Electric Unicycle Lesson - Learn to Ride

Just starting your mid-life crisis? Or looking for a chance to relive it? Perhaps you want to freak out your spouse and children while impressing your grandchildren? Or just curious and want to try a new toy with minimal financial commitment?

EVENT DESCRIPTION

I am offering the opportunity to learn to ride an electric unicycle in a relatively safe environment. This event is a beginner lesson and opportunity to try out an electric unicycle. It can take several lessons to become proficient. This event will introduce the basics. If you like it, and wish to continue, we can schedule future lessons to work with you until you can ride.

Claudia will be assisting with the lesson.

If you are interested in learning, but cannot come on a weekday, don't sign up, but please indicate that in the comments. I will look for another location we can use on weekends for another learning event.

SAFETY

You will learn at your own pace.

We will teach you to mount, to control the speed, and to brake and stop.

Like any activity that requires you to balance on something round and rollie (roller blading, skate boarding, roller skating, rollabolla, etc.), you may fall down - go boom. Safety gear is required.

Minimum required equipment is proper shoes (no sandals or flip flops), knee pads, wrist guards, and full face helmet (one that protects chin.)

I have 3 pairs of knee pads (size L - mountain biking), 3 pairs of wrist guards, and 3 helmets with chin protection (2 bike and 1 motorcycle - size Swelled) that I can lend participants. I cannot guarantee that my equipment will fit you.

If you have your own equipment (especially a helmet), that's great. (A basic roller skating set is fine for knee, elbow, and wrist protection.)

Additional equipment that is helpful if you have them: elbow pads, hip pads, and tailbone protector.

Suggested extra: an extra pair of gym socks or 2 face cloths. They can be stuffed into your socks to provide a bit of ankle protection if you keep whacking them. A small knapsack filled with a big bath sheet could provide some back protection.

Remember, safety equipment reduces the impact of a fall. It is not a force field. Please judge your own ability to take a fall given your own health, life, or work circumstances.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY, YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN A WAIVER.

The current sign-up is for 2 participants, other than the host, on Wednesday, May 7. If you sign up and happen to have your own helmet or other equipment, please tell me in the comments. We can have more people if some members have their own gear.