06-17-2019, 12:24 PM | #11 |
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Well, there’s your problem!
The LeanSteer frame is for left/right steering, not fore/aft locomotion. Rest your hands on the LeanSteer frame, but don’t push/pull. “Lean” to go forward or aft. If you’re doing it right, the machine acts like an extension of your thinking. Effortless! |
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06-22-2019, 10:08 AM | #13 |
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I have heard that flying an F-14, that the pilot merely thinks about movement and the jet-plane does it. No conscious movement of the stick, merely a thought.
I too am starting out with a Ninebot MiniPro and I was comfortable in an hour or two. Then I went to a skateboard park while all the kids were in school and got thrown at the top peak of a 'roof' type ramp structure. (the only feature I could use at the park other than the smooth pavement and obstacles for slalom maneuvers) Anyway, I have realized that the most important instruction in the book when training of a new rider "Look straight ahead..." Everything is intuitive and when you look straight ahead and don't think too much into it, it becomes a natural extension of your body. I find I would have to work hard at running into a wall. I'll say it again, I would have to work hard at running into a wall... the reason is that your instinct is to lean ever so slightly backwards as you approach a wall and the SEG will respond to that and smoothly come to a stop. BTW, I went over that 'roof' ramp three times without issue before it threw me. And that one time that I fell, was because I was trying to go over it 'carefully'. The same with a transition onto lawn. If I approach it with care, I am more likely to fall than if I just look straight ahead and drive on... I tell my friends "Don't try so hard. Your brain will figure it out instinctively" Last edited by fabricGator; 06-22-2019 at 10:11 AM.. Reason: editing out turrets induced profanity... |
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06-23-2019, 05:10 PM | #15 |
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What you heard about the F14 is wrong.
That person was describing the aircraft in the Clint Eastwood movie, “Firefox”. BTW, you had to “think in Russian”, whatever that means. |
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Regardless, i found that when i stopped thinking about riding the minipro, that is when I became comfortable in its operation. What continues to bite me occasionally is trying to open a heavy door with the opposite hand (reaching across with the opposite hand makes me lean into opening a heavy door and that makes me spin out in the wrong direction). The other caution I have is that when wearing shorts, dismounting gets real interesting real fast when your shorts leg seam catches the steering bar... |
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06-26-2019, 11:20 AM | #18 |
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Gotcha, good advice.
I always cringe when I see a chump on a motorcycle blasting down the highway on a motorcycle in shorts... Then again, I am sure it is much more comfortable than full battle armor and... if they were to wipe out, it'll probably be game over anyway. |
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