I am a new member here at the Unicyclist community.
I live in Los Angeles and just purchased my first unicycle about 2 weeks ago. I’ve wanted to learn for as long as I can remember, and now I am learning.
I have a 17" very old Pelican unicycle (I believe.)
I think in the near future I may move up to a slightly larger wheel, even though I am only 5’ I am finding my feet can’t always move fast enough to keep me going.
Anyhow, I have made progress. My seat is the same both fowards and backwards (kinda looks like a banana or just an arc) and I discovered yesterday that when I set the seat a little further forward than it should be I was able to go a lot further than I had in the past.
I am very excited and exhilarated about my first two weeks. So far I think the furthest I’ve gone is about 30 feet … but that’s more than when I started. I am really enjoying the bruises from learning at this point.
I’m glad to be a member of the forum here… and hopefully soon I can meet up with some other SoCal unicyclists!
My girlfriend is 5 feet tall too, and she has no troubles riding a 20 inch wheel. You might want to get one of those as a step-up from you 17. I think it will help you a lot, and also open up many more possibilities then youll have with your 17.
Meating up with the SoCal riders should be really easy. THeres lots of them here. =p
hey! i’m sam and i’m semi-new here too…i’ve been a part of the community for almost two months but only just recently discovered the joys of posting! Welcome!