Prelude

As my 5-yr-old began to ride her bike faster, more often, and over longer distances than I can comfortably run, I started looking at my options. I can ride my bike along with her, but on steep uphills I have to hop on and off the bike every time she needs a push. Inline skates seemed like a good idea, so I started shopping for a new pair online. (I tossed my 10-yr-old Aeroblades a few years ago, since the plastic was starting to fall apart. I rode the heck out of them, and they were worth every cent, but they'd seen too many miles and too much abuse.)

Somehow as I looked for new rollerblades online, I stumbled across the Solowheel. It seemed a little expensive, and I wasn't sure how well it would work, so I hit youtube and searched for some footage. Six hours later, with bleary eyes and tired fingers, I decided that I HAD to have one! Not quite having the cash onhand, I listed my Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8G lens on Craigslist to cover the difference. (I have 24-70 and an 80-200 2.8 lenses now, so this one wasn't seeing all that much use lately, and I was feeling guilty looking at it gathering dust on the shelf.) And then I placed my order.

Now here I sit, waiting for my order status to shift to "Shipped", and searching for more and more youtubers that like to solowheel. I found three people with some excellent videos up:

Solowheela
Nicholas Yu
Pierre Ismail

I thought a blog would be a good way to chronicle my new adventure, so here goes nothing!