coasting

That's great.

No offense, but if your best trick if one foot riding,
coasting is a looooong way off. First you should learn to
wheelwalk, than try to onefoot wheelwalk, then try to glide,
and *then* you can start to learn to coast. Or you could
just pedal really fast and take your feet off the pedals,
whichever suits you. I warn you though, coasting is
*extremely* difficult, and often takes overa year to learn.
I've been one foot wheelwalking for over 7 months, and
gliding for about six, and my best coast is still only about
10 feet, and as is the case most of the time, it was a
fluke. I can gap farther than I can coast, and that's saying
something, since I'm no Ryan Atkins.

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gerblefranklin said:

*...my best coast is still only about 10 feet, ... I can
gap farther than I can coast... *

Wow, a 10 foot gap?

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gerblefranklin said:

* I warn you though, coasting is *extremely* difficult,
and often takes overa year to learn. *

All the better to start early then! i know people who
learned to coast before they could glide. i started learning
to coast about a year ago, before i learned to glide, but
until a few days ago i couldnt coast more than a few metres.
then a couple of days a go i cracked it and my best now is
probably 10 or 12 meters.

i do agree that you should learn to glide first tho as it's
about 15 times easier and once youve learned it you can do
cool things like glide down hills😄 serach the forums for
help on gliding if you want to know a out that.

anyways, here's my tips on coasting,

1. one foot as smoothly as possibe to begin with, with
almost of all of your weight on the seat, and your other
foot on the crown. try and be perfectly balanced, adding
no power to the wheel via the pedal or taking any away by
leaning backwards.

2.put your arms up in front of you at about 45 degrees as
this will give you more leverage when twitching your body
in the coast.

3.take your other foot off as smoothly as possible when your
ready and place it on the crown alongside your other foot.
but when you do so try not to increase the wieght on the
crown as this will wreck your chances. try to transfer
your weight to the seat instead.

4. lots and lots of practise, this will probably take ages
and ages over many months, untill you get a feel for how
to controll the coast by bending your body backwars and
fowards. to be honest theres no good way of describing
it, try and get some videos of people coasting to see
what they do.

hope that helps, iain

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Well i can coast furter then i can wheel walk and 1ft ww.
I can't glide so like trev said to me "somepeople learn to
coast first and then find glidin easy" sorry i got 2 go
but i will post some more tips latter i can coast 120 ft
thats 5 rev's on a 20" i worked it out i have it on film
as well :p Ben

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thinuniking said:

*i can coast 120 ft thats 5 rev's on a 20"*

You have a math error there. One rev on a 20" in about a 5
foot roll. So, do you mean 120feet (about 24 revs)? or 5revs
(about 25 feet)?

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Mike isn’t this kind of contradictory?

You saying books are stupid but asking and reading isn’t?

I rest my case.

[Judge speaking] The case for the plaintiff has been lost.
Contra; books and reading are of the same genera.

Case closed.

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Your ealier post.

Mike_Foote Violinist and Unicyclist

Registered: Apr 2004 Location: Prince Rupert

how to unicycle books are kind of stupid i think unicycling
"how to" books are kind of stupid because of the simple but
true aphorism "practice makes perfect." I learned how to
unicycle without a stupid book. so uh yeah, just wanna hear
your guys opinions.

thanks.

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yeah sorry i ment 25ft i find it easier to coast with
my arms in a
Y.M.C.A style(Y) but about 10degrees(forward) off vertical.
i let my foot come off the peddle when it's @ the top
of the rev..... that bout all i can help just go out
and keep doing it and doing it until u can do
YN.Ben

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The basic way to learn to coast is to ride one foot, then
take the other foot off the pedal. Use the foot on the fork
(the other foot or both of them) as your leverage points to
control the wheel to the front and rear.

It helps a lot to learn gliding and wheel walking first.

Beyond that, and this applies to everyone asking for
advice on specific stuff, tell us what you're doing, and
what's going wrong before asking us to "write a book"
about how to do it. :p

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The basic way to learn to coast is to ride one foot, then
take the other foot off the pedal. Use the foot on the fork
(the other foot or both of them) as your leverage points to
control the wheel to the front and rear.

It helps a lot to learn gliding and wheel walking first.

Beyond that, and this applies to everyone asking for advice
on specific stuff, tell us what you're doing, and what's
going wrong *before* asking us to "write a book" about how
to do it. :p

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daino149 said:

*

Wow, a 10 foot gap? *

I meant average coast, which is about 3-4 feet. 10 foot gap
I wish! I barely make five🙁 .

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thanks for giving me some tips you guys. and hutwaite, I
guess my other furm thingy is a little contradictory. but
i'm not saying reading is dumb or books are dumb, I'm just
saying that the "how to unicycle" book that i've read didnt
have enough actual helpfull information to be worth the
money. And don't forget i'm only twelve, whatever I might
have to say may be phsycho babble.

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Huthwaite said:

* You saying books are stupid but asking and reading
isn’t? *

You can't ask a book questions, or get up to date feedback
from many authors with different points of view.

On the other hand, you can't replace the broken table leg
with stacked text messages, either.

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What's the difference between coasting and gliding?
Just curious.

David

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darchibald said:

*What's the difference between coasting and gliding? Just
curious.

David *

In gliding you have one foot scuffing the top of the tire to
control your speed and balance. See the description of
gliding 'here'
(unicycling.orgglide.htmlOpen ↗).

In coasting no part of either foot can touch the tire. You
can coast either with both feet up on the crown, or you can
coast with one foot on the crown and the other foot hanging
free off the the side acting as a counterbalance.

Gliding is a level 8 skill while coating is a level 10
skill. Coasting is more difficult to do.

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In article <[email hidden]-
cyclist.com>, Mike_Foote
<[email hidden]> wrote:
) )thanks for giving me some tips you guys. and hutwaite, I
guess my other )furm thingy is a little contradictory. but
i'm not saying reading is )dumb or books are dumb, I'm just
saying that the "how to unicycle" book )that i've read didnt
have enough actual helpfull information to be worth )the
money. And don't forget i'm only twelve, whatever I might
have to )say may be phsycho babble.

I don't think there's any "phsycho" about it. -Tom

coasting is when you take both feet off the peddles and you
coast. gliding you do down hill with a foot on the tire
slowing you slighty which makes it more controlled.

EDIT: AH you beat me!

He said it better anyway

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