Strictly MUni: mounting uphill

What I do if I can't mount facing directly up a hill is turn the wheel
perpendicular to the hill, mount, and either hop or twist back so I'm
facing up the hill.

If you're determined to mount facing up the hill, the only advice I can
think of is to learnt to static mount. The thing about doing roll-back
mounts up hills is that if it's steep enough, by the time you get your
body up onto the unicycle, the unicycle has already rolled back past
your centre of gravity and you get nowhere. The reason I prefer static
moutns up hills is that you can keep your momentum in a forwards
direction the whole time and prevent the wheel slipping back behind
you.

Static mounting up hills is a little different to on the flat
though...the way I see it, you have to allow the rear pedal to reach
horizontal early on. What I mean by this is that when you're static
mounting on the flat, usually you won't do a perfectly static mount,
but will start with the rear pedal a little down from horizontal and
then let it swing up to horizontal as you get your body up there. When
you're mounting up a hill the slope prevents the wheel from rolling
forwards like this, and you might find yourself with your centre of
gravity in front of the unicycle (the same problem as with the
roll-back mount up hills but for a different reason). The other
problem is that if you don't mount with the cranks horizontal from the
start, you may find yourself trying to mount to a front pedal that's up
too high and won't be able ot get as much power out of the pedal stroke
which can be important.

So to sum that all up (and this is just one person's thoughts on the
matter)...
- Static mounts are best up hills
- You can also mount perpendicular to the hill
- For static mounts, keep your momentum going forwards and mount with
the cranks horizontal.

Good luck,
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Don't do rollback mounts. They screw up mounting in tight singletrack as
well as uphill mounts.

Jump higher to static mount a coker uphill. If you can do rolling
mounts these are supposed to be easier too, but unless you've got short
cranks, a static mount will work on pretty much anything you can ride
up.

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If you can do a rolling mount I find that as a last resort the good old
'run like a crazy person up the hill and jump on' technique can work.
It can also lead to jumping into a spinning out of control unicycle,
but never mind that.

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johnhimsworth said:

If you can do a rolling mount I find that as a last resort the good old
'run like a crazy person up the hill and jump on' technique can work.
It can also lead to jumping into a spinning out of control unicycle,
but never mind that.

As with any skill, after some practice the "out of control unicycle"
becomes a tame beast, awaiting your mount.

In my opinion, every muni rider should acquaint themselves with the
rolling mount. It is the quickest way to get back in the saddle on
terrain of any pitch. For me, it also helps avoid a lot of "just
getting started UPDs" that I seem to experience in the first few
revolutions after a static mount... I'm much closer to riding speed
when I hop in the saddle so I've got momentum on my side.

Of course, the rolling mount is best practiced on smooth, flat ground
before taking the skill offroad. As for the Coker, I couldn't figure
out any other way to get on the beast, except a rolling mount :p

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johnhimsworth said:

If you can do a rolling mount I find that as a last resort the good old
'run like a crazy person up the hill and jump on' technique can work.
It can also lead to jumping into a spinning out of control unicycle,
but never mind that.

As with any skill, after some practice the "out of control unicycle"
becomes a tame beast, awaiting your mount.

In my opinion, every muni rider should acquaint themselves with the
rolling mount. It is the quickest way to get back in the saddle on
terrain of any pitch. For me, it also helps avoid a lot of "just
getting started UPDs" that I seem to experience in the first few
revolutions after a static mount... I'm much closer to riding speed
when I hop in the saddle so I've got momentum on my side.

Of course, the rolling mount is best practiced on smooth, flat ground
before taking the skill offroad. As for the Coker, I couldn't figure
out any other way to get on the beast, except a rolling mount :p

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johnhimsworth said:

If you can do a rolling mount I find that as a last resort the good old
'run like a crazy person up the hill and jump on' technique can work.
It can also lead to jumping into a spinning out of control unicycle,
but never mind that.

As with any skill, after some practice the "out of control unicycle"
becomes a tame beast, awaiting your mount.

In my opinion, every muni rider should acquaint themselves with the
rolling mount. It is the quickest way to get back in the saddle on
terrain of any pitch. For me, it also helps avoid a lot of "just
getting started UPDs" that I seem to experience in the first few
revolutions after a static mount... I'm much closer to riding speed
when I hop in the saddle so I've got momentum on my side.

Of course, the rolling mount is best practiced on smooth, flat ground
before taking the skill offroad. As for the Coker, I couldn't figure
out any other way to get on the beast, except a rolling mount :p

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