unispin

Do a search on these forums and you'll find an enormous wealth of
information regarding unispins. Also look at unicycle.2ya.com for some
more info about them.

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'The Unicyclopedia's freestyle section' (http://tinyurl.com/4y69y) has
some advice on unispins.
In order to warm up for the unispin, practice doing the transition into
hopping on the wheel. This only involves spinning the unicycle 90
degrees, so it's quite a bit easier. You can also practice simply
jumping of the pedals and landing again without spinning the unicycle at
all. When you do try the unispin, don't worry at all about landing it at
first; concentrate on spinning it a full 180 degrees while you are in
the air. Once you are comfortable with this, aim for the pedals/cranks.

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thats what i wanted to hear thanx.

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What size tire are you doing it on? I got my first 180 unispin on a
frankenuni 16" rim, and have managed it on a friend's 20" trials...
I've come close maybe once or twice on my 24" muni... but damn that's
harder!!!

I'd try on the smallest rim you can first, then work your way up... the
16" is easy, it took me about 10 min of trying...

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a coupel guys in my club can do them. just borrowed a 20 inch lx and
tried a few times. they aren't even that good at seat out hopping and
they got the unispin. took seriously like 10 tries. just make sure its a
tiny wheel. a 24 in muni wheel is gonna be really hard to spin fast
enough. i've almost gotten it just messing around on a freestyle.

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i'm riding on a 20" 2.5 tire but if i need to i can get my hands on a
20" with a smaller width tire (my friend has one)

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Quoted message said:

i keep not landing on the uni it comes out infront of me instead of
staying under me.

make sure your frame is on a vertical axis or not too far from
vertical.

Another (known?) tip: spin the uni so that your feet can block the wheel
at the end of the spin
eg: spin the uni clockwise if you hop with left foot back

note: I get the 180 unispin and I'm working on the 360. To do that I
work on the 360 unispin mount and am not far from it (I land on
cranks/pedals but loose balance). I don't know if working on 180 unispin
mount can help but that' how I succeeded, and I think it was good for
"feeling" the rotation.

Good luck and excuse me for my approximate english writting

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I learned the unispin on a 20" with 2.5'' tire, so it's not the uni.
Two important things:
* for starters, don't try to 'jump' with the uni. the uni stays more or
less on the ground, only you jump.
* when landing, try to roughly land on your cranks, the feeling for the
pedals will come later on.
* spin it with two hands for starters
* jump high

it took me about 4 weekends of about 20 minutes practicing per weekend
to get that down. ankle protectors help and shin protectors are a MUST,
in my opinion.

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You don't need shin protectors if you have plastic pedals with no sharp
pins. Otherwise, you definitely do.
Your unicycle is not the problem; I learned on a 24 inch unicycle with a
2.5 inch tire.
Make sure to spin the unicycle a full 180 degrees. It's a lot harder if
you do a 110 degree unispin and a 70 degree self-spin.

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Hey,i've got the same problem,and was just going tostart another thread
about,but ill just use yours.🙄

my problem is i dont no where to put my hands.
I can do it holding on to somthing pretty good,but i understand that one
handed isnt the best way.Then i would want to put left hand in front,and
right hand holding onto the back,but i've heard this isnt the best way
ethier.could someone explain to me the best had placement?

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ya i would like to know that as well. i put both hands on the left side
of the seatbut it sounds like ur just the opposite of me. so probably if
ur going with two hands on the same side put your hands on the right.
that is of course if ur spinning it to the left.

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I put my left hand on the front handle and my right hand on my back
bumper of the seat. After jumping I turn the uni counter-clockwise.

Perhaps this helps (although it's a crappy unispin):
http://tinyurl.com/4tc2e

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forrestunifreak said:

*Hey,i've got the same problem,and was just going tostart another
thread about,but ill just use yours.🙄

my problem is i dont no where to put my hands.
I can do it holding on to somthing pretty good,but i understand that
one handed isnt the best way.Then i would want to put left hand in
front,and right hand holding onto the back,but i've heard this isnt
the best way ethier.could someone explain to me the best had
placement? *

To do a unispin, you should stand in the seat-out position. I've found
the best way to position your hands is your left hand on the front right
side of the seat and your right hand on the rear left, criss-crossing
each other. Dan Heaton and Dan Doerkson both do it this way. I've also
heard of people using one hand, though it is more difficult. Here is a
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I turn the unicycle clockwise, so I hold the middle of the seat with my
right hand, with the fingers on the left and the thumb on the right. my
left hand is at the back, and doesn't do much except provide
stability.
When I jump off the pedals, I spin it with my right hand, and my left
hand stays in the back of the seat still not really doing anything.
So to do it one handed, I just don't use my left hand, which makes it a
bit more wobbly and thus considerably harder.

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DO THIS!!!!!!!!!

Stand with the unicycle in front of you like you're going to mount it.
Get your hands on it like you would when you're going to spin the
unicycle for a unispin. Learn to hop off of the ground and then spin
the uni while you're in the air and then land on it. It's the unispin
starting from the ground.

Once you can do this, the transition into the unispin won't be bad. The
toughest parts are learning to land on a spun uni and spinning it.

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sounds like a good idea thanx.

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