tips!!!

SIF riding seems tough because of the two "dead zones" in your pedaling
revolution. Make sure you don't put too much force on the downstroke
of either pedal or you just fall over. The other idea is to form a
stiff triangle shape made up of your arms, the seat and frame, and your
body as the sides. This should help stabilize a bit at first. I only
learned to ride SIF a couple of months ago and don't do many
trials/freestyle tricks atm so this might not help for you but if you
catch my drift on that stuff above it may help a bit.

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If you are afriad of going backwards try just jogging backwards around
the block, it might help.

As for sif just practice and at first hold it firmly against your body
to help stabilize yourself.

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I'm trying to learn to go backward right now too. So far I can make it
about 5 revolutions. The way you get started is by leaning forward when
first getting started but after a half revolution lean back up and try
to balance. Also it helps if your holding on to something and if your
on a hill, go down it.

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I've been riding a unicycle for 28 years. Needless to say, I'm a little
reluctant to begin major tricks, but I would like to learn how to go
backwards. I think the whole leaning backwards is what gets to me, you
have to lean forward to go forward, so it makes sense leaning back to
go backwards.

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Sorry if this is annoying:

Tip 1: Spell out the question or topic in the subject line. Full
sentences are best. Your topic suggested you were the one offering
tips...

Tip 2: Search. Lots of info already out there. Did you look for any of
it?

Tip 3: For backwards, mostly you gut it out. Hold onto a fence or
similar, like you did when learning to ride forward. For SIF, Learn to
ride while sitting on the very back of the seat, then while holding it
against you, etc. Work your way gradually to where only your hand holds
the seat.

Tip 4: Search some more for the rest of Tip 3!

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For SIF try to start by holding the seat close to your body. For riding
backwards try to start idleing and the roll in to it and just keep
practicing.

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i am pretty decent at riding SIF as far as hopping and dropping... but
everytime i do something even moderatly large, i smash my knees on the
frame... should i make any adjustments to seat hight, cranklegth or are
there just tips of keeping my knees from smashing my frame?.. becasue i
want to ride SIF but it hurts for a couple days after i do.

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uhm
spread your legs, as bad as that sounds.

i usually ride my uni slightly pidgeon toed anyways.

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skrobo said:

uhm
spread your legs, as bad as that sounds.

i usually ride my uni slightly pidgeon toed anyways.

ok so this thread was kinda lost... but ill bring it back from the
dead. i dont hit my knees anymore, but i cant really get any hop height
when i ride SIF. I try to hold the seat against my body, but it still
feels very unstable, and i can hop higher with SI. Should i just
practice or is there anything else to keep in mind? thanks a lot for
any help.

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I first learned to idle with my left foot low. I wish I could do it with
my right low, but that is still kinds weak. I learned this sitting in
my living room watching movies and stuff.

Once I could sorta idle, I found a park with a really long sidewalk
with a 4' high fence. Idle next to it, and then just start pedaling
backwards. The fence handhold is a great help, as it saves a lot of
effort I would have to use getting back on otherwise. I'm still not
very good, my record is about 50' between fence holds, but it gets
easier each afternoon I try.

In a way, riding backwards is sorta like changing your idle down foot
in a sequence. I am sure if I could idle right foot as well as I do
left, the backwards riding would come quicker. But I am inpatient and
want to try it now !🙂

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for backwords i just practiced, practiced, practiced until i finally
succeeded. i can ride pretty decent, but cant turn to well going
backwords, but i can ride down steps backwords so that is cool! i
learned idleing/backwords at the same time, and i didnt use a fence and
just got progressivly better. its all about the time you put in.

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I will echo what was said earlier, you need to learn to idle first and
then as you idle try to do 1 revolution backwards then forwards again
and keep trying to go back more revolutions and it will get easier

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