Nice. And oh, how I envy your apparent control of the beast!
Just heading out for another half hour of Not Riding. Yesterday I think I did
almost 20m in a straight line without putting hands or feet down...
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From: python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Christian Winkgen <christian.winkgen@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 9:16:55 AM
To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [python] Still learning to charm the snake
I have trained almost every day for about 30 minutes and feel more and more
confident now.
Yesterday I dumped the „sticks“ because they were more of a distraction and
always hurt my knuckles when I crashed.
Without sticks it is easier to grab the brakes (for an emergency or when going
slightly downhill) and I can still touch the ground when I tip over in a tight
turn.
Because I reckoned that I still felt uncomfortable doing clockwise circles I
began practicing doing exactly that.
I still feel better having the right (leading) foot first but in a clockwise
circle it would be better the other way round - or just keeping pedalling.
So I try to do as many clockwise circles as possible - maybe I try to find a
bigger space where I can do figure eights again and again.
I also almost dumped the plan with the training wheels - but what will happen
when I crash going faster speeds?
The crashes did not only hurt my knuckles (both middle fingers are a bit stiff
now) but also scratched the brake levers and nearly destroyed the trigger shift
for the Alfine hub (the indicator is defunct now and almost gone).
I also put a sliced rubber hose around the lower edges of the mesh seat because
the fabric also seemed to get eaten up by the crashes.
This is part of yesterdays session trying without sticks for the first time:
https://flic.kr/p/Hb5xeL
Left turns work pretty well, but clockwise is still a bit instable (I have to
leave the yard for a few seconds to come back for going clockwise…)
@Karl: how are you doing with your python? Have some pictures of it?
Cheers,
Christian
