my worst upd

hmmm
just go slow backwards and don't run into anything

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ok i have been riding for 3 years, doing tricks for 6 months and being
sorta hardcore for 3 months (before that the only trick i did was a
hop-180 to backwards riding or a spin off of a wall or something

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I found learning to ride backwards quite horrible sometimes, because of
the flat-on-your-back UPDs and not seeing where you are going.

Derek52287 said:

So, do any of you know about any good tailbone protection and where to
get it from? I really don't want to damage my tailbone, and with falls
like that I surely will.

I'm like practically afraid to ride backwards now, and If i start
speeding up the slightest bit I just jump off.

...that sounds like you've solved the problem, by keeping it slow and
not falling off you won't need to worry about tailbone protection.

Although riding backwards forever is good practice, to me that isn't
really the reason to learn/practice to ride backwards. Just like
reverse gear on a car, in real life you only need to ride backwards a
few revolutions to back away from something unpassable (such as people
or animals getting in my way).

Once you've got riding backwards solid, practice doing it while looking
over your shoulder. It seems frightening at first, but with practice
you'll get it.

In case you don't know already, riding backwards goes hand in hand with
learning to idle, which is a useful skill to have as well. You say you
can change forwards to backwards every 70 feet? Make that distance a
little shorter each time, remembering to change direction when the
cranks are horizontal.

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I used to have this thing called an Azzpad when I first started to learn
how to snowboard. You basically strap it on at your waist and it covers
your tailbone quite nicely. I don't know how well this would work with
unicycling however since it was quite bulky. Another problem is I don't
really know where you would buy it either, since I got it a long time
ago; about 7 years. Maybe they have made them much easier to wear now.
Try searching around the internet if you are interested.

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1. don't go so fast backward. We used to do a 50m backward race, but I
always thought it was a bad idea and we finally managed to drop it, at
least as a mandatory event for Nationals.

2. If you don't want to do #1, wear a helmet in case it happens again.
Skae helmet will be best, as regular bike helmets are less protective
in the back.

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Check out some of the stuff at '661' (http://tinyurl.com/jspts), they
have a few things for tailbone protection.

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Eat a bunch of doughnuts, then you'll naturally acquire the cushion you
desire.

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gkmac said:

I found learning to ride backwards quite horrible sometimes, because of
the flat-on-your-back UPDs and not seeing where you are going....that
sounds like you've solved the problem, by keeping it slow and not
falling off you won't need to worry about tailbone protection.

Although riding backwards forever is good practice, to me that isn't
really the reason to learn/practice to ride backwards. Just like
reverse gear on a car, in real life you only need to ride backwards a
few revolutions to back away from something unpassable (such as people
or animals getting in my way).

Once you've got riding backwards solid, practice doing it while looking
over your shoulder. It seems frightening at first, but with practice
you'll get it.

In case you don't know already, riding backwards goes hand in hand with
learning to idle, which is a useful skill to have as well. You say you
can change forwards to backwards every 70 feet? Make that distance a
little shorter each time, remembering to change direction when the
cranks are horizontal.

Yeah, but I want to get my backwards riding down as solid as my forward
riding. So as soon as I can like ride to the end of my street, I'll
turn the seat around and ride backwards everywhere for a few days. Then
I'll do things like ride backwards somewhere, then ride back forward.
That way I can get turning down real solidly.

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I wear bicycle shorts and stuff an old kneepad inside to protect my
tailbone.

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howabout a "upi" (unplanned Injury) while still ON the uni?? I had a bad
one this past saturday during our big muni ride. I dropped off a rather
big craggy boulder (about 3'😉 and because my feet were situated too far
back on the pedals (on the balls of my feet) that the force of the
impact upon landing was such that my feet pivoted backward, severley
stretching/spraining my achilles tendon! OUCH!:eek: I always try to
make sure that my feet are centered on the pedals when doing drops, but
I guess I didn't that time! PArt of the problem is that I have weak
ankles to start with, so that's a definite disadvantage, but hey...that
won't stop me man!

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Get yourself some padded shorts. Several companies make them, but heres
some at UDC http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=704

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