It took me an hour a day for 6 wks to ride the full length of my 90 ft
practice rail, 8 wks to have the skill/courage to ride away from the
rail.
At 4 mo. I could do my 2.5 mi commute. At 6 I could do my commute at
night on well light streets, road off my first curb, and at 10 months I
could do it consistently and did my first Muni on smooth trails.
After 1.5 yrs I satarted learning to ride backwards, SIF, SIB. After 4
mo of daily 1 hr practice sessions I could do them fairly consistently
w/o a rail, as well as occationally hop a few times.
1wheelwonder said:does any one here have tips on riding backwards, and ideling?
I went back to my practice rail and did all the stuff I did to learn to
ride.
Hold onto the rail while attempting to ride backwards, trying to hold
on less and less. Focus on an object on the ground 10-15 yards in
front of me, and as it gets too far away focus on another.
I put something on the railing about 15 yards before the end so I knew
when to stop.
When I could ride it consistently I tried to ride frwd, bckwrd, frwd
all w/o grabbing the rail and tried to repeat it as many times as I
could.
Once I could ride SIF consistently w/ both hands, I lost interest in
riding backwards (those UPD's are really scarry) and now I can't do it
well at all.
I still can't freemount🙁, but I have a good excuse (paralysis in my
lower legs, glutes and hips).
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skilewis74
Ride everywhere and never just ride anywhere. If you can ride where you
are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the
time do it along the way.- Bob Burnquist
What next? 'IUF skill levels'
(http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/levels/)*'
Street'
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia/Street)*'unicycletips.com'
(http://unicycletips.com/)*'Trials class system'
(http://tinyurl.com/yqpvxk)*'Trials Building'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64235)
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