Laura,
You have got to try ("bunny"😉 hopping if you haven't already.
When I teach ppl to ride, they usually say that they can hop on a
pogostick when I ask them, and it is almost always a very smooth
transition from hopping on a pogo stick to hopping on a unicycle (even
if they can't even ride yet!) Most ppl I teach can hop (either holding
onto something, but sometimes without assistance!) before they can ride
very far. This is very weird to me. Anyhow, if you can idle, you're
ready to hop!
First off, your going to want your cranks and pedals "horizontal", so
they're sideways right next to each other. Experiment to see whether you
feel more comfortable with your left foot forward and right foot back,
or if it feels better to pedal a little bit forward (half a revolution)
so that your right foot is forward. Hold onto something while you're in
your "comfortable" position, and try to just keep still, this is called
a standstill. This itself would also be a good trick to learn. Now,
squeeze your legs (the inside of your thighs) so that they "pinch" the
seat, straighten your body up (but still leaning forward a tad bit), put
your "stronger" hand or the hand that you're most comfortable with on
the front of the seat (there might be a handle or bumper there) and pull
up on the seat with that hand while jumping/hopping/raising your whole
body up off of the ground.
Another thing you might want to start thinking about is learning new
trick mounts. Ones in your grasp would be the static mount, the rollback
mount, the spin mount, the seat-to-the-side mount, the backwards mount,
or even the running/jogging mount. Just let me know if you want any
descriptions of these.
If you can go backwards for a bit and idle one-footed a little, you
should try "stomach-riding", too.
Good luck!! And have fun! (and try to practice on an indoor gym floor)
--
unipsychogirl
~Sara C.
"I CAN JUMP OVER YOUR HONOR STUDENT ON MY UNICYCLE!!!" -me to old lady
at festival
"I BET YOU CAN!" -old lady, without a clue as to what a "unicycle" is
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