First day on the BC.

Borgschulze · October 18, 2006, 3:01pm

So today I finally said, “Dan, get the Hell outside and try the BC wheel!”

So I did.

After about 5 or so tries pushing off the fence, I rode more than 6"…

So about 30-40 or so more tries and I rode about 35 feet give or take 5 feet. (I think that time was pure luck, but I wasn’t shaky that run at all)

So I decided it was time to pull out the Cybershot and film it.

Here is my video.

Remember, this is my first day trying…

I just want more encouragement

Evan_Byrne · October 18, 2006, 3:42pm

Pretty good! Try the skate mount, You can go very fast with that mount. remember to think of it as hopping on one foot at first.

Borgschulze · October 18, 2006, 5:05pm

I’ll try that tomorrow, I’m really tired from lugging that thing around.

grawistkafn · October 18, 2006, 5:21pm

Ride it around then, duh

Borgschulze · October 18, 2006, 5:33pm

I meant like… at school… I can’t ride it in the halls, I’ll get in trouble…

What you should have said it, make lighter plates It weighs 10 pounds still, down 3 pounds from my flat slippery plates I had before… but it feels a lot more than 3 pounds lighter, I think my scale is busted.

Eroick · October 18, 2006, 6:05pm

Cool. Another BCer! The skate mount works for me. I’ve been riding for just over a week and I can curb hop :). Hopping isnt really that hard once you can ride. I find that for my skate mount I put my toes under the bolt so I can push the wheel down and pull it up for control.

Borgschulze · October 18, 2006, 6:11pm

Kind of hard for me to use the bolt to move around Haha.

I can hop though… I tried twice, I fell off the first time, second time I lost so much momentum that I stayed on for about another 10" then had to jump off.

Eroick · October 18, 2006, 6:13pm

Get new plates, or hollow tubing. That must be so heavy, unless they are plugged?

EDIT: Im like 90% sure they are not plugged.

Borgschulze · October 18, 2006, 6:15pm

I made them, and I’m not buying anything till I get enough to buy a new Uni.

timbob1907 · October 18, 2006, 6:21pm

Sweet Nice plates!

Eroick · October 18, 2006, 6:21pm

Can you afford some hollow tubing?

Borgschulze · October 18, 2006, 6:23pm

Nope… No job.

Trust me, if I had access to hollow tubing like Evan’s BC, I would have used it, not a second thought about it.

Once my bank pays me back for some fraud that I had a short while ago, I’ll be short around $40 for buying a new Unicycle, and my Mom will pitch in for me, she’s real awesome.

As much as I like riding the BC already, I would rather have a new Unicycle, sorry guys.