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I'm a hopeless one.
I've recently been very interested in unicycling, but I don't even know how to ride a bike yet. (I'm 16 years old.) I never learned because of the geography of our street. I live on a hill, and at the bottom of the hill is a sharp curve. The curve goes directly over a bridge, for which there are no railings or walls. The bridge goes over a drop, which ends in a shallow, rocky river. This is not a good place to learn how to ride a bike. Of course, no one knows how to help a person learn how to ride a bike this late in life. I would go directly into learning unicycling if I didn't think it would be the cause of my imminent doom. I've never been a fan of bikes, but I know that they are the necissary middle step between standing on two feet and balancing on one wheel. =) Does anyone have any advice for me? I'd really love to start unicycling ASAP. Thanks in advance, ~Chedd -- zambonijones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zambonijones's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7580 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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Although I do think that riding a bike is a helpful step, I would like to see if you can skip that step and start unicycling. I think it's one of those things that "you never know until you try". My advice for you is to get a unicycle (something cheap) and spend a few hours learning to ride it. Please keep us posted on your progress. Daniel -- daino149 - How's it going, Texas? Check out my pics: www.unicyclist.com/gallery/daino Updated: 04.07.03 Kaena Bugman - "if you are a little left of them, it would seem like they are on the right" Sig count: 2 04.05.23 11214 04.05.25 11284 04.05.26 11329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daino149's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/933 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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Although I do think that riding a bike is a helpful step, I would like to see if you can skip that step and start unicycling. I think it's one of those things that "you never know until you try". My advice for you is to get a unicycle (something cheap) and spend a few hours learning to ride it. Please keep us posted on your progress. Daniel -- daino149 - How's it going, Texas? Check out my pics: www.unicyclist.com/gallery/daino Updated: 04.07.03 Kaena Bugman - "if you are a little left of them, it would seem like they are on the right" Sig count: 2 04.05.23 11214 04.05.25 11284 04.05.26 11329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daino149's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/933 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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Although I do think that riding a bike is a helpful step, I would like to see if you can skip that step and start unicycling. I think it's one of those things that "you never know until you try". My advice for you is to get a unicycle (something cheap) and spend a few hours learning to ride it. Please keep us posted on your progress. Daniel -- daino149 - How's it going, Texas? Check out my pics: www.unicyclist.com/gallery/daino Updated: 04.07.03 Kaena Bugman - "if you are a little left of them, it would seem like they are on the right" Sig count: 2 04.05.23 11214 04.05.25 11284 04.05.26 11329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daino149's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/933 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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If John Drummond (of Unicycle.com) had thought the same about his house, his three boys would also never have learned to ride bikes. They have a real steep driveway that comes out onto a busy road which I think has no sidewalk. In any case, you have to go to a different area to ride around. Though it would be real fun to learn to unicycle without ever doing a bike, it will probably be harder. If you want to cheat then, borrow a bike from someone, go to an empty parking lot and play around with it. You should be riding it around within a half hour or so. Then pretend you've been riding it for 10 years, and advance to the unicycle. There isn't that much to learn in basic bike riding on flat ground. Good luck! -- johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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If John Drummond (of Unicycle.com) had thought the same about his house, his three boys would also never have learned to ride bikes. They have a real steep driveway that comes out onto a busy road which I think has no sidewalk. In any case, you have to go to a different area to ride around. Though it would be real fun to learn to unicycle without ever doing a bike, it will probably be harder. If you want to cheat then, borrow a bike from someone, go to an empty parking lot and play around with it. You should be riding it around within a half hour or so. Then pretend you've been riding it for 10 years, and advance to the unicycle. There isn't that much to learn in basic bike riding on flat ground. Good luck! -- johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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If John Drummond (of Unicycle.com) had thought the same about his house, his three boys would also never have learned to ride bikes. They have a real steep driveway that comes out onto a busy road which I think has no sidewalk. In any case, you have to go to a different area to ride around. Though it would be real fun to learn to unicycle without ever doing a bike, it will probably be harder. If you want to cheat then, borrow a bike from someone, go to an empty parking lot and play around with it. You should be riding it around within a half hour or so. Then pretend you've been riding it for 10 years, and advance to the unicycle. There isn't that much to learn in basic bike riding on flat ground. Good luck! -- johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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Thanks for the advice, guys. I'd love to try to just start on an unicycle, but I figure I'd need some assistance, and I don't know anyone who'd think it was a good idea, let alone help me out. I'm sure my mom would blow a gasket. ((She has bought be maybe 4, 5 bikes in my life, and I haven't ever touched one of them. She'd probably be livid if I told her that I want to unicycle.)) I might have to keep it like some crazy conspiracy from her. I need an Underground Railroad for newbie uni-riders. ~Chedd -- zambonijones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zambonijones's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7580 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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zambonijones wrote: *Thanks for the advice, guys. I'd love to try to just start on an unicycle, but I figure I'd need some assistance, and I don't know anyone who'd think it was a good idea, let alone help me out. I'm sure my mom would blow a gasket. ((She has bought be maybe 4, 5 bikes in my life, and I haven't ever touched one of them. She'd probably be livid if I told her that I want to unicycle.)) I might have to keep it like some crazy conspiracy from her. I need an Underground Railroad for newbie uni-riders. ~Chedd * Sell the 4-5 bikes and buy 1 uni. I am certain that you can learn to ride w/o ever having ridden a bike. As a matter of fact, I know that Keith (Chirokid) taught his youngest to ride a uni before a bike. I learned to ride a Uni before I found this forum. This forum did help me learn to freemount and just about everything else. -- bugman - Survivor 2004 Wolfman Duathalon My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. Ayn Rand ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bugman's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3812 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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zambonijones wrote: *Thanks for the advice, guys. I'd love to try to just start on an unicycle, but I figure I'd need some assistance, and I don't know anyone who'd think it was a good idea, let alone help me out. I'm sure my mom would blow a gasket. ((She has bought be maybe 4, 5 bikes in my life, and I haven't ever touched one of them. She'd probably be livid if I told her that I want to unicycle.)) I might have to keep it like some crazy conspiracy from her. I need an Underground Railroad for newbie uni-riders. ~Chedd * Sell the 4-5 bikes and buy 1 uni. I am certain that you can learn to ride w/o ever having ridden a bike. As a matter of fact, I know that Keith (Chirokid) taught his youngest to ride a uni before a bike. I learned to ride a Uni before I found this forum. This forum did help me learn to freemount and just about everything else. -- bugman - Survivor 2004 Wolfman Duathalon My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. Ayn Rand ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bugman's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3812 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/34646 |
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