Basically what John said, but the way I describe it is to lock your leg
in that bent mounting position. So when you push up to mount by locking
your leg in that position you're not putting downward pressure on the
pedal.
To get used to the feeling, try locking your leg and rock a little onto
the Unicycle. Don't go for a full mount, just try keep the unicycle
static and step back down again. Keep repeating for a while. Then try
do the extreme of that and step over the unicycle. Do the same movement
as before but give yourself more of a push keeping the unicycle static
and just step straight over in front of the unicycle. This will give
you a good feel of where your balance point is. If you can manage that
then stepping up into a mount should be relatively easy.
A method I used to start learning is to lean forward and grab the wheel
with my hand to keep the wheel steady as I'm stepping up. Not great
form but does work, and eventually also teaches you to lock your leg
and put little downward pressure on the pedal. It did take me a while
to get out of this habit though so I'd recommend the first method, but
if you're stuck then not a bad option.
Good luck, and just keep at it.
johnfoss said:Don't straighten your leg. Easy instruction, hard to do. But if you
don't unbend your leg the pedal won't go anywhere. Give a push forward
while not unbending the leg on the pedal, rotate up and over the top,
and then start pedaling away with your other foot.Repeat a zillion times until it's second-nature. 🙂
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