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1 foot wheel walk. need tips
timbob1907 wrote: Im learning now! I can almost do it consistently. Im sort of working on gliding at the same time by kicking harder and sliding my foot on the tire to slow myself down. If you can call that gliding. Im pretty close but one question: how do you go straight from riding to gliding? do you put your foot on teh frame first or on the tire to slow yourself? you move both feet at the same time. -- torkerdx their are 2 types of unicyclist. ones who can suck it up and go for things and ones who can't. guess which ones become good? some people live a hundred years without truly living 1second ------------------------------------------------------------------------ torkerdx's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12543 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 |
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1 foot wheel walk. need tips
how do you know you cant do it! Probably from watching BC... you must really look up to him -- timbob1907 Cheers, ___Tim Post 110110 on MR 'My 777th post that got me into MRIS' (http://tinyurl.com/ylckes) forrestunifreak wrote: I'm addicted to placebo's. I should stop taking them, but it wouldn't matter anyway. Ducttape wrote: A cx? yeah..... the seat isn't really a seat it's a brick in disguise..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ timbob1907's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13425 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 |
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1 foot wheel walk. need tips
phlegm wrote: Once I learned to 2-foot WW -slowly-, 1-foot WW seemed almost trivial. I suggest that you practice 2-foot WW more slowly. 1 foot wheel walking was not almost trivial for me. I hate you. -- john_childs john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Team Dirty Muni Gallery: http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs 'Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 |
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1 foot wheel walk. need tips
john_childs wrote: 1 foot wheel walking was not almost trivial for me. I hate you. Well, if it's any consolation, I spent several months learning 2-footed. So, perhaps I just waited too long to try 1-footed. To smoothly transition from riding to gliding, I put my tire foot out front a split second before my frame foot leaves the pedal to rest on the frame. -- phlegm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phlegm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8382 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 |
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phlegm wrote: Well, if it's any consolation, I spent several months learning 2-footed. So, perhaps I just waited too long to try 1-footed. My hate was in jest. I don't hate you. I do, however, learn new skills like wheel walking slowly. It takes me a while. I'm also lazy about practicing and don't put in full effort (or sometimes even a partial effort) to learn new skills so that's part of the reason it takes me a while. The other reason is because I'm a bit of a klutz. My next goal is to learn to glide. To make the goal reasonable I'm going to go for glide b4 50. I've still got a few years left. -- john_childs john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Team Dirty Muni Gallery: http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs 'Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 |
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phlegm wrote: I mean that it followed naturally without much extra effort. It took me several months to learn 2-foot WW, but it only took me a week at most after that to pick up 1-foot WW. hear hear -- dan de man \"underestimate zombies and you get eaten\" i got post 77000&99000&11001 in 'm' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27264)'r' (http://tinyurl.com/m6hs6) '.' (http://tinyurl.com/gsfgg)'.' (http://postsecret.blogspot.com/)'.' (http://tinyurl.com/f7bag) pm me to rent a . any site you want (nothing rude though) kington99 wrote: Easy, a fencepost made out of cheese is worth nothing, as it is entirely unsuitable for its chosen task. Belive almighty \"Jerrick\" the wise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dan de man's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11403 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 |
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1 foot wheel walk. need tips
I can't lean back, I fall off but when I lean forwards, I fall off anyway, any tips? -- 1wheelwonder I got my new nimbus freestyle, and it's like learning to wheel walk all over again! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1wheelwonder's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16226 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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1wheelwonder;1164957 wrote: I can't lean back, I fall off but when I lean forwards, I fall off anyway, any tips? If you fall when you lean back and you fall when you lean forward, then obviously you need to not lean. There's plenty of good advice here already. Keep practicing. -- phlegm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phlegm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8382 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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1wheelwonder;1164957 wrote: I can't lean back, I fall off but when I lean forwards, I fall off anyway, any tips? Leaning slightly forwards is the right thing to do, but you need to make the wheel catch you so give it a reasonably strong kick or push forwards with your foot. Then unlike two footed wheel walking you don't have another connection with the wheel with your other foot, so you need to apply some pressure to the wheel as you drag your foot back to it's initial pushing/kicking position. The dragging on the wheel will slow you down slightly at first (cos you don't yet have fine gliding control) but with a strong enough kick you will eventually get the feeling of control from your foot dragging on the tire. Learning gliding is extremely fun so I recommend learning one footed wheel walking to anyone who cannot do it yet. Persist and it pays off! -- Rowan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rowan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3772 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Rowan;1164959 wrote: Leaning slightly forwards is the right thing to do I would like to note that it most definitely feels like you're leaning backwards, not only because of the drag effect in between strokes at the beginning but also because your leg is much further forward and you have to compensate for that. It is also easier to slow down(leaning back) than to speed up(leaning forward). The main thing isn't really the kick, either, until you get the hang of doing it without contact with the wheel between kicks. To me it was the semi-gliding bits. Note: my opinion might be influenced by the fact that I learned 1ft wheelwalk downhill. -- nimblelight It doesn't really matter, because I am an afoodist who unicycles for food. 'Colorado Unicyclists click here' (http://z13.invisionfree.com/Colorado_Unicycles/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nimblelight's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17248 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/51150 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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