one foot trick

I've been learning sif 1 foot and it's real fun. Backwards 1 foot is fun
too. and riding off curbs.

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I've been learning sif 1 foot and it's real fun. Backwards 1 foot is fun
too. and riding off curbs.

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I've been learning sif 1 foot and it's real fun. Backwards 1 foot is fun
too. and riding off curbs.

edit: and opposite 1 foot

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trasitions from 1 foot forwards to one foot backwards are fun, but only
if you keep going the same direction :P

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trasitions from 1 foot forwards to one foot backwards are fun, but only
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I hate to burst your bubble, but your other foot was helping in the
hopping and the transition to the idle so technically that wasn't a
1-foot trick or transition.

If you do true 1-foot hopping it's easy to transition into an idle,
perhaps even easier than continuing to hop without anything holding the
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I hate to burst your bubble, but your other foot was helping in the
hopping and the transition to the idle so technically that wasn't a
1-foot trick or transition.

If you do true 1-foot hopping it's easy to transition into an idle,
perhaps even easier than continuing to hop without anything holding the
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I hate to burst your bubble, but your other foot was helping in the
hopping and the transition to the idle so technically that wasn't a
1-foot trick or transition.

If you do true 1-foot hopping it's easy to transition into an idle,
perhaps even easier than continuing to hop without anything holding the
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surfer1024 said:

I've been learning sif 1 foot and it's real fun. Backwards 1 foot is fun
too. and riding off curbs.

I like those ideas. I've tried the backwards... scarey. curbs sounds
doable.
sif I need to think about. Is your other foot still on the post?

skrobo said:

I've seen AnSo do that... she does a 90 forward, 90 backward, and then
continues backward. It looks cool. First I need to get the backward
one foot.

johnfoss said:

I hate to burst your bubble, but your other foot was helping in the
hopping and the transition to the idle so technically that wasn't a
1-foot trick or transition.

If you do true 1-foot hopping it's easy to transition into an idle,
perhaps even easier than continuing to hop without anything holding the
wheel from oscillating. Keep at it a bit and you'll see!

Its not the hop or the idle I'm trying for... its how to get from hop
to idle.
You're saying its possible without pushing off the wheel?
hmmm... sometimes when I ft ride, I need a little push and put my pedal
foot near vertical and push the pedal back. Is that the idea?
Stop the hop, tilt the pedal foot forward and push back to start an
idle?

When you say 'true 1 foot', you mean have the other foot off the post?
I can hop and idle like that, but if you say its possible to transition
too, I guess I'll have to try.

Tricks I can practice in the office are the best :-)
It gets dark way too early now.

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surfer1024 said:

I've been learning sif 1 foot and it's real fun. Backwards 1 foot is fun
too. and riding off curbs.

I like those ideas. I've tried the backwards... scarey. curbs sounds
doable.
sif I need to think about. Is your other foot still on the post?

skrobo said:

I've seen AnSo do that... she does a 90 forward, 90 backward, and then
continues backward. It looks cool. First I need to get the backward
one foot.

johnfoss said:

I hate to burst your bubble, but your other foot was helping in the
hopping and the transition to the idle so technically that wasn't a
1-foot trick or transition.

If you do true 1-foot hopping it's easy to transition into an idle,
perhaps even easier than continuing to hop without anything holding the
wheel from oscillating. Keep at it a bit and you'll see!

Its not the hop or the idle I'm trying for... its how to get from hop
to idle.
You're saying its possible without pushing off the wheel?
hmmm... sometimes when I ft ride, I need a little push and put my pedal
foot near vertical and push the pedal back. Is that the idea?
Stop the hop, tilt the pedal foot forward and push back to start an
idle?

When you say 'true 1 foot', you mean have the other foot off the post?
I can hop and idle like that, but if you say its possible to transition
too, I guess I'll have to try.

Tricks I can practice in the office are the best :-)
It gets dark way too early now.

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surfer1024 said:

I've been learning sif 1 foot and it's real fun. Backwards 1 foot is fun
too. and riding off curbs.

I like those ideas. I've tried the backwards... scarey. curbs sounds
doable.
sif I need to think about. Is your other foot still on the post?

skrobo said:

I've seen AnSo do that... she does a 90 forward, 90 backward, and then
continues backward. It looks cool. First I need to get the backward
one foot.

johnfoss said:

I hate to burst your bubble, but your other foot was helping in the
hopping and the transition to the idle so technically that wasn't a
1-foot trick or transition.

If you do true 1-foot hopping it's easy to transition into an idle,
perhaps even easier than continuing to hop without anything holding the
wheel from oscillating. Keep at it a bit and you'll see!

Its not the hop or the idle I'm trying for... its how to get from hop
to idle.
You're saying its possible without pushing off the wheel?
hmmm... sometimes when I ft ride, I need a little push and put my pedal
foot near vertical and push the pedal back. Is that the idea?
Stop the hop, tilt the pedal foot forward and push back to start an
idle?

When you say 'true 1 foot', you mean have the other foot off the post?
I can hop and idle like that, but if you say its possible to transition
too, I guess I'll have to try.

Tricks I can practice in the office are the best :-)
It gets dark way too early now.

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uhmm
where did you get the quote of me from?lol
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uhmm
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phthoruth said:

When you say 'true 1 foot', you mean have the other foot off the post?

To be a one-foot skill, the other foot can't "help." That means it can't
be touching the pedal, crank or wheel. But it doesn't have to be on the
fork crown either. That makes most 1-foot tricks easier, but some can
be harder that way.

What I meant above was that if you hop without your other foot holding
the tire in place, you'll find out how hard it is to keep your pedal at
the bottom. It will tend to start rocking on its own as you try to keep
pressing it down and it keeps getting knocked one way or the other.
Since that's already happening (or easy to allow to happen) it's easy
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phthoruth said:

When you say 'true 1 foot', you mean have the other foot off the post?

To be a one-foot skill, the other foot can't "help." That means it can't
be touching the pedal, crank or wheel. But it doesn't have to be on the
fork crown either. That makes most 1-foot tricks easier, but some can
be harder that way.

What I meant above was that if you hop without your other foot holding
the tire in place, you'll find out how hard it is to keep your pedal at
the bottom. It will tend to start rocking on its own as you try to keep
pressing it down and it keeps getting knocked one way or the other.
Since that's already happening (or easy to allow to happen) it's easy
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phthoruth said:

When you say 'true 1 foot', you mean have the other foot off the post?

To be a one-foot skill, the other foot can't "help." That means it can't
be touching the pedal, crank or wheel. But it doesn't have to be on the
fork crown either. That makes most 1-foot tricks easier, but some can
be harder that way.

What I meant above was that if you hop without your other foot holding
the tire in place, you'll find out how hard it is to keep your pedal at
the bottom. It will tend to start rocking on its own as you try to keep
pressing it down and it keeps getting knocked one way or the other.
Since that's already happening (or easy to allow to happen) it's easy
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skrobo said:

uhmm
where did you get the quote of me from?lol
is that your response?

Oops. You should be more careful what you say :-)

johnfoss said:

To be a one-foot skill, the other foot can't "help." That means it can't
be touching the pedal, crank or wheel. But it doesn't have to be on the
fork crown either. That makes most 1-foot tricks easier, but some can
be harder that way.

What I meant above was that if you hop without your other foot holding
the tire in place, you'll find out how hard it is to keep your pedal at
the bottom. It will tend to start rocking on its own as you try to keep
pressing it down and it keeps getting knocked one way or the other.
Since that's already happening (or easy to allow to happen) it's easy
to get from there to the idle.

I find the hops easy/steady, but one foot idle with the free foot not
touching the post is hard.
With a bit of practice, I did the transition without the foot on the
wheel.

Is that "true one foot"?

I dont get the "rocking on its own" anymore, and it felt silly to try
to coax it. So I came to a stop from hopping, and give a sort of a
lunge to get the idle started.

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