Seat Position Advantages

I think seat in will always give me more stability. I, unlike most
trials riders, only use seat out for my highest hops.

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seat in is not only more stable, but lots easier to do. i suck at seat
out hopping, but seat in i can do quite a bit of stuff. still working on
seat out, but for now seat in works pretty well. I think its a necessary
step in learning seat out hopping.

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i started with seat in. and found it much easier. i reccomend that
everyone starts with seat in. the only time i would ever use seat out is
when i have already tried to hop up it with seat in. me i think you
should hop as high as you possibly can with seat in first (trust me you
can hop pretty high) also well your doing that maybe practice the seat
out technique. i still cant hop higher with seat out then in the
stability is way harder 🙂

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Seat in can lead to more awkward falls than seat out. If you do a big
jump or gap seat in and miss, the fall can be awkward because the
unicycle and seat are still stuck between your legs. If you try a big
jump or gap seat out, you're not as likely to get hung up on the seat
during the bail or crash.

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a big thing is that you wont see people riding skinnies seat out.
therefore an advantage of seat in is that you dont have to transition in
the middle of the line, although hopping height is definitely limited
when seat in (sidehops). seat in is only noticeably more stable if you
arent that good at seat out (there are exceptions).

andrew, you said, "i, unlike most trials riders, only use seat out for
my highest hops."

do you mean seat in? without a doubt most trials riders use seat out
for high hops.

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muniracer said:

*andrew, you said, "i, unlike most trials riders, only use seat out
for my highest hops."

do you mean seat in? without a doubt most trials riders use seat out
for high hops. *

I meant that I -only- do seat out for my higher hops and the rest of my
hopping is done seat in. I am considering experimenting with seat out
as well as opposite pedal orientation hopping though.

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We've just started fiddling with trying to run rocky MUni descents--with
a lot of connected rolling forward drops--seat out, but it's too early
(for us, anyway) to know if this is a viable technique. It's certainly
more strneuous and more wobbly, but I think it's possible to overcome
this with fitness and practice.

The advantage is you can bail a lot easier, and can absorb drops better,
but it still feels squirley because you are loose compared to when
you're pulling up on the saddle. Tere's also a definate lessening of
pedal torque without the counterpressure of sitting on the seat and
yanking up on the handle. It feels sort of like bull riding (I
imagine), but again, we're just starting to fiddle with this technique.
Difficult rolling over rocks is possible, but much harder seat out. I
practiced on some low angled stairs till I could ride them seat out, so
I know it's possible. Time will render the verdict if this is viable or
just another crazy idea.

Either way, it's fun to try new things . . .

JL

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