[python] Re: Lovely spam! wonderful spam

Thank you Jurgen & Hanno for your words of encouragement, I will keep
trying, the funny thing is I can already ride a unicycle(badly)!   I learned
about 15 years ago on a 20" wheel one.  The photo is of one I made 3 years
ago, it is made with a wheel from an electric scooter (from the rubbish of
course), the drive belt & toothed pulleys are scrap crankshaft/camshaft
mixture from various car engines!  And Yes, I can ride it (very low geared),
though  I ride them very little now.
Sorry, a bit off topic, Carl.

On 22/10/2007, Hanno Hirsch <superhanno@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
> >   Another shameless "monty Python" link (sorry Jurgen), my bike shall
> > now be known as "Spam"! (Spanish-Python-?-?)
> >   I went to work on the bike earlier today & I thought to myself "at
> > what point will I be able to ride it?" Then it occurred to me that even
> > though it doesn't have brakes or a way of changing gears, if I put a
> > chain on it & used about a hundred plastic zip ties to hold my half
> > finished seat* on I would be able to have a go.
> >   Well, I tried to ride it for about half an hour, in that time I only
> > managed to ride about 10 meters, a few times, the rest of the time was
> > spent hopelessly swaying from side to side.  I don't intend to finish it
> > until I can ride it.
>
> Nice bike,
> I'll advise you to finish it anyway.
>
> Learning to handle a mid-steer bike takes a big amount of willpower, it
> is a man-over-machine thing.
> You have to show the beast, who is in control, otherwise it will take
> control, at leas over the direction where you go.
>
> In process of learning to ride, there are ups and downs, don't get
> discouraged, there will be the moment where you notice: "I ride it!"
>
> tips or driving lessons are useless, for any individual has to find his
> own way to get it.
>
> Just be sure you will get it!
>
> after mastering it, you could be proud to be in the high leage of the
> mid-steer riders, jealously admired by those who want, but don't dare.
>
> I hope this gives you enough motivation to keep on learning.
>
> For me, learning to ride was a kind of esoterical experience, I suddenly
> felt that I should be calm and relaxed, somehow I did it, and then I had
> my first ride of significant distance.
>
> After mastering the mid steering bike I looked for new challenges and
> found the Unicylce.
>
> first time on the unicycle it felt quite similar like first trying to
> master the mid steer.
>
> It was sometimes the same disencouraging, but I always remembered like
> it was learning before and not to give up upon  drawbacks.
>
> actually I have the same challenge on Heelys (see www.heelys.com)......
>
>         Hanno, hope to help
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