Edmsuper Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Just ordered my first electric unicycle. I live in Edmonton, Canada. Wondering if there is anyone else in the city that might be interested in going for a ride and giving me some pointers once I get my unit. Expecting to receive possibly by end of June. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) Sure, I can meet you sometime once you get your wheel, depending on my schedule. Also, there is another person (Terry) I've run into who made a site, www.yegwheel.com who also rides in Edmonton. He told me he would like to try to organize a group ride as well. Edited June 5, 2018 by Xoltri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwheel Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Awesome to hear of another Edmonton rider. I'd be more than happy to give you whatever help I can, I've been riding for less than a year but I have just passed 8,000 km, and on my fourth wheel, hard to believe. I have a little rig that might be of use when learning to ride, basically it's a walker modified to be a bit taller and with four wheels so one can do some very low speed practice stuff including getting used to mounting and taking off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmsuper Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 17 hours ago, yegwheel said: Awesome to hear of another Edmonton rider. I'd be more than happy to give you whatever help I can, I've been riding for less than a year but I have just passed 8,000 km, and on my fourth wheel, hard to believe. I have a little rig that might be of use when learning to ride, basically it's a walker modified to be a bit taller and with four wheels so one can do some very low speed practice stuff including getting used to mounting and taking off. Sounds great. Always happy to meet more people in the area. I am still waiting for my wheel. In the meantime @Voltri has offered to let me try his out once he gets his tire repaired. Will see how that initial try goes to guage what I will need to do to get up and cruising on my own wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Yeah still waiting on an inner tube. Vancouver EUC didn't have any, and I ordered 2 from smartwheel.ca but then they told me after that they were out of stock as well. They say they should be getting some in mid to end of next week and will ship it quick via UPS. Oversight on my part, I should've got an extra tube a long time ago. Especially sucks since I did the MS bike tour this past weekend and I wanted a break from my bike. I am ordering the MSuperX from ewheels.com when it comes in, so if it is in soon I will just add the tubes to that order, but shipping from there is $50 US for the two tubes alone and I don't want to spend that much for just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Can you ask Jason if he can USPS it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwheel Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I'd love to check out the MSuperX sometime, it would be very interesting to compare it with my ACM2. It seems like the specs are pretty similar except for wheel size. I'm wondering if its larger size/height might make it a better wheel for next winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmsuper Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Xoltri said: Yeah still waiting on an inner tube. Vancouver EUC didn't have any, and I ordered 2 from smartwheel.ca but then they told me after that they were out of stock as well. They say they should be getting some in mid to end of next week and will ship it quick via UPS. Oversight on my part, I should've got an extra tube a long time ago. Especially sucks since I did the MS bike tour this past weekend and I wanted a break from my bike. I am ordering the MSuperX from ewheels.com when it comes in, so if it is in soon I will just add the tubes to that order, but shipping from there is $50 US for the two tubes alone and I don't want to spend that much for just that. Ya I might try to order a spare for my own new wheel. And if it comes in before you can get yours your welcome to try it out. As is @yegwheel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Can you ask Jason if he can USPS it? I sent him an email, we'll see! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Jason came through, I should have the new tubes on Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwheel Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Maybe we should target a date for sometime in July to have everyone meet up? I'm thinking after everyone has got up and running on their summer rides. If we could find a viable date we could start looking for other Edmonton wheel folk who are not on here yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmsuper Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 5 hours ago, yegwheel said: Maybe we should target a date for sometime in July to have everyone meet up? I'm thinking after everyone has got up and running on their summer rides. If we could find a viable date we could start looking for other Edmonton wheel folk who are not on here yet. Sounds fun. My schedule is still a bit up in the air, but as we get nearer I'll be able to confirm a date. Don't know yet when I will get my wheel, still waiting for the order to ship, once it ships it should not take very long I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmkingsong Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Hi I'm a newbie that lives in Edmonton got a king song 16 C looking to go for a ride with other edmontonians would love to hear from others in Edmonton and get together for a ride very interested 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) @Xoltri you need to change your username to EdmXoltri or YEGXoltri. Geez Louise you Edmontonians sure like the fact you live in Edmonton! Just don't let it get to your head, and remember it ain't Calgary. Edited June 23, 2018 by Hunka Hunka Burning Love 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Haha, I guess we do! I've been riding for 4 years here now, looks like it's finally starting to catch on. You are right it ain't Calgary. Calgary is a great place to visit, wouldn't want to live there ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Later in July could work for a meet up for me, I should have my MSuperX by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Touché, and glad to hear Jason helped you out! Was he able to do the USPS shipping or find a cheaper option for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 FedEx but he refunded $20 US of the shipping charges, says he does that for most parts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmsuper Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 It was great trying out @Xoltri 's wheel, got some pointers on learning how to ride. Can't wait for my own to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwheel Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I'm going to try running a weekly drop-in on Sunday mornings at 10am, the first one to be be Sunday August 5th, at the Ritchie park, which has a nice little arena and is surrounded by quiet residential roads and has the nearby Mill Creek ravine. I'll bring down all my functioning wheels (V5F, V8, ACM2) so people can try them out, as well as my walker/training tool, cones and whatnot so we can work on skill development to start out with, and maybe add some field trips once we have a quorum of skilled-enough riders, know what range/terrain etc works for people.. I'll also bring over an air gauge, pump, cameras, and such so we can do maintenance, take some photos/videos etc. There's a nice coffee shop a couple of blocks away as well. Thinking to try the Sunday morning time/day for the first couple of weeks and then tweak the time/day/frequency/location depending on how that goes. I'll do a walk-through this Sunday to make sure all is copacetic, and post some pictures of the venue this Sunday night. tl;dr: Ritchie Park Arena (7724 98St) on Sunday August 5th at 10am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwheel Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Video from this morning's test session for Sunday morning sessions. Apologies for the vertical video, miscommunication with the videographer... But all in all it went well; we played a round a bit in the ring, worked on a few skill things, gave tutorials to a couple of interested passers-by, and took a quick jaunt into the ravine to finish it all off. On the straight-away back you can notice a small board put in as obstacle. For next week have a few more of those in different heights. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoltri Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 20 hours ago, yegwheel said: Video from this morning's test session for Sunday morning sessions. Apologies for the vertical video, miscommunication with the videographer... But all in all it went well; we played a round a bit in the ring, worked on a few skill things, gave tutorials to a couple of interested passers-by, and took a quick jaunt into the ravine to finish it all off. On the straight-away back you can notice a small board put in as obstacle. For next week have a few more of those in different heights. Good idea! Unfortunately I'm busy for the next several weekends but will try to make it later in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwheel Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 It would be awesome to have you come down whenever. Hoping to have a nice little obstacle course going by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmsuper Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 12:55 PM, yegwheel said: I'm going to try running a weekly drop-in on Sunday mornings at 10am, the first one to be be Sunday August 5th, at the Ritchie park, which has a nice little arena and is surrounded by quiet residential roads and has the nearby Mill Creek ravine. I'll bring down all my functioning wheels (V5F, V8, ACM2) so people can try them out, as well as my walker/training tool, cones and whatnot so we can work on skill development to start out with, and maybe add some field trips once we have a quorum of skilled-enough riders, know what range/terrain etc works for people.. I'll also bring over an air gauge, pump, cameras, and such so we can do maintenance, take some photos/videos etc. There's a nice coffee shop a couple of blocks away as well. Thinking to try the Sunday morning time/day for the first couple of weeks and then tweak the time/day/frequency/location depending on how that goes. I'll do a walk-through this Sunday to make sure all is copacetic, and post some pictures of the venue this Sunday night. tl;dr: Ritchie Park Arena (7724 98St) on Sunday August 5th at 10am. I'd also be happy to stop by, but away the next couple of weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmkingsong Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I will probably be able to make it this Sunday for 10 a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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