I think I figured out another reason I suck at riding this thing apart from inexperience,and why the people with the original style bikes seem to be able to start and stop easier.

My wheel is a 36" tire.The older style ones have a five foot tire, which means that it doesn't have to go as fast to stay stable. I figured that out when I remembered my toy gyro. it had to spin really fast to stay upright.

This really has nothing to do with anything, and it's aboslutely pointless, I just felt like sharing.

In other news: Once my knee heals, I'm gonna try some of the techniques I've found on youtube that people use to mount and dismount. After I get those down, riding it shouldn't be hard. Also, I'm gonna practice in a grassy park from now on. Concrete hurts and I want as little crashing into it as possible :V