You should learn to ride seat out front first. And practice holding the
seat away from your body. It is not necessary, or probably even
helpful, to learn seat drag. A seat drag and an ultimate wheel are not
the same thing. I can ride an ultimate wheel but cannot seat drag.
The skills are not as similar as they look. Learning one does not
really assist much in learning the other.
Once you learn to ride the UW you'll be able to ditch the leg armour.
But it takes practice to learn how to ride it without rubbing the legs
too much. Larger wheels are easier to ride without leg armour than
smaller wheels.
Riding with just jeans (no leg armour) can be more difficult because
the jeans fabric is quite grabby. If the side of the tire is smooth
enough you can ride it with shorts and bare legs. Riding with jeans or
loose fitting pants is more difficult.
Another tip is to make sure you're not riding it completely flat
footed. You need to ankle the pedals (point the toes down at the
bottom of the stroke) for better control. There is a temptation to
ride flat footed when learning and that makes the riding more
difficult. Ankling the pedals will smooth out the pedaling and give
you more control.
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