LanghamP Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, eddiemoy said: It took me years to learn, I bought my first wheel back in Jan 2014, thought it was impossible to learn. It wasn’t until 2017 where I had the resolve to learn it after watching all the learning videos out there. Wasn’t months, it was years for me. I just didn’t understand the learning process back then. Now I know I can learn anything, just need practice and time. The brain is amazing. Then how long did learning a wheel take you, if we exclude downtime? Like actual minutes with hands/feet on. I did know you took around 4 or 5 hours with a mechanical unicycle, where most people take 15 hours, so I'm guessing it took perhaps 40 minutes actual time. 2 to 4 hours seems average for people learning alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circuitmage Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 For me, riding through the gas station every day while everyone looks at me wizz by is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemoy Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 16 hours ago, LanghamP said: Then how long did learning a wheel take you, if we exclude downtime? Like actual minutes with hands/feet on. I did know you took around 4 or 5 hours with a mechanical unicycle, where most people take 15 hours, so I'm guessing it took perhaps 40 minutes actual time. 2 to 4 hours seems average for people learning alone. Took me when I really put some effort a few sessions of 15-30 minutes. I would say 2 hours at most to learn going forward. The "click". But as you know every little thing requires learning. So I spent the next two month riding and learning everything from turning to backwards and then seated riding. I immediately bought a Ninebot One C+ after I clicked. Used that for about a month before I got the KS16 and then shortly after a 18S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uekarashi Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 11:37 AM, LZMutant said: Two reasons I’m glad I started small/inexpensive are: <snip> Really glad I measured twice and cut once on this one. Completely agreed - I picked up a barely used V3Pro for small money, after having tried my partner's V5F and doing horribly at it, and wasn't entirely sure I'd ever be able to ride EUCs at all. I picked it up 19 Nov 2018, and as of today, have also spent at least a few minutes each on (thanks to partner, and the local community): V5F (~15km), V8 (~10km), MSX (<1km, so smoooooth tho), KS -16S (~50km, what a lovely wheel), KS-18L (<1km, but what utter glory) As I type, I'm ~2.5 weeks away from making the last payment on and picking up the 18L (that one ride was my test ride before deciding on it ), which will be an amazing upgrade to the commute. And it's all thanks to the happy little V3Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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