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Old December 21st 08, 09:03 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Hey guys whats up ! I've been doing well on the riding end, i moved
from the tennis court to my apartment's parking lot. It's as big as i
need it too be as this complex sprawls over something like 6 square
blocks or so. Uneven terrain, although paved. It's snowy and icy out
there, so it is quite challenging for my newbie self. I can go more or
less as far as i want to 50% of the time... whatever that means.

MOUNTING... I suck. I keep seeing that static mounts are easier TO
DO. It's my observation that the static mount may be easier to do,
however it seems that FOR ME a rollback mount would be easier to LEARN.
I've looked around on the forums for exercises i can use to break the
habit of putting my weight on my right foot when attempting static
mounts. What i found was UniGeezer's Cinder-Block-Jump exercise. I
learned from that, that i can hop a mere inch or two using one leg. I'm
tubby. This is at least a bit of the reason that static mounts are
difficult for me. On the other hand, the rollback mount is what i've
been using from step one, all i need to do is take my damn hand off my
car, the wall, whatever. I'm only 4 hours into my learning... Am i
worrying about this too much too soon ?

I'll keep practicing them both in the meantime. And in the meantime of
the meantime... my knees hurt like hell, and i think i'll put my 5"
cranks back on. I've been on 6ers which i think is why i've done so
well so soon. I hesitate to do this though, because it will give me
less control for mounting.

Any suggestions/tips ? I know yeah practice, read the forums etc.
Besides that i mean... :-/


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Old December 21st 08, 09:16 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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I really believe that learning the freemount is actually harder than
learning to ride!

Practice is, of course, the key but when I was first learning and
frustrated I was given good advice in this thread I started.

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73618

I still have days when my success rate is less than 50% but for the
most part I am above 50%.

Hope the link helps.

Cheers

Simon


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Old December 21st 08, 09:19 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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for 4 hours you are doing really well... keep practicing, and try not to
worry about too much at one time.


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Old December 21st 08, 09:26 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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skrobo;1154505 wrote:
for 4 hours you are doing really well... keep practicing, and try not to
worry about too much at one time.




4 hours that count... i'd had a 24 for 2 years and tried on and off...
got absolutely NOWHERE. 0 revs. And i couldn't even do much with
assistance. But i had a feel for being on top of the uni. So i did
have a wee bit of a head-start... Nothing i can quantify though so i
decided to just ignore it... So maybe it's more like 6 hours worth,
but... meh. What do you think about putting my 5" cranks on instead of
the 6" ? Will that significantly hurt my progress, or help in some way
i can't think of ?


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Old December 21st 08, 09:31 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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scoope;1154499 wrote:
I really believe that learning the freemount is actually harder than
learning to ride!

Practice is, of course, the key but when I was first learning and
frustrated I was given good advice in this thread I started.

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73618

I still have days when my success rate is less than 50% but for the
most part I am above 50%.

Hope the link helps.

Cheers

Simon




That was actually one of the two most helpful threads i found... That's
where i found unigeezer's 36er video where he demonstrates the
cinder-block hop, and i learned i could not hop on one leg for crap.


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Old December 22nd 08, 05:07 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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If you are 4 hours into it, I would recommend riding a lot to get more
comfortable with it and then going back to mounting later-perhaps when
you are 20+ hours into it. With more skill on the unicycle the mounting
will be a bit more doable (but still hard!)


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Old December 22nd 08, 05:09 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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lol, thread title is funny lol. sorry!


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Old December 22nd 08, 05:12 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Just keep trying! You'll get it sooner or later!

But a technique I used was the that is expressed in 'this video'
(http://www.unicycletoday.com/free-mount.html). It teaches you step by
step how get familiar with a freemount. Hopefully, it'll help you, too!

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Old December 22nd 08, 07:35 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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scott ttocs;1155161 wrote:
If you are 4 hours into it, I would recommend riding a lot to get more
comfortable with it and then going back to mounting later-perhaps when
you are 20+ hours into it. With more skill on the unicycle the mounting
will be a bit more doable (but still hard!)




sounds about right... I think i'll switch my cranks to the shorter ones
to help my knees out and smooth out my ride... get used to that and get
back to mounting later. Thanks for the advice !


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Old December 22nd 08, 02:32 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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scott ttocs;1155161 wrote:
If you are 4 hours into it, I would recommend riding a lot to get more
comfortable with it and then going back to mounting later-perhaps when
you are 20+ hours into it. With more skill on the unicycle the mounting
will be a bit more doable (but still hard!)




I agree. As one who has recently learned unicycling, I found that
mounting came much easier after I had learned just how to ride better.


My advice would be just to go out and ride. But don't neglect to
practice mounting though. I just wouldn't spend a whole lot of time
practicing mounting if I had not had many hours of experience riding.

It's all about learning the balance.


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