric's Gallery of photos and movies
www.texasunicycle.com
 
History of the Club
1894 Formation of the Austin Two Wheelers Bicycling Club
1899 Rift in the group spawns the Austin One Wheelers - a nine-man secret society devoted to unicycling and acrobatic bicycling
1902 Official constitution adopted
1917 Austin Two Wheelers Bicycling Club disbands
1928 Austin One Wheelers changes name to Austin One Wheelers Unicycle Club
1935 Club opens its doors to women with the admittance of Clarice McFarland and Mildred Harris - a couple of daredevils.
1957 Seven members of the club tour Europe with an acrobatic One Wheeled Wild West Show
1958 February - Two members of the Wild West Show severely injured - show is cancelled
1963 First Annual Unicycle Steeplechase
1971 The "Full Moon Unicyclists" - a sub-group of the club begin unicycling through the streets of Austin (clothing optional) on nights with a full moon
1972 April - Last steeplechase to be held due to high injury rate
1979 Christmas - 4 members form a unicycle marching band during the Christmas Parade (Clarinet, Banjo, Trombone, and Sousaphone)
1982 Summer Solstice Unicycle Rally - Unicyclists from all over the world converged on Austin for a unicycle convention.  The steeplechase was held one more time (no injuries).
1989 Artistic Unicycle Ballet becomes more popular with many of the members
1998 Club constitution modified.  The group shall no longer be a secret society.  Began actively and publicly promoting the organization.
1999 November - Club launches website.
2003 July - Club updates website, starts playing unicycle hockey.

 
Legal Disclaimer
Unicycling is a fun and challenging skill that should be left to clowns and other professionals. We do not recommend that everyone try unicycling.  It is a very difficult and dangerous skill that should not be tried by everyone. If you do try unicycling, keep in mind that injuries can happen and that we recommend wearing all of the necessary safety gear which includes, but is not limited to, a helmet, wrist guards, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, and shin guards.  The Austin One Wheelers cannot be held responsible for any injury or damage as a direct or indirect result of someone reading information on this site. Oh yes, and everything typed in red is a lie and should be ignored.