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New to Coker--advice needed
n9jcv wrote: *You need to start off slowly and RESIST the temptation to go too fast. * But not too slow! A coker is a lot harder to ride at very slow speeds. I find my self far, far less stable on a coker when trying to keep a slow pace (eg walking pace). The original problem described sounds to me like you are not riding fast enough. If you mount and don't build up enough speed it is much harder to stay on then if you get a little momentum going. The initial few metres before you pick up speed are the hardest. -- peter.bier - Posting since 97 -Peter Bier ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peter.bier's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1506 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
I understand how it can "get out from under you" as you travel much farther for a given movement in the pedals. My experience is that it's much easier to keep a coker moving once you are up and moving than a 20" or 24". Everything happens much slower. I was amazed at first that if I started to fall foward or backward, I had several crank cycles to get back in balance. On a 20", you have less than one crank cycle to get back in balance. Turning will come later. I've probably ridden a couple hundred miles on my Coker, but I still can't always make a u-turn on a street. A Coker is like driving a bus compared to a sports car. -- kokomojuggler - Coker Rider Kokomo Juggler -All Glory to God ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kokomojuggler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4925 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
The answer to all Coker questions is to get the miles in. When you first have a Coker, it's a novelty. It's a challenge just to ride it. It's exhilerating. Then you start to cruise at a steady speed, and cover distances, but you find that you fear dismounts, obstacles, hills, junctions and the like. After a while, it seems more trouble than it's worth. Is this all it does? It won't idle, turn quickly, or stop. If you get past this stage, you will find that it will do almost everything that a 26 or 29 will do. It can be idled. It can be mounted. It will stop. You can tiptoe across difficult ground. You can stomp up hills. You can hold it back on long descents. Riding a Coker is all about developing an intuitive understanding of Newton. -- Mikefule - Roland Hope School of Unicycling Competing with yesterday to hold off tomorrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikefule's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
The answer to all Coker questions is to get the miles in. When you first have a Coker, it's a novelty. It's a challenge just to ride it. It's exhilerating. Then you start to cruise at a steady speed, and cover distances, but you find that you fear dismounts, obstacles, hills, junctions and the like. After a while, it seems more trouble than it's worth. Is this all it does? It won't idle, turn quickly, or stop. If you get past this stage, you will find that it will do almost everything that a 26 or 29 will do. It can be idled. It can be mounted. It will stop. You can tiptoe across difficult ground. You can stomp up hills. You can hold it back on long descents. Riding a Coker is all about developing an intuitive understanding of Newton. -- Mikefule - Roland Hope School of Unicycling Competing with yesterday to hold off tomorrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikefule's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
Thanks for all the good advice. I am now able to ride somewhat and keep the unicycle under me for at least a few hundred feet. My mounting needs some work. I can't seem to do a running mount at all. I do a stationary mount by grabbing the wheel and bringing it towards me. This works between 5 and 10% of the time. Any hints? Memphis Mud wrote: *On little unis you can jam some pressure on a pedal and get some immediate and dramatic response from the machine. Not so with the Coker. Jamming your foot on a Coker pedal and you'll walk right off the thing. The cruising speed is faster than on little unis. Get up on the beast and get her going about 5 mph. Maintain steady speed. Changing speed is a gradual thing. Build up speed gradually...come to a stop veeeery gradually. Turn gradually. Its a Mac Truck not a Spitfire. Initially you have to persuade and coax the beast into doing what you want. You shouldn't try to be the boss just yet. Today the beast is the boss. You should be nice to the beast. Be thankfull for every ride that the beast doesn't kill you. Be respectful of the brute. With experience, the two of you should come to a mutually agreeable understanding. * Not only is that exceedingly helpful, it was enjoyable to read. Ever think about writing books instead of printing them? -- Jethro - Pliny's Dolphin ©¿© Bill Hugo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jethro's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9413 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
I wasn't kidding. -- Memphis Mud - Student of GrandMaster 2T "winter in peanut butter comes turquoise" -Greg Harper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Memphis Mud's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1987 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
Here is what works for me. I put the left pedal just between 3 and 4 oclock. I then gently step up and forward. With luck your momentum will take you to the balance sweet spot on top of the seat. Then make sure your other foot hits the pedal and start to push. A few side to side wobbles and pedal strokes, now you will be moving and it will smooth out. I have been riding my Coker since about March - 900 miles and I can mount about 80-90% of the time. The 10% I can't is usually when someone is watching me!!! -- n9jcv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ n9jcv's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7844 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
Cokers are fun!! I rode a coker for the first time this monday night and I just couldn't get off of it. I was able to only mount next to a wall, and because I am kinda short, I used to tire to pull myself up. The coker that I used had a brake on it, but I didn't dare use that because it locks up the wheel, and I didn't really want to go flying off of it the first time I was on it. Once I was able to ride pretty good I started to pick up some speed. And boy was I moving, and with the nice short cranks, I didn't have to pedal that much to go the distance I wanted to. And when I tried turning it felt so good, turning on cokers has an awesome feel, because you can lean pretty far, and it feels cool. Well that was my first time experience on a Coker. When I had to leave I wanted to bring the coker with me. I am probably going to order a 29er within the next year, or even maybe a coker. Have fun -- MERCYME - King without a crown 'Gallery' (gallery.unicyclist.com/danpics) AIM-Mr Mercy3 "Your like water for my soul When it gets thirsty"-Matisyahu oogen7543(att)yahoo(dot)com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MERCYME's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9764 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
Jethro wrote: *My mounting needs some work. I can't seem to do a running mount at all. I do a stationary mount by grabbing the wheel and bringing it towards me. This works between 5 and 10% of the time. Any hints? * The easiest mount for most people is the standard mount, you don't need to mess around grabbing the wheel or anything, just step up onto the unicycle and pedal off, just like a smaller unicycle. The step up bit involves a bit more of a push off to get yourself higher but that's all. I learnt to mount using the rollback mount, I still find this a bit easier, but most people seem to have difficulty with doing a rollback on a coker. Again, just like a little unicycle, but do a bigger step up. I did some videos of the coker mounts ages back, they're in the album below. http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq60 Joe -- joemarshall - dumb blonde my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album483 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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New to Coker--advice needed
Memphis Mud wrote: *Initially you have to persuade and coax the beast into doing what you want. You shouldn't try to be the boss just yet. Today the beast is the boss. You should be nice to the beast. Be thankfull for every ride that the beast doesn't kill you. Be respectful of the brute. With experience, the two of you should come to a mutually agreeable understanding. * -Initially!!?? - I -know- who's the boss and it ain't me! It's just that, sometimes, Marvin The Coker condescends to let me -think- I -might- be the boss and that's the *only* "mutually agreeable understanding" Marvin permits. -- brian.slater - Nellfurtiti, the Wonder Cat Brian C. Slater AKA: Snoopy Ok, I am now officially in my normal state of -advanced- confusion. Don't try to confuse me, it won't make any difference. "To not decide is to decide" - undecided ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brian.slater's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3902 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42507 |
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