Levels

johnfoss said:

*That's got to be costing you in gas!

But when it comes to *steep* rolling, with catapulting riders and hard
falls, you might just see me chicken out on sections... :p *

Is it steep enough when all your weight on the back-pedal when wont stop
the wheel from rolling when doing the static mount? 😉

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I can do 13 mounts.

1. static mount (left foot)
2. static mount (right foot)
3. rollback mount (left foot)
4. rollback mount (right foot)
5. side mount
6. side mount reverse
7. jump mount
8. free jump mount (suicide mount)
9. back mount
10. rolling mount
11. kickup mount (sometimes)
12. 180 unispin jump mount
13. hop on tire mount (sometimes)

So thats 13 mounts, i am not including things like mount to seat in
front or mount to wheel walk. If i was testing for skill levels i can
only do 6 mounts.

1. static mount
2. side mount
3. jump mount
4. back mount
5. rolling mount
6. kickup mount

I hope to pass levels 1-5 at NAUCC.

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I know how to do, let's see...7!

rollback mount with left, rollback mount with right, leg around once,
leg around twice, backward, static, and 180 spin mount.

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Quoted message said:

Sounds like jsm did most of his riding in a gym. Riding only in a gym
also has disadvantages. You will not be very good at riding over even
small bumps, let alone curbs and serious bad pavement.

Ha ha. I wish. I've only ridden in a gym three times ever, once at the
uni meet in North Bend, and twice at the local juggling club. About
three months ago I found a decent outdoor basketball court to ride on,
but before that all my freestyling was in parking lots or on the road.
I'm fine at riding over bumps and bad pavement, I'm just not good at
riding up big curbs.

Mounts:
1. Standard
2. Rolling
3. Reverse
4. Jump
5. Suicide
6. 180 jump
7. Side jump
8. Jump to wheel walk
9. 180 jump to wheel walk
10. Side jump to wheel walk
11. Pick up
12. Kick up in back
13. Kick up in front
14. Rolling to one-footed riding
15. Jump to stand-up wheel walk
16. Climb to stand-up wheel walk
17. Climb to stand-up wheel walk
18. Climb-up (giraffe)
19. Side
20. Side reverse
21. Side leg around
22. Into hand wheel walk
23. Reverse to wheel walk
24. Running jump to sideways wheel walk/glide
25. To crank idle
26. To side ride
27. To handride
And probably some others which I have forgotten.🙂

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i MADE A NEW THREAD BUT i MEANT IT TO BE HERE ... ABOUT RIDING MUni

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hmm. I have a little bit of a derail for this pretty derailed thread -
all of you guys seem to have hopping on the tire down no problem. I
can't do anything more than stand on it and fall over. Is there anything
I'm missing? how far apart are my feet? where is my weight? Should I
take my tire pressure down from 80 psi for this? how far out do I lean
backwards? blah blah blah 😄

and more on topic - I've found so far that sticking to the skill levels
has been more or less my progression. I started trying to learn to idle
when I was level 2, but didn't actually manage to do it until I was
level 4!

Also, level 5 was a big jump for me, as the other levels took about two
weeks each, and level five took me about a month and a half. However,
level 6 doesn't look near so daunting anymore.

Also, the one thing that I really learned out of order was spins. I can
do them in both directions in a controlled way no problem. It's an
awesome skill for being on top of a giraffe, as there have been times
when I'm about to fall over, but I can just hit a spin to correct my
balance. Wonderful not having to re-mount it.

P.S. - all level testing was done by myself, and I'm not actually
certified. Oh well.

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this is wierd i guess. i can freemount and idle and hop anywhere... but
i cant ride more than 10 feet forward or back ward. is this normal??

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Quoted message said:

this is wierd i guess. i can freemount and idle and hop anywhere...
but i cant ride more than 10 feet forward or back ward. is this
normal??

No. I've heard of people hopping before riding, but never of someone
idling before riding.

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