Teetering and pedaling, people gathered on Governors Island over the Labor Day weekend to play basketball, hockey, and wrestle sumo-style—all while riding unicycles. The NYC Unicycle Festival is a yearly event, with lessons to coax spectators into becoming beginner unicyclists, games for the more adventurous, and a 13-mile unicycle ride across Brooklyn for the most lionhearted of unicyclists.
City in Focus: One Wheel, Fun Wheel
By Henry Chan
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