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    steveyo
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    Thanks to all who helped in my "First post, first uni" thread.

    FWIW, I thought I'd give a quick update from a rank beginner.

    After 2 hours' practice, I was pleased to have done a single pedal
    revolution on my new 24" Torker. Let's...pi * diameter = about 2 meters
    - woohoo!

    Last night, after total of 5 or 6 hours on the uni, I made 3 complete
    pedal revolutions...3*pi*diameter = 6 meters, and all off the wall. You
    couldn't believe how broad of a smile I had.

    Questions:
    1. How long do folks take to go from a few spins to actually wobbling
    down the street?

    2. Turning still seems impossible - any tips on that?

    3. Free-mounting - yeah, right!

    Thanks again to all you nurturing enthusiasts.

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  2. GILD
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    [quote="steveyo"][B]You couldn't believe how broad of a smile I had.[/quote]
    [quote="oh, i think most of us here know EXACTLY how broad your smile wassteveyo"]Questions:
    1. How long do folks take to go from a few spins to actually wobbling
    down the street?[B][/quote]
    wait for klaas bill to post the link to his stats site
    that will allow u to check the average learning time depending on age,

    gender and unicyclesteveyo said:

    2. Turning still seems impossible - any tips on that?[/B]


    dont worry about it too much till u can ride far enough to make turning
    neccesary
    '-)
    while learning to ride u will occasionally turn, almost 'by accident',
    if u can pay attention to what your body is doing at the time to make u
    turn, u can later use that information to learn how to turn 'on
    command'
    for right now just focus on getting all your weight on the seat and to
    smooth out your pedalling motion as much as possiblesteveyo said:

    *3. Free-mounting - yeah, right!*


    yeah, totally right
    i alternated trying to freemount and trying to ride
    it was a prety stupid thing to do and extended my learning time quite
    substantially, but i was able to freemount very soon after learning to
    ride
    go to the 'search' function on this forum and look thru old threads
    where u will find a mine of information about learning to freemount and
    start practising
    the variety helps to keep the frustration-levels down during your
    practise sessions
    (and learn the roll-back mount rather than the static - it helps when u
    want to learn how to idle later)

    that's one more of us and one less of them...


    😉


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    Namaste!
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  3. Fred A Arnoldson Esq
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    Quoted message said:

    1. How long do folks take to go from a few spins to actually wobbling
    down the street?

    i took 5 hours

    Quoted message said:

    3. Free-mounting - yeah, right!

    i say never try anything but free mounting and you will always be better
    at it

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    Fred A Arnoldson Esq but probably not in this exact font
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  4. Golden Chicken
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    steveyo said:


    3. Free-mounting - yeah, right!

    Yes! I did my first free mount an hour ago. I didn't measure but I
    believe my smile was as broad as when I first managed to wobble away
    from the wall (which happened only a few days ago).

    Someone here gave the advice to keep 'lessons' short ant frequent. I
    think this is an excellent advice because then there will be time for
    the acquired 'knowledge' to sink in.

    Ok, let's get on with the rest!

    GC

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  5. bobgob
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    you will find that once you can pedal any considerable distance you can
    turn by: *turn left* put you left arm out toward your back and right
    arm over your chest. *turn right* exactly the opposite left arm over
    your chest right arm torards your back.
    you will also find that if you are falling left turn left and you
    will regain balance. same goes for right turn right. hope this helps
    keep trying🙂

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  6. steveyo
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    bobgob said:

    *you will find that once you can pedal any considerable distance you
    can turn by: turn left* put you left arm out toward your back and
    right arm over your chest. *turn right* exactly the opposite left arm
    over your chest right arm torards your back.
    you will also find that if you are falling left turn left and you
    will regain balance. same goes for right turn right. hope this helps
    keep trying🙂

    I just started to get this today, going often 6 & 7 meters several
    times. Thanks for this tip!

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  7. Klaas Bil
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    GILD said:

    wait for klaas bill to post the link to his stats site
    that will allow u to check the average learning time depending on age,
    gender


    I was on holiday but since GILD implied that I would post, here it is
    as yet:
    <http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/agelearn_short.htm>.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    2. Turning still seems impossible - any tips on that?[/B]
    *3. Free-mounting - yeah, right!*


    For tips (on this and more), see this Word document "Learning to
    Unicycle" written by Andrew Carter and myself:
    <http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/Learn_unicycling.doc>.

    Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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