Mike Parenteau - One Wheel

 One wheeled riding, pretty intense. I just wonder how often he has to true his wheel

 Very impressive, looks mighty hard, but I don't think it will ever overtake two wheels, which in my opinion is far superior to unicycling, as it seems just a party trick.

 yeah very impressive but pointless, two wheels is always going to be better. max respect though that takes serious skill and balls

 Kid has skillz. Not for me!

 From personally trying a unicycle I know how ridiculously insane that is this kid is completely sick!!!!! but I dont like how they call it a "bike" becasue obviously bike comes from bicycle and "bi" means two and last time I checked his unicycle had one wheel

 I think they're definitely getting pretty popular. Seems like more people are picking them up. You should see this one kid in Sherwood Park. He can do more tricks on his unicycle than most kids can do on their BMX.

 i think its funny that he goes about the same speed as he does on a bike. he rides a bike VERY slowly.

 Nice work Mike!

 cool or uncool, we all know unicycling is hard. respect to mike for keep on doing his own thing. my buddies and I rode a heli drop run in nelson past summer and mike was one of the local guys who rode the whole thing with us. he was cool guy, quiet but focused. least thats what i thought of him. and yes he can rip on two wheels also. he had a little 4 inch travel brodie with him and he can hang with the best of them. Keep on doing your thing mike!!!

 If he's having fun and making a bit of money - fair enough and I don't mind what he does, as long as trails don’t become full of slow moving clowns, but its's not for me. I can ride one, and juggle on it too, so I know what I'm missing and it’s not that fun compared to proper bikes. Gaps, vert ramps, riding to the pub (school at the time) without being jeered at etc are't possible at least on the fixed wheel unicycles I've ridden as you can't get the speed or any flow as your have to always pedal. The only 'extreme' unicycling would be negotiating ladders or rollable features or plummeting off drops like a lemming – like in the clip. I think he will be disappointed when he compares his time in that race and it turns out not to be very ‘close’ at all. I can’t see how a berm can be railed and how any more air than falling or a hop is possible. Anyway, maybe it’s all just the way the interview was edited together making it sound more stupid and claiming he can do anything better on one wheel (backed up with a speeded up clip) which he can’t. Maybe better doesn’t mean faster or bigger - he’ll be a long time arguing that at a race. No comparison to two wheels but each to their own.

 I think he can go somewhere. Chris Holmes made a career of uni trials for a while, but I've never seen a DH racer on a uni. Personally I don't think you can match the speed and big air that regular bikes can get on a uni, but his vids are still fun to watch. Props for pursuing your dreams man, good luck.

 alright, so this story is pretty awesome, but seriously, its been done like a million times. I DO NOT NEED TO HERE ABOUT HOW UNIQUE UNICYCLING IS EVER AGAIN, i think we all get the point..shit rogue

 wonder if this will gain popularity soon. i can see one wheel being an advantage occasionally

 Until unicycles can hit big gaps, or hit up a sweet DJ rythm section; its not for me, I'll stick with 2 wheels

 I wonder if you could hook up a planetary gear system like the hammerschmidt so you can go faster without having to freewheel down the hills.

 choke-cough-gasp... the consept that unicycling is for clouns is a larger steriotype than saying all chinees people can't drive

 That's gotta make you way faster on your bike. If you can ride crazy technical stuff on a Unicycle, You should be able to kill it on a bike!!! Good luck to him in The World cup. I'd love to see a unicycler try some vert dirt jump's tho.

 K hes got skill at it. But who gives a fuck its unicycling!!! its not a sport its something clowns do in circuses! No matter how good you are at it it still looks stupid

 wait... chinese people can drive...???

 oh man, i don't like this for mountain biking style but that takes some serious practice...

 Unicycles still aren't cool.

 if he goes just as fast on his unicycle as his dh bike, then he needs some practice.

 all u guys that say unicycling is for noobs are fail. like come on! dont be gay! riding a uni is the most fun in the world!

 Would take serious skills to do that. More fitting as a circus act.

 that's bad for the industry.

 Respect!

 I think he look stupid pedaling a one wheeled thing..imo