I'm one of those riders who took a very long time to learn and my
proficiency has not exactly increased by leaps and bounds. Riding
still doesn't come as naturally to me as walking does. I still UPD way
more often than I should and often at places where there was just no
reason to. But, yesterday was a really great day for me. It was one
of those days where everything seemed to be working. Lines that would
usually trip me up, I was riding easily. My idling is usually labored
and unsteady but yesterday I could idle as long as I wanted and it felt
smooth and controlled. My hopping is, at best, inconsistent but
yesterday it felt natural and controlled. Heck, I even did four pedal
revs backwards, stopped, and resumed forwards riding. I've never been
able to do more than 2 revs backwards before. There is nothing like
having a great day of riding to boost one's confidence and reinvigorate
ones enthusiasm about riding.
I tend to be 'streaky' at most things I do. One day I can play nothing
but hot licks on my mandolin and another day it's sloppy. Sometimes I
can kick @$$ at the ping-pong table, and other times I can't find the
table with both hands. When I get out on the high speed twisties on my
motorcycle, some days I'm hitting perfect lines and others I'm just not
smooth. It's probably a mental thing but my personal challenge for all
things I do is to increase that ratio of good days to bad. I've
noticed that ratio is definitely increasing on the unicycle and that
sure feels good.
I know that a lot of you reading this can do big drops and unispins and
such. I may never get there but the beauty of unicycling is that there
are goals to achieve at all levels and it always feels so monumental to
acheive them.
Ride On :p
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underdog
'I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody
tell you different' - Kurt Vonnegut
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