Day 19
Things haven’t been going very well lately. I had an injury while riding my 36er, so I had to take a break until today. But now that I’m back on my unicycle, I’ve noticed that the 150mm cranks are too long for me. I have small feet and had to ride with the tips to reach the shift buttons, which is obviously not a good idea. So I switched to a pair of 137mm cranks which seem to be a good compromise between 150mm (too long) and 125mm (too hard to control).
Riding and mounting with the 137mm cranks was noticeably more challenging, but I was able to manage after a few minutes of practice. Shifting on the fly is still impossible. For starters, my shoes (Five Ten Freerider) have an extremely grippy sole that makes it difficult to reposition my feet while riding, given I’m still not familiar with riding one footer. The few times I attempted to hit the shifting button, was followed by immediate UPD because of loss of balance or simply panic. Guess I still have a long way to go!