testing... 1...2...3... anyone out there ?

12/24
'nets been down a while. It's been wicked cold too... I've had an hour of practice over the last few days on the 20" with 5" cranks. This has been on eneven, slightly snowy terrain (however it is reasonable, and a good representation of the sidewalks). As such, i've been having only so-so progress. Also, i've found out that my distance estimations have been way off. The farthest i've gone has been about 75m. Those trips, however, have been cut short not by UPDs, but by the length of my parking lot. I've been having one problem in particular over this last hour of practice... The lot slants to the left, so when i start trying to correct i find i sometimes have to compensate a WHOLE LOT for the slant. If i correct it by momentarily putting weight on the pedals and slowing down a bit, using my hips to get the wheel straight and starting over, i'm fine. However, i've been trying to keep my weight on the seat. In order to go straight while keeping the weight on the seat, i'm moving my hips, upper body, arms, etc in whatever ways i need to in order to correct. Let's say i point my hips to the right. That will correct the direction, sure. But then i have to keep riding like that. If i make an attempt to "sync up" my upper and lower body, i find i will be traveling in yet another direction and start all over, or worse yet, UPD. If i do not attempt to sync up my body, riding is akward and lopsided... and i soon upd. Needless to say, i certainly need to practice these things on more flat ground. I'm also gonna toss the 24" on and see how it acts on the odd terrain.

later on - got in 30 min on the 24" ... and i gotta say, i love unicycling. I was certainly more comfortable on top of the 24/6 combo than the 20/5... ALTHOUGH, i had shorter runs - 40m or so tops. The same problem described above [pointing my hips (or whatever) away from the direction i'm tending, then finding i need to maintain that position even after my direction is corrected] was much more frequent, and i think it might have to do with either my side to side balance, or my speed. Weight on seat, anyone ?

Overall, it's sad to say that aside from the 1.5 hour experience i've gotten these last few days, i haven't seen any measurable advances. I'm going 50-75 m more often, but still have my share of false starts and short runs.

TIME SPENT: 5.75
MONEY SPENT: 345
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