"Of possible interest to some - What I believe to be the first unicycle pictures at HMC (at least as related to what eventually became the HM Unicycle Club) appear in the '72 Spectrum. Page 63 - Dick Jones (current US Ambassador to Lebanon) on unicycle, page 68 myself (Floyd Spencer) and Dick Jones in a unicycle dance step. page 88 - me pushing one of the Bates planes out to taxi-on a unicycle of course."
"I rode my unicycle to class regularly and many other mudders learned to ride on it. Eventually several bought their own. In 1974 a group of us started to perform with a unicycle basketball act called the 'Basket Weavers'. It was started by an employee of a local bicycle shop. Our show featured a basketball game between unicycles and skateboards, and additional stunts performed at halftime. The game was rigged so the unicycles would win in the last minute with a slam dunk from a 6.5 foot unicycle. We also had various home made trick unicycles and an 11 foot tall one. (Schwinn giraffes were not available yet). The Basket Weavers performed at shopping centers (like Montclair Plaza), the now defunct Ontario Motor Speedway and in local parades. We were even paid for our work on occasion. In 1975 the founder of the group had a falling out with his employer and we took over the team. I managed it from fall 1976 to spring 1978. At that time many of the team members graduated and the Basket Weavers dissolved.
"Since the team members were mostly mudders, the publicity director of the college helped us. Due to his efforts, we were featured in the LA times and on television news. There are pictures of the "Basket Weavers" in the 1977 HMC yearbook.
"In addition to the Basket Weavers, we often engaged in other impromptu unicycle activities, like unicycle wrestling in the North Dorm Quad (the object was to outmaneuver your opponent and force him off, preferably by finesse rather than force. Pushing an opponent into a dumpster was extra credit), weaving through the columns in front of Platt center for time (forward, backwards or one footed), riding the 11 foot unicycle (We started from a balcony), or the "Spring Ride" (Every spring a group of unicyclists would ride through the colleges and try our luck with obstacles like walls stairs and fountains).
"We never rode to Foster's Doughnut's but it is definitely a worthy destination. Growing up in Glendora, I knew Foster's well and we used to make a big deal about driving there for jelly doughnut's. Unicycling would have been much better. Glad to hear the tradition of unicycling is alive and well at HMC.
"PS: I still ride the Uni, especially when old friends stop by who will ride with me."