When I learned, on a 24 I got to the point where I could ride fairly
consistently next to a rail w/o touching it, but a 24 and a 20 were
both too scary for me to ride w/o the rail. A 16" w/ a long seatpost
squelched enough of my fears to go w/o the rail.
You could try longer cranks. That will lower her to the ground, reduce
speed, increase control, and be easier to step off. Too long of cranks
can contribute to knee problems, so for a short person, I would say
anything longer than 152 mm should probably be avoided. Also some
people hit the pedals on the ground frequently w/ 150's on a 20" in
tight turns.
The easiest to ride setup that I've tried is a 16" wheel w/ 127 cranks.
It was kind of like pedaling a box and you can only do _very_ wide
turns w/o hitting the pedals, but it was great for getting the basics
down (I used this for learning to ride backwards).
--
skilewis74
Ride everywhere and never just ride anywhere. If you can ride where you
are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the
time do it along the way.- Bob Burnquist
What next? 'IUF skill levels'
(http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/levels/)*'
Street'
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia/Street)*'unicycletips.com'
(http://unicycletips.com/)*'Trials class system'
(http://tinyurl.com/yqpvxk)*'Trials Building'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64235)
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