Re: Seat on side help please

It helps to squat down when riding seat on side. Squatting down gives
your knees more bend and you can more easily contort your leg so your
calf clears the tire.

Squat down so that your legs are never fully extended even at the bottom
of the pedal stroke.

Practicing riding seat out front or seat out back in a squatted position
might be good practice for riding seat on side.

This skill can be done on a 24. It's easier on a 20. And it's easier
with shorter cranks. It's a tough skill to do on a muni because of the
long cranks and big tire.

Check out the video of seat on side at 'unicyclist.org'
(http://unicyclist.org/cont/levels.cfm). The video shows the skill
being done on a 20". You can see the rider is squatting down and has
bend in the knee even at the bottom of the pedal stroke. On a 24" with
longer cranks than the 20" you're going to have to squat down even
further and contort your right leg even more so your calf clears the
tire.

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john_childs said:

*It helps to squat down when riding seat on side. *

It also helps to raise your seat. This gets the seat out of the way
while you learn. Also you might try practicing along a wall. I'm doing
this to learn seat on side (in a line). But it might make learning a
little faster since you can start in position.

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