Seat in trials Vs. SIF?

I only just learned how to ride SIF, and my side hop has gone from 24"
to 27", though I can rolling hop SI up 27". I am more precise with seat
in, and can gap further (6'😉 SI that SIF (5.5'😉. I believe it is
personal preference, but SIF is very good for doing big side hops. SI
is good for gaps (sideways) and control, like riding rails.

That's my input. Probably all wrong😄

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Thank you for not making this a poll.

I'm SIF.

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forrestunifreak said:

Can seat in trials compare to SIF? I know there are some people who do
great trials seat in, like Yoggi and Joe Hodges, but when I watch them
I can't help but think about how they would look so much better riding
SIF.

There are times when seat in gives me more control for certain precise
gaps and stuff, but I don't find myself using it very often.

Sure when I was first learning trials, it was entirely seat in, but I
forced myself to learn Seat in front and now it's just so much
better,it even seems like SIF trials is just more fun to me. I'm not
sure why, its like going seat in is taking the easy way out or
something. It can be more comfortable doing not-so-challenging lines
seat in, but it feels more 'real' to me SIF.

Not to mention it at least should be easier to jump higher SIF, becuase
you can tuck and get the unicycle up over your butt, thus not having to
jump as high with your body and being able to jump higher. Wereas with
seat in you have to pull you whole body straight up onto the obstacle,
even with a very low seat.

How is it different for people who ride exclusivly seat in?

i like riding seat in, in fact, today I got a 31-32" ledge, and maybe
higher over *something* I just feel much more comfortable seat in. SIF
feels funny, i am learning SIF slowly, i still like to do seat in most
of the time.

if it is a fairly easy line, then I do it seat in to boost my
confidence, then i try SIF.

i like rolling hops, i find that I can tuck pretty well doing them.
more so than i feel comfortable with when I am doing SIF, really i
think i just need to get more comfortable with SIF, but it is a pain.

start message here
I like rolling hops.

thats all i have to say about that.

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obviously you don't know anything about style nor flow.. Out of all the
trials rider ive ever seen the one with the most flow and style HAS to
be Zack Baldwin even thought he isn't the best. Sif usually allows you
do go high but there are some exceptions, but still how does sif not
have style or flow ? Wow

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I don't ride much trials but when I do I'm SIF all the way. I can get
much farther and higher that way.

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do whatever you want. whys everything so opionionated.your a [censored] for
worrying about looking like a noob.

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Forward drop gaps def do seat in. Side gaps do seat out. With seat out
you are given the abbility to angle the uni in mid air, and aiming it
at thin areas better than seat in, you can also move the uni for
ballance without moving your body.

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SIF on drops only. It feels more natural to hop SI. Will learn to ride
more SIF this summer.

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howdigetsogood said:

do whatever you want. whys everything so opionionated.your a [censored] for
worrying about looking like a noob.

apart from the reference to homosexuality, you are right.

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howdigetsogood said:

do whatever you want. whys everything so opionionated.your a [censored] for
worrying about looking like a noob.

Woah. For one, Forrest is a top-notch rider. He knows what he is up to,
and how to ride.

Secondly, he isnt asking how he should ride. He is asking how riding
seat-in is different then the people who ride SIF. Getting the pros and
cons from each side.

Anyways, I ride all Seat in, or seat under, as I am seeing it as more
now. I think SIF will always have the upper hand, because how much you
can tuck, giving you extra height and distance for gaps and jumps.
Also, everything I have seen SIF, I have seen done Seat-in. SO it can
be done both ways.

It really is a preference thing though, cause I have far more control
seat-in then I do SIF, for anything. I even have room to move the uni
around under me to keep balance, and can still twist the uni and
everything, in mid-air to correct how I am gonna land on an object.

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skrobo said:

i like rolling hops, i find that I can tuck pretty well doing them.
more so than i feel comfortable with when I am doing SIF, really i
think i just need to get more comfortable with SIF, but it is a pain.

start message here
I like rolling hops.

thats all i have to say about that.

Don't get me wrong. By seat in trials I mean... hopping around static.
Rolling hops are another story. I can rolling hop higher and farther
then I can SIF static.

I'm talking about static trials here.

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Andrew Carter is another primarly seat in trials rider who's freakin
AMAZING!
So I think it really depends on what you think is more comfortable, and
of course what you find easier.

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I pretty much use to go seat in all the time untill I learnt how to hop
high SIF. I can probably hop highest rolling hop mainly because I'm a
lot more comfortable with it. For gaps and hopping onto things I use
SIF 90% of the time.

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forrestunifreak said:

Don't get me wrong. By seat in trials I mean... hopping around static.
Rolling hops are another story. I can rolling hop higher and farther
then I can SIF static.

I'm talking about static trials here.

ohh
ok
SIF is better
SI looks tacky... even joe hodges doesn't make it look very good(he is
an amazing rider, but SIF just looks better.

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