Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Don't try this at home kids until you are very comfortable riding your wheel. I took the Tesla for a beach ride today (New Years Eve) and the crowds were insane. I thought you might enjoy some of the sights and sounds of the Santa Monica Pier and the challenges of riding among so many people. Edited January 1, 2018 by Marty Backe 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post outcast00096 Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 2 a.m. Kingsong 16 traveling in Beaverton, OR - 41 (or was it 43) degrees. . I never go this way at night. I find out why. I encounter probably the worst crack I've ever seen in my life that makes me sad I wasn't riding the KS18. Took me 3 hours to edit because I'm noob. Thanks. Part 2 of the ride that I decided to edit. Part 1 is on in its entirety. Part 3... Well, I met a weird lady who was wearing all white and it definitely not what should have been worn for 41 degrees. Legit looked like the ghost from white day, didn't get footage of her though cuz had cam off at the point. Anyway, here you go. Edited January 1, 2018 by outcast00096 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Some sights & sounds of the Venice Beach boardwalk on New Years Eve Edited January 1, 2018 by Marty Backe 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psices Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) I don't know what impressed me most about this video. The maneuvering skills, the spontaneous circles, the rock steady camera angle, or the audio track (listen to it with headphones, pretty sure I heard Zeplin). I sure do like the style (black on black (Tesla) with a little red accent on the pads) nice. I would like to make that ride someday. Edited January 1, 2018 by Psices 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Psices said: I don't know what impressed me most about this video. The maneuvering skills, the spontaneous circles, the rock steady camera angle, or the audio track (listen to it with headphones, pretty sure I heard Zeplin). I sure do like the style (black on black (Tesla) with a little red accent on the pads) nice. I would like to make that ride someday. Glad you liked the video. I always enjoy riding here. The soundtrack is the background sounds of Venice Beach, and I think someone was playing a bit of Zeppelin somewhere along the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rehab1 Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 10 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Some sights & sounds of the Venice Beach boardwalk on New Years Eve Awesome video! I can hardly wait to head to my nearest beach! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Wow, Marty, you're on a roll (no pun intended... or tbh totally intended) with all these videos! The Tesla no longer does the Gotway Dance, right? Otherwise I would be worried about everyone's shins in a potential loss of balance (like when you had to step down two times) in the really dense crowds. Just imagine it with the ACM... I also like how often you go to the same spots. Now you're not just showing the sights and sounds, you're also part of the human beach inventory and sights and sounds yourself Maybe some local people already said "Oh, this guy again" to themselves when you sped by once more Cool to see the famous California incline from the EUC perspective. They rebuilt that road/ramp recently, if I remember correctly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 38 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Wow, Marty, you're on a roll (no pun intended... or tbh totally intended) with all these videos! The Tesla no longer does the Gotway Dance, right? Otherwise I would be worried about everyone's shins in a potential loss of balance (like when you had to step down two times) in the really dense crowds. Just imagine it with the ACM... I also like how often you go to the same spots. Now you're not just showing the sights and sounds, you're also part of the human beach inventory and sights and sounds yourself Maybe some local people already said "Oh, this guy again" to themselves when you sped by once more Cool to see the famous California incline from the EUC perspective. They rebuilt that road/ramp recently, if I remember correctly. I've ridden my other Gotway wheels in these conditions. It's pretty easy to just step off the wheel in a controlled manner, at 1-mph, so I'm not worried about the Gotway Dance in these conditions. This was the first time I took a wheel up the "Incline". There are so many places to explore that just about every ride I can find an unexplored spot to travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CaptainKBLS Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) A short video when I was at Atlantic City last week. It was cold!!! My face was numb and could barely talk after the ride. This is no match to Sana Monica beach! SIGH!!!! Edited January 1, 2018 by CaptainKBLS 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainKBLS Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Marty Backe said: I was there last year and really wanted to see all but no EUC then. SIGH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 47 minutes ago, CaptainKBLS said: A short video when I was at Atlantic City last week. It was cold!!! My face was numb and could barely talk after the ride. This is no match to Sana Monica beach! SIGH!!!! Looks like a fantastic place to ride, when it's warm. With your description of the cold along with the wind sounds, this video was bone chilling Using a full-face helmet is probably very helpful in these conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 It is videos like these that show just how useful and how in their element wheels are. Relaxed touring in mixed pedestrian and bicycle crowds. Now do most of you guys live close by or do you have some distance to travel to get to these places? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 58 minutes ago, LanghamP said: It is videos like these that show just how useful and how in their element wheels are. Relaxed touring in mixed pedestrian and bicycle crowds. Now do most of you guys live close by or do you have some distance to travel to get to these places? This area is about a 25-mile drive from where I live. But it's only a few miles from where I work so I get out there often during long lunch 'hours'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemoy Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 17 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Don't try this at home kids until you are very comfortable riding your wheel. I took the Tesla for a beach ride today (New Years Eve) and the crowds were insane. I thought you might enjoy some of the sights and sounds of the Santa Monica Pier and the challenges of riding among so many people. @Marty Backe, you need to learn to go slow, you are still doing the side to side for slow movement compensation. It isn't fast enough for walking speeds. you need to learn to twist with your upper body. I was thinking of doing a video to teach what I've learned but haven't gotten around to it since it is soooo cold here. try going slower than walking, the tilting the EUC side to side will not work and takes too much work on the lets. If you just stand up straight, even with legs locked, you can just do simple twist with the body to compensate and you will be able to go slower than walking. I think it would be a fun game to challenge everyone to go as slow as you can for 15ft. Simple enough to mark out a strip 15ft long and try to time yourself going from beginning to the end. see how slow you can go. the highest time wins without going backwards. only forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainKBLS Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I'm 30 min. to DC, 3-4 hours to AC and about 4hrs to NYC. We had a little get away at AC. Visited NYC 2 days but didn't take any videos for obvious reasons (super cold). And I don't have a gopro. In less than a year, I've collected 3 EUCs now. I'm looking forward to more riding with my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, eddiemoy said: @Marty Backe, you need to learn to go slow, you are still doing the side to side for slow movement compensation. It isn't fast enough for walking speeds. you need to learn to twist with your upper body. I was thinking of doing a video to teach what I've learned but haven't gotten around to it since it is soooo cold here. try going slower than walking, the tilting the EUC side to side will not work and takes too much work on the lets. If you just stand up straight, even with legs locked, you can just do simple twist with the body to compensate and you will be able to go slower than walking. I think it would be a fun game to challenge everyone to go as slow as you can for 15ft. Simple enough to mark out a strip 15ft long and try to time yourself going from beginning to the end. see how slow you can go. the highest time wins without going backwards. only forward. I feel competent enough riding slowly. Keep in mind that I'm holding a camera and filming while riding which may affect the end result that you see here. And it's one thing to ride slowly on a side walk (what you may be describing) and wholly another experience to ride among a throng of semi-randomly moving people on extremely rough pier timbers. For the times that I must thread a route through a crowd my technique is sufficient for me. But if you want to film yourself while riding within a dynamic crowd I'd love to see it. Otherwise it's just theory. Edited January 1, 2018 by Marty Backe 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 hours ago, CaptainKBLS said: A short video when I was at Atlantic City last week. It was cold!!! My face was numb and could barely talk after the ride. This is no match to Sana Monica beach! SIGH!!!! That's the first time I've seen video of the boardwalk, wow, that's long! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainKBLS Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 It's much longer than that. I could only get a short time to ride. It was around 4:30pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemoy Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Marty Backe said: I feel competent enough riding slowly. Keep in mind that I'm holding a camera and filming while riding which may affect the end result that you see here. And it's one thing to ride slowly on a side walk (what you may be describing) and wholly another experience to ride among a throng of semi-randomly moving people on extremely rough pier timbers. For the times that I must thread a route through a crowd my technique is sufficient for me. But if you want to film yourself while riding within a dynamic crowd I'd love to see it. Otherwise it's just theory. It isn't a theory, I learned it riding on the crowded sidewalks in NYC. NYC sidewalks more crowded than what you see here on the broad walk. it is more narrow and more people. They are sometimes really rough and cracked. Not smooth like in other cities. I was riding with a bunch of friends who didn't have EUC's and had to go really show. The technique I started out using is what you used here, the side to side motion which isn't enough to compensate when you go slower. It also was really taxing to do the side to side leaning of the EUC and it wasn't effective when going really slow. I was able to go slower than walking with the new technique which is the upper body twisting. I learned it from riding the manual unicycle. If you see people riding manual unicycle they have to twist their body to keep from falling when going slow. Edited January 2, 2018 by eddiemoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmethvin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 hours ago, eddiemoy said: It also was really taxing to do the side to side leaning of the EUC and it wasn't effective when going really slow. I actually like to use the side-to-side wiggle when I'm going slow because it helps to work out some of the tension and cramps in my legs and feet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Unicyclist Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 23 minutes ago, dmethvin said: I actually like to use the side-to-side wiggle when I'm going slow because it helps to work out some of the tension and cramps in my legs and feet. It's all cued up... Just click below to see that wiggle. https://youtu.be/wyx6JDQCslE?t=2m12s BTW - If you go back to the start of this clip (on Venice Beach), can anyone tell if that EUC-ist in the background is our very own Marty? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 51 minutes ago, The Fat Unicyclist said: It's all cued up... Just click below to see that wiggle. https://youtu.be/wyx6JDQCslE?t=2m12s BTW - If you go back to the start of this clip (on Venice Beach), can anyone tell if that EUC-ist in the background is our very own Marty? Is there a way for me to un-see this video Funny how I recognize the background scenes now that I ride this area so much. Too bad EUCs had not been invented at the time of this video, otherwise we could have gotten into the action. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Unicyclist Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 52 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: Is there a way for me to un-see this video Funny how I recognize the background scenes now that I ride this area so much. Too bad EUCs had not been invented at the time of this video, otherwise we could have gotten into the action. Yep... An "anonymous" unicyclist riding an Mten3 along the bar top (while wearing a sparkly thong) would have done wonders for our fetish hobby! And, no! This can't be unseen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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