Re: levels!?

sockmonster said:

*Yes, flatland and freestyle are the same thing.

The levels are just a scale on which to measure one's progress and
skill. So when a fellow unicyclist asks you, "So, how good are you?"
You can say, "I'm a level 4!" instead of "Well....."

It's not like there's a rule that says you have to go throuhg the
levels. Most of them aren't that practical anyway. I mean, if you can
ride in a fairly tight figure 8, and hop up and ride off a curb, then
you're perfectly capable of unicycling for transportation.

Seriously, how often are you going to ride one footed backwards in a
figure eight?

But the best part about the levels is that they provide all
unicyclists with something to shoot for.

P.s. what's the difference between gliding and coasting? *

Ive always thought this, and it kinda annoyed me when people got all mad
becuase the levels are for freestlye, so thank you for typing that.

Chase

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Quoted message said:

There is, however, video proof that standing-on-seat coasting is not
impossible (anyone have the link?).

Check 'here.' (http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=m240180CSOS_4a)
Julien Monney is probably close to the best freestyler in the world!

As to coasting with the feet off the frame, I think it just might be
possible with enough practice. The best way to do it would be to extend
both legs, but squeeze the sides of the saddle with your thighs. Maybe
I'll give it a try sometime. In one of the old threads, Ken Fuchs claims
he can coast forward and backward, in the lotus position, that is with
the feet against the sides of the saddle, which is pretty close to
double leg extended coasting.

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Levels - or some measuring device - are one way to:

a) compare your skills to other riders, and
b) compare your skills at two points in time (i.e., to know where and
how you are improving).

They definitely cannot objectively measure how good you are.

And they don't make it more fun to ride.

I ride MUni (although I've ordered a Coker). I wish I could do a lot of
that free-style stuff. I also wish I was 19 again. (or 29, or even 39).
I still have a lot of fun rocketing down gullies, crawling up hills,
and doing a bunch of other stuff I don't know how to measure.

But it's definitely an 11.5 on the 10 point Fun Scale.

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mgrant said:

There is, however, video proof that standing-on-seat coasting is not
impossible (anyone have the link?).

The native location of these vids is
<http://www.monocycle.ch/index.php/Video>

Quoted message said:

This suggest to me that with enough practice one could achieve a
both-feet-in-the-air extended coast.

I agree. I only wrote 'deemed to be impossible'. But indeed, you would
have to exert forces with either the front or the rear of your crotch
on the seat by tilting your hips forward or backward, to keep the
unicycle upright. Like jsm writes, squeezing the seat would help as it
increases the potential to exert force. I still doubt if anyone will
ever do it (under control) but it is not physically impossible.

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