CEDAR CITY—When people see Terral Fox
on his mountain unicycle, they often shout things like, “Looks like the
circus is in town,” or “Pop a wheelie,” but Fox says using his “muni” has
actually been less dangerous and a better workout than his mountain bike.
“It’s probably the best workout I’ve
ever had in my life,” Fox said during his presentation at Southern Utah
University’s Outdoor Education Series on Thursday. “A lot of people ask if I
have a death wish or if I’m crazy, but I’ve actually had more injuries on my
mountain bike. On a muni you don’t you don’t coast or go very fast, you only
go as fast as your legs can take you.” Fox originally started unicycling in
elementary school just in the streets, then moved on to a BMX bike that
eventually broke down when he was a teen.
“When the BMX bike broke, I took out
my old unicycle and started doing tricks, just on roads and over rocks,” Fox
said. “I liked going mountain biking so a friend and I tried it on our
unicycles. We thought we invented mountain unicycling but it turns out
people were doing it all over the world.”
See Fox's story, plus photos and video
of him traveling Iron County trails on his muni, in Friday's edition of The
Daily News and online.
