Help with seat drops

Which part of the seat drop are you having trouble with? Post some more
details and i can help you.

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first of all, go to a wall. that rhymed. using a wall is like the best
way to learn almost any unicycle skill. so, hold the wall, and with the
cranks horizontal, put both of your feet on the crank arms, right up
against the frame. tilt your front foot in a bit, so it's almost
touching the spokes/rim of the unicycle, or maybe it is even. then,
drop the seat. your front foot will catch it. lean your front foot
forward, so the crank arms aren't quite horizontal anymore, they're a
little bit down in front. then quickly pull your front foot back up, to
kick the frame back up. then catch it, hop back on the pedals, and ride
off!

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Quoted message said:

Which part of the seat drop are you having trouble with? Post some
more details and i can help you.

I've actually never even tried it yet. I have to use the excuse that's
it's too dark here right now. I just thought about it now and am
looking for tips on how to try it tomorrow. Who knows, maybe I'll get
it on my first try. But yeah, just general practicing tips like what
James_Potter posted was what I'm looking for right now. Thanks!!

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Heres what i know about seat drops.

1. Hop while standing on the cranks with the seat in front.
2. Drop the seat.

When you drop the seat make sure your foot is in the way to catch the
frame. Rolling the wheel forward a little helps too. Try just dropping
the seat a little bit at first and then work you way to where you can
drop it very far down.

3. Kick the seat back up or grab it with your hand.

Try grabbing it with your hand at first and then when you get better
kick it up. To kick it up roll the wheel forwards a little when you drop
it and then roll it back.

Hope this helps.
Here is a picture of me doing a seat drop with the seat almost touching
the ground.

EDIT: holding on to a wall at first helps alot to, so you can get used
to it. Good luck.

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Man, that's a pretty impressive pic Skate4Flip. At first glance I
thought that was a seat -drag-. But yeah, that's just a -really low-
seat drop. Looks great! Thanks for the advice.

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Hop while standing on the cranks with the seat in front.

I've never hopped while standing on the cranks before. Is it any
different/harder?

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hopping on the cranks isnt much harder just different. You have a little
more stability. Try hopping seat in standing on the cranks first. You
could hold on to a wall with one hand and then hop with the other to get
used to it.

Another variation of the seat drop is frame hopping (i think thats the
name). You do a seat drop (or just let the seat fall all the way to the
ground) and then you grab the tyre and pull up and start hopping like
that. Im working on it but i havent landed one yet.

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how would you go about flipping it up with your foot? I haven't figured
out how to do this yet, though I've gotten decent about grabbing the
seat.

do you just roll backwards or something? I can't get it to work. maybe
ti would work better on a trials than on my MUni...

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how would you go about flipping it up with your foot? I haven't figured
out how to do this yet, though I've gotten decent about grabbing the
seat.

do you just roll backwards or something? I can't get it to work. maybe
ti would work better on a trials than on my MUni...

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Fuego said:

*how would you go about flipping it up with your foot? I haven't
figured out how to do this yet, though I've gotten decent about
grabbing the seat.
do you just roll backwards or something? I can't get it to work. maybe
ti would work better on a trials than on my MUni... *

it's more of a kick...I used to be really really good at them, but I
haven't done 'em much in a while. what was easiest for me at first is
don't let it sit there for a while, just drop it and instantly kick it
back up. it looks like it bounces off your foot kinda.
basically you have the wheel rolled forward a little bit, then when the
seat is on your foot, roll the wheel backwards and also kick up with the
front of your foot to throw it back towards you. its not too
hard...just takes practice.

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all right... roll AND kick... OK.

I'll try it once the docs say my collarbone is better.

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