Gliding help.....

After weeks of getting nowhere on gliding with the glide foot on the
frame, I made a change and started getting results.

I don't know if others have found the same situation that downhill
gliding, where the glide foot rests completely on the tire and doesn't
touch the frame, is much easier than gliding on a flat surface where you
start with speed and your glide foot is bridging the frame and tire.
With the latter skill it seems you only flex your foot a little to
increase/decrease the drag on the tire.

So the change I made was surprising to me: on downhill gliding I use my
left foot, just like one foot ww. However, to go into flatland gliding I
ride one foot. My right one foot riding is okay, but apparently not good
enough to find the balance envelope for gliding. So I switched to left
one foot riding and gliding with my right foot. Several times I got over
15 feet, so it looks like I'm on the right track.

My recipe for this skill is now broken down into these steps:
1. ride smoothly and then place my right foot on the frame about mid
arch, so my leg aligns with the seatpost.
2. Adjust the drag as I ride one foot and search for the balance
point.
3. Concentrate on smooth one foot riding so that my foot is just barely
following around with the pedal.
4. Once all these contitions are met, pick up my left foot and place it
on the frame and glide.

I think if I had a completely smooth surface to practice on it would be
easier. As it is, there are slight undulations in the surface which make
things a little more of a challenge.

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hole-in-my-shoe said:

You need to be able to check your pedal/crank position while you are
wheel walking.

Disagree;
You DO NOT need to look at the pedals at all.
Since holding your head down is very bad for balance (since you balance
tool, which is placed between eye and ear, works better if hold
horizontal. AND you use information from your sight to your horizon)

I just hang my foot where the pedal will be if it's on top.
Then sooner or later you will feel when you can take over with the
non-scuffing foot.
You can see it in the end of 'this clip'
(http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=w320240bwww1ft) .

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assuming i can one foot wheel walk as well as i can one foot ride, is it
better to learn gliding from 1ftww or 1ft ride?

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I think an average unicyclist will agree from ww will be harder since
the speed is -in general- lower.
But that aint such a problem in case you do power gliding.

And ALWAYS keep in mind you may find things more easy to do the oppesit
way than way most others do!

'Here' (http://unicyclist.org/cont/freestyle.cfm) you'll find clips of
powergliding behind a car and behind a dog.

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Quoted message said:

I think an average unicyclist will agree from ww will be harder since
the speed is -in general- lower.

1ft ww to glide is really easy if you do it on a slope.

On flatland however, i agree with you. You have to go straight from
pedals to glide otherwise you got no momentum.

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Quoted message said:

-I also wrote-
*IBut that aint such a problem in case you do power gliding.*

And I consider downhill as a powered version of gliding.

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