Banner Forbutt, one wheel cycle, Brighton, Sussex

Apr. 17 One way to get a light: When you're riding a one wheeled cycle which needs a ladder to mount, the only way to get a light for the cigarette without dismounting is to ride alongside a bus and ask a passenger on the top deck. People in Brighton are getting used to this while Banner Forbutt, appearing at the Ice Circus there, is in town. Lucky Brighton has open-decked buses. Banner Forbutt's job is always in the balance: Riding a one wheel cycle needs a nice sense of balance. Keeping himself eight feet off the ground up a slender shaft mounted on a single wheel, twisting the little pedals, this magician of the wheel is a constant source of amusement to those who see Brighton's Ice Circus, and to local citizens who are now getting used to seeing him make his way to and from the theatre on his strange vehicle. The local police wave him on just as if he was any other cyclist, and don't be surprised if you ride on the top deck of a bus and he leans over the side and asks you for a light. The technique of balancing and riding backwards and forwards on the specially made cycle took Banner years of thought, experiment and practice. Today, it comes as second nature to him

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