Backwards

I started unicycling on Christmas and the longest I've gone backwards is
the length of a basketball court on my Torker LX 24.

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TheoELind said:

*What is the furthest you have ever gone backwards, and on what kind
of uni? My records are 5-6 blocks on a 24" and about 150' on a
giraffe. *

I've never really tried to see how far I could go, I gave up after
riding to my friends house about 200' away. Sometime I want to ride 1
mile to my other friends house, though, it'll be hard because it's so
hilly though.

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I wasn't really going for the furthest actually, I just realized that
was the furthest I've ever gone. Though I bet I can't really top that.

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i did 2 miles backward on a 20" trials

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About 8 feet. Yeah, I haven't tried much. I probably should get better
at free mounting first.

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I know I could go as far as I want backwards, but it makes me tired
faster.... prolly because I have to concentrate on balance more. For
some reason.

Has anyone besides me noticed how it's easier to go up steep hills, like
on a street, backwards? I've noticed that. My driveway is really steep,
and I've noticed I can ride up it much easier backwards than I can
forwards.

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A few days ago, I accomplished a goal set when I first started learning
(less than a year ago). I rode 10 miles backwards on a 24" to a friends
house. My average speed (pedaling only) was 4.9 mph!

One of the keys was overcoming the fear of riding backwards on bridges
with LOW guard rails while dump trucks (why do they seem more vicious
than semis?) passed a few feet away. Sometimes I stopped riding for cars
because they did not seem to really want to share the road much - I must
have looked "stable."

After an hour or so of visiting, I rode home the same 10 miles, and
averaged 6.6 mph (pedaling only).

My other goal is to do a TOTAL of 20 miles backwards on a grassy field
in a tight 12 foot figure-8. So far, I have only done 1.5 miles 🙁
The grass has bumps that require changes in pedal speed, and the tight
turns make it difficult as well.

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Ive gone about 3 miles on my nimbus 24 in at a parade.

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Id like to see some one play a drinking game with energy drinks, how do
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and running around the house? ... oh man hes done, he cant even sit
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A couple hundred feet on my Torker LX 24. I always get nervous that I'm
going to run into something I can't see, and then I fall. I need to
learn to look backwards while I ride.

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I just did my first backwards riding today. So far about 15 metres is my
furthest 😄

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