[python] Re: Spambike learning curve
- From: "Carl Punton" <carlpunton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:55:46 +0100
Thanks Jurgen,
That's what I needed to hear! I will keep trying. I forgot
that I'm an adult & it takes longer now! Not like the day my dad took the
stabilizer wheels off my first bike, a few falls later I could ride, easy.
Giving riding lessons to Ethiopians? There must be an interesting story
behind that?
Thanks for much appreciated encouragement, Carl.
On 04/11/2007, Jürgen Mages <jmages@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> thanks for sharing your learning experiences with us. Not boring at all.
>
> I reckon that you still have less than 100 km of practice, so no reason
> to worry. Have you ever watched an adult learning to ride an upright
> bike? I once gave riding lessons to ethiopian immigrants who never
> before sat on a bike. That was hard work and it took months until they
> dared to participate in traffic - and a few of them never made it.
> Considering this, a python is not harder to learn than an upright bike.
>
> Good luck,
> Jürgen.
>
> On 04.11.2007 22:22, Carl Punton wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I haven't bored you all for a while with my attempts at riding my
> > Python so I thought it about time I did! I managed figure or 8 turns
> > a few days ago & got fairly good at turning. Today I rode 7kms up &
> > down a half km closed road. My big problem now is that I cannot hold
> > a straight line, I need 3 meters to allow for wobbles. Can those who
> > have mastered the Python tell me if this is the normal learning
> > process & just a case of needing more practice. My bike simply does
> > not feel at all stable, though I have tried varying the steering
> > angle a little steeper & shallower than 64degrees it hasn't made much
> > difference.
> >
> > Thanks, Carl.
> >
>
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