I’ve actually never tried this. Looks fun though.
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Is that colin furze? 
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Pretty sure, dude is awesome.
Me and the boy bro’d down on him while back
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Imagine if he was your dad. He’s a legend
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Sent it.
Wish me luck!!!
So @Evwan going downstairs is easy?
Whose wheel was that?
You gonna help me out with tips for a newb?
Hah yeah that was @EDness s22. Believe me when I say it was insanely easy. Here’s my reaction doing it the first time (not the vid I posted)
I missed all of the stairs and the impact was still not bad.
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I’m 300 miles in but still a newb.
Biggest piece of advice I can offer, do not squeeze the euc between your legs while riding. Movements from your legs will transfer into the EUC causing you to wobble. Learn to freely balance on it with just your two feet while moving instead of keeping it upright by pushing against the side of it
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^ good advice
At low speeds, to tighten up a turn, try rotating your shoulders toward the inside of the turn. What that really does is steer the EUC to the outside - which then causes your whole body to lean to the inside - which then makes the tire turn tighter, and keeps you balanced. But the less you think about it the better it works. 
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I’m kind of late to this but you can 100% ask you physical therapist about what they think about riding it. Make it clear that not riding is an issue for you so that way they can take that into account.
That is what I did when I was in physical therapy. My PT said no manual boards but that with electric it isn’t great and she isn’t a fan but that they shouldn’t cause as many issues with muscle imbalances. Although she was not happy with me when I’d fall and get injured It ended up being good for me to have that happen since I was able to learn how to stretch after a fall to make things better and how much it should hurt when doing that.
I would ride switch on my manual board too but not on my esk8 since riding “normal” has your back to traffic which is just a horrible idea. I can still ride switch on my esk8 but I’m more jerky during acceleration and breaking when riding with the left foot in the back. My PT still did not approve using my manual board for exercise even if I switched to make both sides even
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I wonder if a doctor or physical therapist would be able to get a good handle on what a bunch of miles on esk8 does.
I wonder if I can try to communicate it.
It is such an unusual activity. That I think if you don’t do it, it may be hard to understand what parts of the body you use.
I am still waiting to get into PT but will definitely be talking about riding!!!
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I think a good PT should be able to understand it overall. At the time I was in PT my board was new so my hub motors were still running smoothly, but if I was to ask her opinion on it now I think she might have been more against it. Those motors are no where near smooth these days and the extra vibrations they produce are much harder on my body
The EUC might be a different story though so I’d recommend you bring it with you or show photos and videos of how you body looks when riding it. I’d bring my board to my PT sometimes just because that was how I got there but my PT did not need it to make any decisions. She was older/ more experienced but still understood it well so don’t think that the age of the PT will matter.
Hopefully it doesn’t take too much longer. Physical therapy is always worth it IMO since they will work with you so you can learn what to do to avoid or minimize pain long term. It was very helpful for me since I have a bad habit of doing things regardless of pain so I had no understanding of what pain is safe to ignore and what pain was an indicator to stop so I don’t do further damage to myself. Plus I was able to build muscle around some of my joints so they’d stop trying to dislocate all the damn time
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The title should now be.
Should I keep the EUC.
Got here today.
Let’s see what happens.
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So today makes it 4 days of having the EUC.
I have ridden it some every day.
I am honestly still on the fence as to whether I keep it or not.
Everyday it seems to get easier.
It is still so weird.
I really can’t go fast.
I think I may have hit 17, but I think 12 is usually what I am topping at…
I think I have about 40 miles on it now.
I have done a 12 mile ride and 10 miler, and then a bunch of smaller rides.
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Is it working for what you needed in terms of pain prevention?
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Yes and no.
There are many moments that are pretty much effortless and perfect posture.
So the potential is there.
The trouble lies in me not being super steady yet and making jerky adjustments.
So theoretically, if I get more comfortable and have better control I should be able to achieve a good deal if comfort.
How long to get there is a crapshoot…
I am also being dumb and pushing through some pain to ride, so that is not terribly smart.
But I am excited and in good spirits and sweating and getting the breeze in my face.
I am in fact going to go ride with the 2 guys here in a few.
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now i’m flying on my v12 and im ready to sell it and buy an s22.
I felt the same way. Keep it for a month, then make your decision. I’m at the one month mark and I went from “no way, it’s getting sold” to “yes, it’s getting sold for an upgrade”
I use the EUC and the board differently. For me, the board is for leisure and fucking around, the uni is for getting stuff done. I’m still not finding the euc to be more fun than an esk8.
Riding EUCs is easy at the one month mark. I got on a modded s22 and threw it around a track the other day without much thought. It feels like you put a PEV on easy mode. Dont have to think about traction, which is huge while racing.
I’m at 450 miles on the v12. I’ve hit 35 on it. For a “16” wheel" that’s plenty as it starts to get pretty unstable at that point.
And for anyone that’s about to comment “EUCs make awful skateboards”, I still put more miles on my mtb. At half the weight and a significantly higher power output, it’s a blast.
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