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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
AllThingsUni wrote: if you arent landing unispins its cuz youre scared. if you werent scared it would all flow and youd land. and...stop making it a science everybody my goodness. despite being from florida it seems like english is your second if not third language. be helpful or get out. -- markf 'my Des Moines Iowa Bike Shop' (http://www.irwinsbikes.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ markf's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8102 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
For 180s, you dont even have to take your hand off the handle, same with 360s, and I think I saw someone do it with a 540. If you are taking your hand off the handle, so you have to catch again when your landing, just practice like on step 5. Jump, spin, catch the seat the right way, land on the ground. Once your used to catching the seat like that, go for the landing. -- Jerrick ~*~!I ride for Christ, Fun, Challenges, and a lot more!~*~ '!Gallery!' (http://tinyurl.com/gf2g9) '!MRIS!' (http://tinyurl.com/jjjnz) 'Easy Tire Removal Guide.' (http://tinyurl.com/rd9ru) My sponsor '~!SIXSIXONE!~' (http://sixsixone.com/) New Uni = Blue Sex! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerrick's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11632 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
i'm looking for advise on how to do just that. spin the seat a full 360 and catch it in the right way. if it helps, i hop left foot forward, and for unispins i put my right hand on the front and left hand at the back but on the opposite side. and for 180s i (of course) don't let go. -- markf 'my Des Moines Iowa Bike Shop' (http://www.irwinsbikes.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ markf's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8102 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
Jerrick wrote: Well, lets start shall we? That was a helpful tutorial. It made me want to go buy shin guards. -- Michea I've got a suggestion to keep you all occupied. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michea's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11044 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
Michea wrote: That was a helpful tutorial. It made me want to go buy shin guards. Well you should. I bought 661s yesterday FINALLY (after like 3 years) and my jump increased by like 2 inches immediately. Shinguards give you guts. -- fluxusmaximus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fluxusmaximus's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12582 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
AllThingsUni wrote: if you arent landing unispins its cuz youre scared. if you werent scared it would all flow and youd land. and...stop making it a science everybody my goodness. if ur not landing backflips its cuz ur scared. you just gotta do it man. It's not that simple for most people. There are other factors than being scared. Granted, being scared is one of the largest obstacles in learning to unispin, but it's not like some tips or advice wouldn't help. -- rabbithunter018 Never underestimate stupid people in large groups It is always better to keep your mouth shut and have people question your intelligence, than to say something stupid and leave them in no doubt. Don't worry about looking like a dork for diff color cranks. You ride a uni, lol. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rabbithunter018's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12156 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
180 and 360 guides ( taken from my tutorial in unicyclopedia) 180 unispin. firstly you want to be comfortable hopping with the seat infront. once you can do that learn the 180 jump mount. simply jump off the ground, spin the uni 180 degrees and land with your feet on the pedals. once you can do both of these reasonably well you should be ready to try a 180 unispin. Get on with the seat out in front holding the seat with one hand on the front and one on the back and steady yourself. some people like to do small bunnyhops to find their center of balance. then when you are ready jump up into the air whilst keeping the uni more or less on the ground. you dont want it to come up with you. then spin it 180 whichever way you feel most comfortable and then land with your feet on the pedals or cranks. if you are not sure that you are going to land it, instead land on the ground next to the pedals. one thing that really helped me was keeping the wheel on the ground and using the seat to kinda keep yourself in the air. this trick should take around 45 mins more or less of solid practicing to learn. even then you may not be able to do it every time. remember to wear shin guards in case you miss the pedals and remember that your feet dont have to go out too much. i jarred my wrist really badly doin this so wristguards or tape may be good. P.S I realise that this is already in the freestyle section but this is also a street skill and this has more detail. here is my video tutorial. http://tinyurl.com/y2yghj 360 unispin The 360 unispin is somewhat different to the 180 unispin. to do the 360 unispin you firstly want to be able to do the 180 unispin (obviously) and you want to be good at it. unlike the 180 unispin the 360 jump mount is not a necessity. i actually find it harder than the 360 unispin. okay, there are a few things to learn. firstly you want to figure out how your going to spin the uni. some people let go of the seat when they spin the uni some dont. i dont, im not that coordinated. once you figure this out practice practice practice. get comfortable doing this. then figure out whether to spin seat in or out. i spin seat in so that it stays under me. then practice some more. one day it'll just come to you. -- gabetheunicycleman unicycleman does not stand..... he sits on the air --unicycleman- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gabetheunicycleman's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13054 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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To learn the 180 uni-spin I found it most helpfull to start out doing 90 degree uni-spins. That is just spinning your uni 90 degrees so that you land bouncing on the tire. Then spin the uni the other 90 degrees and land on the pedals. After doing this for a few days you will be able to spin the uni 180 and after a few tries, land on the pedals. But just to deviate from the norm, I am a big advocate of bare-foot uni-spinning. 16578 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: barefootspin.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/16578 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Goats_On_Unicycles WHATEVER!! You ain't my daddy! I'm thirteen an' I do what I want!!!!! 'MY -GROOVY- GALLERY' (http://tinyurl.com/yeceup) * Unicycle For Goats!!!!!* PM me if you want in! KH Funds=$.79!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goats_On_Unicycles's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12566 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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ok i just re learned the 360 unispin. my tips are keep the seat close to ur legs and lean foward with ur upper body so that your face is looking at the cranks. eg u want to be in like an upside down L shape.the little bit of the L being your upper body. then bounce like you usually do to get ur center of balance. then pause bend down toward the uni and hop upward whilst spinning. you will hopefully go foward ever so slightly so that you land ontop of the uni rather than having the uni just go out infront of you and not landing on it.this is difficult to explain so ill have a vid and a frame by frame analysys by tonight. not now i just stuffed my achilies. -- gabetheunicycleman unicycleman does not stand..... he sits on the air --unicycleman- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gabetheunicycleman's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13054 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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!The collective IdIoTS guide to unispins!
Here's THE tip I've missed for a long time for unispins: spinning direction. I hop with my left foot forward, so I spin my uni counter-clockwyse so that my feet can stop the spin when I land on the pedals/cranks. I used to spin the other way when practicing the 180 unispin and when I tried the other way, every thing looked much easier -- Zzagg Zzagg - Air Circus Team (Nantes) Living easy, living free... ...Season ticket on a one wheel ride. JJuggle wrote: Zzagg, I'm struggling with your English. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zzagg's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6847 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55431 |
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