lame dumb question...

Either the "search" button or the "links" section would have answered
your question in the same time it took you to make this thread.

Gliding: foot on tire
Coasting: feet off tire

Edit: videos may not help... one can't see the difference very well
since the distance between the foot and tire is so small.

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Gliding is when you have one foot on the tire as a brake. Usually the
whole foot is on the tire or the heel is on the frame and toe is on the
tire like in this video.

'Gliding' (http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=w320240glide)

This is the same only one foot is extended instead of on the frame

'Gliding 1 Foot Extended'
(http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=w320240glideextc)

With coasting your feet have *no* contact with the wheel, frame, or
pedals. Coasting is alot harder to balance than gliding.

'Coasting' (http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=w320240coast2ft)

This is the same as above but with one foot extended.

'Coasting Leg Extended'
(http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=w320240coast1ft)

I find gliding with my whole foot to use as a break for the wheel and
coasting with one leg extended easier.

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Coasting is what happens in that horrible moment after you think you're
about to UPD, you remove your feet from the pedals, and the unicycle
carries on, and you have no idea which way it's going to fall. Is it to
be a broken jaw or a shattered coccyx? Coasting usually lasts about
1/2 a second, but at the time it seems like hours.

Gliding is broadly similar, but deliberate, and involves using your
foot to control the speed by rubbing your sole on the tyre, rather than
using those lovely expensive pedals and cranks designed for the
purpose.

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skate4flip said:

With coasting your feet have *no* contact with the wheel, frame, or
pedals. Coasting is alot harder to balance than gliding.

Coasting on a unicycle while not even one foot is in contact with the
frame is virtually impossible to do (sustainably, that is, under
control). The "no foot contact" is not a requirement for it to be
called coasting.

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Mikefule said:

Coasting is what happens in that horrible moment after you think you're
about to UPD, you remove your feet from the pedals, and the unicycle
carries on, and you have no idea which way it's going to fall. Is it to
be a broken jaw or a shattered coccyx? Coasting usually lasts about
1/2 a second, but at the time it seems like hours.

If that's the case, then I know how to coast. 🙄

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Mikefule said:

Coasting is what happens in that horrible moment after you think you're
about to UPD, you remove your feet from the pedals, and the unicycle
carries on, and you have no idea which way it's going to fall. Is it to
be a broken jaw or a shattered coccyx? Coasting usually lasts about
1/2 a second, but at the time it seems like hours.
.

....yes, that moment of panic, when, feet having left the pedals, you
realise you have no means at all of dismounting. For once in your ride
you really do have all your weight on the seat, and until the crash
there is nothing you can do about it. Only had it happen 2 or 3
times, but it was memorable on each occasion.

Nao ( bored at work )

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As a newbie, I have * coasted* a few times 😉
Maybe what I need to train myself to do is while riding slowly, grab
the front of the seat with one hand and the rear of the seat with the
other hand and push myself off.
Probably wouldn't help during that panic time, but maybe.

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