Just started...

put you pedals horizontally, with your dominant foot's pedal in back.
put your dominant foot on the pedal, then your other foot on the other
pedal. until you get the balance perfect, the front pedal will move
slightly, so move quickly, because if your pedals get to the vertical
position, you won't be able to start pedaling.

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www.unicycle.2ya.com may be of some assistance. We've put a video
tutorial on freemounting in there and there's also a Word document that
may be worth reading.

Andrew

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i just started learning too and the rollback mount has been easiest for
me to learn. there is a video how-to on the site posted earlier in your
thread. practice makes perfect for anything though, i can still only do
that mount 35% of the time and i've been on it 3 days but not trying too
hard.

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fauxden said:

what approach do I use to
freestart?? Thanks in advance/.

Go to <http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/uni_beginners.htm> and download
the Word document (towards the bottom of the page). Describes various
ways to freemount and more stuff that should be interesting for you.

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I personally find I have the most success with the static mount, however
I did learn the rollback mount first. Go look around at some of the
sites that have been suggested, they are very helpful, and then go out
and try things out for yourself; you're bound to find something that
works for you. If you can at least ride the thing, freemounting is not
far away for you. Once you start to get the hang of it, it's only a
matter of practice to get it consistent.

Don't forget to stop and take a break from time to time, giving your
body that time to recover will greatly ease the learning curve.

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