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Riding up Sidewalk Curbs
There has been a post about this before and in it I mentioned that I would start working on riding up sidewalk curbs. (I was not the thread starter but a contributor along with John Foss and some others.) Well, I have been working on riding up about a 7" sidewalk curb that is outside my house and I suceed about once every 10 tries. Usually what happens is that my wheel does not get enough traction and just spins in place. When I do go up it just happens so easily and smoothly that it is amazing! I am pretty sure that if I keep on workingon it that my sucess rate will improve to the point of 100%. However like most of us I would like the short cut. Now I am not asking without having done my homework. I have been working on this issue and I am saying that the problem is the wheel spinning out because of lack of traction. Anyone have any suggestions? Unicorn -- Unicorn Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the pedals, and you will accomplish great feats! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicorn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I'm rubbish at this, and I tend to just sidehop up them. But the proper way to do it is to almost rolling hop but not quite. Basically you unweight the pedals enough so that you go up smoothly. It feels just like a rolling hop but the wheel doesn't actually leave the ground, you just don't have any weight on the pedals or seat at the point it hits the kerb. I saw someone, maybe Leo White, do this on a massive step up, maybe a foot tall, so it just looked like he was rolling it, and it looks way cool when people do it on big stuff. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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thejdw wrote: same, ridding them just puts a bump in your cource. yeah. I made it up a 2 set yesterday on my muni. I just rode fast. -- mornish aim:kiloornish email: mornish AT gmail DOT com Corrie, Max, and Miles presents... Collab Video. coming soon to the video forum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mornish's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11658 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I'm glad to read this tread about rolling up curbs. I had learned to ride as a kid, then stopped until I was 49. It has bothered me since I started again that I remember rolling up curbs as a kid, and it was really easy. But now even though I have since learned to idle, hop and go backwards, I do not have the nerve to roll up a curb like I remember doing back then. The closest I come, is to ram the curb with speed to go up which isn't the same. One thing that stops me these days is that I worry about the pedals being in the correct position to roll up the curb. I worry that the pedals will be in the 12 and 6 positions, then I'll just stop at the curb, and UPD. When I was a kid I don't remember even thinking about pedal positions, just did it. I can remember thinking that it must look like a trick, but that it is really easy. What I remember, is it being like what Joemarsall described. Thinking about it more, I think I may have recently used this technique in the woods to get over tree roots, but I'd like to work back up to those curbs. -- Chrashing Regards, Ken ... I say it's a great exercise. They say it's a mid-life thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chrashing's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7501 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Thanks for all the advice. I can hop up curbs easily but hopping uses up a lot of energy. I was practicing again yesterday night and am succeeding more often. It seems like the whole issue is to lean your hips back right before you hit the curb. When I do succeed it just feels so natural and easy. I am going to keep on practicing and will update the forum when I have this skill mastered. Unicorn -- Unicorn Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the pedals, and you will accomplish great feats! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicorn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Keep note of the pedal position when you get up a curb really easily. That's probably why you only get up every 1 in 10 tries. -- one wheely Why stroll...when you can roll? I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every moment of it! BillyTheMountain wrote: End Bike Supremacy! Refuse to be marginalized!! If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem! *Power to the Unicyclists!! Right on!!* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ one wheely's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11955 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Obviously I am making sure to hit the curv only when my right pedal is between 1 and 3 O'clock. The problem is that on most of the tries the tire just doesn't catch and it spins. If I see that my pedal position is not going to be good then I arc a little to one side to add the correct amount of distance before I hit the curb. I am pretty sure that I just have to bring my hips further back so that I get my center of gravity right over the Wheel. I have allready increased my success rate and I am sure that it will continue to increase with practice. As soon as I get a 100% success rate I will start hitting the curb with my pedals in different positions. I know that curbs can be mastered and I will do it! Then I will try them backwards! Unicorn -- Unicorn Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the pedals, and you will accomplish great feats! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicorn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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It's the pedal position that usually gets me. Up to about a 4" curb I can usually count on momentum to help carry me through, even if I hit it with the pedals at 12 and 6. But a 6" curb will stop me dead in my tracks if the pedals aren't right. If I'm in doubt or a situation where I'll be totally embarrased, I pull up to the curb and side hop onto it. I still haven't figured out how to gain any height on a rolling hop. Certainly not enough to clear a 6" curb anyway (you guys who can rolling hop onto a picnic table amaze me). Being able to ride up curbs seems like a good skill to develop. The natural progression of things from there is to be able to ride up stairs. -- underdog 'I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different' - Kurt Vonnegut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ underdog's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6197 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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mornish wrote: yeah. I made it up a 2 set yesterday on my muni. I just rode fast. now try a 3 set, then 4... have fun -- thejdw dunawan wrote: why are koxx one unicycles so costly??? forrestunifreak wrote: They are expensive because they use only the finest soft drink cans. don't follow Jesus, follow me! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thejdw's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13230 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I have a probably 80% success rate with this, and I use the momentum method. I don't go all that fast (ever--if you've ridden with me, you know the truth of that statement!), but put my hips back just before hitting the curb, and let the curb stop me. When the momentum tosses me forward, I just keep pedaling and pull up and forward with my hips (and with the hand on the seat handle) and the uni just follows me up and onto the sidewalk. I haven't had grip issues, but all I ride are munis with pretty grippy knobs. The times I don't succeed are generally when I have my pedals too close to vertical, but I don't really think about it too much. Sometimes I'm surprised by a UPD instead of success, so that keeps me on my toes! -- pkittle *========================== Peter Kittle * Chico, CA "The Revolution is just a t-shirt away." --Billy Bragg ==========================* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pkittle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12111 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/60832 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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