Can't turn right?

Welcome!
if you're continually veering to one side, it may be the curvature of
the street you're on. if not, sometimes (especially when learning) you
just keep going to one side for a little while. try riding in your
driveway to avoid curves. you'll learn to go straighter with more
practice.

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I was recently helping a noobie learn. She could ride ok, but was
veering left and couldn't straighten out. Without telling her why, I
set her up to ride 50 yards to a tennis ball placed on the ground. I
placed her facing that ball, with a wall 5 feet to her left. (This was
in a gym). She rode straight to that ball with no veer at all. We did
that about 6 times. Then put some objects down along the way for her to
weave through, swerving left then right then left then right. Another 6
times. Problem solved. In other words, make it impossible to swerve
left and you won't.

Relax. Be as water. (advice from Grandmaster 2T)

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if you want to turn right just turn 270 degrees left

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Thanks for all the advice and the kind words. I too thought the camber
of the road was causing the problem, so I tried riding on the opposite
side of the street, which really didn't help any. I also have adjusted
the seat height to where it is as suggested. I'm not really swerving
left, just trending left as John suggested. When I try to turn right,
I just lose my balance, while I can make left hand circles (big ones)
all afternoon, or at least until my legs pump up and I have to
dismount.😕

I'm working on my free mounts, and can get into an idle, but need to
work on turning the idle into forward motion.

This is all lots of fun, by the way!

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RDJeff said:

Hi gang,

New guy here, just got my Torker LX, was able to get to the end of the
block after just an hour of practice. Problem is that I seem to keep
veering left, and have to keep correcting. I can't turn right at all,
but can make multiple revolutions to the left. Wierd, eh?

Next trick will be free mounting...

Thanks for any tips!

Jeff

I guess that we've all been there at some time.
First thing to do is to deduce whether the problem is a human factor or
a machine issue.
My tip:
Turn the seat through 180 degrees and see what happens when you ride it
like that.

If you get no change then it's probably your influence, but if you find
yourself veering right then it's a machine/tyre problem.

We can help with either result.
Hope this helps.

Cheers

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Sometimes turning the seat 180 degrees will cause the pedals too unscrew
themselves from the cranks (notice how the Left pedal is threaded in
the opposite direction as the Right pedal)

I think it's a good idea to have a target to ride towards. I remember
when I was learning to ride (a year and some months ago) I used to pick
out spots on the ground about 10-15 feet ahead of me, and ride towards
them.

Good luck!

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Turning the seat 180 is good for a test but don't leave it like that.
burjzyntski is correct. We've have pedals come off in parades.
Embarrassing.

Try slightly twisting your chest right for right turns or left for left
turns. Reach forward with your left hand for a right turn and vice
versa. Aim your stermun at the direction you want to go.

You might still be a little stiff when you ride. One thing that helped
my kids is to practice loosening the hips. Try riding forward and
moving your hips like a hoola dancer. You should swerve back and forth.
It should help you relax. Make those flowing water hand/arm gestures.
Be carefull that the grass from your skirt doesn't get tangled in the
wheel.

-Mud

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johnfoss said:

Zoolander (character in the movie) got pretty far in his career without
being able to turn left. Looks like you're way ahead of him!

I'm not an ambi-turner...

That was the first thing I thunk seeing the thread title.

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Memphis Mud said:

Be carefull that the grass from your skirt doesn't get tangled in the
wheel.

-Mud

That would be in Hawaii, not Alaska. 🙄

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RDJeff said:

Hi gang,

New guy here, just got my Torker LX, was able to get to the end of the
block after just an hour of practice. Problem is that I seem to keep
veering left, and have to keep correcting. I can't turn right at all,
but can make multiple revolutions to the left. Wierd, eh?

Next trick will be free mounting...

Thanks for any tips!

Jeff

Just keep riding. Turning will get easier the more you ride. Make wide
turns at first and the sharp turns will come later. We have all been
there.

It took me 2 weeks just to be able to ride and then another week before
I could ride longer than the length of a tennis court. You're doing
great!!

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RDJeff said:

New guy here, just got my Torker LX, was able to get to the end of the
block after just an hour of practice.

That's one more of us and one less of them.

Welcome to the fora.

Some turning-advice that worked for me.
Look in the direction you want to turn and when that side's pedal comes
over the top, step down on it with a little more oomph that usual.
This should initiate the turning-momentum. The turn is complated by
your body movements.
You get better at all of that with practise.
And as long as it's fun, it doesn't really count as practise.

How did you get into learning to ride?

Our previous main-Alaskan-people were Ja'son and King MuniM'
(http://tinyurl.com/l3zmp)an, his 6-then-7 year old son.
Haven't heard from them for a while.

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GILD said:

That's one more of us and one less of them.

Welcome to the fora.

Some turning-advice that worked for me.
Look in the direction you want to turn and when that side's pedal comes
over the top, step down on it with a little more oomph that usual.
This should initiate the turning-momentum. The turn is complated by
your body movements.
You get better at all of that with practise.
And as long as it's fun, it doesn't really count as practise.

How did you get into learning to ride?

Our previous main-Alaskan-people were Ja'son and King MuniM'
(http://tinyurl.com/l3zmp)an, his 6-then-7 year old son.
Haven't heard from them for a while.

Well, let's see... many years ago, (30 or so), an acquaintance used to
ride all over town on a uni, and everyone thought he was crazy, but I
always had that little spark in the back of my mind. Last week, during
our Independence Day holiday, one of my neighbors broke out his new uni
that he had just recently got, and he offered to let me try it. I
ordered one the next day, and it has been all down hill since then!

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when i first started i was so mad to realize i kept going to my left
(which meant i'd go off my driveway and onto my lawn). suddenly i
realized the driveway was slanted so i started to go on tarred roads
and such. took me forever to learn to go right but don't worry. keep
trying and you'll get it. i know that sounds so cliche and frustrating
but it's true.

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Trust me, I will keep trying!🙂

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And please keep us updated with your progress.

And when you're ready to buy that next unicycle and need some advice
(or just to chat to people who understand that you -need- to buy it),
we'll be right here.

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Last night I was able to make some pretty feeble right-hand turns, and
it took some effort. The lefts are still very easy, but I can go
fairly straight now. I'll have to work on it some more. I tried free
mounts for a while, but keep getting stuck at the balance point, and
can't get started moving forward, and wind up tipping to the side. Oh
well, I guess I can't complain, after spending only about 4 hours total
on unicycling.🙂

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Yeah, you're definately ahead of the curve.
Which freemount are you trying?
The 'R'ollBack Mou'
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'St'atic Mo' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_itemId=129483)unt'?

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I found an area that had more level pavement, and was able to ride
straight, then started working on right turns, although the lefts are
still much easier. Wierd, eh?

I managed to do several free mounts last night, and what worked for me
was to start with the left pedal at 8 o'clock, and push off with the
right while jumping up on the seat. That bit of momentum really helps!

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Nice progress.
Keep working on those freemounts.

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