Re: progress? hmm

Is that a generic bug spray? Did you just keep reapplying it? I seem
to just sweat bug spray off, so it does nothing :'(

Keep at it, the hardest part is getting basic riding down. After that,
it just gets easier (except for backwards. I hop backwards instead 😉)

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sorry, but it was the *yard spray--kill on contact*

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Well, this might not help you at all, but ill just sasy it because it is
what finally helped me learn to ride. Mount between to chairs and get
seated comfortably while holding on. Then, start pedaling foward, let
go, and see how far you can get. then keep doing that, and youll just
get better and better. I started on grass and went for until i could
get about 10 yards and easily land on my feet, then i went to flat
pavement (as flat as i could find). If I ever fell on the pavement, i
didn't care about the uni, just tried to land on my feet. My bumbers
are really scratched up on my LX, the frame is scratched, i lost a dust
cap, and one of my pedals clicks an itty bit. Nothing that stops me
from riding.

e39m5

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Keep going.
It took me about two months of practice everyday to make it across the
gym. During that time I was determined & pretended that I was enjoying
it.

Now that I can uni 7 miles, more or less effortlessly, on my 29er and it
feels like flying, I truely am enjoying it. And the sense of
accomplishment is amazing (I have very little sense of balance and am
very clumsy).

Keep going.
It's worth it.

Cathy (old and decidedly overweight woman)

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Keep going. You are right on track. Sorry about the scratch on the back
of your calf but that seems to be par for the sport. We have all been
there.

I keep telling myself, there must be some health benefit to all the
sweating the takes place.

Hang in there!!

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Thanks all 🙂
e39m5, I will be doing more of that perhaps starting tomorrow. Today the
wind is blowing so hard there is no way I could even begin to get on the
uni.
cathwood and Wheel Rider: no stopping this man!
I will do it! I can't stop cuz the desire for a coker is too great 🙂
hmmm, or was/is it the giraffe or perhaps the 3-wheeler? 😉

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oldfatboy said:

*Thanks all 🙂
e39m5, I will be doing more of that perhaps starting tomorrow. Today
the wind is blowing so hard there is no way I could even begin to get
on the uni.
cathwood and Wheel Rider: no stopping this man!
I will do it! I can't stop cuz the desire for a coker is too great 🙂

hmmm, or was/is it the giraffe or perhaps the 3-wheeler? 😉 *

Right first time, Oldfatboy. Once you can do a few turns on the small
wheel ... no, order that Coker NOW !!! you know you want to !
Giraffes and 3-wheelers are okay for parades and circusy type things,
but real men need a BIG ONE.

Great to hear such worthy ambition so early on in the quest for
one-wheeledness.

Practice, practice, and more practice.

Happy riding

Chris

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munidobs, the first time saw a coker, I was hooked (line and sinker).

I looked for every video for one, searched on yahoo, everything I could
think of to find more info on them.
I was/am in love 😉

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oldfatboy - your enthusiasm is infectious. Stick with it. The feeling
of accomplishment is a great reward. You'll certainly get your share of
attention as you make progress.

A few years ago, I was just completing a 100 mile ride on my two wheeler
at Tiverton, RI and my wife met me a few hundred yards berfore the last
corner to the finish line with my 20" uni. When I rounded the last
corner more than a few jaws dropped.

[image: http://tinypic.com/b7jioh.jpg]

Since then I have done a few 12 mile rides and I'm contemplating 60 km
on my 60th birthday next year.

Stick with it, don't get discouraged, and be sure to wear body armor
(especially wrist guards!)

Pat

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Thanks patmoore 🙂
Well I have already seen a couple of *double takes* or two looks 🙂
People nod when they drive by and see my on my sidewalk, but then they
turn and look again when they realize what they saw. Pretty humorous.
Today I did 2 1/2 revolutions and then went out later and fell everytime
I tried to start.
I keep pressing on because I don't want to be the first person that
couldn't ride a unicycle that honestly tried! I will do it even if it
takes a while. There is no danger of quiting 🙂
Safety equipment has been ordered and on the way.
One of these days I will post a picture like that...I just don't know
what I will be on when I do!
Coker???? 😉

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Congrats on your progress so far OFB! It sounds very familiar. 🙂

Be assured that you will eventually prevail and master the one-wheeled
beast. Kudos and BZ on the determination.

.max

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Sometimes you can try and try and try and try and not get it.

Initially I decided that I would give up. I went away for a weeks
holiday. When I returned I thought I would give it one more try only to
shock myself. I rode my first appreciable distance.

One way or another, you will get it with perseverance

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Good job and keep at it. I too was very determined (do a search for
some of my old posts) and at times became very frustrated but my
determination and resolve were very strong. I've always been somewhat
athletically challenged and it took me 8 months/80 hours to finally get
it. It was soooo worth it. I ride every day now and am doing level 3
skills with at least some regularity. I'm getting a 29er to start doing
more road miles with a definite goal of moving up to a Coker.

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underdog said:

* I'm getting a 29er to start doing more road miles with a definite
goal of moving up to a Coker. *

WHAT !!! Why 29" first, then 36" for "road miles" ??? Get a Coker
first, then you won't bother with the 29er, unless you are doing alot of
not-too-technical XC. Coker is a much better tool for the road, so save
yourself the cost of the 29er.

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I've never ridden a Coker but I was wondering about the difficulty of
mounting it. My 20" is a piece of cake but I find I sometimes struggle
doing a free mount on my 28" because the seat is much higher. I'm only
5'8". Would a Coker further exacerbate the problem?

I tend to have the most difficulty remounting after a long ride and the
legs have turned to rubber.

This question could be academic as I'm not sure I could convince the
child bride that I need a third uni. Our garage already looks like a
used sporting goods store....

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Pat,
I wish I had your problem... too much sport stuff in garage 🙂
Obviously I don't know the first thing about mounting a coker (or any
other uni for that matter), but having followed the AUT, there are a
couple of *short* people who did the ride.
I have 2-3 inches on you but I better be able to mount a coker. I don't
want to have to carry a step-ladder with me everywhere I go 😉
I am already looking into putting things on Ebay to sell. Things that
are impossible for me to use for quite some time. Between learning to
even ride a uni and selling, I will have a 36" one of these days.
Time to get back on the uni and practice.

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patmoore said:

*I've never ridden a Coker but I was wondering about the difficulty of
mounting it. My 20" is a piece of cake but I find I sometimes
struggle doing a free mount on my 28" because the seat is much higher.
I'm only 5'8". Would a Coker further exacerbate the problem?

I tend to have the most difficulty remounting after a long ride and
the legs have turned to rubber.

This question could be academic as I'm not sure I could convince the
child bride that I need a third uni. Our garage already looks like a
used sporting goods store.... *

5'8" is not particularly short. I personally know at least 2
significantly shorter Coker riders here in the UK, one of whom is
probably >8" shorter, but she does have the advantage of a 'shortened
frame' (http://tinyurl.com/ruzd). I don't know how tall Beau Hoover was
when he first learnt to freemount a Coker, but I doubt if he was 5'8".
When you are up there, you will feel 8'6" tall.

Mounting does seem daunting and problematic at first. I am by no means
an accomplished unicyclist but manage to nail a rolling mount pretty
much 99% of the time, even off-road and/or when tired.

If the number of uni's in the garage is a problem, once you get a Coker
it won't be in the garage because you won't want to get off it - no
problem😉 otherwise you should trade in the 28" because you should be
planning on doing 60miles for your 60th birthday, not 60km !! or round
it up to 62 miles (100km).

Quoted message said:

-oldfatboy said: -*Obviously I don't know the first thing about
mounting a coker*

One thing you do know is that plenty of people do it, and one day soon
you *will* be one of them.

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Cokers are so hard to mount on, the roll back requires so much pressure,
you should be like a level 4 before trying. I said this on another
thread but, I got a trials when I was like a level 2.5, and it drove me
crazy, I wondered why I got it, I couldn't idle, go backwards, or ride
seat out. And this was a 20 inch, so when you get a coker, you should
be really good + they are kinda dangerous because on the static mount
(never tried a suicide, scary) it can totally go flying out and you are
high up enough to fall on your head, but go for it

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munidobs, you are right...*I will* 🙂

unign, as for me, it may take a long while to be a unicyclist, but
sometime in the future I will be riding a coker. 🙂

I have seen people that are *naturals* in certain skills and it is neat
to watch them. However, although I can walk, run, do some snowskiing,
ice skate, love riding my Trek 7700, I have found out within the past
week I am no natural on the unicycle 😉
A bit frustrating, and I am glad the Torker doesn't have feelings,
because I have about beat it to death already. It will, however, bear
the scars of a victor.

I don't know why I wrote all that, but oh well.

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