I’m learning to play the violin, it took awhile to get a teacher, I was on a list for awhile. It’s hard, but fun, like unicycling, speaking of which, I have good news. I was trying to one foot ride today, i’d take pressure off the left foot, trying to get used to it, also tried putting just like my toe on the left pedal, I think once or twice I got all the foot off of it, maybe by accident. It started off as once around, going over the top with the right foot was scary at first, cause other times i’ve tried it I inadvertantly glided, you know, that period where you’d like to fall, but can’t, which makes it hard to land on your feet when you do fall. Anyways, none of that today, and I progressed to two revs, then found I had to keep pushing harder, then letting it roll through till I could push again. I also started putting my left foot against the frame which helped. I wanted to put it on top of the fork, which is why I got a square fork, but right now thats up too high for me to maintain balance, it’s a 24 inch, right now this works ok. I showed my 9 yr old friend Caleb, who can one foot for about 5 revs, although if he didn’t just have his left foot bent and put it on the fork I think he could go longer. I wasn’t liking him too much cause he could one foot and I can’t, and then he started riding backwards a bit, which I could do, but he picked it up sooner than I had, but I think i’m doing the same thing only with one foot, so now we’re even. Josh whos 12 can hop now, which Caleb can’t do, but calebs learning to idle, which Josh can’t do, so yeah, it’s fun. Oh yeah, a guy at work rode my uni, he said he rode a few years ago, and I think his brother had one. And this guy I met today also has one and rode mine well, so other unicyclists are out there, they’re just not always keeping up with it, oh well.
Yeah I highjacked the post, but it’s keeping it alive isn’t it? your welcome : )
Oh yeah, banjo.com sells violins, so this was related in some way.
Andrew
