question from a newbie

(I started by holding a rail about waste height, the progressed to post
to post 9in a walkway.

Tyre pressure depends on your weight. A flatter tyre gives you more grip
but I in general like mine with a high pressure but I weigh 85 KGs

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I've never been able to ride a skateboard, I last tried a good long time
ago, and thought it too unstable & I didn't feel safe up there
🙄. I don't think not being able to skate means you won't be
good on a uni. They are really different.

Loose.

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If you never owned a skateboard nor really tried to learn, what are you
worried about? If you had tried really hard for a long time to
skateboard and couldn't, then you might be in trouble. But I have read,
and since come to believe, that anybody can learn to unicycle or
skateboard, assuming you don't have a major physical handicap. So just
practice hard and have fun and you will be riding in a few days or
weeks. Of course, once you can ride straight, you will want to be able
to turn. Then you will want to free-mount. Then you will want to idle
and hop and ride backwards and....

About tire pressure: I am pretty new to unicycling myself, but I sure
find it much easier when my tire is overinflated and very firm.

About the optimal way to learn to ride: I used a car for support. Use
one hand on the hood to get on and get comfortable, then ride alongside
the car, dragging your hand along it for side-to-side balance. When you
get to the end of the car, see how far you can keep going past it. I
don't know if it's the most optimal method, but it sure worked for me.

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The tennis course training method you should use, a powerful method that
is.

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I skated for about 5 years before unicycling. Not that i was all that
great at skateboarding. Honestly, i don't think that skateboarding
effected my learning to unicycle either way. I think that it has helped
for identifying lines and understanding grinding and stuff, but if
you're just starting, that's irrelevant. Just go for it. Put the time
in and you'll be just as good as any of us.

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I used a brick wall. I had about 10 feet of space to ride forward and
backward and forward and backward... It took a dedicated week with a few
shin bruises.

If you have a tennis court available, that is by far the best site to
learn at. I'd avoid overhead ropes and ski poles especially.

Of course having two unicycling buddies is even better 😄 Check around
for a club or just riders in the area. They may frequent this site.

Good luck!

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In the absence of a friend on either side, a wall on either side (e.g.
hallway) or a car on either side, or a row of dumpsters etc etc.

Just keeps you from learning to favor the side the one wall, or one car,
or one dumpster is on.

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When my kids learned, they had a long skinny garage to work in. Maybe
this might be available to you. We have a long table with folding legs
that we set up parallel to one of the walls in the long skinny garage.
That added the support needed to get the first couple of full
revolutions of the wheel to happen. Then a couple of the same type of
long tables set up (side by side) in a big room formed a launching chute
that enabled my kids to get their first 10m+ unsupported rides!! You
are on the road to some serious fun. And that's just the kid part of
it..........then there's the fun that the Dads (and Moms) have. Take it
all in. And welcome to the forum.

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I can't ride a skateboard at all. I can longboard good though.

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You know, all of those ideas are great. Better than just doing tria and
error. I didn't use anything I just kept getting up and falling down
until I learned it. Pain helps it move along faster.

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Where in Sydney are you ?

It might be interesting to have a ride together sometime - I'm in the
inner west.

I've a coker and a 20" DM

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I can ride a unicycle for 20 miles without stopping, but I can hardly
even do a wheelie on a bicycle. I can't skateboard and I'm mediocre on
ice skates. No doubt skill in one will help a bit with skill in
another, but there's no need.

Tyre pressure on a 20? Pump it up so hard you can't squeeze it easily
between your thumb and forefinger. Exact psi readings might matter for
specialist uses like trials, but for general riding, high pressure is
easier to ride, medium pressure is more comfortable, low pressure is
worst of all worlds.

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