Re: Mounting...

I am just getting freemounting down. I am probably 50/50 now. These
are the things that helped me.

First, find some video of someone doing it. That helped a ton. I used
the one off the skills page at www.unicyclist.org...

I started pretty slow too. I found for me, that using a little bit of
frustration as extra ooomph to get me up helped the first few times.
Seems I was trying to be too timid. I started to jump further, and
fight close ones harder, and then it started to come around a bit
more.

Also, something that really helped my son get it. I mount with my left
foot on the pedal, and my right foot down. When I would jump, my wheel
would turn left, and I would fall left. I found I had to move my right
foot in just a bit, and actually think about jumping about 20 degrees
to the right. I would pick out a tree or something off to the right of
where I wanted to go and jump towards it. It really helped me come up
and be more centered.

Finally, just believe that you will mount. At some point, I just
decided to do it, and I started doing it way more often...

Hopefully, some of this helped... I love the freedom of mounting
without help...

Keldridge

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Thanks for all of the help so far! I'm sure it will all be very
helpful. It's really cold outside right now, so I only get about 10
minutes of practice in before I start feeling like an ice cube, but I
think that I've discovered something. I am able to get up onto the
unicycle, and am able to balance myself pretty well too, I just have a
problem getting that initial push on the pedals so I can get going. My
feet either slip off, or they just dont want to move. It's really
weird. Is this where I need to learn to lean forward or something?

This really sucks because I cant experiment at all. I think I would
have probably have my problem solved already if I had the time to
actually unicycle...

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Sounds like you need to lean forward a bit and get the weight on the
seat instead of the pedals... 🙂

Keep at it...

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Practice. I've been riding for half a year and can now freemount 100% of
the time effortlessley

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Tomahawk

dudewithasock said:

<<<<< toma-owned.

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Just jump on it while doing a 720 unispin it's easier...trust
me🙄

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Joe2005

*Come To The Dark Side* we have cookies!

Evan Byrne said:

So use a shock frame and learn to take the force with your butt? Too
hard to do? I think not!

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I started out the way other posters have described, but now the pedal my
foot starts out on is way at the top, nearly exactly on top, and I move
forwards as I mount so there's nearly no wheel motion while I get on.

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AFTER 4 years of practice I still have bouts of freemounting failures.
I suspect that in my case it is psychological: there are places and
moments I feel I will miss .... and I miss!
(the real problem is I hurt myself twice quite badly while freemounting
... so I still have anguish that pops up).
So I need to relax and go with proper thrust and "I don't care" state
of mind. I developped lots of small tricks for different unis that help
me freemount.
They are a combination of foot position, weight transfers, seat height
(and sometimes tire grabs on big wheels, I used to do running mounts
but now no more since I broke a toe doing that 🙁 ).
I envy those who do that effortlessly!

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tjrook said:

I am able to get up onto the unicycle, and am able to balance myself
pretty well too, I just have a problem getting that initial push on the
pedals so I can get going. My feet either slip off, or they just dont
want to move.

I totally feel your pain since I'm in the exact same position as you
right now. I find that I mount much better when I'm fresh, but later I
get maybe 5% of my mounts, on a good day.

I also feel like I can't get going. I tried rocking my feet back and
forth to get some motion, then go forward. It helps sometimes. But
sometimes I get stuck in a backwards motion and it all goes bad from
there. I think we both just need more practice.

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Try lowering your seat. It makes the free mounting easier. Riding is
marginally harder.
Leg pads help save your shins and raise your confidence.

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jump. some people find that easier,

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gabetheunicycleman

unicycleman does not stand..... he sits on the air --unicycleman-

5 months of riding and i can do a 360 unispin.woot.
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I thank all of you again for the help that you have all given me with my
problem. I am able to mount it almost half of the time now, and I
believe that talking about it with all of you has helped the most (and
practice, of course!) It's finally warming up around here, and I'm
really excited to finally unicycle whenever I want.

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My unicycle: Torker Unistar LX 20"
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Nice... gratz...

Now as you learn more things, and fall off a lot, you will get lots of
practice freemounting... 🙂😉

Keld

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