Slowly Learning! (UPDATE)

[Tritzzy]

So ALOT of you have helped me over my past month of failing to learn EUC. And if you are one of those people I wanted to say thank you and to update you!

So nothing uber amazing. But I finally came to the realization that  I may not learn this as fast as some. Heck it might take me months more to get average and do my first in town ride. But since I last posted I've learned to go straight, wobble turn to stay on longer, and have almost mastered free mounting. Which in retrospec me being so bad did make free mounting one of my first real sticking points! 

I've taken up walk/jogging every night for about 0.5-1.0 mile to lose weight and strengthen my legs for my euc. So while some may see this and say that's not much progress at all for someone who has been learning for a whole month and that's okay. But for me, that's where I am at and I'm proud of it! Here's to my continuous improvement! 

[mrelwood]

@Tritzzy, you have earned to be proud of yourself, truly! Those are not small steps to take to improve one’s wellbeing. Kudos!

[h00ktern]

Last week you couldn't ride in a straight line. Now you can, and mount. I'd say that is progress, and proves you will succeed. Just continue to assert yourself on gaining the skills, one step at a time and try not to let too much time pass between sessions, so you don't have to regain the skills you figured out earlier.

The key is sessions frequent enough that you don't lose skills, long enough that you figure something out and can implement it, while not getting tired doing it. You should always finish feeling good about the time, effort, and dedication exerted.

Things will suddenly click, and then it really isn't "work" anymore. It's more like fine tuning things that don't inspire confidence, or don't feel quite right. The number of those "things" diminish because your body figures them out and they don't become conscious thoughts. You ride and your brain is free for everything else.

Also, don't worry about comparing your progression to anyone else. Just progress. I'm sure there are things you excel at that others do not, and unless you're hypocritical, you would not look down on those struggling, but trying. It really has no bearing on gaining the skills you want. All that matters is you don't give up, have some fun, and recognize the progress you make.

Congrats on the successes; more will follow...

[360rumors]

Don't worry, your persistence will pay off!

[VikB]

You are doing great. There is no timetable for learning to ride an EUC. Just keep at it. Have fun and it will get better and better. If you push too hard you won't learn any faster and you'll stop having fun. No point in doing that. Congrats on the progress so far. 

[rcgldr]

On 5/16/2022 at 1:43 PM, Tritzzy said:

make free mounting one of my first real sticking points! 

This is why Kuji Rolls and Wrong Way (Adam) recommend learning to ride using support to mount and launch before learning to free mount. For some starting off with free mounting isn't an issue, but if you learn to ride using support first, especially "wobble turn" (yaw steering) for slow speed, then to free mount, you just need to push the wheel forwards with one foot on, then step on with the other (video of this below). If you've already learned to ride, then you just need to somehow get both feet on the wheel and enough speed to at least "wobble turn". As you accelerate to a bit faster speed, such as 6 to 8 mph in the case of my V8F, a wheel will become stable, and you won't have to focus on balance (within reason). 

Learning to free mount first usually involves one foot glide drills, and is also tiring if you're having to bail and remount every time you lose balance while trying to learn to ride. In Wrong Way's how to ride video, his girlfriend Monokat (Kate), had ridden 60 to 80 km using support to mount and launch before attempting to free mount on a 77 lb Veteran Sherman, which she got on her second attempt, despite being leery of it. This is pretty much how I free mount, just push and step on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW-y5RiecMc&t=634s

Kuji Roll's video is more instructive. He doesn't mention extending arms is helpful, but the girl he's teaching is doing this, until later in the video where she's going fast enough for the V8 to be stable, where she relaxes her arms and she tilt steers (inner foot down, outer foot up) to maneuver the wheel. You may want to watch the entire video. The girl never free mounts in the video, the goal was to just learn to ride.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6o8ZMlo5ko&t=393s

 

Edited June 11, 2022 by rcgldr