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Nerd cant mount !
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... :-/ -- McNerdius ------------------------------------------------------------------------ McNerdius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17973 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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 -- scoope ------------------------------------------------------------------------ scoope's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17710 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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. -- skrobo Unicycle For Christ 'MY VIDEOS' (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=skroboskim) 'World Record' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oig5IEq-v4Y) "dude when i first got into this sport and saw one of you videos i almost threw up it was so sick" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ skrobo's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12272 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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 ? -- McNerdius ------------------------------------------------------------------------ McNerdius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17973 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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. -- McNerdius ------------------------------------------------------------------------ McNerdius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17973 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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!) -- scott ttocs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ scott ttocs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18076 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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lol, thread title is funny lol. sorry! -- cbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cbs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18611 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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! --Adam -- unicycletoday It takes twice the man to ride half the bike... 'UnicycleToday.com' (http://unicycletoday.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicycletoday's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18701 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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 ! -- McNerdius ------------------------------------------------------------------------ McNerdius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17973 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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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. -- Biggestbtc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Benjamin Saying this is a bicycle with one wheel is like saying I'm a one eyed human with two eyes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Biggestbtc's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18333 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74975 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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