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    NewKid
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    I've been thinkin about it lately, and I was wondering if anyone has
    shortened their seat in order to jump higher seat in?

    By "shortened" I mean loosening the seat post clamp and pushing the
    saddle down so that you sit lower to the ground.

    I know most people just jump sif, which I can do fine for unispins and
    riding and stuff, but I can't climb stairs or benches sif. (but I
    havn't practiced it either.)

    I'd only lower the saddle a couple inches if I do, so is there any
    downside in doing this besides like.. ww being different, and some
    people talked about knee and back pain?

    Also, would it make a difference?
    I'm just assuming that if the seat is shorter, you can crouch down more
    before you jump, so that you can get higher seat in.

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  2. connorunicycle
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    i ride my uni low man and i love it!!! do it man!! look at brian
    lungren, he rides his seat all the way down to his frame and he
    SHREDS!!

    -Connor

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  3. Ricky W
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    it's up to you and if you like it

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  4. DustinSchaap
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    If you're a seat-in rider, you'd want to lower your saddle as you can
    tuck the saddle in much more, and jump higher that way. Most seat-in
    riders have their saddle pretty low, it also saves your balls from
    getting smashed if you're doing big drops.

    Cheers =D

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  5. maestro8
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    Jumping higher isn't so much a matter of crouching as it is compressing
    your tire before the hop, then tucking your body in mid-air. The
    crouch is what you do to absorb the landing, and having a lower seat
    gives you more room to crouch. Lowering your seat might help a little
    with your jump height, but it's going to teach you the wrong technique
    and you'll only be able to jump so high...

    How are your rolling hops? If you work on rolling hops a bit, you'll
    get a good feeling for the body tuck and see how it gets the wheel off
    the ground... apply this tuck to your seat-in hops and you'll notice
    your height increases. I've found rolling hop height doesn't exactly
    correlate with seat height, so you can work on that skill regardless of
    what you do with your seat.

    Here's food for thought: why mess around with seat-in if you're
    concerned about higher hops? You said you already have a little
    aptitude with SIF but you haven't practiced... why not practice that
    more? I'll admit switching from seat-in to SIF riding is the second
    hardest thing I've ever done on a unicycle (the first being the
    ever-elusive wheelwalk), but it's so worth the time and effort. You
    will EASILY double your hop height going SIF. I'll give you a
    money-back guarantee on that 🙂

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  6. ntappin
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    It can't hurt to try lowering the seat (ok you might hurt yourself but
    really you know what I mean). I am constantly playing with the seat
    height. One day it will be so high I'm almost bottoming out, and
    another my seatpost is mere mm from the tire and I feel like I'm riding
    a 12". Just experiment with the seat height. There is no perfect
    formula, its just about personal preference.

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  7. swarbrim
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    maestro8 said:

    but it's going to teach you the wrong technique and you'll only be able
    to jump so high...

    maestro8 said:

    You will EASILY double your hop height going SIF. I'll give you a
    money-back guarantee on that 🙂

    Jump so high, eh? 95cm is the highest I know of seat in. Not many
    people learn to jump that high ever, even with seat out.

    Mike

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  8. maestro8
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    swarbrim said:

    Jump so high, eh? 95cm is the highest I know of seat in.

    Static? I was talking static.

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