Help Riding backwards.

If you are falling off forwards everytime, then you need to lean further
back. When learning, by leaning back so far you will probably gain a
fair amount of speed to stop you from falling off backwards like you
did falling forwards. It's like learning to ride forwards again except
for when you UPD going backwards you are more likely to fall over, so
I recommend you wear a helmet whilst learning.

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oh, yeah, I forgot to ask if its best to look backwards while riding, or
just wing it and hope you don't run into anything. It seems to me like
looking backwards wll rotate your hips, and thus you will turn.

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Try riding back one pedal stroke and then continue ridding forwards and
try to add more revs in each time.

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I've actually been teaching a friend of mine how to do this so I'll
explain it the same way.

-Back straight
-Arms out (for balance)
-Little turns

Its just like learning to ride forward again. The 2 biggest things are
keeping your back straight and the little turns. Whenever you feel
yourself falling off just turn the opposite direction and keep pedaling
(just like you do when you ride forward). Keeping your back straight is
also essential for keeping your balance, and having your arms out just
helps out with that aswell.

Hope this helps

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I have been practicing my idling skills on my 29"

At the same time I'm working at riding backwards.

Combining the two skill together are helping me.

What I'm doing is idling with dominant foot down for 4 - 5 strokes,
then I go to my left foot down for 1 - 2 stokes.

So I go forward, stop, idle 4, backwards one, idle 2 other foot,
backwards 2 - 4 pedals.

Sometimes I mix it up, go forward, stop idle forward 1 rev to dominant
foot, backwards to other foot. Some times I'll even do a supper idle.

Now I can pedal backwards 5 revolutions, but its a start.

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legtod2 said:

I have been practicing my idling skills on my 29"

At the same time I'm working at riding backwards.

Combining the two skill together are helping me.

Yeah, I'm learning to idle at the same time too.

I was also wondering whether its easier to learn on a bigger or smaller
wheel.
I have a 20" and a 24".

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cowsrutterlysexy said:

Yeah, I'm learning to idle at the same time too.

I was also wondering whether its easier to learn on a bigger or smaller
wheel.
I have a 20" and a 24".

Smaller wheels are easier to idle.

I know... why don't you try riding a two wheel giraffe? That way, you
can pedal forwards and go backwards! The best of both worlds eh?! (I
wish lol...)

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a unicycle in order to mingle with us, steel one of us and rape us in a
bush.

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If you have a 20", start idle/backward riding there first.

It helps to boast your confidence.

Its a great place to start.

Just three words of wisdom for you...

Practice, Practice, Practice.

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I found a park with a smooth walkway next to a long 4 ft high fence.
Using the fence saves time and effort remounting all the time.

The 24 isn't much harder then the 20 to idle or reverse. It's big value
is it's pretty easy to land standing up using the smaller wheel, if I
trip up while in reverse. I find landing on my back from a smaller
hight makes less thud as well. So it's a good idea to use a small wheel
with a low seat.

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'This' (

) MIGHT help you.

I personally as you see in my video, find it pretty difficult to fall
forward learning to ride backwards.

Don't bother wasting time looking backwards, it'll just make learning
harder. Do what I did and practice in an open area.

Raising your seat might help, I'm lazy and didn't, but it's worth a
shot.

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