Owing to a tragic loss of data due to over-zealous disk quota enforcement I’ve
lost Peter Philips’ email address. Where are you!
For those in the East Anglia region, or even better Cambridge, Jez and I will
definitely be going down to London to play hockey, given that I find out their
address again! I’ll be leaving 5.30pm and can pick people up if nec.
Sorry to all you Americans for dangling such a tantalising offer across
the Atlantic.
By way of compensation, I’ve been furthering my wheel-walking (what, level 5?
you must be joking!) skill, having just got a new axle after the last bust in
Brussels and can offer the following tips:
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some recommend long controlled steps. I seem to have learnt with short
frequent steps as this seems to allow rapid changes in direction etc. -
Make sure the foot starts right at the top, heel touching frame.
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Practise control rather than balance, ie when it’s rushing forward, lean back
slightly and apply gradual back pressure as you frantically try to keep up. I
found going really slowly quite instructive. -
Keep your head up, but not too high, be prepared to ‘walk’ around aimlessly
without any control over direction at all. Well, at least that’s what I do. -
Learn on a big wheel if poss. I can’t imagine doing it on a 20". Lower
torque, and way less area. Ah well, I’ve seen it done so mileage varying etc. -
Bizarre as it may seem, I go considerably further if I say ‘control’ over and
over again while ‘walking’. Seems to keep me focussed or something. Might be
complete rubbish, but who knows.
RIght, I need some advice now. The uni leans to the left, and I have to
compensate by leaning to the right, and apparently my right shoulder’s quite far
forward. This has happened since my new 26" wheel. It also seems to happen when
I carry a hockey stick (which is almost always, to prevent automobile hassle)
and I haven’t checked without yet. The top of the wheel lines up with the frame,
although that’s no reason why the bottom should. I haven’t started experimenting
with wheel dishing etc. and thought I’d just ask while I was logged in…
Any ideas?
Cheers, Paul.
PS, I’m not actually subscribed to this list, so replies cc:'ed to me
appreciated.