Popular Post RoadRunner Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Hi guys Just wanted to tell a little story of my learning process of riding an EUC. It all started like 3 years ago when i have seen a guy on an EUC, probably was a solowheel or something like that. I was like, what the heck was he flying on. Searched the internet but these things where to expensive for me so i ditched it. Then last year in mid September i saw another guy with that strange thing, started researching and finally bought a used Ninebot One C for 230€. I was a like a little kid in the candy store when that thing arrived. I unboxed the wheel and thought, yes, welcome to the future. Then i started to stand on it in my apartment for half an hour, just to get a feel for it, and i thought its time to go out. I went on an empty parking lot just around the corner and started my thing, and man this was scary, i thought how can people do this. My whole body was shaking like crazy and my arms where going like i was practicing for the next breakdance championship. Like ten minutes later i could ride a few meters and i thought wow and then the shit went down the drain. My sister came around the corner and i was like hey look i can do it... boom, smack, poof, and i smashed on the ground. I wasn’t fast at all, under walking speed, but i smashed down very well right arm straight forward. And of course i had no safety gear on. Ups, that hurt. First i checked my wrist, it hurt but nothing broken, checked my arm and thought ahhh nothing broken, and i continued riding for like two more hours because it was so much fun. The first click i had when i started to force my arms down and kind of relaxed myself, the feeling was so great to just glide along and i was addicted. After two hours of riding i had some good pain on my feet, calves and of course my arm, so i called it a day. When i was in my apartment my arm started really hurting bad, so i thought i might go to to see a doctor tomorrow, which i did the next day. He did an X-ray and my elbow was slightly broken, wrist not broken but it was really painful for about 4 months. He put a casting on for 2 weeks and said dont do anything with that arm for at least 6 weeks, i thought whaaaaaaaaaaaaat. I came back home and looked at the wheel like , then i started to watch YouTube videos from @Duf, @Marty Backe , @eddiemoy and everybody else who’s out there, i had a lot of time. After ten days i couldn’t resist anymore and took the wheel out, still with the casting on my arm. I slowly stared practicing every day, and got better everyday, i bet it looked funny riding around with that casting. After 3 weeks of riding with the Ninebot i thought better sell it and make an upgrade, and i bought the ks16, because i wanted a bit more speed, safety, front and headlight, trolley handle... I bought it from 1radwerkstatt with a 340wh battery for 750€ with the option to upgrade the battery, 1radwerkstatt makes his own batteries with different configured bms. On the Ninebot i was already comfortable but when i jumped on the ks16 it was like to start from scratch, the wobbles and all that good stuff where back , took me a good time to get used to it. This was like in the first week. The next weeks i rode every day and watched YouTube videos like crazy, and after about 400km it started to feel really natural. This is 7 weeks after the video above. Last week i made an upgrade, bought a additional battery and the 18XL pedals. So as you see i had a bit of a struggle but i stood up and whent through it and at the end i am a happy man who can finally ride and have lots of fun. A real big thank you to all the guys who are making videos and to this forum, helped me a lot. And by the way never fell again since. Edited January 18, 2019 by Roadrunner 15 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stephen Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Yes i was like that i was looking on YouTube at electric bikes then seen on one of the other vids what come up was an EUC ,i thought what the hell is that so watched loads of videos and then found this forum and enjoyed reading nearly everything lol, 4 days later there was a deliver man at my door 😀 practiced for the first hour getting frustrated 😖, I'd watched that many videos i had it perfected in my head ,,, which does actually help tbh,,, then all of a sudden i was off 😊 1 hour ago, Roadrunner said: where going like i was practicing for the next breakdance championship. I remember the arm swinging contest though here's the video Just looked at date on my first ride .. Bloody hell I've only been riding 8 months feels like years ago lol. I bought the MSX AFTER 3 months lol Edited January 17, 2019 by stephen 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eddiemoy Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 I've tried just about every electric transport. Nothing is as good overall as the EUC. Only downside is it seems impossible to learn in the beginning. But if you put all the time you spent on it before you "clicked", it isn't all that much time. May feel frustrating, but that is just how learning is. Try to connect with people in your area, the next thing is to ride in a group. It's fun. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, eddiemoy said: Try to connect with people in your area, the next thing is to ride in a group. It's fun. Lol a group i wish i had 1 person to ride with . No one in my area at all . No one's ever seen one till they see me flying about lol 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 Great story - thanks for posting it A lesson for everyone - never give up. And also a lesson on how addicting these wheels become. They really are the most unique thing in the world. Periodically I try and think of any other mobility device that offers what the EUC does and I come up empty handed. There's just nothing like it. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, stephen said: Yes i was like that i was looking on YouTube at electric bikes then seen on one of the other vids what come up was an EUC ,i thought what the hell is that so watched loads of videos and then found this forum and enjoyed reading nearly everything lol, 4 days later there was a deliver man at my door 😀 practiced for the first hour getting frustrated 😖, I'd watched that many videos i had it perfected in my head ,,, which does actually help tbh,,, then all of a sudden i was off 😊 I remember the arm swinging contest though here's the video Just looked at date on my first ride .. Bloody hell I've only been riding 8 months feels like years ago lol. I bought the MSX AFTER 3 months lol Great video. I wish I had filmed my very first day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LanghamP Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: Periodically I try and think of any other mobility device that offers what the EUC does and I come up empty handed. There's just nothing like it. The eScooters and the eBikes are pretty good as they combine safety with being inconspicuous. If I'm touring a town or something similar then I almost always choose the eBike over the attention-grabbing EUC. Going back to the original post, I think the only strong piece of advice is telling people to practice jumping off the EUC many times before trying to ride, as everyone seems to injure themselves when they seem to be riding fine then get spooked. Having seen a fair number of riders bailing from an EUC, I think the EUC is much more dangerous than say a skateboard because it behaves in unexpected ways during the bail. For such a simple device there's a lot of ways to learn to ride them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofjob Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Roadrunner said: After ten days i couldn’t resist anymore and took the wheel out, still with the casting on my arm. Interestingly, this is not the first story I've heard of people continuing to ride their wheel with a cast on 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 19 hours ago, eddiemoy said: ride in a group Trying hard to find somebody but it seems like iam the only one here. Problem is in Germany it’s still illegal, people have to pay fines and sometimes get the wheel confiscated, as it happened to a friend 2 weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 @stephen nice wheel cover 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 18 hours ago, Marty Backe said: There's just nothing like it. Definitely not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemoy Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 40 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: Trying hard to find somebody but it seems like iam the only one here. Problem is in Germany it’s still illegal, people have to pay fines and sometimes get the wheel confiscated, as it happened to a friend 2 weeks ago. wow! that sucks! it is still illegal here too, but they don't really bother us as long as we don't do something stupid like ride too fast on the side walk. sometimes when we ride in parks, the park rangers tell us we can't ride them. that is the extent of the harassment that i've experienced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 16 hours ago, houseofjob said: Interestingly, this is not the first story I've heard of people continuing to ride their wheel with a cast on So there’s more crazy people like me around.🤪 As i said for 10 days i was just looking at the wheel and wanted to ride and learn badly. And after watching all those videos, probably watched your (grabbing your nose) Z10 video houndreds of times 😂, my feet started itching. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofjob Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: And after watching all those videos, probably watched your (grabbing your nose) Z10 video houndreds of times 😂, As a result of seeing that, I don't grab my nose as much these days, I swear! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 14 hours ago, eddiemoy said: wow! that sucks! it is still illegal here too, but they don't really bother us as long as we don't do something stupid like ride too fast on the side walk. sometimes when we ride in parks, the park rangers tell us we can't ride them. that is the extent of the harassment that i've experienced. Interestingly, it may actually be semi-legal to ride when the park ranger says it isn't, as I did have a park ranger stop us once. I had the park rules allowing the usage of the Segway (not EUC) bookmarked and showed that to him, with the result he thought that was legal. I used to think the laws concerning tandem wheels was an oversight but now I'm not so sure. I wonder if Segway wrote or sponsored that law to exclude EUCs, as any sane person would interpret the EUC as the safer version of the 2 wheeled Segway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biped Phil Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 8 hours ago, LanghamP said: I used to think the laws concerning tandem wheels was an oversight but now I'm not so sure. I wonder if Segway wrote or sponsored that law to exclude EUCs, as any sane person would interpret the EUC as the safer version of the 2 wheeled Segway. Re "safer version", the very most important thing is that any sane person should understand that the unicycle imperils mainly its own pilot, not bystanders. Meanwhile, the *non* self-balancing 2-wheelers are increasingly in the news for injuring people who were walking. That's the kind of danger -- danger to bystanders by infernal-things-with-wheels -- that could easily mix with a little bit more sloppy legislation to get the unicycle banned. P.S. to OP, impressive. Were the videos shot from a drone, or did you mount a camera on the dog? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Biped Phil said: Were the videos shot from a drone, or did you mount a camera on the dog It’s shot with the insta360 one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebiker Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Certainly no opportunity to ride with others in Cornwall UK - no-one's heard of them down here. The closest I've seen one is in Plymouth, where a guy was riding through the town centre. Out of interest, has anyone tried riding on firm sand - we have huge sandy beaches on the north coast... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, freebiker said: Out of interest, has anyone tried riding on firm sand - we have huge sandy beaches on the north coast... The Z10 is probably the best on sand with its wide tyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, stephen said: The Z10 Do you have one already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, freebiker said: Certainly no opportunity to ride with others in Cornwall UK - no-one's heard of them down here. The closest I've seen one is in Plymouth, where a guy was riding through the town centre. Out of interest, has anyone tried riding on firm sand - we have huge sandy beaches on the north coast... I've ridden on beaches multiple times, at low tide where the sand is wet but firm. It's very fun. Just rinse off the wheel with fresh water when you get home. Here's my latest beach run Edited January 20, 2019 by Marty Backe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: Do you have one already? It's on its way eagerly awaiting 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebiker Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 50 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: I've ridden on beaches multiple times, at low tide where the sand is wet but firm. It's very fun. Just rinse off the wheel with fresh water when you get home. Here's my latest beach run Marty, many thanks for sharing this wonderful video - has inspired me to take the V5 to Perranporth beach - unfortunately as your recent videos elsewhere have shown, we don't share CA's glorious January weather, but I shall be waiting for the next opportunity eagerly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Yesterday when i opened my KS app i realized that iam still riding in medium mode. @eddiemoy, @houseofjob, what riding modes do you prefer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofjob Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 5 hours ago, Roadrunner said: @eddiemoy, @houseofjob, what riding modes do you prefer? IMHO, KS & IM are not great with diversifying their ride modes, they all feel like variations of a medium-to-medium/hard mode. For KS, I ride either Hard or Medium, and avoid Soft Mode altogether because they make the braking soft (unlike Gotway soft mode), which I don't agree with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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