Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tazarinho Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Nice hilly ride from Berdorf to Walferdange in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg: The picture doesn't really show how steep this was, but I guess the switchbacks in the road speak for themselves Fun little castle at Bourglingen: Edited January 20, 2020 by Tazarinho 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco66 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Tazarinho said: Veeeery nice! Took a look at your Flickr pics... do you really have a pig-shaped EUC stand? Edited January 20, 2020 by Coco66 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazarinho Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Coco66 said: Took a look at your Flickr pics... do you really have a pig-shaped EUC stand? Lol, no! Well, maybe... it was intended to be a hedgehog, but I haven't gotten around to engraving the image on the wood! Will post a pic if I ever do it. I also have a rhino stand that's near finished, just need to fix one of the hind legs that cracked. Edited January 20, 2020 by Tazarinho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WIZARD Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 I ride seated 100% of the time. I use 5 different poles. The highest is 16 foot with 6 streamers. Clear, open streets and bikes trails and public events. The shortest 8 foot with 5 streamers. A quick ride up to the store or extremely windy. Yes, they quadruple the screems and yells and attention but... They also save my life in the parking lots and streets on a daily basis. 🙂🙃☹🙃🙂 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litewave Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 53 minutes ago, WIZARD said: I ride seated 100% of the time. I use 5 different poles. The highest is 16 foot with 6 streamers. Clear, open streets and bikes trails and public events. The shortest 8 foot with 5 streamers. A quick ride up to the store or extremely windy. Yes, they quadruple the screems and yells and attention but... They also save my life in the parking lots and streets on a daily basis. 🙂🙃☹🙃🙂 It's amazing that your skull has all its teeth and both eyes given its prominent position. Definitely gets attention, but I could never pull that off. Do the streamers ever get caught or stepped on? Is the For-Sale sign a gimmick or are you looking to upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, WIZARD said: They also save my life in the parking lots and streets on a daily basis. 🙂🙃☹🙃🙂 Did you notice you had a flat tire? J/k but I wounder how many zoomed in to check (the skull). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 5 hours ago, WIZARD said: I ride seated 100% of the time. I use 5 different poles. The highest is 16 foot with 6 streamers. Clear, open streets and bikes trails and public events. The shortest 8 foot with 5 streamers. A quick ride up to the store or extremely windy. Yes, they quadruple the screems and yells and attention but... They also save my life in the parking lots and streets on a daily basis. 🙂🙃☹🙃🙂 I have to say that you have the coolest Ninebot i have ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WIZARD Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 Wilbur is the guy on the front. He loves to go for a ride. He attracts quite a bit of attention himself. However, I have to warn people, especially kids... he bites! The For Sale sign was on for 3 months to gage if there was genuine true interest in people buying euc in my local area. Although it generated hundreds of comments and even inquiries, not one person stepped forward with cash. It turned out to be a nice and easy, non-threatening way for people to approach me or start a conversation. An opener for them to do more than the usual scream and yell... omg that's cool!!! Its off now. Even if I could, I'd never go back to Stand Up. Years ago I had invented an anti-Face Plant device. I never claimed it prevented falls or accidents or even injuries. Just the dreaded Instantaneous Face Plant, but no one listened. First everyone yelled at me that it was impossible and that I was a fraud and a lier. Then I found out I had stage 4 cancer. I shut up and said the hell with everything. I just found 10 old pictures and a couple more recent of my device. Riding sitting down eliminates100% of the Face Place injuries. I know because I've had several full speed crashes/falls since. Let me know if anyone wants more info.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 And so it begins. The push for the 2020 Los Angeles EUC Games starts now. 9-months until game day, which is actually two days this year. October 24th and 25th. Preceding the games will be my 7-day Southern California tour. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbolest Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 33 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: And so it begins. The push for the 2020 Los Angeles EUC Games starts now. 9-months until game day, which is actually two days this year. October 24th and 25th. Preceding the games will be my 7-day Southern California tour. Sign me up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Cu- Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hello everyone, this is my first post I like photography and EUCs. This was my first unicycle, the Kingsong KS14M. And my second and actual euc, Kingsong KS18XL 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, -Cu- said: Hello everyone, this is my first post I like photography and EUCs. This was my first unicycle, the Kingsong KS14M. And my second and actual euc, Kingsong KS18XL Welcome to the forum! Great pictures, I really like the composition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post travsformation Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) These might not be the most creative or inspired pictures in this thread, but they certainly conjure up a wonderful feeling we're all very familiar with---that magical moment when you feel like a kid on Xmas morning again. And the creative touch comes from the wonderful job @The Fat Unicyclist and his wife Chrissi did customizing my EUC bodyguard so it's one of a kind! Thanks guys! Couldn't be happier! Edited January 22, 2020 by travsformation 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Congratulations @travsformation! Awesome artwork. Am I looking at a multitudinous bonsai tree? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 5 hours ago, travsformation said: These might not be the most creative or inspired pictures in this thread, but they certainly conjure up a wonderful feeling we're all very familiar with---that magical moment when you feel like a kid on Xmas morning again. And the creative touch comes from the wonderful job @The Fat Unicyclist and his wife Chrissi did customizing my EUC bodyguard so it's one of a kind! Thanks guys! Couldn't be happier! Congrat's on a new wheel, and a good one at that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty Backe Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 Finally got a chance to model the t-shirt that @Lutalo sent me 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutalo Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Finally got a chance to model the t-shirt that @Lutalo sent me Shot of the year 😁👍🏿 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Congrat's on a new wheel, and a good one at that 12 hours ago, Rehab1 said: Congratulations @travsformation! Awesome artwork. Am I looking at a multitudinous bonsai tree? Thanks guys! @Rehab1 Crap, how did I miss the bonsai comparison? I anticipate many such comments in the future (with Spaniards being so well acquainted with Celtic mythology...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EUC Custom Power-Pads Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Finally got a chance to model the t-shirt that @Lutalo sent me I think you match the lion on your shirt better in this picture. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazarinho Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, travsformation said: Crap, how did I miss the bonsai comparison? I anticipate many such comments in the future (with Spaniards being so well acquainted with Celtic mythology...) Lol my first guess was Yggdrasil, but guess it's the Tree of Life? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 17 hours ago, travsformation said: These might not be the most creative or inspired pictures in this thread, but they certainly conjure up a wonderful feeling we're all very familiar with---that magical moment when you feel like a kid on Xmas morning again. And the creative touch comes from the wonderful job @The Fat Unicyclist and his wife Chrissi did customizing my EUC bodyguard so it's one of a kind! Thanks guys! Couldn't be happier! That sure is a sweet looking logo. BTW have you ever tested a Z10 by any chance? It might be an odd question. But... Please ride carefully... Until you have had a few brown moments/scare of the sensation of the wheel following a surface line. Then it is something you learn to how to hand without even noticing it afterwards. The first time is the scariest. Especially if you never sensed/felt it before. Short version, look out for the road markins/transaction/ridges on road structure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 15 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Finally got a chance to model the t-shirt that @Lutalo sent me i was thinking about printing a t-shirt.. i've got a logo in the works, i think everybody will like it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post travsformation Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Unventor said: Please ride carefully... Until you have had a few brown moments/scare of the sensation of the wheel following a surface line. Then it is something you learn to how to hand without even noticing it afterwards. The first time is the scariest. Especially if you never sensed/felt it before. Short version, look out for the road markins/transaction/ridges on road structure. Thanks for the advice, Unventor. Speaking of being careful... Murphy's Law at its finest: You receive your new wheel during the worst storm the region has seen in the past 20 years. The next day the weather miraculously clears out mid afternoon, the sun comes out, so you excitedly gear up and take the wheel out for the first spin. You do the initial 10 km at 20 km/h, slowly getting used to how different it is to ride than the 18XL, how agile and easy to turn. You've done your research and have set the pressure to 30 PSI, which most people coincide is the sweet spot for preventing tram-lining. You intentionally seek out lines and cracks in the road (at low speed) to see how the wheel reacts and get used to the feeling. You practice broad and tight turns, and even a few evasive manoeuvres, to see how it responds. It's amazing how nimble it is... How easy it is to turn! What a wheel, I love it! After 10 km, you unlock it to 50 km/h. You're still cautious and don't exceed 30 km/h while you get a feel for the wheel. Riding past the beach, you notice a magnificent photo opportunity: the waves crashing against the rocks create a fine mist that floats inland, creating an orange haze as it's illuminated from behind by the setting sun. You ride slowly down the boardwalk, so entranced by the scene that you fail to notice you've reached the end up the boardwalk until the very last second. You don't have time to brake so you brace yourself, hoping the sand isn't too soft. It is. As the wheel instantly sinks, your knee-jerk reaction is to abruptly raise your arms in an upward-backwards arch to maintain balance as you're propelled forward . Too abruptly, it would appear.... So instead of a picture of the 16X on the rocks, in front of the crashing waves with the misty sunset in the background, the only snapshot I have to share is the one above... 😓 I'd put 3 km on the 16X after unlocking top speed past 20 km/h. 13 km in total (Good thing I'm not superstitious 😂). And I don't even have a cool story to share... 😭 I didn't fall while doing an awesome trick in a skate park, didn't nose-dive while doing some crazy-fast, Chooch-style off-roading, I didn't faceplant out of juvenile audacity...I didn't even fall: I landed on my feet and wasn't even going fast enough to have to run it off...it just caught me so off guard that I jerked my shoulder out of place. Doesn't get any lamer than that 😓😂 2 weeks worth of a sling, and then the slow process of rehab...Having a girlfriend who's a physical therapist will definitely help, but damn, I wanna ride my new wheel NOW! Damn Murphy and his f***ing law! Or do you reckon this is a new manifestation of the curse of the 16X? 😂 Edited January 23, 2020 by travsformation 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Unventor Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 Ohh no... You are kidding me? I have an idea of how it feels.... But I tried to to vault into a shoulder stand. I couldn't feel it the first 3 hours, but the I felt pain in my elbow due to torn/over streached muscles. 2 days later... I had to stay home. But the most important part. I rode my KS18L into E&A and out 8 house later back to "crimescene" at 4.30am to take pictures and then home. 😊🙄 What would have happen in case of a new fall, I dare not to think about it. Note: I had lvl 2 d3o jacket undet my mc jacket. I hope you have a good recovery back to 100%. Mine took about 8months and I am about 99% now. I sometimes get like a stretch pain if I lay on the sofa in a "wrong" position. It just so bad luck, your story it makes me cry, really it does. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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