houseofjob Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 @Joe Holliday really good for just 6 hours! For turning now, your legs are too straight. Try: Sharp right turns: let your relatively straight right leg on right pedal dip the right pedal down from planar, while your left leg's knee bends and counter-balances with left pedal rising up from planar (body of EUC tilts to the right, but your whole body maintains position squarely over the middle balanced plane of the EUC). It helps to think of initiating this dip in the right pedal with a dip in your right hip, which will emphasize your turn. Sharp left turns: just reverse the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Holliday Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 23 minutes ago, houseofjob said: @Joe Holliday really good for just 6 hours! For turning now, your legs are too straight. Try: Sharp right turns: let your relatively straight right leg on right pedal dip the right pedal down from planar, while your left leg's knee bends and counter-balances with left pedal rising up from planar (body of EUC tilts to the right, but your whole body maintains position squarely over the middle balanced plane of the EUC). It helps to think of initiating this dip in the right pedal with a dip in your right hip, which will emphasize your turn. Sharp left turns: just reverse the above. Thanks! I'll give this a try tomorrow if the weather holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Holliday Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 I just noticed the casing on my V5F+ says V5F and the InMotion app lists it as V5F. Is there a way to be sure it's the V5F+ and not the V5F? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 edit: oops sorry misread your post. You would have to look at the battery I think. Here it looks like there's no other significant difference. Maybe the weight difference is big enough so you can be sure - 11.9 kg (26.2 lbs) vs 12.5 kg (27.5 lbs) - so you could weigh your wheel. In doubt I would trust the app, not some sticker. It seems to be the same wheel except for the different batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Check this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Holliday Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Progress update, finally able to turn both directions. Thanks for all the advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjtripp Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Looking good! The better you get, the more fun it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Holliday Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Week 2 update - right hand turns are more comfortable now, more comfortable at higher speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasenutty Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Look at you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Holliday Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Thanks everyone for your help! I'm happy with my EUC now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos E Rodriguez Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Joe Holliday said: Thanks everyone for your help! I'm happy with my EUC now! Very glad you persisted. It's a lot of musclenretraining. Now you need to have fun but don't stop learning. You need to practice slow riding, mounting and dismounting. You will need it when riding in crowded places. I also believe you should learn how adjust your feet while riding. It's the next level of skills to get the most comfort. You will learn how to shift your weight to the other foot while keeping the wheel steady and adjust the footing. You should practice and figure it out. 15 minutes at a time. Then at some point learning to ride on one foot. It might help for controlling if you get in a bad situation. Latly going backwards. You are doing great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radial Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 6 hours ago, Joe Holliday said: Week 2 update - right hand turns are more comfortable now, more comfortable at higher speed 1 Dude, look at you go! I'm a couple of weeks behind you on the learning curve, but you give me hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duf Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 On 5/5/2017 at 11:47 PM, radial said: Dude, look at you go! I'm a couple of weeks behind you on the learning curve, but you give me hope. If you need hope, see how I started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Duf said: If you need hope, see how I started I watched until day four and quite enjoyed your pain. I noticed you had a helmet and pads by the second day; that mirrors my experience of not using a helmet on the first day, realizing just how sketchy this hobby is, and then getting some safety. Getting on is probably much harder than riding, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radial Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 7 hours ago, Duf said: If you need hope, see how I started Love it, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Holliday Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 14 hours ago, Duf said: If you need hope, see how I started Nice! I can't even get my wife to try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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