i did it!!!!!!

oh yay. that always makes you happy, doesn't it? For a few minutes, life
is good 🙂

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unijuggler said:

*the cranks hit my ankles does this happen to anybody else???
😕 😕 *

Your feet are probably to close to the cranks. When your feet are on the
pedals, you should be able to see a slight bit of pedal on the inside.
Understand?

The first 50 feet is always the hardest. There's nothing stopping you
now! Congats.

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I have been on my uni for about 3 weeks with about 15hrs time. After
another few hours you will probably be able to go 100-200ft!

Keep going, and you will get better

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...and don't forget to practice your free-mounts!

Free-mounts allow you to go wherever you want. You'll thank yourself
later.

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yeh one of the only times i tried freemounting to day i pitched forward
and landed on my arm... it still hurts. But i can freemount like 15% of
the time woohoo!!

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thx for all of your help guys

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unijuggler said:

*one more question--- the cranks hit my ankles does this happen to
anybody else??? 😕 😕 *

That is a common problem for people who are in the process of learning
or who have just recently learned. Once you get better you'll learn how
to keep your ankles away from the cranks.

For now you can get some ankle protection. High top basketball shoes
can work. Some soccer shin guards come with separate ankle guards.
Unicycle.com sells the '661 Ankle Biters'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=533). A local bike
shop in your area should also have the 661 Ankle Biters. Fox also makes
a similar ankle guard.

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da best thing to do is to use it as a learning experience. 2 or 3 times,
and yer probably not gonna make the mistake again any time soon. but, if
yer not tuff, just buy some soccer shinguards.

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probably the easiest 'fix' is to make sure that your feet are 'straight'
on the pedals (parrallel to the cranks) when u get on
this only counts in assisted mounts as, esp at first, u'll take any
footplacing u can get with a freemount
u will get better at this but if u're likely to have lil' marks on that
anklebone for a long, long time

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gasmaster said:

*if yer not tuff, just buy some soccer shinguards. *

this should read: if you're smart, buy some shinguards

sure, scars are cool, but riding the uni can be a pain-free experience
with proper body armor. the new fox north shore leg pads are
super-sweet... they're wrap-around for 360 degrees of pedal-bite
protection.

plus, with enough armor, you'd stand a _way_ better chance in a mosh pit
or a riot.

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Be careful of the freemount and falling forward thing! I broke my am
doing that and I should have been wearing wrist guards!

Buy a set of wrist guards and keep them on till you get the freemounting
thing down. Or try a different kind of mount.

The static mount had me on my hands many times and it only took once to
break a wrist!

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