Riding Straight on a Plank ??

Hello Everyone !!!

How can I ride Straight on a very narrow plank ??

How do I control ??

Is it the waist or the legs??

Please reply !!!

I'm pleased to tell you Guys that Yesterday for the first time after two
months of ridding I managed to carry my little boy who is 4 on the
Unicycle !! It lookedd realy cool and easy !!!!

Easy cause of the weight ?? You are the Experts !! please reply !!

Thanks for your reply on Jumping Fluffinator 007 !!

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In normal riding, you can just move the unicyle in whatever direction
you need to stay upright. When working with a narrow line, you can't do
this, so the upper body (hips to fingertips) has to do all of the
adjustments for balance. Keep your arms up in the air, but not waving
around. Focus on making smooth, even pedals with your legs, and
practice practice practice!

Josh


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you will be waving your arms. pedal forward, slowly, and if you start
to lose your balance towards the left, throw your arms to the left
(counterclockwise over you head, so that your arms are always on the
same plane with eachother). this will push your hips to the right,
which will help you regain your balance. do the opposite if you start
to fall right. you will have to learn how to use your body to balance
like this so it will take some practice. start by riding along a line
painted on the road (watch out for cars). once you feel comfortable on
the ground try doing it higher and higher off the ground. a cross
training technique is still stand. this is where you stand up on the
uni, dont pedal, and use you arms to balance. again, have your arms
pointed up, forming a "Y" with your body. it will take a while to get,
but once you can get at least 5 seconds (stillstand) you will notice
significant improvement in your skinny riding.


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just have the balls to do it. part of it is probably you being scared.
if you watch the video in my signature we ride across a couple of
planks.


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if you start to lose your balance towards the left, throw your arms to
the left (counterclockwise over you head, so that your arms are always
on the same plane with eachother). this will push your hips to the
right, which will help you regain your balance.
That's the key in my opinion, but it depends how wide it is. You could
probably get away with just fine tuning riding in a straight line in the
normal fashion for stuff that's 15-30cm or so wide. When it's more like
35mm wide though there's no room to move the wheel side to side
underneath you so you have to move your body instead. Download some
videos, or better yet buy movies, with Kris Holm riding skinny stuff.
His technique is always good to refer to. Into the Thunder Dragon has a
great bit of rail riding with a really helpful front on shot that
demonstrates what 'muniracer' was talking about.

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andrew_carter wrote:
*You could probably get away with just fine tuning riding in a
straight line in the normal fashion for stuff that's 15-30cm or so
wide. When it's more like 35mm wide though there's no room to move
the wheel side to side underneath you so you have to move your body
instead.*


Well then I guess there's no hope for me, eh? I can do about 10cm with
my buckled rim, probably a little less, I havn't tried, but it's hard
just to ride straight with it. 35mm with my buckled rim just aint gonna
happen.


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well, once it gets as thin as your wheel anything smaller wont be
harder, since the width is still based on the width of your tire.
unless of course, you factor in any slippy variable.


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Robbie,

How buckled is your rim?

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Too buckled to ride along a 35mm rail I would say. I can notice it being
harder to control. It's not just: if it's buckled 1cm, it'll throw you
off 1cm. It throws me off more than it's buckled.


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is it actually buckled....like with a crease at the buckle, or is it
only warped, which spoke tension could correct?


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