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    BraveSirStupid
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    I've been practicing a lot this last week. I can now ride enough
    farther than 100 meters that i'm not going to bother measuring until i
    can ride around my block, a km or mile.

    I finally had enough confidence to drop my ski poles on saturday -- it
    turned out to be easier w/o them, which surprised me. I started making
    very rapid improvements in my distance after that.

    I did notice that ski poles helped mediate more controlled dismounts --
    without them i'm finding i have the occasional exciting dismount, so i
    bought some knee, elbow and wrist gear. After looking at three big
    stores, i settled on the Rollerblade Evo line as the best fit/function
    set. (I wish i'd had the wrist guards on when my bicycle was hit by a
    car a few years ago!)

    I'm finding uphills to be easier than down. I'm getting better at
    tracking a line, sometimes, and my planned dismounts are not too
    aweful.

    Can't freemount, yet, but came close on monday (it wasn't much of a
    priority). Freemounting will be my push for this week. I'm learning on
    a 20" Sun.

    In summary: still having fun!

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  2. rob.northcott
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    I struggled with freemounting for ages, then it all suddenly came
    together. Try it on a downhill slope, or with a curb or brick behind
    the wheel to stop it rolling backwards - that makes it much easier at
    first, because you don't need to worry about the pressure on the pedal
    so much. When you can do that, try it on the flat - I found you need
    much less pressure than you think on the pedal, in fact on my 20" I was
    concentrating on NOT pressing on the pedal (trying to put all my weight
    on the saddle) and that seemed to work for me. I started by trying to
    learn the "kickback" (rollback?) mount, but I found the static mount
    much easier.

    Hope that is some help, and good luck.

    Rob

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  3. GILD
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    i'm lazy today so please see my traditional welcome comment 'here'
    (http://tinyurl.com/6urkh) 😉

    ps. learn the roll-back mount first, it helps with idling later on

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    Namaste!
    Dave
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  4. s7ev0
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    I learned the rollback mount first, then learned the side (step over?)
    mount because it looked cooler (how shallow am I?).
    I then raised my seat to make the uni more comfortable to ride, now I
    can't do the rollback mount as the uni is tilted to one side!

    I learned the rollback mount initially by the "war of attritiion"
    method: keep trying until the uni gives in and cooperates.

    My big push now is to turn right without flailing my left arm and using
    so much brute force with my right leg. I can turn left really easily! (
    I went outside for the first time last night - after dark)

    Glad to hear you're still having fun BraveSirStupid; I'm having a blue
    whale of a time😄

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