Re: wheel walking?

Wheel walking is a significantly harder skill than simply riding.

I don't want to discourage you from learning it but I suggest you work
on some easier skills first. They will help build your one wheeled
balancing ability, making the eventual progression of learning to wheel
walk easier.

To give you some idea, wheel walking is a level 5 skill. Many of the
skills on level 1 through 4 will help you in learning to wheel walk.
See: http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/skills/skills.html for more
info.

Some things you can work on right now that will help with wheel walking
are the following
-practice riding with out waving your arms around (try holding them
behind your back as this is a little safer than folding them)
-practice riding as slowly as possible. Wheel walking is a slow trick
and you need to teach your body to balance at slow speeds.
-try holding on to a post and placing one foot on the wheel while the
other is still sitting on the pedal. Don't let go, just get the feel of
the balance points.

It is a good idea to work on learning to idle, then one footed idling
and then riding one footed as these skills help with the transition into
wheel walking

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peter.bier said:

*I don't want to discourage you from learning it but I suggest you
work on some easier skills first.

and

To give you some idea, wheel walking is a level 5 skill. Many of the
skills on level 1 through 4 will help you in learning to wheel walk.*

Reminds me to that little boy of about 7 years in Kenya. He saw a German
tourist riding the unicycle, and wanted to ride as well. But his legs
were much too small to even reach the pedals. But on a miserable surface
with many branches and stones he managed to learn the wheel walk! After
that the German tourist did'nt dare to take his unicycle from him, and
left it there.

So; screw the levels if they are used to limit or discourage you. That
was not where they were ment for. Go ahead, just start practising! Yes,
it may be hard, but your motivation is the main factor for success.

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Very cool story.
Blake

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congratulations on learning to ride! 😄 Unicycling is really really fun
(as I am sure you already know). While wheel walking is a really cool
skill, it is by no means easy. I would recomend you ride more before
trying it, as you will not only be better at riding, but also better at
falling, which is important because it is much easier to hurt yourself
wheel walking because your feet tend to get caught on the wheel.

It seems some of the best things to work on at the beggining are
freemounting consistently, riding as far as you can, and making sharp,
controlled turns. Some people think hopping is one of the first things
you should learn, but I found hopping very difficult (it took me 4 years
untill I learned it)

keep practicing and you could probably learn wheel walking within a few
months. Have fun🙂

edit: listen to leo, and just go for it😄

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