Any help on one footed riding ?

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Well, I'd say that to start out, learn to idle one footed, to get the
feel of having one foot on the frame, one on the pedal. One you've got
tha farily good, then try riding with one foot.

Start riding normaly, because it's hard to get momentum by just starting
still. Take your left foot of of the pedal, put it on the frame and push
down with your right foot, ALMOST your take right foot off the pedal on
the way up, and then push down...it helps to go down a hill, and keep a
light foot on the way up, and make a nice smooth push on the way down,
and practice.

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Hold onto a wall or some support and practice moving your foot from the
pedal to the frame. Once your body 'knows' the motion of getting the
foot onto the frame you're golden. 🙂

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I'll Try those ideas. Thank you very much

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when u learn one-footed, u havto pedal with the other foot. like
actually pedal. it seems obvious but when i was learning, i wasn't going
because i hadn't gotten the feel for pedaling with only one foot......
it actually doesn't take all that much practice

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There are tips for learning one foot riding here: 'One Foot Tips'
(http://tinyurl.com/1um1). That page is linked from the 'Skill Levels
page' (http://tinyurl.com/f9a).

I learned by method #2 on the one foot tips page. There is no need to
learn how to one foot idle first. I didn't learn how to one foot idle
till after I learned how to ride forwards one footed. I found learning
to one foot idle to be harder than learning to ride one footed.

Big tip is to practice on a very flat and very smooth floor. A gym
floor is ideal. If you don't have that then look for a very flat and
smooth concrete area or a tennis court or something similar. Flat and
smooth is the key. That will make it much easier to keep your momentum
and get the pedal over the top when you're first learning. My big
breakthrough with one footing came when I got some practice time in a
gym. The one footing came together quickly in the gym. My previous
practicing was outside on asphalt and my progress was stalled. The gym
was the key.

One thing the tips page doesn't mention is that it really helps to pedal
smoothly in a circle. Point your toes down at the bottom of the pedal
stroke. And scrape your foot back at the bottom of the pedal stroke
like you're wiping mud off your shoe. And then lift your leg up on the
backstroke and maintain the circular motion of your foot.

If you try to mash the pedals (pedal in a square) you are not making the
most of the pedal stroke which makes one footing harder. You need to
make the most of the pedal stroke that you've got because for about half
of the revolution you have little control as it is.

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Check here for more tips:
http://unicycle.2ya.com

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Check out the freestyle page of 'The Unicyclopedia'
(http://tinyurl.com/4y69y) if you want advice on learning stuff. Also,
make sure to add any useful knowledge you have to the page.

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After learning one footed riding one week ago, i have started to make
turns.. The turn to the right comes pretty natural, but the turns to the
left took a while to learn.. 🙂

I can turn to the right in a circle, avoiding jugglers and obsticles..
butto the left, it's more of a rodeo ride.

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hey, i learnt to ride one footed without even touching the frame, i live
in sydney and didn't know any other unicycle riders, so didn't even
think about putting my foot on the frame. took a while to learn. when i
finally found out its easier to put my foot on the frame, i already
could turn both ways, then found it really easy to ride one foot with my
foot on the frame.

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I've read many times the advice to "learn idling one-footed first." To
me, it seemed illogical. We don't tell people who want to learn to ride
a uni, "learn to idle first, then you'll be able to ride forwards"!!!
Granted, it may make things easier, but it can be one hell of a learning
curve to surmount!

I practiced using less and less pressure on my non-dominant foot while
riding. After a while I could take my foot off the pedal for portions
of a revolution (usu. the "upstroke" of the pedal) and I'd practice
increasing the time off-pedal.

The tough transition for me was putting the foot on the frame. I found
that when I'd go to put the foot on the frame that I'd push way harder
on the pedal my foot was still on than usual, and induce a UPD. After
learning to carefully move the foot that goes off-pedal independent of
the other foot, I could one-foot whenever I wanted!

I finally picked up one-footed idling, prolly two months after learning
one-foot riding. It was w-a-y easy after practicing one-foot riding.

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Get that foot on the crown! It was a lost cause for me trying to learn
one-foot with that leg just sticking out there. Once you get the quick
pull up and plant on the crown, everything else will just fall into
place.

Also, learn when the best time is to pull that foot off. For me it was
when said foot was at the top of the rotationg (pedal was at 12
o'clock)... but experiment and find what's best for you.

This trick requires you to have some speed - you need momentum to carry
you through the part of the rotation when you can't apply pressure.
Don't try it while your flying, just not crawling along either.

Dave

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fcwegnm0b said:

*Get that foot on the crown! It was a lost cause for me trying to
learn one-foot with that leg just sticking out there. Once you get the
quick pull up and plant on the crown, everything else will just fall
into place.
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Not for me.I learned foot off the crown,even now i have trouble putting
my left foot on the crown.I can do whatever with my right foot though.

I too,didnt know that you could put the other foot on the crown.Also,my
scwhinn didnt have a flat crown.I guess it depends on how you start to
learn.

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I recently learnt this.
I didn't ever put my foot on the crown...I stick my left foot behind
me....
I had a lot of other tips, but I've forgotten them all...damn....I'll
post more if I remember anything else that helped me.

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vanished said:

*Well, I'd say that to start out, learn to idle one footed *

i dont think that is neccessary. ive been riding for over a year and can
idle but cant 1 ft idle. never found the need to learn how to.

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