Free Mount

That's the way I learned,I just kept practicing with no idea of how it
was supposed to be done. I now almost always do rolling mounts because I
think it looks cool. Keep at it,good luck.
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wow thanks alot nice page is it yours?

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UniSam said:

*Does any one know how to practice the free mount i cant do it and i
cant see how to practice besides just doing it😕 *

Which mount? Static? Roll back?
I try to figure out how to break these down into smaller steps.

For the roll back, I first practiced putting my right foot on the pedal
at 6 o'clock with full weight, seat in place, and just hopping on my
left foot (placed behind the wheel to the left). That's the first of
three mini-skills I worked out in order to learn the roll-back mount.

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ok thanks witch is the easyst

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UniSam said:

*ok thanks witch is the easyst *

Practice mounting going down a steep hill, so your wheel wont roll back,
and you can easily get the momentum to go. Either that or have the wheel
rolling forward and try to plop one foot on while keeping the wheel
rolling and plop the other foot on to get you riding. Both are the
easiest forms of mounting, in my opinion.

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The first way I learned to free mount was with the pedals at 12 and 6.
Put a foot on the 6 pedal and step up to the 12 pedal. Then the trick
is to twist your body as necessary to get the pedals spinning forward.

Alternatively, if you want to do the "standard" pedals at 10 and 4
mount, after learning to put my weight on the seat, the thing that
helped me was focusing on leaning forward and "pushing" my body forward
off of the back pedal at 4. The instructions typically say to step down
on the back pedal, but I found stepping up to the seat a better
description of what I needed to do. Stepping on the pedal is like
stepping up onto a stair.

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for *me* what was easiest was having a fence on one side. then when i
mounted, i would use my arm/hand to pull myself forward onto the
unicycle so i wouldn't roll backwards. but i freemounted before i could
ride. (so the fence helped because i kept going holding onto the
fence)

my friends have learned either by endless falling over and just
constantly going for it, some put blocks of wood or bricks behind the
wheel so it won't roll back, and sometimes they used the edge of a curb
on a quiet street.

to me, it was all really a leap of faith.
just go for it!

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ok this is my prob i can get up but then i cant get the whell moviang
before i start to move .

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UniSam said:

*ok this is my prob i can get up but then i cant get the whell moviang
before i start to move . *

Lean forward. The falling sensation will force you to pedal forward.

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i learned the "step-up" or "static" free mount first because i thought
it was easier than the roll back. My feet/legs naturally went to the
positions needed from years of mountain biking. that's why i thought it
was easier. Way i learned: place pedals at 10 and 4. step back foot onto
pedals, put seat under me, give a little jump forward/up and get foot
onto front pedal as fast as possible and push down making uni go
forward. Put as little weight as possible on the back pedal. That part
took me the longest time to figure out.

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LOL i got up then idled then fell

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UniSam said:

*wow thanks alot nice page is it yours? *

No, i think its Andrew Carters

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I can't do the static or the rollback mount. What I learned was
something I kind of made up on my own, I put the saddle in position, put
my left foot on the pedal and my right foot on the ground, I bend over
and hold the wheel with my hand and push it forward and step up on the
right pedal and go. It may not look the coolest, and it gets your hand
all muddy, but it works.

Whenever I try a static mount I can't help but put all my weight on the
pedal, and shove the seat up into my crotch. So i gave up for the time
being.

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leeman: since you don't put your weight on the seat, you could probably
do the rollback mount. Just put one foot on the pedal, and as you step
on the unicycle rolls back (whodathunkit), then you put your other foot
on the pedal, and you start going forwards.

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Would any one be nice enogh to make a step by step guide for the slow
person.

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on unicycle.2ya.com there's two video tutorials of freemounting in the
Basic Riding section.

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