I had the best unicycling time yet. I went back out to the school, but this time I decided to go without the fences support. Most of the time I was relying to much on the fence and consequently I was falling toward it or away from it drastically when I grabbed it or pushed away from it. I ended up raising the seat about an inch as I felt I wasnt being made to sit down in the seat enough (after reading all the advice I figured I probably made it a bit to short…but I still have another 3 inches of play still in case I want to raise it again).
So I just held onto a pole in front of the school to get myself up and would attempt to ride away from the poll. At first I was barely able to pedal 2 rotations. I decided I would set a goal for myself. Make it past the fire lane marks which extended about 5 feet away from the pole. After a while I made it past that mark…I felt amazing. Well then I set a massively bigger goal…make it across to the parking spaces. This feat was more like 20-25 feet away. After a long long time…I made it. I was so excited because for the first time I was actually riding. Mind you I was going all over the place back and forth to make it there, but I made it there. I continued again and again…I still fall off early alot, but here and there I put most of my weight on the seat look foward and not at the wheel (thanks again for those tips) and I would start riding again. The furthest I made which was only one time was 40 feet, which I know is nothing to you guys who are able to do tricks and muni, but for me I felt great. After anout 4 hours total between 3 days I was figuring it out…at least somewhat.
Sorry to go on and on, but I am super excited now! One day I plan to pwn the unicycle, but for now…Im happy just figuring things out thus far.