I have been learning to ride for about 4 weeks and can manage to ride about 100m most times. I seem to know when i 'am going to jump off because my knees ache and i give up. My son says I'am not sitting on the seat with my full weight. My other problem is If I set off and am not sitting comfortable I can not adjust my position or move my feet once i have set off . Any tips please?
Raise the seat up so that your leg is almost fully extended when your at the bottom of your stroke. Always keep all your weight *ON THE SEAT* thats the most important part... And as for adjusting your butt and feet try getting your pedals horizontal then stannd up and adjust. Lets us kno how that goes
I had sore knees when I started learning to unicycle. I thought it might have been from the UPD'ing all the time. It may have been that I had too much weight on the pedals. I found that this receeded with experience and practice.
As for moving your feet on the padals, I have only just learned to move my foot position on pinned pedals after 18 months of unicycling. I would also say that it's only since getting the 36" that I am truely putting all my weight on the saddle (and that brings it's onw pains!).
Cathy
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Keep your weight on the seat - yes. Also, as a beginner I noticed something that helped me move my feet on the pedals more than anything else: wiggling my toes. It sounds weird, but if I did that I found that I could creep my feet around on the pedals as I was riding. I also found myself wiggling my fingers at the same time... but that just added to the whole spastic-beginner-unicycle-rider image that I was trying to perfect. You also might try riding in shoes that have a smoother sole.
