Best ideas on practice

General
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I’m hoping to get some input on best ways to practice. Currently, I can ride about 50-60 ft. before losing my balance. It’s usually because I run out of driveway and end up on the lawn where it’s not as smooth. I find that if I go faster I go farther, but have a bit less control. Going slower affords me a different opportunity in that I get to feel the “balance issues” more and can practice trying to stay on instead of worrying about distance.

Now that my seat post is higher (talked about this in a different thread) and I have a uni that is a bit bigger (Nimbus MUNI 24" w/ street tire), I feel more stable (was riding a 20" Sun). I just want to be the most efficient in how I practice so that I progress as quickly as possible.

Thanks for any input.

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Just keep doing what you’re doing? You can already ride! It should take only a few more hours and you should be able to go for a few hundred feet. Find somewhere else that has a long stretch of flat road.

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Keep up the quality and the frequency too. For example, you don’t always want to try to go the max distance every time. See if you can ride a shorter distance but with more control including the dismount. Time and patients. You can do it!

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When I progressed to that point I moved my practice from the front yard to a local school’s 1/4 mile racing track. Smooth, paved, and the ride could last as long or as short as I wanted.

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+1