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Originally Posted by
JohnnyB65
Well another day of practice and I’m improving!
I rode all over the neighborhood 4 times without any balance problems. However, I need to do something about my steering. I’m not sure yet what to do, but it’s really jerky and I wonder if I need to adjust the handle bars higher up or maybe buy a different one. I feel like they are too far away, but it might be my bad shoulder.
You might want to buy a 3-foot "resistance band" (just a length of rubber cord with soft handles at each end). Put it around a pole and take turns alternating, pulling slowly and evenly with first one arm, and then the other. Keep it as smooth and as slow as you can. This will build the co-ordination in the nerves and strength in the muscles of the arms.
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