Learning How to Ride My New Begode Tesla T3 EUC Electric Unicycle

When you see someone ripping around on an EUC (Electric Unicycle) it looks pretty easy, the just lean forward a bit and glide away dipping side to side to turn left and right...

Well I am sorry to say it is not so simple. Yes the leaning forward and back part is 100% handled by the EUC but when it comes to the side to side it's all up to you and no riding a bike does not seem to help here. If you have ridden an actual Unicycle then I am sure the learning process of the EUC will be a lot easier but I think most of us have little to no experience on a pedal based Unicycle.

This video represents day three of the learning process for me. My first steps to learning how to ride my Begode Tesla T3 EUC Electric Unicycle where at home in my kitchen where I simple held on to walls and stuff while I went back and forth against the wall and did some loops around the island. There was no real speed involved here and very little free wheeling.

My next main training session was going to my local artificial turf soccer field and learning how to get away from holding onto stuff. I figured this is a safe place since the ground is much softer than a road or parking lot (better for both me and the EUC) and I still had a nice fence all the way around to practice on at first before taking a leap of faith and ridding with no assistance. This session was fairly productive with me being able to ride around the field non-assisted for the most part without crashing and I was even able to make decent turns but I did not feel super confident, for sure not ready for any trails, sidewalks or open roads.

So now we get to this video which shows me at the same artificial turf soccer field but this time with the inclusion of snow! Probably not the best for learning on but maybe even softer if/when I fall :) Like before I pretty much just road around the field hoping to get more comfortable with riding in a straight line and also turning. And low and behold it did start to all come together a lot more than before, so much so that I took to the local trail even though it was covered in snow and did a nice loop with no falls or crashes!

Some basic suggestions that I feel helped me a lot while learning would be the following: 

• Go at your own pace and start off with simple wins like just standing on your EUC and going forward and back while holding onto a wall or person.
• Progress to very short no assistance rides from one point to another even if it is only 5 or 6 feet at first. lengthen the distance as you get more confident.
• Look where you want to go, maybe even a bit ahead, do not look at things you want to avoid or you will hit them for sure!
• Keep your knees a bit bent and squeeze the EUC with your legs not too much but just enough to keep it stable.
• When turning put most of your weight on your outside leg almost like you are riding on that leg all by itself.
• Also when turning, make sure to keep a slight lean forward or you may stall in the turn, you need to keep your speed up in turns.

Well that's where I am at so far learning how to ride my new Begode Tesla T3 EUC Electric Unicycle. I look forward to being even more confident on it and taking it to the sidewalks and roads and using it as a sort of commuter vehicle for more local trips even though it can take me 70-80km on one charge if I need it.

Buy yourself a an EUC if you live in Canada