Gonna hit 300 miles on my EUC today

[onewheelkoregro]

Just like the title says. Kingsong is on the charger rn and I gotta go to the hardware store for a soldering iron, solder, and heat shrink electrical covering. Was fixing my ebike and in my frustration accidentally severed a wire.

[mrelwood]

Moved the thread to a more appropriate subforum.

[onewheelkoregro]

4 hours ago, mrelwood said:

Moved the thread to a more appropriate subforum.

Thanks

[alcatraz]

Is there a question here?

[Funky]

4 minutes ago, alcatraz said:

Is there a question here?

Yes there is.

 

So 300 miles - what have you learned so far? Can you ride already backwards? Do pendulum? I have done about 550 miles so far. Now it's like riding regular bicycle.  

Edited May 14, 2023 by Funky

[onewheelkoregro]

9 minutes ago, Funky said:

Yes there is.

 

So 300 miles - what have you learned so far? Can you ride already backwards? Do pendulum? I have done about 550 miles so far. Now it's like riding regular bicycle.  

I'm going out to the yard rn to try to pendulum at least then ride backwards. Think I can do it because when I decelerate I feel like I can keep doing that and go the other way. We shall see!

[Cerbera]

21 minutes ago, onewheelkoregro said:

pendulum at least then ride backwards.

Yeah, good luck with that  The bridge between pendulums and backwards riding is a surprisingly long one ! I wouldn't tackle backwards until right at the end of my trainings; it's not a skill that is useful for anything except showing off, and pride comes before a fall etc etc !

Edited May 14, 2023 by Cerbera

[Cerbera]

29 minutes ago, onewheelkoregro said:

I think I can do it because when I decelerate I feel like I can keep doing that and go the other way. We shall see!

Yep, that's certainly how you start ! It's the 'keeping going and then turning' whilst awkwardly twisting the body / neck / head to try and see what is behind you that is the fun bit. I eradicate that last bit using mirrors, which definitely helps, as your body can remain 100% properly aligned.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Cerbera

[OldFartRides]

1 hour ago, Cerbera said:

… it's not a skill that is useful for anything except showing off….

Oh contrare Pierre, learning / riding backwards well is as satisfying as riding forwards. There’s a street in my town has about a two percent grade and a crown running the length of it in the middle, so it slopes to the gutters on both sides nicely.

I practice riding up and down it backwards, crossing the crown and then changing directions from uphill to down and visa versa, and oh is that a tricky bit of fun. 

[Cerbera]

Yeah, I should have excepted doing it for the challenge itself...or the sheer fun of it !

[Funky]

4 hours ago, Cerbera said:

Yeah, good luck with that  

I slowly getting hang of it. Before i could not even stop and start going backwards. ~5 tries latter i'm already stopping from going forwards and am available to ride 1-2 meters backwards, before loosing balance.  Slowly, but surely it's getting better.

I normally try it for ~10 mins time to time. And over night it's getting better. When i can ride ~10 meters backwards. Then i will start to look backwards and relearn riding backwards while upper body is sideways.  

4 hours ago, Cerbera said:

it's not a skill that is useful for anything except showing off, and pride comes before a fall etc etc !

Actually it is useful. Like if you need to hard brake and then go back really quickly. Like in front of car, or something..

[mrelwood]

17 hours ago, Funky said:

am available to ride 1-2 meters backwards, before loosing balance. 

Nice! Then you just have to start steering. 

[Funky]

2 hours ago, mrelwood said:

Nice! Then you just have to start steering. 

You don't say...  

[Circuitmage]

I practiced backwards riding for about 2 hrs....got to where I could go back 10-15 feet if I'm lucky.

'nuf that stuff.

Now I just ride forwards.