teach girlfriend?

Consider yourself lucky, brother, that your girlfriend is interested in
the unicycle.

My wife thought I lost my mind when I started on the uni a few months
ago. Finally, she's slowly accepting the idea, now that she sees that
I'm in much better shape these days because of it.

But to get her on the unicycle, just so she could see the light, I might
as well try getting her to freemount the moon. No way. She's still
suprised I haven't joined the circus yet...

If your girlfriend is into checking out the uni, you have got yourself a
rare find! The rest will follow....

Dogbowl

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Teach your girlfriend to unicycle if she shows an interest. Who could be
a better riding partner? Hard-headedness pays off more in the end than
grace, balance, and athleticism combined so she's on her way if she says
she wants to learn.

Don't push her. She'll learn because she's determined but she may not be
a rider because it doesn't interest her. Help her. Encourage her. Tell
her to keep her weight on the seat, look ahead, and pedal with smooth,
round strokes. Praise her. It gives you ample opportunities to hug and
kiss her.

My girlfriend is 15-18 hours into learning, can ride until her legs give
out, has freemounted a couple of times, can turn both directions with
some facility, and has ridden halfway up a formidable hill. She's
incredibly determined. She joined RSU and started her own thread awhile
ago. Right now she loves it and I hope she maintains an interest in it.

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B L U E S H I F T

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harper said:

*Tell her to keep her weight on the "seat", look ahead, and "pedal"
with smooth, round strokes. Praise her. It gives you ample
opportunities to hug and kiss her.

My girlfriend is 15-18 hours into" learning", can ride until her legs
give out .. *

go harper...

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No one said it was gonna be easy and I'm not afraid to try, with the
odds stacked up against me I will have to fight, One Life One Wheel got
to do it right. H20

My circus train pulls throught the night, full of lions and trapize
artists, I'm done with elephants and clowns, I want to runaway and join
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on the topic of unicycles, my significant other spends more time being
one rather than the other
(with apologies to jjuggle's original quote (which i can't find
anywhere))

from 'teaching' a variety of other people who've learned at the club,
i've learnt that the most tricky part is getting the balance of
support-and-advice vs being-a-pain-in-the-neck right
as a general rule, less is more
they're going to have to get thru that 'grey period of frustration' by
themselves
so u might as well let them get some me-time in while they're on their
way
i show the basics and then leave them to have a go at it
i'll pop around a lil' while later to make sure they haven't developed
any bad habits yet, remind them of the basics (a'la harper's post above)
and then leave them in peace
i'll keep an eye on them and if i see them doing something particularly
'wrong' (looking down, no weight on seat...) i'll pop around and just
mention it again
once they start getting just beyond 3 pedal strokes or so, i'll go and
offer a shoulder to see if they're keen on heading away from the wall
help them like that for a while and then introduce them to Charlie
Dancey's 'launching into the abyss' where i'll leave them again
once they're riding a fair distance, i'll look out for problems and
suggest ways of remedying them

i was very guilty of crowding people in the misguided belief that i
could teach them how to ride
sharing unicycling is the ultimate 'Zen Master' activity
the master does not teach, yet the students learn

😎

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If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.
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on the topic of unicycles, my significant other spends more time being
one rather than the other
(with apologies to jjuggle's original quote (which i can't find
anywhere))

from 'teaching' a variety of other people who've learned at the club,
i've learnt that the most tricky part is getting the balance of
support-and-advice vs being-a-pain-in-the-neck right
as a general rule, less is more
they're going to have to get thru that 'grey period of frustration' by
themselves
so u might as well let them get some me-time in while they're on their
way
i show the basics and then leave them to have a go at it
i'll pop around a lil' while later to make sure they haven't developed
any bad habits yet, remind them of the basics (a'la harper's post above)
and then leave them in peace
i'll keep an eye on them and if i see them doing something particularly
'wrong' (looking down, no weight on seat...) i'll pop around and just
mention it again
once they start getting just beyond 3 pedal strokes or so, i'll go and
offer a shoulder to see if they're keen on heading away from the wall
help them like that for a while and then introduce them to Charlie
Dancey's 'launching into the abyss' where i'll leave them again
once they're riding a fair distance, i'll look out for problems and
suggest ways of remedying them

i was very guilty of crowding people in the misguided belief that i
could teach them how to ride
sharing unicycling is the ultimate 'Zen Master' activity
the master does not teach, yet the students learn

😎

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If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.
-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
'[image: http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/sp/84255.gif]'
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I tried to teach a female friend how to ride. She was so interested
that she bought her own unicycle. The problem was that while trying to
learn how to freemount, she fell and broke her wrist in two places. I
felt horrible, but she kept insisting that it wasn't my fault.
She married me, so I guess she didn't hold it against me. 😄

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"You could switch out the unicycles for badgers, and the game would be
the same."
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onewheeljoe said:

* I am worried that I will be blamed for skinned knees and shins. *

Get her some guards.

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I taught my wife to ride a couple of summers ago. She's still a nervous
rider, but I suspect she's just letting me be the "star."

Her concern was with falling and getting hurt (she's had knee surgery).
I used plenty of safety gear, and held her hand enough so that she never
actually fell--or if she did fall, I'd catch her in my arms. As she
progressed we'd ride holding hands for mile after mile.

There are lots of side benefits to having a significant other ride.

David

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"When caught between two evils I generally pick the one I've never tried
before." Mae West

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beelzebub of balance said:

*I used plenty of safety gear, and held her hand enough so that she
never actually fell--or if she did fall, -I'd catch her in my arms.-
As she progressed -we'd ride holding hands for mile after mile.-*

beelzebub of balance said:

*There are lots of side benefits to having a significant other ride.*

I suspect you are referring the portions that I italicized in the quote,
especially the first one😄 :eek:

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Brian C. Slater
AKA: Snoopy

Ok, I am now officially in my normal state of -advanced- confusion.
Don't try to confuse me, it won't make any difference.

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for the record, my girlfriend taught me how to ride 🙂

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I don't have a girlfriend yet, but i've concidered making it a
requirement for my girlfriend to be able to ride a unicycyle, or she
won't be my wife. Now of course if I really like the girl and she dont'
want to ride I MIGHT make an acception, but I still think it would be
cool to look back and say something like " we really got to know each
other from when I taught her to ride unicycle" like paco said kinda.

Getting taught is also a good way to meet people, like corbin said. I
haven't met girls, but I have had lots of kids from the youth center
teach me how to ride skateboard, not near as much progress as unicycle,
so I keep learning it over and over again : )

Andrew

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I taught my girlfriend to ride, and, unbeknown to me, her best friend's
boyfriend can ride as well, so we're gonna teach her best friend as
well, and go on a double uni date!!! :p Unicycling is kewl as well cos
it never gets boring and it's always funny when one of us falls off, the
other one gets to laugh at them 😄 ....

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I didn't "teach" Paul to ride, but he was a very wobbly newbie when we
meet and some of our first "dates" were spent playing out in the
street. He borrowed my uni, I borrowed his stilts, it was a fair
exchange.
We had no money at the time so they were nice cheap dates.
sarah

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Although none of the girls I have dated wanted to actually learn how to
ride there are quite a few ladies I have met at college parties who
wanted to see what the Uni was all about. These girls just wanted to
hop up on one and see what it was like.

Being the gentleman I am I was more than willing to be a spotter for
them. should they fall I was right there to catch them.

Why didnt I think of bringing the uni to parties sooner!?

actually...here is a pic of me and my current girlfriend...we met in
central park this summer. she likes to ride the uni

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I invented popular videos games such as "Dig Dug" and "Q-Bert"

I also came up with the name "Frogger." Can you believe they wanted to
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*actually...here is a pic of me and my current girlfriend...we met in
central park this summer. she likes to ride the uni *

Wow... And I thought -I- had no fashion sense! 😉

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onetiredguy said:

*
actually...here is a pic of me and my current girlfriend...we met in
central park this summer. she likes to ride the uni *

Man, that is one unbelieveably way cool picture!
So EXCELLENT!

Cheers,
Dogbowl

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