Gliding

yea I can one foot wheel walk well, its just getting that into a glide..

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Ok, just try one foot wheel walking on flat then start to go down a hill
then, that may be the best option for you. Good Luck!

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How i learned is I one footed wheel walk as fast as i could, and
eventually, when you get fast enough, you atomatically start gliding,
because the faster you are going the less you need to touch the tire
its pretty kool learning tht way i think.

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If you're falling backwards, put a lot more pressure on the tire with
your foot...then when you start to fall forwards, take the pressure off
of that foot.

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vuniw said:

Does it help to go on flat or some downhill slope?

Most will say yes. But when I tried it when I was learning to 'glide'
(http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=f320240glide) I found it
easier to continue practising on the flat (and in the end that's what
you aim to be able to anyway).
It would be nice to have another unicyclist who can ride bw and give
you a hand or arm so that you can powerglide. But you can also
powerglide behind people who walk (don't let them walk in the line of
the wheel).

If you repeatly fall backwards, you can break, but if you have to break
too much, then (logically) you should lean more forward. In general
you'll lean a little more forward than ww1ft.

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i think leo's idea of power gliding is worth a try. Its a good way of
being able to practise gliding without the transitions. hard parts
about gliding

i) transitioning from pedals to wheel
ii) have enough momentum to be able to glide (hill makes it easier)

the better you are at gliding the easier the transition will be

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I'm trying a different way of learning to glide right now - I can't
wheelwalk, but I'm trying to transition from one-foot riding into
gliding. Doesn't work very well, but I'm better at that than at
wheelwalking! Does anyone have any suggestions on doing it this way,
or should I just bite the bullet and learn to wheelwalk?

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fuolornis said:

should I just bite the bullet and learn to wheelwalk?

Who are we to tell you what to do?
It's not impossible to jump from A to C.
But most common order is learn to ww, ww1ft, glide, coast, etc.

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I think you should just skip gliding all together and go straight into
coasting.😉

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