Hello, I’m another newbie. My first uni, a Torker LX, was delivered a few days ago. Unfortunately I came down with a cold on the same day. So I’ve been doped up on cold medicine and only managed to play for half an hour so far, during which I managed to ride about 15 feet on the lumpy dirt and grass in my backyard. I’ve found that hopping up and down while holding the seat with one hand is easier than pedaling.
When I feel better, I’m going to take my uni somewhere with a stretch of pavement and go for broke. I’ve been riding mountain bikes for 7-8 years and a fixed gear bike for several years now, so I tend to believe I’ll catch on relatively quickly. I already have a helmet and various inline skate pads. Eventually I want to ride offroad, so I guess I’ll need some shin pads and better (non-plastic) pedals.
A few personal tidbits - I currently live in Turlock, CA, and other than cycling, I enjoy music, synthesizers, mathematics, philosophy, and theology.
“phlegm”, welcome to the forums. Sounds like you’re making a great start on your unicycle. Hope to hear lots more from you as time goes on. I didn’t get your real name, but again, Welcome!
A tennis court is a good place to learn. Tennis courts are smooth and flat plus you can hold onto the fence around them. If you can ride on lumpy dirt in the yard, you are doing good. Riding through the grass is not the easiest way to learn.
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:26:24 -0500, “phlegm” wrote:
>Hello, I’m another newbie.
Welcome here!
>only managed to play for half
>an hour so far, during which I managed to ride about 15 feet on the
>lumpy dirt and grass in my backyard.
Very good progress!
>I’ve found that hopping up and
>down while holding the seat with one hand is easier than pedaling.
Trials talent
>I enjoy music, synthesizers, mathematics, philosophy, and
>theology.
You seem to be an asset to the community.
Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
“The more you think, the less you have to do. - Leo Vandewoestijne”
My nick is gross, isn’t it. I’ve been using it on the net for more than 10 years, so by now, I habitually use it without regard to its meaning. BTW, my real name is Kevin.
I just finished practicing for an hour. This time I cleared out the garage and moved the car out of the driveway so I could practice on pavement. I made it from the back of the garage all the way to the street once, which is probably around 40 feet. A couple more days of this and hopefully I’ll get it.
I think I need to figure out how to purposefully turn so I stop running into the junk in the garage.
