Pedal Jerking,help please

Does it fell like somthings loose,or mabye theres somthing caught in
it,i dunno.its hard to tell by the picture.make sure the crank arm is on
tight.
and the pedals.

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That was how I learned. I kept getting stuck at the bottom and then
getting [censored] because it would be so simple if I could get past that
position. Turns out I just had to practice more. Maybe it's the same
with your kid. Get the whip and make 'em practice! 😉 He'll love you for
it once he can ride.

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Gobd said:

*That was how I learned. I kept getting stuck at the bottom and then
getting [censored] because it would be so simple if I could get past that
position. Turns out I just had to practice more. Maybe it's the same
with your kid. Get the whip and make 'em practice! 😉 He'll love you
for it once he can ride. *

That's what I was thinking. Practice is not a problem so far. Lets
see,he it got at 4:00pm,practiced till about 4:30,went to football
practice,did homework,back outside at 9:15pm,practiced till 10:00pm,got
up early this morning,got ready for school,took it to the bus stop,and
practiced till the bus showed up. Pretty much the same secnario today.
He's just about past the newness excitement stage and slowly working
towards frustration,but no sign of giving up,which is something he
almost never does anyway.But he still gets ear to ear when he gets a
little further than the time before.
Mike

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a couple of thoughts

first things first
make sure u get the seatheight right
to do that get him to put his HEEL on the pedal and help him sit in the
seat
when seated, his leg should be straight but not locked

moving on
from your description it sounds like a fairly traditional 'put your
weight on the seat' issue and is quite natural in the uni-learning
curve
we're bi-pedal animals and when we feel unstable, we quite naturally
transfer our weight to our feet in order to find stability
on a unicycle (as on a horse) u need to learn to counter this
instinctive reaction
the leg muscles have to make minute adjustments to keep u in the balance
envelope and they, quite simply, can't do that when they have to carry
your body-weight (not while u're learning at least - in muni a lot of
time is spent riding out the saddle)
with too much weight on the pedal, that pedal will stop in the BDC
(bottom dead-center) position and there is preciously little u can do
from there
except UPD
u have to suggest to him that he focusses on keeping 70% of his weight
on the seat and 15% on either foot
suggest to him that he looks up and across the backyard instead of down
on the ground in front of the wheel
this will help with a more upright posture
also suggest to him to focus on sitting as upright as possible
even slightly exageratedly so
from shoulders thru hips to axle should be a straight line, leaning
slightly forward
also suggest to him that he focusses on turning over the pedals in as
smooth a circle as possible
help him ride along a support for a couple of revolutions so he can get
the feel for the smooth rotation of the pedals

now, once he starts riding a lil' way futher and u notice that the uni
is twisting from side to side with every pedal-stroke, he's simply
sitting a lil' too upright and needs to lean forward perhaps a eight of
an inch

i hope some of this helps

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Gild,that sounds like some good advice,We'll give it a try this
evening.
Mike

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the way i started off learning since i got one for christmas was in my
house going through hall ways with my hands on the walls and i did for a
couple of days then when i got outside i used cutches for about fifteen
minutes then threw those to the nside and just practived and that worked
perfect for me so if u could find some place like a haallway outside ur
house then that would be great otherwise u have to be alright with ur
kid riding around ur house hey i didnt break anything

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If the seat hieght is correct, then try letting him ride on a slight
downhill slope. The slope helped me keep momentum on the dead cycle
while I was learning.

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