You need a longer runway because it won't click until you pick up up some speed and let the rotational force of the wheel straighten you out. It isn't hard if you are willing to commit. Find someplace grassy so that you won't worry that much about dropping your expensive new wheel. The good thing about starting with a large wheel is that it is less squirrelly than small wheels and easier to click once you get moving. Good luck and don't give up!
That’s what I was thinking. I need a little more speed. I just need to trust a bit more. Like a bicycle. Need speed to keep it upright. Thank you my friend. Definitely not quitting. I’m in for the long haul. I’ll try a little tomorrow cause I have the kids for spring break but Wednesday Thursday will be full training days. Even though I can’t ride I’m having fun.
When I first started to learn I went to a big tennis court and practiced going back and forth and holding myself up with one arm. Then I would go from one pole to another without holding anything and I kept doing that until i was able to pick up enough speed & then it just clicked. I would personally add as much protection on the wheel because I know that the one thing you don’t want to do is mess up an expensive wheel and that can hold you back from committing.
I learned mine at a park playground with that ground rubber surface. The playground structure had a lot of areas to grab to help stabilize a new rider. It clicked after an hour of working at it with turns as well. Was then able to ride up to the gas station and back to grab a drink.
I can’t wait till I’m to that point. Where I can get it up the street and back. I’m gonna practice a bunch tomorrow. Trying to think of a rubber close to me. I’m definitely excited for tomorrow!! Thank my friend!!
That’s the best advice when I first started especially mounting. Look straight ahead and not down. It was night and day difference! Keep it up bro you’ll get it! I too started with a big wheel (S22) and now I’m glad I did. Smaller EUC and Lynx was quite simple. Too me starting with a tiny squirrelly wheel is accident prone. Can’t wait to see more progress videos! 🤙🏽
Oh yeah like others said padding up your new shinny toy helps so you don’t worry about dropping it. Although practicing on grass was harder to me than concrete.
I was successful using hiking/ski poles. As I caught onto balancing I just carried the poles poles farther and farther then tossed them away. Speed just increases the danger/damage.
@@curtflirt2 I was learning in mid 2020 and I wanted to learn close to the house. I had a quiet street along side my property but nothing to hang onto like a tennis court fence, etc. The poles forced me to ride very slow because I was unable to relocate the poles fast enough to keep up at any real speed. But at very slow speeds I could use them much like hiking, at moderately slow speed I could let the poles drag along side and use them to make small balance corrections.
You looking like I was when I first started. And I got a inmotion v8s. I was sweating my butt off, my feet and calfs were hurting / burning. I used the side of my house and drive way with a fence on the other side. I did straight lines bracing on the side of the house for 1 hour after work before I had to rest. And again the next day. Then did diagonals from one end of the drive way wall to the fence, turning around holding on to the fence to try again the way back, again for 1 hour. Slowly over 3 days and then within the week I was riding, still uneasy, but improving. You got this, heavy wheels are more difficult but not impossible. Practice on the grass, in a park, tennis court, by the fence, near a wall.
took me about a week to adjust to me first wheel. its a small v5. i got the cheapest wheel to see if i can even learn to ride it. speed is hte key, youre right. once you get some speed the balance feels so natural. i did end up eating it pretty hard going downhill, and also noob mistake i removed the speed limiter (set to 100%) and pretty much immediately overtorqued and got wheel cut, ending up crashing into a car at a red light. i hurt my ACL (or something in my knee) and was out of commission for like 4 days. youll get it brother, i cant wait to see you ripping the streets in that thing!
It took me an Old men with arthritis 8 month to start running the 1st 10 feet. By that time I have realize that I only stand higher than floor a few inches. And Only that I have realize that I already have the skill that I need: Balance in 1 leg. That is all you need for driving an EUC if you don't have severe arthritis. So don't hang on so tight to the fence or the car. Just barely touch it. If you hang on to much on the fence, that all you feel. Be prepare to fall, figure when you about to fall what you should do?May just step down or jump out of the wheel. With your physic, you may not need to do back and force. All you need to do is get use to the wheel. Stand on the floor use right leg and your shin to keep the wheel stand straight up. The left leg on the floor with just by your toe. That way you body weight heavily on the leg that hold the wheel. Now use left leg on the floor pushing forward so you can move forward. While doing this remember to position the wheel straight down under you crotch and your head lean forward but never look down. Keep the wheel rolling juts for a few inches then stop by put down your left leg. Repeat until you feel like you can put whole your body weight on the wheel and try move a little further. It will be uncomfortable and hurt the right legs so wear thick protective where your shin and your ankle. Once you be able to hold the wheel in your legs like part of your body, you are already know how to ride. Just think it will feel the same as riding bicycle with 1 finger on the handle with out a seat. A little bit of courage required to let go and not use your hand for your balancing. It;s your Legs that keeps you balance, you are standing on it for life. Also trust the wheel a little bit you will never falling forward or backward. You will fall to left and right but why so stiff. Step of the wheel or jump off. don't try to hold on to the wheel and 1 fact : Riding EUC is mean you are always in the falling state. You are falling to the left and the back to the right just like when you are running. Wrapup your EUC so it won't get scratches during practice when you kick it a way when you fall. I hope it not too long.
If you have someone youre comfortable with available, have them stand behind you and hold your hips and move forward slowly. It allows your brain to train itself quicker without falling off right away. They can stabilize you while you learn the balance. Otherwise get in a wide open space so you have room to over correct. Usually using the fence is for people with no experience on pevs and how they work. Just to understand the lean to move part. Woth someone with onewheel experience, holding onto a fence or car just incourages leaning into it which will throw your balance off. The biggest factor is just getting over the hump of commiting and knowing you most likely will drop the wheel and have to run off more than once learning.
You're awesome! Keep working at it and stay safe 😊 I feel the same way just learning the onewheel... I know it will feel better balance-wise if I let myself go more than a few yards at a time... then jump off or fall when I get nervous! I'll get there and you will for certain!
Yes we will. You got this 🙌🏾 on the Onewheel just bail when you have to and before you know you’ll be floating. I’m gonna keep at it too. Pray for me 🙌🏾😂
The Biggest learning curve to riding a EUC is mental. No Handlebars and only one wheel make most psych themselves out from the start. And most when they start riding EUC are looking for something to do with their hands. When I learned I put my hands in my pockets instead of let them swing all over the place. It keeps you more relaxed and balanced The only way you will learn to ride a EUC is by LETTING GO of all walls, railing etc. Those things slow your learning rather then help it. If you use a wall, simple use it to get on the EUC and then lean to go DO NOT PULL OFF. Get in the habit of leaning to accelerate and leaning to brake. Besides there is no walls/railing on the street to hold onto when riding. So cut the habit now in the beginning stage When I learned I held the rail/walls the first 2 days and could barely ride 5 feet. The 3rd day I said I wasn't going to hold anything and I was able to ride about 80 yards without falling...wobbly. The next day I rode a mile...the rest is history..almost 1200 miles in since Oct Think of riding a EUC like riding a Bicycle with no hands and you steering with your body. When riding a bike we don't actually use the handlebars to turn, we use our body to lean in the direction we want to go.
We have the same starting wheel. Without pads, i had to set the ride mode to soft just so i can move the wheel. But the pads is a must have. The reason I had difficulty was me not accelerating because of the fear i would fall off when I apply brakes without the pads to hold me. Other than the pads, stay off the walls. I found that staying too long holding on walls/rails is detrimental to your training. Once you get a feel of how to move it, start accelerating in a wide open space. You'll learn more falling than by holding on walls. At your starting speed, it's still easy to grab the handles and jump off while catching the lynx.
Thanks for the info! I’ll definitely try to keep that in mind. Gonna trying mounting to today in wide open space and see if I can get it going. Eventually I know it’ll click.
Follow up to my prior comment. There are several how to ride EUC videos, but Kuji Rolls how to ride video is the only one with an actual beginner (a girl) learning to ride on an Inmotion V8 in about 90 minutes, well enough to maneuver around people and make turns in an indoor parking lot, tilting the EUC to steer. I think it is the best how to ride video I've seen. In the video, she always uses support to mount and launch. She starts off using extended arms for balance, but towards the end of the video, she's going fast enough that the EUC becomes stable, lowers her arms and relaxes. Kuji mentions lowering tire pressure to 25 psi, but that is due to the light weight of the girl, and most riders will start off at 30 to 35 psi. Kuji also mentions pressing on the inside toe to tilt | steer, but this would cause an EUC to accelerate, and instead he should have stated pressing on inside pedal (not just the toe). He shows a one foot gliding drill (circles with one foot off), in order to be able to keep one foot on to avoid the EUC rolling into a car in that parking lot, but she's able to step off without issue, so she doesn't do that drill.
Keep going -- I had a long learning curve, one day it clicked 👍 I think 3 days to do a straight line with no support and another week to do an ok turn. Cheers
Keep at it man! I was in the same boat as you. Coming from a GT, I started on a heavy wheel as well. I actually bought the Patton and was so discouraged from it being heavy that i returned it and got the Begode T4 instead. I love the T4, but wish I had stuck with the Patton. The one thing that clicked for me was focusing your center of gravity on your dominant leg as you mount. Practice on it like a scooter with one leg and gradually it'll come to you. I learned it watching Zen Lee's video czcams.com/video/g3NrHOQOXOo/video.html. He's got some really good tips for learning on heavy euc's. Good luck man and hope to see you riding soon on the lynx.
You are actually doing quite well. Just keep at it. Some very good training videos on CZcams. I am 58, went from a PintX to an EUC two years ago. I was a slow learner, took me two weeks to learn! Stop looking down! You DO NOT a smaller wheel. You legs just need to get used to the weight.
Love it bro. I literally just started too but I have a much smaller and cheaper wheel 😅 you got this. Just remember the better you are at low speed the better you can control it at higher speeds I feel.
Thank you my friend!! That’s my thoughts. I’m getting better in between the car and the fence 🤣 I actually ordered a smaller wheel too. Should be here this week. Wife is gonna absolutely snap 😂 I plan on hiding it. At this point I think I can get it on the big wheel so I might send it back.
@therealbergexperience5640 I am wanting a bigger wheels already you can see my two little trips down a dort road and something like yours would be alot more stable. Maybe try both and see which one you like at cruising speed and keep me posted bro I subbed so I can see how you progress.
first , good job on wearing all the gears. second smaller wheel will help you learn faster . third stop thinking so much about falling. you will fall also let the wheel fall dont worry about it. here is the answer to your question . get a longer wall . get away from the wall as soon as possible. hope that helps🤙
@@therealbergexperience5640 kingsong 14d, inmotion 5f, stay away from mten’s they’re cute and have better specs. but does not have area for your legs to lean on when learning.
I'm wondering if it is like learning how to walk or ride a bike, where your mind gets in the way as the exact opposite of what you think is how it really works - like when you first try to talk you think putting a foot out in front of you will make you go forward, but instead babies just fall on their butts backwards instead; it isn't until you first shift your body mass backwards so that the equal and opposite reaction happens to make you start falling forwards a little bit that you can put your foot out in front of you to catch yourself taking that first step ...the same thing kinda happens when taking the training-wheels off a bike and trying to turn, now when you try to turn right you just fall over to the left; and it isn't until without thinking or even knowing you are doing it that your body learns that first you steer left a tiny bit to start falling to the right and then you are leaning into the turn to actually be able to go right a few days ago I took my first and only attempt on just a Onewheel board for about 20sec. and I was able to do a slight 'inward' turn, but then straightening up while stopping and I fell right off backwards to the 'outside' instead of staying on just a bit longer and letting the board get back under me by allowing it to turn outward a bit never riding on one of those things you are learning, but just what I noticed from your video: what I saw was that it appears that you try to correct balance because you don't want to fall off to that side, and then immediately make it worse by catching yourself with your hand and not allowing the device to go in that direction underneath you instead - it was like 'oh no, the device is going that way a little bit, so I need to push it back straight' out from under you and you fall more: so a wild uninformed guess on my part would be to let it go even harder that way so that now you catch yourself and fall back the other way - like what would happen if instead of trying you ride in a straight line without holding on to the hallway or gate/car, you instead held on and tried to get it to go side to side underneath you in a slight S curve, see if you can "feel" it catch you and push you back up and into the next lean where you have to turn the other way? anyway I was thinking about getting one of these things, but they look hard and dangerous, great that you have protective gear on(and the dude who let me try his Onewheel made me use his helmet) I always wear mine when I ride my motorcycles, looks cool tho
I have over 1k miles on EUCs and lemme tell ya... slow speeds are still tough AF. I learned on the RSHT and definitely beat it up more than I would ever want to with my Lynx. Took me about 2 weeks to get going. Don't give up man!
Just don’t give up. Keep at it’s going to come to you. If you’re ever in Biloxi Mississippi, you want to go for a ride let me and my friends know if we could teach you a few more things.
Thank you my friend. Definitely not giving up. I actually just ordered a 2nd smaller wheel but I’ll keep practicing with the Lynx til it comes. Mind as well have a big and small wheel. I worked a week in New Orleans not long ago. Not sure how far it is but next I’m head that way I’ll definitely reach out 🙌🏾
@@therealbergexperience5640 hey just let us know when you’re going to be down here and if you want I have 2V fives that’s how I learned I could take some time out to show you just let me know when you’re in town and we can go for a ride
@@therealbergexperience5640 I have a veterans Abrams, a Sherman is and the lynx but I taught myself on a V5 first before I moved up to a bigger Wheel to like I said, I’m here if you need help brother
You got it bro. just need more room to pick up speed. Tennis court helps. You’re right about standing up straight. Don’t bend from the hips. Also, your legs and feet especially will be sore. That’s normal. Loving the content.
It's not easy by any means, but it's to keep on trying. I will agree with others as far as learning on a smaller wheel probably first but hey, you got what you got.
You doing good. But it’s time to let go of holding on to things. Try in open area. If you scared of falling start on grass. Don’t worry, you’ll just have some stumbles if you do fall it won’t be too bad because you won’t be going too fast. The hip pads will help in these situations because you’re just gonna fall on your side or behind. But practice makes perfect. It took me a little minute too. Ones you get it the addiction will kick in. You will want to ride everyday. Enjoy my brother
Thats awesome dude. I was thinking of getting an euc myself but im sticking with onewheel for now😊 But serious question. Dont the pads on the side help you balance and lock in so your not so wobbly?
I both Inmotion v13 for my first EUC. Second day I went off-road. I do want to say.. The first day when I started learning at some point I said to my self there is no way I will be able to ride this thing. But once I start moving the first time I got confidence boost by the end of day I was able to ride it freely. I did not learn holding or anything like that... i went all out push two times with one leg get up on it and ride.
First, take the seat off. You won’t need it for a while. Second, what you are doing is right. Don’t give up. Focus on balancing left and right, don’t worry about turns yet. You also need more road. Also, every second you are worrying about dropping the wheel is a second you are not learning. Focus on balancing left and right and just go straight. Then focus on mounting and turn. Then focus on high speed turns and counter steer. Then focus on slow rolls and tight turns. Then focus on going backwards and curbs. And put the free pads on, they protect the wheel when you drop it. You are going to drop it. It’ll be fine. It’s designed to take a lot of punishment (czcams.com/users/shortssK2dM1Rh0rE?feature=shared). And, no one ever have a non scrapped up first wheel. The v10/v5 will help, but it will still feel like a bigger wheel. My daughter started with the V5, then she moved on to the Lynx. She’s 12. (czcams.com/video/pr4aaW7Qgyc/video.htmlfeature=shared). The other benefit of having a V5 is that it fits in the car trunk and you can carry it easily any where, as a last mile vehicle. Most importantly, patience.
@@therealbergexperience5640 most def worth it. The v5 lives in my car trunk permanently now. I use it every day at work, commuting between buildings. Plus, it hurts less to screw up a $400 wheel than a $4000 one. You know what I mean.
It's easier and much less tiring to use support to mount and launch when learning to ride, as repeatedly hopping and stepping on can get tiring, and the foot you step on with is often not well positioned. Once you've learned to ride reasonably well, then free mounting (no support) won't be an issue. There isn't enough room between the fences to make significant balance corrections by tilting or twisting the EUC into direction of imbalance, and riders often end up reaching for a fence instead of making a balance corrrection. When you think you are ready, move to a larger area like a near empty parking lot with enough room for balance corrections and long enough that you can ride in a straight line for a while. In the parking lot, there should be something you can use for support to mount and launch (car, pole, ...). Use support to get both feet on and centered, then look straight ahead (not down) to get a better sense of balance, rock back and forth, and while rocked back and leaning forwards, release (don't push) from support to launch. Extend your arms outwards to help with balance: flail arms left to twist EUC right and vice versa. Similar to a bicycle, speed is a key factor, if riding too slow, you're making constant balance corrections, but when riding in a straight line at around 8 mph, an EUC will become stable, no need for balance corrections, and you can essentially stand still at a stable speed. Once at a stable speed, learn to turn by tilting the EUC, first small tilts to see how it reacts, then a weaving pattern, then large radius turns. You should wrap the EUC with towels or some other form of protection (some EUCs have covers to protect them) to keep it from getting scratched up if/when you bail.
Once you get out in the open that's when it'll click in your head and you'll begin to trust it. In the meantime I'd practice using your dominant leg and hop on hop off over and over and get used to feeling the weight on the inside of your leg. that motion is important when you want to get on/off. There are some tutorials on CZcams that can help. U-stride has a great how to ride an euc video. That's the one I learned from.
@@therealbergexperience5640 yeah it really was ideal, first 10 minutes i wanted to give up.. u just didnt understand, and then the person shouted instructions and gave me excercizes when it started to work.. i was doing figure 8, slow speed deliverate wobbelibg and ramming molehills soon enough
Picture standing still on a onewheel. It’s hard and easy to tip over. Same thing here; once you get a couple mph going it’s going to do all the work for you.
I told myself I would never ride one. But a friend met up with me to try my FloatWheel and came with en EUC and left me with it for 10 minutes. Sooooo I jumped on 😂
Better to learn WITH pads than without them especially on a big wheel (almost 90 pound). The person who told you that probably meant the small 30 pound wheel like Inmotion V5 or V8. I guarantee you the person who told you to ride with no pads, has pads on his Lynx of other big heavy wheel And you will definitely drop your EUC whether experienced rider and most especially a Novice just learning. If you don't want to drop your EUC, then don't ride a EUC because it will drop. It don't mean you have to drop with it tho...If the wheel starts to drop, let it drop while you hop off. You can always buy another shell and have it look new
I found euc so weird to learn versus any other PEV I learnt. Try and fail and try and fail too much, funny AF really. Then it just clicked for no reason! Did you try the summerboard? I enjoyed learning that thing the most aside from Onewheel, but uk streets are too fcuked with potholes for that thing to be practical. My next board will be an efoil. Floatlife baby!
Try getting on and off while trying to stay balanced. once you have that mastered try to start going forward, but at some point on the larger wheels you gotta trust it and launch forward with it. you’ll fall off it 100% at the start so wear gear. Hard surfaces are easier to learn on but less forgiving
Agreed with the rest you haven’t committed. You must be willing to fall to progress. If you scurved , go to grass wear football equipment because you will be confident that you won’t hurt yourself and commit. Then off you go, this unwillingness to fall is probably what stop you from curb nudges. If you don’t want to break EUC. find a cheap used one to practice. Good luck worse case you can sell that and get a S for more speed
You will be my inspiration for learning to curb nudge 😂🤣 I ain’t gonna lie. I tried for a full day and just gave up. I felt like I was banging up the board but ima go back to it. With the EUC I plan on go hard for next couple days. I wanna try grass but I don’t know if the tire will grip. I’ll try that today.
@therealbergexperience5640 when I first rode my onewheel, I looked I was preparing for the apocalypse. Slow took gear off as I progress. It what makes you confident. I am sure you will be whipping that EUC around like no ones business.
I'm learning on a Lynx too. This thing is more than half my body weight. Freaking yikes. Its way harder than to learn than a Onewheel. Waaaaaay harder. On a Onewheel if it gets too wobby or looks bad you can jump off the board and bail at anytime. There's no bailing out of this battery-laden suitcase. On a Lynx, once its rolling, its ride or die.
I highly recommend chooch tech's video titled "Learn To Ride Electric Unicycles: (The Easy Way)" on youtube it has a lot of tricks that really help. You're doing great once your brain gets it it will be as easy as anything else
For sure. I’ve watched that video specifically at least five times. Chooch is 1 of my favorites. That’s how I started in my house. I’ll keep watching it til I get it. Thank you my friend!!
You'd do well with this method, chooch has a good video on it. Add youtube dot com/watch?v=xomK1tORlJI I like the 1 foot coast method because as a new rider most cant lean for needed acceleration, and keeping it under 5 mph for to long often ends badly for even veteran riders. Also, I like the idea of practicing on a dirt (baseball), turf (soccer), or rubber (track) to minimize damage, a slight downgrade hill works great too.
@@therealbergexperience5640Personally I think learning to ride on grass is harder because most grass is uneven and the slightest bump will throw you off balance. It will protect the wheel better than concrete. Best to find a Basketball court or empty parking lot to learn on. A tip that may help learning is to start seated. In a Seated position with your dominant leg on the wheel, kick off with your off leg and ride as you would ride a bicycle and go as far as you can. Same with standing free mounting with your dominant leg on the wheel use your other leg to give a little kick off before putting it on the wheel and then lean a lil once on the wheel
You need a longer runway because it won't click until you pick up up some speed and let the rotational force of the wheel straighten you out. It isn't hard if you are willing to commit. Find someplace grassy so that you won't worry that much about dropping your expensive new wheel. The good thing about starting with a large wheel is that it is less squirrelly than small wheels and easier to click once you get moving. Good luck and don't give up!
That’s what I was thinking. I need a little more speed. I just need to trust a bit more. Like a bicycle. Need speed to keep it upright. Thank you my friend. Definitely not quitting. I’m in for the long haul. I’ll try a little tomorrow cause I have the kids for spring break but Wednesday Thursday will be full training days. Even though I can’t ride I’m having fun.
When I first started to learn I went to a big tennis court and practiced going back and forth and holding myself up with one arm.
Then I would go from one pole to another without holding anything and I kept doing that until i was able to pick up enough speed & then it just clicked.
I would personally add as much protection on the wheel because I know that the one thing you don’t want to do is mess up an expensive wheel and that can hold you back from committing.
I learned mine at a park playground with that ground rubber surface. The playground structure had a lot of areas to grab to help stabilize a new rider. It clicked after an hour of working at it with turns as well. Was then able to ride up to the gas station and back to grab a drink.
I can’t wait till I’m to that point. Where I can get it up the street and back. I’m gonna practice a bunch tomorrow. Trying to think of a rubber close to me. I’m definitely excited for tomorrow!! Thank my friend!!
Keep at it fam. Don’t look at the ground , look at where you want to go
Sound advice!! I forgot that tip. Thank you my friend. I’ll keep at it. Head up eyes forward!!
Like riding a motorcycle you look down you do down.
That’s the best advice when I first started especially mounting. Look straight ahead and not down. It was night and day difference! Keep it up bro you’ll get it! I too started with a big wheel (S22) and now I’m glad I did. Smaller EUC and Lynx was quite simple. Too me starting with a tiny squirrelly wheel is accident prone. Can’t wait to see more progress videos! 🤙🏽
Oh yeah like others said padding up your new shinny toy helps so you don’t worry about dropping it. Although practicing on grass was harder to me than concrete.
I was successful using hiking/ski poles. As I caught onto balancing I just carried the poles poles farther and farther then tossed them away. Speed just increases the danger/damage.
That's a great idea
Hmmm, well this is different, never heard of this idea before
@@curtflirt2 I was learning in mid 2020 and I wanted to learn close to the house. I had a quiet street along side my property but nothing to hang onto like a tennis court fence, etc. The poles forced me to ride very slow because I was unable to relocate the poles fast enough to keep up at any real speed. But at very slow speeds I could use them much like hiking, at moderately slow speed I could let the poles drag along side and use them to make small balance corrections.
You looking like I was when I first started. And I got a inmotion v8s. I was sweating my butt off, my feet and calfs were hurting / burning. I used the side of my house and drive way with a fence on the other side. I did straight lines bracing on the side of the house for 1 hour after work before I had to rest. And again the next day. Then did diagonals from one end of the drive way wall to the fence, turning around holding on to the fence to try again the way back, again for 1 hour. Slowly over 3 days and then within the week I was riding, still uneasy, but improving.
You got this, heavy wheels are more difficult but not impossible. Practice on the grass, in a park, tennis court, by the fence, near a wall.
You’re doing great. Baby steps.
took me about a week to adjust to me first wheel. its a small v5. i got the cheapest wheel to see if i can even learn to ride it. speed is hte key, youre right. once you get some speed the balance feels so natural.
i did end up eating it pretty hard going downhill, and also noob mistake i removed the speed limiter (set to 100%) and pretty much immediately overtorqued and got wheel cut, ending up crashing into a car at a red light. i hurt my ACL (or something in my knee) and was out of commission for like 4 days.
youll get it brother, i cant wait to see you ripping the streets in that thing!
It took me an Old men with arthritis 8 month to start running the 1st 10 feet. By that time I have realize that I only stand higher than floor a few inches. And Only that I have realize that I already have the skill that I need: Balance in 1 leg. That is all you need for driving an EUC if you don't have severe arthritis. So don't hang on so tight to the fence or the car. Just barely touch it. If you hang on to much on the fence, that all you feel. Be prepare to fall, figure when you about to fall what you should do?May just step down or jump out of the wheel. With your physic, you may not need to do back and force. All you need to do is get use to the wheel. Stand on the floor use right leg and your shin to keep the wheel stand straight up. The left leg on the floor with just by your toe. That way you body weight heavily on the leg that hold the wheel. Now use left leg on the floor pushing forward so you can move forward. While doing this remember to position the wheel straight down under you crotch and your head lean forward but never look down. Keep the wheel rolling juts for a few inches then stop by put down your left leg. Repeat until you feel like you can put whole your body weight on the wheel and try move a little further. It will be uncomfortable and hurt the right legs so wear thick protective where your shin and your ankle. Once you be able to hold the wheel in your legs like part of your body, you are already know how to ride. Just think it will feel the same as riding bicycle with 1 finger on the handle with out a seat. A little bit of courage required to let go and not use your hand for your balancing. It;s your Legs that keeps you balance, you are standing on it for life. Also trust the wheel a little bit you will never falling forward or backward. You will fall to left and right but why so stiff. Step of the wheel or jump off. don't try to hold on to the wheel and 1 fact : Riding EUC is mean you are always in the falling state. You are falling to the left and the back to the right just like when you are running. Wrapup your EUC so it won't get scratches during practice when you kick it a way when you fall. I hope it not too long.
Brother, You keep at it, You need to PUT THE WORK IN!
If you have someone youre comfortable with available, have them stand behind you and hold your hips and move forward slowly. It allows your brain to train itself quicker without falling off right away. They can stabilize you while you learn the balance. Otherwise get in a wide open space so you have room to over correct. Usually using the fence is for people with no experience on pevs and how they work. Just to understand the lean to move part. Woth someone with onewheel experience, holding onto a fence or car just incourages leaning into it which will throw your balance off. The biggest factor is just getting over the hump of commiting and knowing you most likely will drop the wheel and have to run off more than once learning.
Just keep at it and you will be cruising in no time I have not ridden a euc so I don’t know anything else to say about it
Thank you for sure. I’ll keep at it. Hopefully pick it up sooner than later 🙌🏾
You're awesome! Keep working at it and stay safe 😊
I feel the same way just learning the onewheel... I know it will feel better balance-wise if I let myself go more than a few yards at a time... then jump off or fall when I get nervous! I'll get there and you will for certain!
Yes we will. You got this 🙌🏾 on the Onewheel just bail when you have to and before you know you’ll be floating. I’m gonna keep at it too. Pray for me 🙌🏾😂
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The Biggest learning curve to riding a EUC is mental. No Handlebars and only one wheel make most psych themselves out from the start.
And most when they start riding EUC are looking for something to do with their hands. When I learned I put my hands in my pockets instead of let them swing all over the place. It keeps you more relaxed and balanced
The only way you will learn to ride a EUC is by LETTING GO of all walls, railing etc. Those things slow your learning rather then help it. If you use a wall, simple use it to get on the EUC and then lean to go DO NOT PULL OFF. Get in the habit of leaning to accelerate and leaning to brake. Besides there is no walls/railing on the street to hold onto when riding. So cut the habit now in the beginning stage
When I learned I held the rail/walls the first 2 days and could barely ride 5 feet. The 3rd day I said I wasn't going to hold anything and I was able to ride about 80 yards without falling...wobbly. The next day I rode a mile...the rest is history..almost 1200 miles in since Oct
Think of riding a EUC like riding a Bicycle with no hands and you steering with your body. When riding a bike we don't actually use the handlebars to turn, we use our body to lean in the direction we want to go.
I’m try this next. No wall. No nothing. Thank you my friend!!
We have the same starting wheel. Without pads, i had to set the ride mode to soft just so i can move the wheel. But the pads is a must have. The reason I had difficulty was me not accelerating because of the fear i would fall off when I apply brakes without the pads to hold me.
Other than the pads, stay off the walls. I found that staying too long holding on walls/rails is detrimental to your training. Once you get a feel of how to move it, start accelerating in a wide open space. You'll learn more falling than by holding on walls. At your starting speed, it's still easy to grab the handles and jump off while catching the lynx.
Thanks for the info! I’ll definitely try to keep that in mind. Gonna trying mounting to today in wide open space and see if I can get it going. Eventually I know it’ll click.
Follow up to my prior comment. There are several how to ride EUC videos, but Kuji Rolls how to ride video is the only one with an actual beginner (a girl) learning to ride on an Inmotion V8 in about 90 minutes, well enough to maneuver around people and make turns in an indoor parking lot, tilting the EUC to steer. I think it is the best how to ride video I've seen. In the video, she always uses support to mount and launch. She starts off using extended arms for balance, but towards the end of the video, she's going fast enough that the EUC becomes stable, lowers her arms and relaxes. Kuji mentions lowering tire pressure to 25 psi, but that is due to the light weight of the girl, and most riders will start off at 30 to 35 psi. Kuji also mentions pressing on the inside toe to tilt | steer, but this would cause an EUC to accelerate, and instead he should have stated pressing on inside pedal (not just the toe). He shows a one foot gliding drill (circles with one foot off), in order to be able to keep one foot on to avoid the EUC rolling into a car in that parking lot, but she's able to step off without issue, so she doesn't do that drill.
Keep going -- I had a long learning curve, one day it clicked 👍
I think 3 days to do a straight line with no support and another week to do an ok turn.
Cheers
Keep at it man! I was in the same boat as you. Coming from a GT, I started on a heavy wheel as well. I actually bought the Patton and was so discouraged from it being heavy that i returned it and got the Begode T4 instead. I love the T4, but wish I had stuck with the Patton. The one thing that clicked for me was focusing your center of gravity on your dominant leg as you mount. Practice on it like a scooter with one leg and gradually it'll come to you. I learned it watching Zen Lee's video czcams.com/video/g3NrHOQOXOo/video.html. He's got some really good tips for learning on heavy euc's. Good luck man and hope to see you riding soon on the lynx.
Thank you my friend. I’ll try to keep that in mind. I’m hoping to not have to grab another wheel for now. I’m gonna watch Zen’a video now.
You are actually doing quite well. Just keep at it. Some very good training videos on CZcams. I am 58, went from a PintX to an EUC two years ago. I was a slow learner, took me two weeks to learn!
Stop looking down!
You DO NOT a smaller wheel. You legs just need to get used to the weight.
Love it bro. I literally just started too but I have a much smaller and cheaper wheel 😅 you got this. Just remember the better you are at low speed the better you can control it at higher speeds I feel.
Thank you my friend!! That’s my thoughts. I’m getting better in between the car and the fence 🤣 I actually ordered a smaller wheel too. Should be here this week. Wife is gonna absolutely snap 😂 I plan on hiding it. At this point I think I can get it on the big wheel so I might send it back.
@therealbergexperience5640 I am wanting a bigger wheels already you can see my two little trips down a dort road and something like yours would be alot more stable. Maybe try both and see which one you like at cruising speed and keep me posted bro I subbed so I can see how you progress.
first , good job on wearing all the gears. second smaller wheel will help you learn faster . third stop thinking so much about falling. you will fall also let the wheel fall dont worry about it. here is the answer to your question . get a longer wall . get away from the wall as soon as possible. hope that helps🤙
What would be a good smaller wheel to start on. I’m definitely thinking bout grabbing something to help.
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kingsong 14d, inmotion 5f, stay away from mten’s they’re cute and have better specs. but does not have area for your legs to lean on when learning.
I'm wondering if it is like learning how to walk or ride a bike, where your mind gets in the way as the exact opposite of what you think is how it really works - like when you first try to talk you think putting a foot out in front of you will make you go forward, but instead babies just fall on their butts backwards instead; it isn't until you first shift your body mass backwards so that the equal and opposite reaction happens to make you start falling forwards a little bit that you can put your foot out in front of you to catch yourself taking that first step ...the same thing kinda happens when taking the training-wheels off a bike and trying to turn, now when you try to turn right you just fall over to the left; and it isn't until without thinking or even knowing you are doing it that your body learns that first you steer left a tiny bit to start falling to the right and then you are leaning into the turn to actually be able to go right
a few days ago I took my first and only attempt on just a Onewheel board for about 20sec. and I was able to do a slight 'inward' turn, but then straightening up while stopping and I fell right off backwards to the 'outside' instead of staying on just a bit longer and letting the board get back under me by allowing it to turn outward a bit
never riding on one of those things you are learning, but just what I noticed from your video: what I saw was that it appears that you try to correct balance because you don't want to fall off to that side, and then immediately make it worse by catching yourself with your hand and not allowing the device to go in that direction underneath you instead - it was like 'oh no, the device is going that way a little bit, so I need to push it back straight' out from under you and you fall more: so a wild uninformed guess on my part would be to let it go even harder that way so that now you catch yourself and fall back the other way - like what would happen if instead of trying you ride in a straight line without holding on to the hallway or gate/car, you instead held on and tried to get it to go side to side underneath you in a slight S curve, see if you can "feel" it catch you and push you back up and into the next lean where you have to turn the other way?
anyway I was thinking about getting one of these things, but they look hard and dangerous, great that you have protective gear on(and the dude who let me try his Onewheel made me use his helmet) I always wear mine when I ride my motorcycles, looks cool tho
I have over 1k miles on EUCs and lemme tell ya... slow speeds are still tough AF. I learned on the RSHT and definitely beat it up more than I would ever want to with my Lynx. Took me about 2 weeks to get going. Don't give up man!
Just don’t give up. Keep at it’s going to come to you. If you’re ever in Biloxi Mississippi, you want to go for a ride let me and my friends know if we could teach you a few more things.
Thank you my friend. Definitely not giving up. I actually just ordered a 2nd smaller wheel but I’ll keep practicing with the Lynx til it comes. Mind as well have a big and small wheel. I worked a week in New Orleans not long ago. Not sure how far it is but next I’m head that way I’ll definitely reach out 🙌🏾
@@therealbergexperience5640 hey just let us know when you’re going to be down here and if you want I have 2V fives that’s how I learned I could take some time out to show you just let me know when you’re in town and we can go for a ride
@@therealbergexperience5640 I have a veterans Abrams, a Sherman is and the lynx but I taught myself on a V5 first before I moved up to a bigger Wheel to like I said, I’m here if you need help brother
Right behind you.. ordering the EX30
You got it bro. just need more room to pick up speed. Tennis court helps. You’re right about standing up straight. Don’t bend from the hips. Also, your legs and feet especially will be sore. That’s normal. Loving the content.
It's not easy by any means, but it's to keep on trying. I will agree with others as far as learning on a smaller wheel probably first but hey, you got what you got.
You doing good. But it’s time to let go of holding on to things. Try in open area. If you scared of falling start on grass. Don’t worry, you’ll just have some stumbles if you do fall it won’t be too bad because you won’t be going too fast. The hip pads will help in these situations because you’re just gonna fall on your side or behind. But practice makes perfect. It took me a little minute too. Ones you get it the addiction will kick in. You will want to ride everyday. Enjoy my brother
Try getting comfortable with mounting and dismounting without holding on to anything first ,once you get that everything should just click .
Gonna practice that tomorrow. Thank you my friend!!
Thats awesome dude. I was thinking of getting an euc myself but im sticking with onewheel for now😊 But serious question. Dont the pads on the side help you balance and lock in so your not so wobbly?
Thank you my friend!! I thought the same thing but for some reason I’m balancing better without em. I guess I need to get them dialed in right.
I both Inmotion v13 for my first EUC. Second day I went off-road. I do want to say.. The first day when I started learning at some point I said to my self there is no way I will be able to ride this thing. But once I start moving the first time I got confidence boost by the end of day I was able to ride it freely. I did not learn holding or anything like that... i went all out push two times with one leg get up on it and ride.
First, take the seat off. You won’t need it for a while.
Second, what you are doing is right. Don’t give up. Focus on balancing left and right, don’t worry about turns yet. You also need more road. Also, every second you are worrying about dropping the wheel is a second you are not learning. Focus on balancing left and right and just go straight.
Then focus on mounting and turn.
Then focus on high speed turns and counter steer.
Then focus on slow rolls and tight turns.
Then focus on going backwards and curbs.
And put the free pads on, they protect the wheel when you drop it. You are going to drop it. It’ll be fine. It’s designed to take a lot of punishment (czcams.com/users/shortssK2dM1Rh0rE?feature=shared). And, no one ever have a non scrapped up first wheel.
The v10/v5 will help, but it will still feel like a bigger wheel. My daughter started with the V5, then she moved on to the Lynx. She’s 12. (czcams.com/video/pr4aaW7Qgyc/video.htmlfeature=shared). The other benefit of having a V5 is that it fits in the car trunk and you can carry it easily any where, as a last mile vehicle.
Most importantly, patience.
She killed it. I might just grab 1 of those cheaper inmototions. V8 is like 700. V5 is 400. Probably worth it
@@therealbergexperience5640 most def worth it. The v5 lives in my car trunk permanently now. I use it every day at work, commuting between buildings.
Plus, it hurts less to screw up a $400 wheel than a $4000 one. You know what I mean.
It's easier and much less tiring to use support to mount and launch when learning to ride, as repeatedly hopping and stepping on can get tiring, and the foot you step on with is often not well positioned. Once you've learned to ride reasonably well, then free mounting (no support) won't be an issue. There isn't enough room between the fences to make significant balance corrections by tilting or twisting the EUC into direction of imbalance, and riders often end up reaching for a fence instead of making a balance corrrection. When you think you are ready, move to a larger area like a near empty parking lot with enough room for balance corrections and long enough that you can ride in a straight line for a while. In the parking lot, there should be something you can use for support to mount and launch (car, pole, ...). Use support to get both feet on and centered, then look straight ahead (not down) to get a better sense of balance, rock back and forth, and while rocked back and leaning forwards, release (don't push) from support to launch. Extend your arms outwards to help with balance: flail arms left to twist EUC right and vice versa. Similar to a bicycle, speed is a key factor, if riding too slow, you're making constant balance corrections, but when riding in a straight line at around 8 mph, an EUC will become stable, no need for balance corrections, and you can essentially stand still at a stable speed. Once at a stable speed, learn to turn by tilting the EUC, first small tilts to see how it reacts, then a weaving pattern, then large radius turns. You should wrap the EUC with towels or some other form of protection (some EUCs have covers to protect them) to keep it from getting scratched up if/when you bail.
Once you get out in the open that's when it'll click in your head and you'll begin to trust it. In the meantime I'd practice using your dominant leg and hop on hop off over and over and get used to feeling the weight on the inside of your leg. that motion is important when you want to get on/off. There are some tutorials on CZcams that can help. U-stride has a great how to ride an euc video. That's the one I learned from.
Last Saturday someone took the time to reach me, we practiced on a grassy field and after An hour i was zipping around and getting on without any help
Now that would be ideal. Even if I had some one that could walk or run with me. I’m gonna to just have to go for it.
@@therealbergexperience5640 yeah it really was ideal, first 10 minutes i wanted to give up.. u just didnt understand, and then the person shouted instructions and gave me excercizes when it started to work.. i was doing figure 8, slow speed deliverate wobbelibg and ramming molehills soon enough
Picture standing still on a onewheel. It’s hard and easy to tip over. Same thing here; once you get a couple mph going it’s going to do all the work for you.
I told myself I would never ride one. But a friend met up with me to try my FloatWheel and came with en EUC and left me with it for 10 minutes. Sooooo I jumped on 😂
Better to learn WITH pads than without them especially on a big wheel (almost 90 pound).
The person who told you that probably meant the small 30 pound wheel like Inmotion V5 or V8.
I guarantee you the person who told you to ride with no pads, has pads on his Lynx of other big heavy wheel
And you will definitely drop your EUC whether experienced rider and most especially a Novice just learning. If you don't want to drop your EUC, then don't ride a EUC because it will drop. It don't mean you have to drop with it tho...If the wheel starts to drop, let it drop while you hop off.
You can always buy another shell and have it look new
So I think they’re saying the pads will keep me locked in if I need to let it go. You think it’s better if I keep the pads on?
I found euc so weird to learn versus any other PEV I learnt. Try and fail and try and fail too much, funny AF really. Then it just clicked for no reason! Did you try the summerboard? I enjoyed learning that thing the most aside from Onewheel, but uk streets are too fcuked with potholes for that thing to be practical. My next board will be an efoil. Floatlife baby!
Try getting on and off while trying to stay balanced. once you have that mastered try to start going forward, but at some point on the larger wheels you gotta trust it and launch forward with it. you’ll fall off it 100% at the start so wear gear. Hard surfaces are easier to learn on but less forgiving
Agreed with the rest you haven’t committed. You must be willing to fall to progress. If you scurved , go to grass wear football equipment because you will be confident that you won’t hurt yourself and commit. Then off you go, this unwillingness to fall is probably what stop you from curb nudges. If you don’t want to break EUC. find a cheap used one to practice. Good luck worse case you can sell that and get a S for more speed
You will be my inspiration for learning to curb nudge 😂🤣 I ain’t gonna lie. I tried for a full day and just gave up. I felt like I was banging up the board but ima go back to it. With the EUC I plan on go hard for next couple days. I wanna try grass but I don’t know if the tire will grip. I’ll try that today.
@therealbergexperience5640 when I first rode my onewheel, I looked I was preparing for the apocalypse. Slow took gear off as I progress. It what makes you confident. I am sure you will be whipping that EUC around like no ones business.
You’re used to staying still and balancing on a OW. You need to always be moving in an EUC. You just need to go! Lol
I'm learning on a Lynx too. This thing is more than half my body weight. Freaking yikes. Its way harder than to learn than a Onewheel. Waaaaaay harder. On a Onewheel if it gets too wobby or looks bad you can jump off the board and bail at anytime. There's no bailing out of this battery-laden suitcase. On a Lynx, once its rolling, its ride or die.
Stop looking at the ground. It’s not going anywhere. Notice the few times you looked up, you went farther.
I highly recommend chooch tech's video titled "Learn To Ride Electric Unicycles: (The Easy Way)" on youtube it has a lot of tricks that really help. You're doing great once your brain gets it it will be as easy as anything else
For sure. I’ve watched that video specifically at least five times. Chooch is 1 of my favorites. That’s how I started in my house. I’ll keep watching it til I get it. Thank you my friend!!
You'd do well with this method, chooch has a good video on it. Add youtube dot com/watch?v=xomK1tORlJI
I like the 1 foot coast method because as a new rider most cant lean for needed acceleration, and keeping it under 5 mph for to long often ends badly for even veteran riders. Also, I like the idea of practicing on a dirt (baseball), turf (soccer), or rubber (track) to minimize damage, a slight downgrade hill works great too.
I want to ad, when you practice in grass you can learn how to "bail" without hurting yourself of your device :)
Only thing I worry about with grass is the grip of the tire. Does it still have pretty good traction?
@@therealbergexperience5640Personally I think learning to ride on grass is harder because most grass is uneven and the slightest bump will throw you off balance. It will protect the wheel better than concrete.
Best to find a Basketball court or empty parking lot to learn on.
A tip that may help learning is to start seated. In a Seated position with your dominant leg on the wheel, kick off with your off leg and ride as you would ride a bicycle and go as far as you can. Same with standing free mounting with your dominant leg on the wheel use your other leg to give a little kick off before putting it on the wheel and then lean a lil once on the wheel