Unventor Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, Gasmantle said: My guess is a beginners section will get more people active in the forum. It will get someone a starting point I guess. I mean from passive readers to engaging and posting. And to sparks people's interest searching or directed here. And for members to engage in building up something for others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Created a new thread to continue discussing the subject here: That way, if the section is eventually created and this thread is moved there, it'll actually contain advice on learning tricks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasmantle Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 16 hours ago, Unventor said: It will get someone a starting point I guess. I mean from passive readers to engaging and posting. And to sparks people's interest searching or directed here. And for members to engage in building up something for others. Hi @Unventor I think this is a great forum but just lately it seems to be largely the same 20 or so regular experts talking amongst themselves and beginners can feel a bit overlooked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tenofnine Posted January 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Some of my favorite tricks I've learned pretty much just purely make me a more efficient safer rider in traffic and around pedestrians. Being able to smoothly ride with only 1 leg while pushing or sliding with my other foot on the ground (stop and go traffic or yield /stop sign/x-walk) In really congested stop and go traffic lines I will actually get off my Tesla and walk it by the trolley handle until I have the right of way or a green light (this also feels weirdly fun being able to transform from walking to riding so quickly people in cars don't expect I will keep up) When I dismount I will do it 2 ways 1. Ride 1 legged with my off foot sliding behind my left pedal perpendicular to my forward motion and then I put my weight on that off foot on the ground as I stop to do a quick 180. 2. Ride 1 legged and flip up my left pedal while riding and as i come to a stop I pull out the trolley handle and quickly dismount and flip the right pedal up in one continuous motion. I think the best "trick" you can learn is to be absolutely ambidextrous on your EUC. Being able to mount and dismount smoothly and do every useful trick with either foot is invaluable. Another fun and useful trick is to learn how to ride in many different ways (knees fully bent, squatting, bent over etc) and even practice picking stuff up or catching things while riding. Can be dangerous so i recommend on a soft surface at low speeds, but I think this will help you with unexpected weight and wind shifts in everyday riding. I remember seeing this video a while ago and being impressed - Edited January 19, 2020 by tenofnine 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 5 hours ago, tenofnine said: 1. Ride 1 legged with my off foot sliding behind my left pedal perpendicular to my forward motion and then I put my weight on that off foot on the ground as I stop to do a quick 180. 2. Ride 1 legged and flip up my left pedal while riding and as i come to a stop I pull out the trolley handle and quickly dismount and flip the right pedal up in one continuous motion. 1 is also a good option to save face when you dismount in a hurry, going a bit faster than you thought you were; it looks like it was intentional 2 I hadn't thought of flipping up the pedal while dismounting: efficient and cool-looking! Although I bit tricky with the stiff pedals on the 18XL, I might practice that in privacy before I make a fool out of myself in public. Knowing myself, I'm also perfectly capable of forgetting I've folded it up and accidentally side-planting when trying to mount 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) On 1/17/2020 at 3:58 PM, Gasmantle said: Hi @Unventor I think this is a great forum but just lately it seems to be largely the same 20 or so regular experts talking amongst themselves and beginners can feel a bit overlooked. That can happen, yeah But off-topic discussions and side-tracking are an inherent (and inevitable) part of the experience. Sometimes it'll be "experts" and tech-talk, some-times it'll be riders who live near each other discussing cool routes (in a thread about technical issues), sometimes it'll be about the best foot-wear for riding (in a thread about firmware)... Don't let it put you off...it's a matter of going with the flow and being selective with what you read and what posts you follow. And when the new learner section is implemented, I think the compartmentalization will make things less daunting in that regard (although expect side-tracking...especially from me) Edited January 19, 2020 by travsformation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR BRAD Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 1:53 PM, Unventor said: I can say a beginners section appeals to me. That is something I like a lot. I might not be the best at teaching people, but I like to help people if I can. What do you think @MR BRAD and @PogArt Artur? I recall you as people I tried to give advise some time back. 😊 I like the idea of a learning section and breaking it down (I tried to add tags to my original post to give it a box in which to be defined). Of course once @travsformation derailed it then all bets are off (I hope that sarcasm comes off, I always value your input!). Whatever the mods can do to help streamline the topics is great. And I very much enjoy the advice in the forum as a whole, even if it’s challenging to access. Thanks @Unventor! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, MR BRAD said: Of course once @travsformation derailed it then all bets are off (I hope that sarcasm comes off, I always value your input!) Sarcasm, derailing...I'm just as fond of one as of the other..... Any progress with one-legged riding? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR BRAD Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, travsformation said: Sarcasm, derailing...I'm just as fond of one as of the other..... Any progress with one-legged riding? In a word... humbling! I’ll get it.... some day! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daley1 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Just looked through @Hirsute video,s.The youtube translater is rubbish,.These would be a"'must watch" if we had better/proper translation.Unfortunately the message /teachings get lost in translation.U have to hit closed caption,auto-translate,select language,interpret what he,s trying to say and when u hit pause to watch ,upcoming videos hide the closed captions. If i could" speak french" i would definitely translate these for everyone . Seriously good skills on display though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirsute Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 13 hours ago, Daley1 said: If i could" speak french" i would definitely translate these for everyone . Sorry, these tutorials are only in french because they were ordered by inmotion france for french customers... If someone is able to give me a good translation maybe i can imagine to do some of these tutorials with real subtitles, but i think it is a big job... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I too agree that @Hirsute videos are really great, and yes I don't understand French att all 😒. But I still had fun and some learning point from those I have seen. Some body language needs not translation. 😁 Please keep up the good work @Hirsute🙏👌👍 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 3:58 PM, Gasmantle said: Hi @Unventor I think this is a great forum but just lately it seems to be largely the same 20 or so regular experts talking amongst themselves and beginners can feel a bit overlooked. Thank you for your feedback. I admit I am often offering advice and as one of the first too. I have the "benafit" as moderator since new members have to low reputation score to be auto approved and visible. So if I approve a post I try to give advice too. Next thing is that I find it very rewarding if I can help other people to join an interest that have been such life altering for me to the positive side effect since I started riding. In my view any can give advice and tips as we all started from zero. But the import part the advice has the offset from the new to be rider. Debating if 100v is a must or you must spend +2k$ as you have to be able to go 30mph, do poke me to post to..... I do like that you give feedback. And if you have more specific for me directly feel free to pm me anytime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Since this is a thread about skills, I just stumbled over this post from @Hirsute. This is one of the simplest videos I ever seen. I just hope I get to master this at some point (maybe this spring/summer). Reverse riding. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post atdlzpae Posted February 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 Sorry to be a party pooper, but all of those tricks are arranged and impossible. It's a sham financed by hospital industry to increase their profits. Here is how all of those trick videos are made: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pico Posted February 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 Thank you @hirsute ! I have to say your videos greatly inspired me... ( Merci pour tes videos! Je parle très bien français!) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 9 hours ago, atdlzpae said: Sorry to be a party pooper, but all of those tricks are arranged and impossible. It's a sham financed by hospital industry to increase their profits. Here is how all of those trick videos are made: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tazarinho Posted February 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Hirsute said: Sorry, these tutorials are only in french because they were ordered by inmotion france for french customers... If someone is able to give me a good translation maybe i can imagine to do some of these tutorials with real subtitles, but i think it is a big job... @Hirsute I don't have an enormous amount of time, but I think I could do a decent job at translating them. Not all at once, but we could set up some kind of workflow. I'm a native Flemish speaker, but my girlfriend is French, we switch between languages every week to keep ourselves entertained and not lose touch with either language. I also partly grew up in an English-speaking environment, so my English is pretty decent. I'm sure I can translate it in a way that it is understandable for everyone. If you're interested, send me a private message! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daley1 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Nice work @Tazarinho ,you would endear urself to the EUC community and ensure the message from @Hirsute gets spread to a larger community. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirsute Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I will check if i can do that, and we can try with one tutorial first to see how it works. But if it's good we will have to choose some tutorials, the most usefull, bescause it will be difficult to do it for the 24 tutorials.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazarinho Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 53 minutes ago, Hirsute said: I will check if i can do that, and we can try with one tutorial first to see how it works. But if it's good we will have to choose some tutorials, the most usefull, bescause it will be difficult to do it for the 24 tutorials.... I have to admit I don't know how much work it is from a technical point of view. Translating them is probably the easy part. Having them show up at the right moment is another. As for choosing the order, I guess we could start by the ones aimed at beginners. Or simply the ones with the most views? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Hirsute said: I will check if i can do that, and we can try with one tutorial first to see how it works. But if it's good we will have to choose some tutorials, the most usefull, bescause it will be difficult to do it for the 24 tutorials.... Great to hear from you! That would be awesome! Please don’t be a stranger. There are a lot of members that miss your presence. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Great videos, the first ones very useful too for beginners, all af them very nice and amusing (très sympa, merci beaucoup @Hirsute) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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