riding backwards

Give it 1500 more attempts, then give up. (You'll probably get it around
try # 850)

Short answer: practice, practice, practice.

It helps to have loose hips. Do some hoola moves before the attempt to
limber up. It might help to keep the wheel under you. The mass of your
torso can move smoothly along and you'll hoola your unicycle back under
you when necessary. The violent corrections become delicate
imperceptible corrections with time and practice.

Where a helmet and wrist guards when learning new stunts. (Especially
when you're not really looking where you're riding all the time)

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thanx i'll try that.

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you'll find (looks like you found out already!) that knowing how to
ride forwards doesn't really help much when it comes to learning to ride
backwards

a good method I used (after reading about it here) was:

ride forwards. slow to a stop. one pedal rotation backwards then
continue forwards again. then two rotations, then 3, etc...

at this point, you can either start learning backwards, or idling,
although completely different, they both kinda help with each other in
terms of new balance/counter balance appreciation.

also, when you start to be able to ride backwards, it's handy knowing
you are in a completely safe unobstructed place so you don't have to
worry about looking behind you until you get better, that's a whole new
skill by itself!

Good luck

Oh yeah...if you start to fall backwards, just step back off the uni,
don't try to pedal out of it!

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The not-so-secret secret to normal riding is to keep your weight firmly
on the seat. When riding backwards, even after you have realized this
secret while riding forwards, it is typical to forget this. You will
feel less secure keeping your weight firmly on the seat when riding
backwards, but it will help immensely. I could not go any distance
backwards until I realized this.

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The drug which gives the clown power, means the circus can never be
stopped
And his dream can go on unhindered, ’til the last human being has
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Riding backward is one of the more challenging things you'll learn IMHO.
Don't assume that because you can ride forward that backwards should
come quickly. Learning backwards is like learning to unicycle all over
again so remember how long it took you when you were first learning and
practice, practice, practice....

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ditto JJuggle

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ChangingLINKS.com said:

*ditto JJuggle *

I'm learning also ,,, my best at this point is 4 rotations backwards.

I find that mounting into a still stand/ learning to idle helps me
re-learn my center after non-riding. Riding forward and stopping /
learning to idle for about a half hour 45 minutes, warms me up for my
learning backward attempts. This also reminds me of how to
'dismount/fall' in an awkward or reverse motion.

Keep you wieght in the seat and relax waistline muscles, while
concentrating on tension with opposing thigh muscles when going
backwards.

I'm see progress every time I use my method.

And, once you get about 3 or 4 rotations (like where I am now), you find
that it's a very unique 'feeling'. (fun too !)

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Brian MacKenzie said:

*you'll find (looks like you found out already!) that knowing how to
ride forwards doesn't really help much when it comes to learning to
ride backwards*

I found the opposite to be true. I just skipped practicing backwards.
Now I can do it. Never had to practice it.

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TheObieOne3226 said:

*I found the opposite to be true. I just skipped practicing backwards.
Now I can do it. Never had to practice it. *

the same was kind of true for me as well.... but not exactly. Every time
I went on a uniride, I sort of halfheartedly tried to go backwards. I
was just screwing around though, didn't really actually try. and
eventually I did try, and it turns out that I could just do it. crazy!
probably from all those times screwing around not really trying to do
it, I actually was trying to do it, I just didn't know it.... hmm....

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Wierd, I wonder why that is.😕

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i can ride backwards probably like 20 revs consistently. never really
practiced it. it jsut came to me after a while.
jon

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Here's a thread with some good tips for learning to ride backwards: 'How
do I learn to ride backwards?' (http://tinyurl.com/3qjhq) I like the
super-idle learning method described in that thread.

My challenge now is to learn how to turn smoothly in a complete circle
and to do it equally well in both directions. I can ride backwards in a
complete circle but it's very jerky. I need to learn how to do it
smoothly. I hardly ever practice the turning so I've never gotten good
at it.

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thank you😄

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john_childs said:

*My challenge now is to learn how to turn smoothly in a complete
circle and to do it equally well in both directions. I can ride
backwards in a complete circle but it's very jerky. I need to learn
how to do it smoothly. I hardly ever practice the turning so I've
never gotten good at it. *

Likewise. It's more of a pentagon.

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