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[Hunka Hunka Burning Love]

ノー根性なしの栄光！

[Toshio Uemura]

1 hour ago, mrelwood said:

warn them and get out of the way!

What a selfish rowdy ? mentality reveals itself here. Pedestrians ?‍♀️ should never be expected to get out of our way. We have the responsibility to ride with utmost care around pedestrians, if we ever want our hobby (or mode of transportation) be embraced and accepted by the greater public. Good manners are key when riding your eHorse! I am sure you know that, but your language does not reflect it. ? 

[The Fat Unicyclist]

3 hours ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said:

I like the stealthiness of the Tesla.  You can roll up behind people and creep them for quite some time before they realize you're there.

I was doing that today... I had to "test ride" a new KS-16S, so thought it would be good to do around the Wellington waterfront, at lunchtime.

So there are all these pained looking runners out there, and I can just slide up until I am just in their line of sight... So many of them see me and then try to increase their speed. All the while I can just stand there "aimlessly". And just when they reach that point of, "What the f..." I just lean forward a little and leave them somewhere way behind me.

I do feel a little bad for doing this, but only a little.   

[Arbolest]

2 hours ago, Marty Backe said:

I guarantee that pedestrians hear my ACM2 coming, with it's very unique sound. Also, if you install a knobby tire like I did on one of my ACMs, they hear that too 

So true. It sounds like some kind of race car engine. xD

[Toshio Uemura]

39 minutes ago, The Fat Unicyclist said:

 

I do feel a little bad for doing this, but only a little.   

A little is good. It’s a first step. ? 

And you can always argue: „I just helped them train harder!“ 

That’s what I say to myself.

Edited August 17, 2018 by Toshio Uemura

[mrelwood]

1 hour ago, Toshio Uemura said:

What a selfish rowdy ? mentality reveals itself here. Pedestrians ?‍♀️ should never be expected to get out of our way. We have the responsibility to ride with utmost care around pedestrians, if we ever want our hobby (or mode of transportation) be embraced and accepted by the greater public. Good manners are key when riding your eHorse! I am sure you know that, but your language does not reflect it. ? 

You are right, I didn’t word it properly at all! I meant situations where there is no other way to pass than to go very close by. Usually they are a person walking in the middle of the road, or two or more persons occupying most of the road. Or anyone with a dog. I don’t use the bell to tell them to ”get out of MY way”, but to tell them that someone is coming and wishes to pass.

And I never pass going as fast as most bicyclists. You are absolutely right about the good manners as well!

[Alien Rides]

Threw together a short hovershoe video when I got the chance to play with some in Vegas during the PEVRA event. Thought you all might enjoy:

 

[Carl Svanfelt]

1 hour ago, Alien Rides said:

Threw together a short hovershoe video when I got the chance to play with some in Vegas during the PEVRA event. Thought you all might enjoy:

 

Hi,

This was a different, fun and nice video, and I like your humor . Good work!

[Toshio Uemura]

If the sun is just low enough on the horizon even dwarfs like me throw looooonnngg shadows.

Just practicing how to get in and out of speed wobbles at low to midrange speeds. This is my racing track, a dead end road in the middle of nowhere. Now here I don’t have to worry about incoming traffic.

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by Toshio Uemura

[Toshio Uemura]

Tesla-Go-Round

 

[ED209]

@Toshio Uemura , Excellent go around! I am currently trying to do this on my Inmotion V8, I can go forwards but have problems trying to get it to turn on the spot,  Any tips on how to this would be grateful! 

Edited August 17, 2018 by Edddeus

[Toshio Uemura]

30 minutes ago, Edddeus said:

@Toshio Uemura , Excellent go around! I am currently trying to do this on my Inmotion V8, I can go forwards but have problems trying to get it to turn on the spot,  Any tips on how to this would be grateful! 

First of all, the V8 is a great wheel to practice this due to its high pedals and light weight. Below is another clip where you might get the important steps a bit easier. Practicing this with the Z10. Now you first have to learn to ride on one leg. There are tutorials on this for beginners on YouTube. Important is to keep your main foot as closely to the whole side of the wheel, as if glued to it with superglue, so you have complete control over the wheel with this foot. This may be a bit painful at the beginning and it takes a while to find this one sweet spot. You can practice along a wall at the beginning, so that you can experiment around a bit and get used to the pressure on your foot. Once you have learned to ride on one foot and can move around the other foot freely to the front and back and over the front to the other side of the wheel and back. You can put some momentum into these moves. Best you start with your main food on the wheel and the other food a few steps away from the wheel pinned to the ground like a pair of compasses ready to draw a ⭕️ circle. Then just try to ride around this leg in a circle faster and faster until you can lift it up. But keep it away from the wheel and it’s pedal. You might want to move one pedal up, so that you can not injure your leg. The pedals are quite sharp and can cause nasty wounds.

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by Toshio Uemura

[ED209]

Again, Excellent skills! Will try this when I get the time, Thankyou!

Edited August 17, 2018 by Edddeus

[winterwheel]

9 hours ago, Marty Backe said:

I guarantee that pedestrians hear my ACM2 coming, with it's very unique sound. Also, if you install a knobby tire like I did on one of my ACMs, they hear that too 

While pedestrians can likely hear me I carry a bell anyway; it is a great help to have them move out of the way. Also, the number one question I get from cyclists-with-an-axe-to-grind is "does that thing even have a bell'? It's very nice to have one handy and ring it in response as I speed away.

[Toshio Uemura]

25 minutes ago, Edddeus said:

Again, Excellent skills! Will try this when I get the time, Thankyou!

You are very welcome! This is how you may want to start:

 

The next guy is quite good at explaining this, much better than I can do it. I hope it helps. Please take good care not to get ? injured.

 

 

Have fun!

[Rama Douglas]

Some fun vids here from our FB live goofing off the other day...

Pt. 1:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155669054701546&id=673036545

Pt. 2: 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155669063456546&id=673036545

Pt. 3:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155669070261546&id=673036545

[Mike Sacristan]

Today's adventures.

 

Practicing some easy trails nearby, roots are the worst! Then I got stuck out in the rain... kept going and then started to get worried, what if cuts out, bla bla bla. But I figured it would be fine so I just did my remaining 15km out in the rain and it was a blast.

 

[Toshio Uemura]

7 minutes ago, Mike Sacristan said:

Today's adventures.

 

Practicing some easy trails nearby, roots are the worst! Then I got stuck out in the rain... kept going and then started to get worried, what if cuts out, bla bla bla. But I figured it would be fine so I just did my remaining 15km out in the rain and it was a blast.

 

Great course to practice! ? 

[Augus]

Nice ride in El Escorial (Spain). We climb up to 1600 meters.

Edited August 17, 2018 by Augus

[Bob Eisenman]

Trail ride

Some guy in a truck said :

'can that thing ride on this stuff' ?

and to watch out for the fox around the bend.

[Mono]

 

[Toshio Uemura]

5 hours ago, Bob Eisenman said:

Trail ride

Some guy in a truck said :

'can that thing ride on this stuff' ?

and to watch out for the fox around the bend.

It’s nice to see a Monster once in a while. Very smooth and powerful ride. ?

A few months ago, I was very close to get me one. But then came the Z. I’d love to try a Monster some day, but here in Japan nobody has one. ? I am a bit afraid it might be too big for us tiny people. ? 

[meepmeepmayer]

@Bob Eisenman You're really getting your mileage out of that drone. Acts as a better version of a tripod as well. Cool!

[Ch.Eng.62]

 

[Bob Eisenman]

2 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said:

Acts as a better version of a tripod

The source video that I edited was about 3 minutes from takeoff to landing. The quadcopter battery lasts at least twice that.

I learned something about pheasant hunting.

AFAIK the shooting range is the major attraction for people to that wildlife management area except when actively hunting in season game , when they might be anywhere. Hunters orange , if you know what that is, is worn by hunters in the field.

Massachusetts aggressively stocks pheasant like you might expect fish and game to stock trout in a stream. From what I read on the web , pen raised pheasant (US) rarely survives through the winter, succumbing to both hunting and natural predation. Hunters pay something like $28 for a seasonal license, have a max take of several bird's which cost about $14 per bird to raise in a pen. Due to pen raised pheasant's poor ability to survive on its own they are released to the wildlife management habitat at undisclosed locations just a few days before pheasant season starts. Shotgun is limited to #1 bird shot. It's a tradition.

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/pheasant-hunting-regulations

The shooting range rules stand has several clearly readable signs saying 'paper targets only'.

Pheasant is colorful from the neck up....but I can't say I've ever seen one there.

http://www.gameandfishmag.com/hunting/hunting_pheasants-hunting_ng_aa113403a/

When I was in high school a friend whose Dad was a cop enrolled him as a member of the 'rod and gun' club in another North Shore town. The short Irish fellow learned how to handle a gun at that club.

Edited August 18, 2018 by Bob Eisenman