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I've been looking around alot about how to sit properly, I've found some good tutorials but even when I follow them I still get fatigued really quickly. I've been riding bikes for a long time, my typical road ride is 60+ miles so I can't imagine my legs are out of shape. I put a lot of pressure on my legs for stability and can only relax when riding fast, but even in a "relaxed" state I still use what seems like to much upper leg muscle for stability. Does this just develop over time or am I making a simple error? I try to sit upright and straight, but after a few minutes my legs get a bit tired, I am trying to ride my unicycle a few miles, but so far no avail, any ideas? (I have a 24" Sun Unicycle, I'm not looking to get a coker or anything I just want to ride what I have around town) Thanks! -- tumbles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tumbles's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18783 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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innes;1170385 wrote: How long have you been riding? If you are quite new to riding then I think it will just become easier as you get more and more used to it. That is what happened with me anyway. I found as I became more comfortable just unicycling around, I was able to relax a lot more. Innes I've been on my unicycle for only a few weeks and have just really learned to ride more than a dozen yards (probably total hours, about 4-6). I'm just getting turns down and I can free mount fine, the long distance ride is my new goal I figure it'll develop over time but I wasn't quite sure if I was making some sort of newbie error -- tumbles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tumbles's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18783 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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ha ha ha ha, the best was the stationwagon comment -- tumbles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tumbles's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18783 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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The excessive fatigue is a phase you are going through. Just like puberty, you will get over it--but hopefully much more quickly. Relax as much as possible. Try to pedal smoothly and with as little pressure as possible. Lift your rising leg up so it is applying almost no pressure on the pedal. Ride regularly. In a short time you will be cruising along with very little effort. I was where you are about three months ago. I can remember the problem, but for the life of me I do not understand how I got so tired with short distances. I think we all use vastly more leg tension than necessary when getting started. -- scott ttocs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ scott ttocs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18076 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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It is not so much that one is out of shape as that one needs to learn how to ride efficiently. When first learning to ride the tendency is to counter pedal, applying force to both pedals at the same time. As you progress and build riding skills you will learn to ride with less wasted effort. JM -- bungeejoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bungeejoe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11677 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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tumbles;1170380 wrote: I put a lot of pressure on my legs for stability and can only relax when riding fast, but even in a "relaxed" state I still use what seems like to much upper leg muscle for stability. needed to be putting a lot more weight on the seat. Problem solved. Stop standing, and just sit. Hold onto something and let your legs dangle pretty much, maybe youll fall or let the uni slip out from you, but at least youll feel what its like to have full weight on the seat and your legs just limp. 80% weight on the seat, 10% on one pedal, 10% on the other. In time youll relax a bit more and it will come naturally (I hope) but its better to apply a bit more discipline to yourself and nip this quickly. -- Jerrick *Press Alt+F4 to fix post stretch.*[SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC][SIGPIC]JC~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerrick's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11632 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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tumbles;1170386 wrote: I've been on my unicycle for only a few weeks and have just really learned to ride more than a dozen yards (probably total hours, about 4-6). I'm just getting turns down and I can free mount fine, the long distance ride is my new goal I figure it'll develop over time but I wasn't quite sure if I was making some sort of newbie error When I first learnt to ride, I would be exhausted and stiff for three days afterwards (this was on a mountainbiking background previously). I felt as exhausted riding 500m up the road as I did riding around in circles for 378km a few years later. Unfortunately, unicycling becomes much less of a workout once you have a few more km's under you. You spent very little effort trying to balance and it's actually a very low resistance machine compared to a bike (until you start getting 36" GUni's). -- GizmoDuck The Induni Unicycle Tour 2009. Unicycle Tour of India. Email me for details. www.induni.adventureunicyclist.com The Uninam Tour 2008.....Hanoi to Saigon!!! www.uninam.net The SINZ Unicycle Tour 2007....South Island, New Zealand www.sinzuni.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GizmoDuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/794 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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as you get better you'll also have to use your legs less to correct balance so you save energy for forward movement. this was the case for me with my coker. i did a 38 mile ride three days after i bought my coker and i had to correct my balance more so than on any of my other unis just cause i wasn't completely used to it yet and it fatigued me more than if i was used to that particular uni. -- catinabag1 "Black holes are where God divided by zero" ~ Steven Wright ------------------------------------------------------------------------ catinabag1's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16651 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75472 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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