coastin tips please

Ha....learn hot to wheel walk then one footed wheel walk then put one
foot on the frame and other on the tire and lean back and just
glide...have the foot on your frame touch the tire to control speed and
the foot on the tire to push you and for balance....thats what i
do!.............................................G'luck

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unicyclerpunk said:

Ha....learn hot to wheel walk then one footed wheel walk then put one
foot on the frame and other on the tire and lean back and just
glide...have the foot on your frame touch the tire to control speed and
the foot on the tire to push you and for balance....thats what i
do!.............................................G'luck

That's gliding. He wants coasting (no feet on tire, just frame).

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The progression to gliding is the way to start. Don't waste too much
time on coasting if your gliding isn't very good. Gliding is the easier
version.

How well can you glide?

For the move to coasting, you want a real solid grip on your fork, with
either one or both feet. One of the best fork crowns for this is the
Semcycle XL, Miyata Standard, basic (older?) Torker and similar forks.
You lock your instep to the side of the seat tube, so your heel is kind
of around the back, while the front part of your foot covers the front
edge of the crown. This gives you the ability to put input into the
fram to both front and rear. Other frames are probably also very good,
but I haven't tried them.

But get comfortable with your gliding first, and you'll spend a lot
less time getting back on. Coasting being harder, expect it to take a
lot longer to get consistent.

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i dont know the link, but go to the unicyclopedia. jsm had a big part in
that, and its really descriptive and has a few good vids.

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Another to remember is when you go from 1 ft riding to coasting that
your speed and balance doesnt change. You want to be balanced the same
way as you were when riding one foot.

Be sure to try coasting with both legs in and with one leg extended to
see which way you like better. For me (my coasting still needs working
but im getting it), i like leg extended better because i can use my
foot to balance and its easier to get back to the pedals.

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