Adjusting foot position while riding

I find on the upstroke helps and dont do it whilst riding fast because
the after effects arnt good...When i do it i just lift it slightly and
move it accross slightly and if it moves whilst riding down steps etc i
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I find on the upstroke helps and dont do it whilst riding fast because
the after effects arnt good...When i do it i just lift it slightly and
move it accross slightly and if it moves whilst riding down steps etc i
just move it damn fast accross so i dont fall..

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Thanks, everyone, good ideas, all! I'm particularly interested in the
one footed ideas brought up by unicorn and John Childs, I'll add the
one footed riding to my list of things to work on.

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Thanks, everyone, good ideas, all! I'm particularly interested in the
one footed ideas brought up by unicorn and John Childs, I'll add the
one footed riding to my list of things to work on.

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Thanks, everyone, good ideas, all! I'm particularly interested in the
one footed ideas brought up by unicorn and John Childs, I'll add the
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I have recently ordered new pedals with the metal pins.

I never gave any thought to how I shift my feet on my plastic pedals
till now.

Usually I wiggle and twist the foot that is on the up stroke. I
continue that motion little by little till the one foot is in the right
position.

Learning to pedal with one foot is a good suggestion. Guess I'll start
practicing on my 20" then work my way to 29".

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I have recently ordered new pedals with the metal pins.

I never gave any thought to how I shift my feet on my plastic pedals
till now.

Usually I wiggle and twist the foot that is on the up stroke. I
continue that motion little by little till the one foot is in the right
position.

Learning to pedal with one foot is a good suggestion. Guess I'll start
practicing on my 20" then work my way to 29".

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I have recently ordered new pedals with the metal pins.

I never gave any thought to how I shift my feet on my plastic pedals
till now.

Usually I wiggle and twist the foot that is on the up stroke. I
continue that motion little by little till the one foot is in the right
position.

Learning to pedal with one foot is a good suggestion. Guess I'll start
practicing on my 20" then work my way to 29".

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john_childs said:

I'd be more inclined to say that one foot pedaling will lead to easier
foot shifting.

After you learn how to ride one footed you'll find shifting the foot on
the pedal to be easier. So if idiorythmic is having problems shifting
the foot around while riding I'd suggest learning to ride one footed
and the foot shifting will come along as a side-effect.

I love watching people ride one footed. I haven't the guts to try it
myself but suddenly realized while reading your post that I might be on
my way. If I need to adjust a foot, I tend to do it just as it comes
up from the down stroke. Sometimes it is quick, but other times my
foot stays just above the pedal as if the pedal were following it all
the way up to the top where they magically meet again.

So I guess maybe adjusting my feet might lead to some day riding one
footed as a side-effect. 🙂

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john_childs said:

I'd be more inclined to say that one foot pedaling will lead to easier
foot shifting.

After you learn how to ride one footed you'll find shifting the foot on
the pedal to be easier. So if idiorythmic is having problems shifting
the foot around while riding I'd suggest learning to ride one footed
and the foot shifting will come along as a side-effect.

I love watching people ride one footed. I haven't the guts to try it
myself but suddenly realized while reading your post that I might be on
my way. If I need to adjust a foot, I tend to do it just as it comes
up from the down stroke. Sometimes it is quick, but other times my
foot stays just above the pedal as if the pedal were following it all
the way up to the top where they magically meet again.

So I guess maybe adjusting my feet might lead to some day riding one
footed as a side-effect. 🙂

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john_childs said:

I'd be more inclined to say that one foot pedaling will lead to easier
foot shifting.

After you learn how to ride one footed you'll find shifting the foot on
the pedal to be easier. So if idiorythmic is having problems shifting
the foot around while riding I'd suggest learning to ride one footed
and the foot shifting will come along as a side-effect.

I love watching people ride one footed. I haven't the guts to try it
myself but suddenly realized while reading your post that I might be on
my way. If I need to adjust a foot, I tend to do it just as it comes
up from the down stroke. Sometimes it is quick, but other times my
foot stays just above the pedal as if the pedal were following it all
the way up to the top where they magically meet again.

So I guess maybe adjusting my feet might lead to some day riding one
footed as a side-effect. 🙂

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You should see this fella ride up kerbs. He makes it look annoyingly
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Generally as you ride more, your feet will find a way and your brain
doesn't have to get involved.

My brain is kind of slow and thick but my feet finally figured out how
to shift position on an ultimate wheel with very aggressive pins. Go
feet!

The less my brain has to do, the happier I am, since my favorite
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Generally as you ride more, your feet will find a way and your brain
doesn't have to get involved.

My brain is kind of slow and thick but my feet finally figured out how
to shift position on an ultimate wheel with very aggressive pins. Go
feet!

The less my brain has to do, the happier I am, since my favorite
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Generally as you ride more, your feet will find a way and your brain
doesn't have to get involved.

My brain is kind of slow and thick but my feet finally figured out how
to shift position on an ultimate wheel with very aggressive pins. Go
feet!

The less my brain has to do, the happier I am, since my favorite
activity is spacing out.

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I agree with John says that one footed pedaling will make foot position
shifting much easier.

However there is no way that you can just go into riding one footed.
Once I got confident enough to actually take my foot off the pedal for
just a little bit in order to shift its position I started practicing
taking it off the pedal for longer and longer periods. After I got
comfortable doing a whole 3/4 turn with my foot off the pedal it still
took some time to actually go into completely one footed pedaling. The
trick is to learn how to actually coast for that half revolution when
your one foot is coming up with the pedal.
One footed pedaling adds a lot to your balancing arsenal and it is
probably going to lead me into wheel walking. The problem is that I
learn all of these skills but then never do them again so I don't
become a master at them. They are very useful for impressing people and
building up balancing skills but they are not very pracical while doing
MUni or Trials.

Unicorn

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I agree with John says that one footed pedaling will make foot position
shifting much easier.

However there is no way that you can just go into riding one footed.
Once I got confident enough to actually take my foot off the pedal for
just a little bit in order to shift its position I started practicing
taking it off the pedal for longer and longer periods. After I got
comfortable doing a whole 3/4 turn with my foot off the pedal it still
took some time to actually go into completely one footed pedaling. The
trick is to learn how to actually coast for that half revolution when
your one foot is coming up with the pedal.
One footed pedaling adds a lot to your balancing arsenal and it is
probably going to lead me into wheel walking. The problem is that I
learn all of these skills but then never do them again so I don't
become a master at them. They are very useful for impressing people and
building up balancing skills but they are not very pracical while doing
MUni or Trials.

Unicorn

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I agree with John says that one footed pedaling will make foot position
shifting much easier.

However there is no way that you can just go into riding one footed.
Once I got confident enough to actually take my foot off the pedal for
just a little bit in order to shift its position I started practicing
taking it off the pedal for longer and longer periods. After I got
comfortable doing a whole 3/4 turn with my foot off the pedal it still
took some time to actually go into completely one footed pedaling. The
trick is to learn how to actually coast for that half revolution when
your one foot is coming up with the pedal.
One footed pedaling adds a lot to your balancing arsenal and it is
probably going to lead me into wheel walking. The problem is that I
learn all of these skills but then never do them again so I don't
become a master at them. They are very useful for impressing people and
building up balancing skills but they are not very pracical while doing
MUni or Trials.

Unicorn

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For me, adjusting my feet on the pedals is EXTREEMLY difficult. Likne
anton005, sometimes I try to do my best w/o attempting to shift it
(esp. when I'm a ways from a pole or something since I still can't
freemount 🙁)

One way I do it is I pause or hesitate w/ my cranks horizontal (w/ my
front or back foot) and try to tilt my foot and try to twist my foot to
a more ideal position (usually moving back and/or in). I haven't
ridden a lot of hills, so I haven't noticed much of a difference up or
downhill, but what anton005 says on this makes sense.

The other is while at a moderate speed, I take my foot off for an
instant when that foot is sometime between 3 and 6 o'clock, but as
close to 12 o'clock as I can. I've ridden w/ one foot for one or two
revolutions several times, but all unintentionally and never got my
foot back on.

I rode a friends Qu-Ax trials for a bit that has 145 cranks w/ a fair
amount of Q-factor (more than more than I think anything I've tried)
and it was easier to adjust my feet and mount than anything I've ridden
(including my 20 w/ 102/114/127/152 cotterless cranks, my 24" DX w/
152mm stock & 170 Qu-Ax cranks, and a 07 KH w/ I think 137's. The
cotterles have virtually no qf, the KH a bit, and my Qu-Ax cranks have
the most.)

Unicorn said:

The problem is that I learn all of these skills but then never do them
again so I don't become a master at them. They are very useful for
impressing people and building up balancing skills but they are not
very pracical while doing MUni or Trials.

Unicorn

When I've done a lot of practicing moving my feet I've noticed an
improvement in my riding of rough terrain. This and what I've read
leads me to believe riding w/ one foot would help w/ Muni and rolling
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For me, adjusting my feet on the pedals is EXTREEMLY difficult. Likne
anton005, sometimes I try to do my best w/o attempting to shift it
(esp. when I'm a ways from a pole or something since I still can't
freemount 🙁)

One way I do it is I pause or hesitate w/ my cranks horizontal (w/ my
front or back foot) and try to tilt my foot and try to twist my foot to
a more ideal position (usually moving back and/or in). I haven't
ridden a lot of hills, so I haven't noticed much of a difference up or
downhill, but what anton005 says on this makes sense.

The other is while at a moderate speed, I take my foot off for an
instant when that foot is sometime between 3 and 6 o'clock, but as
close to 12 o'clock as I can. I've ridden w/ one foot for one or two
revolutions several times, but all unintentionally and never got my
foot back on.

I rode a friends Qu-Ax trials for a bit that has 145 cranks w/ a fair
amount of Q-factor (more than more than I think anything I've tried)
and it was easier to adjust my feet and mount than anything I've ridden
(including my 20 w/ 102/114/127/152 cotterless cranks, my 24" DX w/
152mm stock & 170 Qu-Ax cranks, and a 07 KH w/ I think 137's. The
cotterles have virtually no qf, the KH a bit, and my Qu-Ax cranks have
the most.)

Unicorn said:

The problem is that I learn all of these skills but then never do them
again so I don't become a master at them. They are very useful for
impressing people and building up balancing skills but they are not
very pracical while doing MUni or Trials.

Unicorn

When I've done a lot of practicing moving my feet I've noticed an
improvement in my riding of rough terrain. This and what I've read
leads me to believe riding w/ one foot would help w/ Muni and rolling
trials.

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For me, adjusting my feet on the pedals is EXTREEMLY difficult. Likne
anton005, sometimes I try to do my best w/o attempting to shift it
(esp. when I'm a ways from a pole or something since I still can't
freemount 🙁)

One way I do it is I pause or hesitate w/ my cranks horizontal (w/ my
front or back foot) and try to tilt my foot and try to twist my foot to
a more ideal position (usually moving back and/or in). I haven't
ridden a lot of hills, so I haven't noticed much of a difference up or
downhill, but what anton005 says on this makes sense.

The other is while at a moderate speed, I take my foot off for an
instant when that foot is sometime between 3 and 6 o'clock, but as
close to 12 o'clock as I can. I've ridden w/ one foot for one or two
revolutions several times, but all unintentionally and never got my
foot back on.

I rode a friends Qu-Ax trials for a bit that has 145 cranks w/ a fair
amount of Q-factor (more than more than I think anything I've tried)
and it was easier to adjust my feet and mount than anything I've ridden
(including my 20 w/ 102/114/127/152 cotterless cranks, my 24" DX w/
152mm stock & 170 Qu-Ax cranks, and a 07 KH w/ I think 137's. The
cotterles have virtually no qf, the KH a bit, and my Qu-Ax cranks have
the most.)

Unicorn said:

The problem is that I learn all of these skills but then never do them
again so I don't become a master at them. They are very useful for
impressing people and building up balancing skills but they are not
very pracical while doing MUni or Trials.

Unicorn

When I've done a lot of practicing moving my feet I've noticed an
improvement in my riding of rough terrain. This and what I've read
leads me to believe riding w/ one foot would help w/ Muni and rolling
trials.

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are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the
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