coasting

That's great.

No offense, but if your best trick if one foot riding, coasting is a
looooong way off. First you should learn to wheelwalk, than try to
onefoot wheelwalk, then try to glide, and *then* you can start to learn
to coast. Or you could just pedal really fast and take your feet off the
pedals, whichever suits you. I warn you though, coasting is *extremely*
difficult, and often takes overa year to learn. I've been one foot
wheelwalking for over 7 months, and gliding for about six, and my best
coast is still only about 10 feet, and as is the case most of the time,
it was a fluke. I can gap farther than I can coast, and that's saying
something, since I'm no Ryan Atkins.

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gerblefranklin said:

*...my best coast is still only about 10 feet, ... I can gap farther
than I can coast... *

Wow, a 10 foot gap?

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gerblefranklin said:

*
I warn you though, coasting is *extremely* difficult, and often takes
overa year to learn. *

All the better to start early then! i know people who learned to coast
before they could glide. i started learning to coast about a year ago,
before i learned to glide, but until a few days ago i couldnt coast more
than a few metres. then a couple of days a go i cracked it and my best
now is probably 10 or 12 meters.

i do agree that you should learn to glide first tho as it's about 15
times easier and once youve learned it you can do cool things like glide
down hills😄 serach the forums for help on gliding if you want to know a
out that.

anyways, here's my tips on coasting,

1. one foot as smoothly as possibe to begin with, with almost of all of
your weight on the seat, and your other foot on the crown. try and be
perfectly balanced, adding no power to the wheel via the pedal or taking
any away by leaning backwards.

2.put your arms up in front of you at about 45 degrees as this will give
you more leverage when twitching your body in the coast.

3.take your other foot off as smoothly as possible when your ready and
place it on the crown alongside your other foot. but when you do so try
not to increase the wieght on the crown as this will wreck your chances.
try to transfer your weight to the seat instead.

4. lots and lots of practise, this will probably take ages and ages over
many months, untill you get a feel for how to controll the coast by
bending your body backwars and fowards. to be honest theres no good way
of describing it, try and get some videos of people coasting to see what
they do.

hope that helps, iain

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Well i can coast furter then i can wheel walk and 1ft ww. I can't glide
so like trev said to me "somepeople learn to coast first and then find
glidin easy" sorry i got 2 go but i will post some more tips latter i
can coast 120 ft thats 5 rev's on a 20" i worked it out i have it on
film as well :p
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thinuniking said:

*i can coast 120 ft thats 5 rev's on a 20"*

You have a math error there. One rev on a 20" in about a 5 foot roll.
So, do you mean 120feet (about 24 revs)? or 5revs (about 25 feet)?

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Mike isn’t this kind of contradictory?

You saying books are stupid but asking and reading isn’t?

I rest my case.

[Judge speaking] The case for the plaintiff has been lost. Contra;
books and reading are of the same genera.

Case closed.

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Your ealier post.

Mike_Foote
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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Prince Rupert

how to unicycle books are kind of stupid
i think unicycling "how to" books are kind of stupid because of the
simple but true aphorism "practice makes perfect." I learned how to
unicycle without a stupid book. so uh yeah, just wanna hear your guys
opinions.

thanks.

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yeah sorry i ment 25ft i find it easier to coast with my arms in a
Y.M.C.A style(Y) but about 10degrees(forward) off vertical. i let my
foot come off the peddle when it's @ the top of the rev..... that bout
all i can help just go out and keep doing it and doing it until u can do
it.
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The basic way to learn to coast is to ride one foot, then take the other
foot off the pedal. Use the foot on the fork (the other foot or both of
them) as your leverage points to control the wheel to the front and
rear.

It helps a lot to learn gliding and wheel walking first.

Beyond that, and this applies to everyone asking for advice on specific
stuff, tell us what you're doing, and what's going wrong before asking
us to "write a book" about how to do it. :p

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The basic way to learn to coast is to ride one foot, then take the other
foot off the pedal. Use the foot on the fork (the other foot or both of
them) as your leverage points to control the wheel to the front and
rear.

It helps a lot to learn gliding and wheel walking first.

Beyond that, and this applies to everyone asking for advice on specific
stuff, tell us what you're doing, and what's going wrong *before* asking
us to "write a book" about how to do it. :p

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taste out of my mouth." -- Ryan Atkins to Kris Holm, on the way back
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daino149 said:

*

Wow, a 10 foot gap? *

I meant average coast, which is about 3-4 feet. 10 foot gap I wish! I
barely make five🙁 .

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thanks for giving me some tips you guys. and hutwaite, I guess my other
furm thingy is a little contradictory. but i'm not saying reading is
dumb or books are dumb, I'm just saying that the "how to unicycle" book
that i've read didnt have enough actual helpfull information to be worth
the money. And don't forget i'm only twelve, whatever I might have to
say may be phsycho babble.

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In article <[email hidden]>,
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)thanks for giving me some tips you guys. and hutwaite, I guess my other
)furm thingy is a little contradictory. but i'm not saying reading is
)dumb or books are dumb, I'm just saying that the "how to unicycle" book
)that i've read didnt have enough actual helpfull information to be worth
)the money. And don't forget i'm only twelve, whatever I might have to
)say may be phsycho babble.

I don't think there's any "phsycho" about it.
-Tom

Huthwaite said:

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You saying books are stupid but asking and reading isn’t?
*

You can't ask a book questions, or get up to date feedback from many
authors with different points of view.

On the other hand, you can't replace the broken table leg with stacked
text messages, either.

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What's the difference between coasting and gliding?
Just curious.

David

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darchibald said:

*What's the difference between coasting and gliding?
Just curious.

David *

In gliding you have one foot scuffing the top of the tire to control
your speed and balance. See the description of gliding 'here'
(http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/skills/glide.html).

In coasting no part of either foot can touch the tire. You can coast
either with both feet up on the crown, or you can coast with one foot on
the crown and the other foot hanging free off the the side acting as a
counterbalance.

Gliding is a level 8 skill while coating is a level 10 skill. Coasting
is more difficult to do.

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coasting is when you take both feet off the peddles and you coast.
gliding you do down hill with a foot on the tire slowing you slighty
which makes it more controlled.

EDIT: AH you beat me!

He said it better anyway

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