Video - two rails...

...and yes, those very attractive curvy sloped silver rails behind the
one I'm riding in the first clip are a BIG goal of mine. The dorp to
the right scares me though.

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Once again Andrew, very nice riding. You amaze me everytime you put out
a video or a clip.

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see, there's that balance thing. You kick ass at freemounting on rails.
I always need help up. The big drop would scare me [censored], so I don't
blame you at all for not taking that rail. Overall, you rock.

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Your rail riding looks great.

I've been trying to work on skinnies and it's TOUGH!

For skinnies, what tire pressure do you run compared to doing other
things like hopping and gapping? This is mostly about rails where I can
see the tire folding over easily with all the pressure on a small area.

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There's something incredibly surreal about the way you ride
skinnies...like watching a dream. Your tire just seems to be glued to
the rail and you look so controlled. Its amazing.
Overall your AWESOME at rails 😄

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CATBOY,
Thanks a lot.

THEOELIND,
When you say you always need help up, are you talking about getting up
onto the rail or up onto the uni once one the rail? I think I'm getting
the hang of it now but I used to really struggle with just balancing on
the round rails before mounting. The technique I used for the green
rail was...
* Put the uni on the rail with the pedals in the desired orientation.
* Hold the uni with one hand and keep the other out for balance.
* Put one foot up at about 30 degrees to the rail (this angle works best
with the shoes I wear, but I think generally it's easier to balance up
there with the foot on that sort of angle rather than parallel or
perpendicular to the rail).
* Step up, and as soon as you can (although you shouldn't rush too much)
get the seat in position and free foot on rear pedal (I've found it's
easier to balance up there with the seat in position rather than out).
* Take a short moment to gain balance and composure, but not too long or
you'll lose it again and tire yourself out as well as lose confidence in
riding the rail.
* Be SURE that you have your weight directly over the rail no matter
what is either side of you. It's easy to mount with all your weight to
the right if there's a garden or bigger drop to the left, but this way
you're never going to complete the line.
* Mount the uni and try to get going reasonably soon after. Riding
rails fairly slow is something I like to do, but go too slow and you'll
end up in a stillstand (something I can't hold for long 🙂).

Not sure if that's any use to you, good luck either way.

BOB22B,
Today I really struggled with lines I was attempting involving
hopping...I'm going to take the easy option and blame it on a low tyre
pressure 😉. I'm not sure of the exact pressure, but generally speaking
I use the same pressure for all my trials riding. The pressure I run is
just enough that it won't bottom out on 7' drops or so, and fold when
gapping. Basically I get as much play in the tyre as possible without
it hindering any of the areas of my trials riding. I think for round
railings like this one (a bit under 2" diameter) and smaller ones like
the one from the "Ashgrove trials" video (about 20mm diameter) this
pressure allows the tyre to fold around a little and I really do think
this helps. So rails that size are small enough that the tyre with wrap
around without having to run a really low pressure, and for wider rails
the tyre won't wrap around as much, but I don't think it's as necessary
for those anyway.

PETE,
Wow, thanks!

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As always you make me feel like a novice......thanks (I guess) 😉

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Andrew, awesome riding! I'm in awe. Keep'em comin'.

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wow!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for the help, but when I free mount on rails, even in the order
of your steps provided, I still woble a bit to get my bearings. These
wobles usualy end badly. I think I also need a fatter tire. Mine doesn't
allow for low pressure, and it has a rounded shape to it, making it all
the more challanging to ride a round rail.

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ride with. Even if you aren't in Colorado, come out over the summer
while the skii resorts need buisness. Those mountains are getting sick
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andrew_carter said:

*
When you say you always need help up, are you talking about getting up
onto the rail or up onto the uni once one the rail? I think I'm
getting the hang of it now but I used to really struggle with just
balancing on the round rails before mounting. The technique I used
for the green rail was...
* Put the uni on the rail with the pedals in the desired
orientation.
* Hold the uni with one hand and keep the other out for balance.
* Put one foot up at about 30 degrees to the rail (this angle works
best with the shoes I wear, but I think generally it's easier to
balance up there with the foot on that sort of angle rather than
parallel or perpendicular to the rail).
* Step up, and as soon as you can (although you shouldn't rush too
much) get the seat in position and free foot on rear pedal (I've found
it's easier to balance up there with the seat in position rather than
out).
* Take a short moment to gain balance and composure, but not too long
or you'll lose it again and tire yourself out as well as lose
confidence in riding the rail.
* Be SURE that you have your weight directly over the rail no matter
what is either side of you. It's easy to mount with all your weight
to the right if there's a garden or bigger drop to the left, but this
way you're never going to complete the line.
* Mount the uni and try to get going reasonably soon after. Riding
rails fairly slow is something I like to do, but go too slow and
you'll end up in a stillstand (something I can't hold for long 🙂).

Andrew *

Ooooooh, you should put that on unicycle.2ya.com if there's nothing
there about freemounting on rails already!!

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OH MY.......

All hail Andrew....We are not worthy😄

nice work man, thats awsome.

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i loved especially the wildlife noises in the back ground.

much skinny excellence dude, thanks.

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diddo zod
watching him makes me feel novice too.

jon

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