I strongly suggest using a shopping mall' trolley cart. It naturally comes with its own parking lot too! :D Basically it's a portable fence, which a student always has ready in the hand's reach but can easily discard as soon as the whole balancing while riding business finally clicks in the head. Just do wide circles around the parking lot barely touching the cart, and rather sooner than later there will be that "click".
I learned within a 2 days, very very basic stuff. I was learning in my backyard, that was my first mistake. You need a big open space. I also tied a string to the top, so that when I fell off the wheel, I could catch it, so that it doesn't get damaged.
Definitely a fun first choice! I'm super happy in bike lanes and so many places! Plus it hasn't been super heavy and easier to maneuver as a beginner. I considered the v12 as well. Suspension was key to more comfort
With my v11 I was trying to learn at home, but there is nothing more wrong. In the skating rink of Villa Pamphili I immediately learned the first exercises and the first laps by holding on to the handrail. After a few hours of exercise, a few days later, I was spinning without holding on. I still remember the wonderful feeling of the first free ride in the park!
imo at home is just basic tips, how to hold wheel, tic-tok - thats is time consuming things for beginners, and later then you can go outside and try in practice
One foot drills should be done on a level surface, not a cambered road like the video. The main issue is the wheel will tend to speed up when going down slope., making it difficult. To accelerate | brake, it is easier to focus on leaning forwards | backwards, since the leaning will be needed for balanced acceleration | braking anyway. There's no need to focus on pedal pressure. There are few how to ride EUC videos that show and|or explain this.
@@eucfamily - I couldn't find a way to send links to you directly, so I'll post links here for now. You can delete these after watching the videos, and summarize them as you see fit. The are two schools of thought on this, Kuji Rolls and Wrong Way suggest learning to ride first using support to mount and launch, before learning to free mount (which is what I did). With this approach, one foot drills are not done at all or only done to learn how to dismount while keeping the wheel under control with one foot on. In Kuji's case, they're in a parking lot and don't want the EUC to roll off into a car. The other approach is to learn free mount (step on without support) first, but it's more tiring, since a rider has to dismount and remount every time they bail because they haven't learned to ride first. It is best to learn on a level surface, such as a parking lot. The issue is an EUC turns in response to left-right tilt angle with respect to the pavement. If the pavement is sloped left-right, it interferes with an EUC, called tram-tracking, making it more difficult for beginners. After two sessions at a tennis court, this where I went to next, using the trash bin enclosures (over 500 feet apart) for supported mount and launch, for longer rides at a bit faster speed than a tennis court. I took this video from my car: th-cam.com/video/9Ts5K7FIsPw/w-d-xo.html . Kuji's video is of a girl learning to rider for the first time on a V8. th-cam.com/video/t6o8ZMlo5ko/w-d-xo.html. The lowered pressure of 25 psi he mentions is due to the light weight of the girl. I weigh about 190 lbs, and on my similar V8F, I set the pressure to 35 psi when learning (I set it to 40 psi now). One thing not mentioned but shown in this video is extending arms for balance, mostly to yaw steer (flail arms left to twist|steer EUC right and vice versa). Wrong Way's video (see next paragraph) does mention extending arms. The girl does this at 7:18 into the video. At 8:07 into the video, she's going 6 to 8 mph. fast enough that the V8 becomes stable and there's no need to focus on balance, allowing her to relax her arms and tilt steer (inner foot down, outer foot up, not just toe pressure) to turn. Wrong Way (Adam)'s video doesn't show a lot of beginner drills. His girlfriend Monokat (Kate) had ridden 60 to 80 km before doing free mount in the video. I set the link time to show Kate free mounting for the first time on a 77 lb Veteran Sherman. Since she could already ride, she just moves the Sherman forward and steps on (I do the same thing): th-cam.com/video/qW-y5RiecMc/w-d-xo.html. If you go back to start of the video, they make point of not doing one foot drills. For tilt steering, I looked for a Marty Backe style of riding (minimal movement) with turns, and found this video of a girl on a S18, no body twisting, no carving, almost motionless and very stable, just leaning and tilting her S18. Due to weight, tire profile, speed, turning radius, ..., she leans her body much more than she tilts her S18: th-cam.com/video/-hWMwK3Cfs0/w-d-xo.html. Learning to coordinate how much to lean your body lean versus how much to tilt your EUC depending on speed and turning radius takes the longest to feel natural. It also takes a while be able to move arms and | or look around without upsetting balance or change direction. Tight turns at slow speeds is almost like a separate skill to learn. For a humorous video free mounting first there is this video of two guys, one already rides a pedal unicycle and has no issue, but the other guy doesn't do well until they switch to a Z10, which is much more stable at slower speeds. Since they free mount first, they do the one foot drills. th-cam.com/video/X-dDOxvmzvQ/w-d-xo.html . EUCO's how to ride EUC video also shows free mount first. th-cam.com/video/XZQsEJ88Dj4/w-d-xo.html. I think it's better to learn to ride using support before learning to free mount. In my case, I got a V8F July 29, 2021. I used a fence for support to mount, get feet centered, rock back and forth, short rides, and after 30 minutes, ventured away from the fence using arm flailing yaw steer, and was able to do laps around a tennis court on my first attempt. My wife took a video of this the next day: th-cam.com/video/zPyy84EThmM/w-d-xo.html. I was hunched over, but corrected that after seeing that video. I moved to a long straight (over 500 feet) with support at both ends, and found my V8F became stable at 6 to 8 mph, no longer having to focus on balance. This wasn't a "it just clicked" moment, but instead just going fast enough for my V8F to become stable. Leaning forward | backwards to accelerate | brake wasn't an issue. I then tried tilt steering, first to see how V8F would respond, then a mild weave, and then large radius turns. Free mount wasn't an issue since I could already ride, just move my V8F forwards and step on. My wife took a video on day 10 at night, and from the headlight beam, you can see how stable the V8F become around 8 mph: th-cam.com/video/keDvRMScO1g/w-d-xo.html . I could ride, but turning radius was still large. I did drills where I would body lean and then tilt my V8F inwards enough to straighten back up, or tilt inwards just enough to hold the lean. Somewhere between 1 and 2 months coordinating lean and tilt at various speeds and turning radius became natural. Once a person knows how to ride, yaw steering can be done without extending the arms, just twisting your legs to steer an EUC, mostly for slow speed. At normal speeds, it's mostly tilt steering, but both yaw and tilt steering can be used, such as carving. More examples of arm flailing: 3 year old kid: th-cam.com/video/z9YiHu5HJ6o/w-d-xo.html. Advanced riders while nearly stopped: th-cam.com/video/ro3o8U9uZeU/w-d-xo.html . This last video follows the advice I read about: when first learning, rather that trying to go straight, focus more on steering left and right for balance.
I strongly suggest using a shopping mall' trolley cart. It naturally comes with its own parking lot too! :D
Basically it's a portable fence, which a student always has ready in the hand's reach but can easily discard as soon as the whole balancing while riding business finally clicks in the head. Just do wide circles around the parking lot barely touching the cart, and rather sooner than later there will be that "click".
Its impressive that you guys are learning so fast!
Like learning to ride a bike!
bigger wheel is more stable . so its easier .
I learned within a 2 days, very very basic stuff. I was learning in my backyard, that was my first mistake. You need a big open space. I also tied a string to the top, so that when I fell off the wheel, I could catch it, so that it doesn't get damaged.
I padded up my EUC while I was learning just in case it fell over. I like your string idea! Smart!
Thinking on the S18 or V12 for my very first EUC, how do you like the S18? Happy with it?
Definitely a fun first choice! I'm super happy in bike lanes and so many places! Plus it hasn't been super heavy and easier to maneuver as a beginner. I considered the v12 as well. Suspension was key to more comfort
A lot of weight (and power) on those wheels to learn on. Sure it’s lighter than many other wheels, but there are wheels with half the weight too.
With my v11 I was trying to learn at home, but there is nothing more wrong. In the skating rink of Villa Pamphili I immediately learned the first exercises and the first laps by holding on to the handrail. After a few hours of exercise, a few days later, I was spinning without holding on. I still remember the wonderful feeling of the first free ride in the park!
Way to go! The freedom you get that first time is un repeatable and unforgettable indeed!
imo at home is just basic tips, how to hold wheel, tic-tok - thats is time consuming things for beginners, and later then you can go outside and try in practice
One foot drills should be done on a level surface, not a cambered road like the video. The main issue is the wheel will tend to speed up when going down slope., making it difficult. To accelerate | brake, it is easier to focus on leaning forwards | backwards, since the leaning will be needed for balanced acceleration | braking anyway. There's no need to focus on pedal pressure. There are few how to ride EUC videos that show and|or explain this.
Thanks for the advice! Appreciate it! Send me over those EUC videos when you get the chance :)
@@eucfamily - I couldn't find a way to send links to you directly, so I'll post links here for now. You can delete these after watching the videos, and summarize them as you see fit. The are two schools of thought on this, Kuji Rolls and Wrong Way suggest learning to ride first using support to mount and launch, before learning to free mount (which is what I did). With this approach, one foot drills are not done at all or only done to learn how to dismount while keeping the wheel under control with one foot on. In Kuji's case, they're in a parking lot and don't want the EUC to roll off into a car. The other approach is to learn free mount (step on without support) first, but it's more tiring, since a rider has to dismount and remount every time they bail because they haven't learned to ride first.
It is best to learn on a level surface, such as a parking lot. The issue is an EUC turns in response to left-right tilt angle with respect to the pavement. If the pavement is sloped left-right, it interferes with an EUC, called tram-tracking, making it more difficult for beginners. After two sessions at a tennis court, this where I went to next, using the trash bin enclosures (over 500 feet apart) for supported mount and launch, for longer rides at a bit faster speed than a tennis court. I took this video from my car: th-cam.com/video/9Ts5K7FIsPw/w-d-xo.html .
Kuji's video is of a girl learning to rider for the first time on a V8. th-cam.com/video/t6o8ZMlo5ko/w-d-xo.html. The lowered pressure of 25 psi he mentions is due to the light weight of the girl. I weigh about 190 lbs, and on my similar V8F, I set the pressure to 35 psi when learning (I set it to 40 psi now). One thing not mentioned but shown in this video is extending arms for balance, mostly to yaw steer (flail arms left to twist|steer EUC right and vice versa). Wrong Way's video (see next paragraph) does mention extending arms. The girl does this at 7:18 into the video. At 8:07 into the video, she's going 6 to 8 mph. fast enough that the V8 becomes stable and there's no need to focus on balance, allowing her to relax her arms and tilt steer (inner foot down, outer foot up, not just toe pressure) to turn.
Wrong Way (Adam)'s video doesn't show a lot of beginner drills. His girlfriend Monokat (Kate) had ridden 60 to 80 km before doing free mount in the video. I set the link time to show Kate free mounting for the first time on a 77 lb Veteran Sherman. Since she could already ride, she just moves the Sherman forward and steps on (I do the same thing): th-cam.com/video/qW-y5RiecMc/w-d-xo.html. If you go back to start of the video, they make point of not doing one foot drills.
For tilt steering, I looked for a Marty Backe style of riding (minimal movement) with turns, and found this video of a girl on a S18, no body twisting, no carving, almost motionless and very stable, just leaning and tilting her S18. Due to weight, tire profile, speed, turning radius, ..., she leans her body much more than she tilts her S18: th-cam.com/video/-hWMwK3Cfs0/w-d-xo.html. Learning to coordinate how much to lean your body lean versus how much to tilt your EUC depending on speed and turning radius takes the longest to feel natural. It also takes a while be able to move arms and | or look around without upsetting balance or change direction. Tight turns at slow speeds is almost like a separate skill to learn.
For a humorous video free mounting first there is this video of two guys, one already rides a pedal unicycle and has no issue, but the other guy doesn't do well until they switch to a Z10, which is much more stable at slower speeds. Since they free mount first, they do the one foot drills. th-cam.com/video/X-dDOxvmzvQ/w-d-xo.html . EUCO's how to ride EUC video also shows free mount first. th-cam.com/video/XZQsEJ88Dj4/w-d-xo.html. I think it's better to learn to ride using support before learning to free mount.
In my case, I got a V8F July 29, 2021. I used a fence for support to mount, get feet centered, rock back and forth, short rides, and after 30 minutes, ventured away from the fence using arm flailing yaw steer, and was able to do laps around a tennis court on my first attempt. My wife took a video of this the next day: th-cam.com/video/zPyy84EThmM/w-d-xo.html. I was hunched over, but corrected that after seeing that video. I moved to a long straight (over 500 feet) with support at both ends, and found my V8F became stable at 6 to 8 mph, no longer having to focus on balance. This wasn't a "it just clicked" moment, but instead just going fast enough for my V8F to become stable. Leaning forward | backwards to accelerate | brake wasn't an issue. I then tried tilt steering, first to see how V8F would respond, then a mild weave, and then large radius turns. Free mount wasn't an issue since I could already ride, just move my V8F forwards and step on. My wife took a video on day 10 at night, and from the headlight beam, you can see how stable the V8F become around 8 mph: th-cam.com/video/keDvRMScO1g/w-d-xo.html . I could ride, but turning radius was still large. I did drills where I would body lean and then tilt my V8F inwards enough to straighten back up, or tilt inwards just enough to hold the lean. Somewhere between 1 and 2 months coordinating lean and tilt at various speeds and turning radius became natural.
Once a person knows how to ride, yaw steering can be done without extending the arms, just twisting your legs to steer an EUC, mostly for slow speed. At normal speeds, it's mostly tilt steering, but both yaw and tilt steering can be used, such as carving. More examples of arm flailing: 3 year old kid: th-cam.com/video/z9YiHu5HJ6o/w-d-xo.html. Advanced riders while nearly stopped: th-cam.com/video/ro3o8U9uZeU/w-d-xo.html . This last video follows the advice I read about: when first learning, rather that trying to go straight, focus more on steering left and right for balance.