How To Ride An Electric Unicycle: 5 Top Tips To Get You Riding

[@WakeUpPeople1776]

I like that better than finding a fence. My first euc is being delivered today. happy birthday too me....

[@wheellifejon]

Nice! You are going to LOVE it!

[@silverwingshg]

Something I found helpful when first starting to learn was to ride behind a grocery/shopping cart and also riding along a fence of a proper height!

[@beaglersTP]

First! Good tips 👍One tip I would like to add is that I found figure of 8s really useful at the beginning. It forces you to practise turning both left and right. There may be a tendency at the beginning to just go in a straight line, which is fun, but you probably won't learn as fast.

[@Roskellan]

I had a tendency for left :-)

[@luccachandler5836]

I realize it's pretty off topic but does anyone know of a good place to watch new series online ?

[@madduxdonald2800]

@Lucca Chandler flixportal

[@luccachandler5836]

@Maddux Donald thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it!!

[@madduxdonald2800]

@Lucca Chandler glad I could help :)

[@alohajason]

Others say dominant foot but it’s what you said - the foot you put down on a scooter. It’s also the front foot for your skateboard or surf stance

[@BunnyslippersEUC]

Tip 1: you don't need high shoes to protect your ankles. Use the shoes which are most comfortable for you. You got flat feet or need arc support: use propper inserts/insoles. The less your feet hurt, the more miles you are able to ride. Tip 2: Use something to protect your ankles. I use wrist suppert with velcro to cover my ankles. Tip3: get a wheel with a strong enough motor. I am a heavy guy (start riding >110 kg) on a small wheel (V5f). So the V5f will cut out sooner. Tip4: wrist protection. Tip5: try different tire pressures and see what works for you.

[@sautsitumorangkpk]

pretty nice

[@gytrash]

Solid stuff again Jonathan! Some invaluable tips there. Especially the ankle boots thing and protection in general! I liked the tip about going faster too. Very nice important and as you say, counter-intuitive when you are feeling precarious enough as it is. I guess we all have our own little tips as well, one of which I’ll mention, if you don’t mind. While I was learning I found a video by Duf where he talked about riding alongside a mesh fence. Close to me was a hard court tennis court and this had high mesh all round it. Perfect! This was really useful for me. It meant that you could ride gingerly at arm’s length to the fence and before you fell over there was always something easy to grab to steady yourself. In addition, I found it enabled me to measure my progress as I was able to reduce the number of ‘grabs’ at the fence as I improved.

[@wheellifejon]

Thanks Matt. Great advice.

[@bigglyguy8429]

I've found (in my 2 whole attempts..) that trying to follow a straight fence is a problem by itself, because you can't go straight without wobbling. It's easier if you 'carve' a little bit side to side, which you cannot do next to a fence!

[@mariuszlesniewski6830]

Hi Jonathan, nice to see the next episode - good tips! I think there is one more characteristic of behaviour to pay attention just at the beginning: to keep our hands relaxed down. I think that the sufficient movement to control the wheel is hidden in our legs (knees, hips). Movement of our hands in the air is too excessive and just causes unnecessary problems to catch the balance.

[@tombraselton2671]

I am learning right now. I would like to add to the “Ride with a bit of speed” tip. Yes, this helps maintain balance. It is good. The only part that I would like to add is to learn stopping first. Be comfortable with that. There were many times, with speed, I didn’t have the muscles, muscle memory or skill to keep it from wobbling and me freaking out. So, now I’m going fast and freaking out. Not a good combination. Naturally coming to a calm stop should be learned prior to speed in my opinion. At least understanding it before going fast. Hope this helps.

[@troyphoenix3290]

Excellent training video, very informative and factual. I ride, but I'm looking to teach my ten year old daughter soon, great pointers.

[@wheellifejon]

Come back and post an update about how she gets on and if any of these tips work! Cheers and good luck!

[@chris59499]

All the learning videos I watched so far pretty much sum up to these 5 tips, good watch!

[@richardm5259]

Thanks Jonathan your videos are always great - I would say learning how to stop quickly and safely is a vital step missed. So would the bloke who lives and parks his car at the bottom of our road 😅

[@wheellifejon]

Maybe I should do an episode on how to fall off with style?

[@salqubeq5203]

Excellent training video, very informative and factua

[@alsojohnson]

I'm just looking into getting my first EUC. Your tips are very helpful and make me feel confident that I can do it! Thanks!

[@wheellifejon]

The other tip is "be persistent". Get yourself a wheel! You will absolutely love it. I have been riding for about 5 years and it still makes me grin from ear to ear every time I ride! Good luck. Come back and let me know how you get on.

[@LHLgardenservices]

YAAH great to see you again Mr Whalley 😀...how are you getting on going backwards??...i can see another video on the horizon 🤔🤔...👍👍

[@wheellifejon]

Oh... I am so good at going backwards now... ha ha.

[@jamesm217]

fantastic video, this is going to help a lot of folks.

[@wheellifejon]

Thank you, I hope so.

[@mrandmrswheels1142]

Good one Jon. .........we’ll soon find out, but it all seems great advice and I’ll now see your tips to get started and not try and shoot off down the road straight away 😂

[@mattywollaston3996]

Bloody good stuff, thanks for sharing mate, some awesome tips right there 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@sautsitumorangkpk]

Awesome ... Thanks Mate ...

[@G_K_S_R]

Thank you for the video!

[@pedroeucriderx545]

loved all, and agree with all of them! great job

[@donwoodward2615]

I just got my Mten3 and am learning. Thanks for the advice. will try soon.

[@wheellifejon]

Well done. Let me know how you get on.

[@Lerxst3333]

Good instructional!

[@HenryOrth]

Very nicely done!

[@talknroll6499]

Great! Thank you! 🙂👊

[@Roskellan]

I could only do so much at one time, in the beginning 20 minutes was enough. My legs hurt, I was hot, tired and shaky, wondering how on Earth do people ride these things for miles. Still don't think I've picked this up as fast as others. 3 miles out and 3 miles back is still typical for me.

[@bigglyguy8429]

I cannot get the hang of the circling thing. My wheel is a KS 16X, fairly heavy at 25kg or so. If I press down on the opposite pedal hard enough to stop it falling over towards me, then it will zoom off away from me, either backwards or forwards. It's like trying to steer a car in a circle, while steering in the opposite direction?

[@pauleuc2212]

New rider here also, great tips Jonathan! Ankles omg yes hehe

[@countryacademy9053]

Didn't realize how weak an ankle i broke years ago really is until my 8f arrived yesterday lol

[@Speedyfeetuk]

Rule Number 1: Don't ride near to Jonathan Whalley.

[@LHLgardenservices]

🙈🤣🤣

[@wheellifejon]

Bit uncalled for. But spot on!

[@LHLgardenservices]

@@wheellifejon 🙈🙈🙈 don't listen to him Jonathan 😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Speedyfeetuk]

@@wheellifejon Honesty is the best policy, look at it this way: Honesty saves lives = dont ride next to John. I am thinking of a tshirt with an arrow point left (or right) saying "Dont ride next to him" Stay Away | Stay Safe | Save Lives < something like that?

[@vincentkim2721]

Very good ^^*

[@MrRoyian]

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