riding a coker

Easier to ride for long distances with very little rider input. I've
often done 10 miles (16 km) rides without a dismount on mine. A couple
of times I've done 20 miles/30 km without a dismount.

A bit harder to freemount. A bit harder to get it rolling.

Much longer stopping distances. Each turn of the wheel takes you Pi
yards, which is 9 1/2 feet or 3 metres, and it can take 5 - 10
revolutions to stop under control from high speed.

Off road, you need to keep moving and flow up and down hills and over
rough ground. If you "stall" uphill, or over-rev downhill, recovery is
difficult or impossible.

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A coker is a little harder to mount, but very easy to ride. And lots of
fun.

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Actually, I find a coker easier to mount.
Back last year, when I first got my CX I knew of a guy at the beach
that rode a coker around. He let me try it, and it seemed way easier to
freemount then my normal uni.
It may be different now, but back then, I thought it was easier.

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Mikefule said:

A bit harder to freemount. A bit harder to get it rolling.

That is my concern. I find it much easier to freemount my 20" than my
28". I haven't tried a 36" but I imagine it can be daunting.

On another matter, I have an awful time freemounting when faced with
even the slightest uphill. I've tried starting laterally across the
hill and even starting downhill and doing a quick turnaround. Are
there any tips you can share?

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patmoore said:

That is my concern. I find it much easier to freemount my 20" than my
28". I haven't tried a 36" but I imagine it can be daunting.

On another matter, I have an awful time freemounting when faced with
even the slightest uphill. I've tried starting laterally across the
hill and even starting downhill and doing a quick turnaround. Are
there any tips you can share?

start with your starting pedal more back+up than you typically do (you
will have to put more weight on the seat, less on the pedal as you
mount, and jump more forward as well as up, then when your 2nd foot
lands, it lands already going into the first powerstroke

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patmoore said:

I have an awful time freemounting when faced with even the slightest
uphill. I've tried starting laterally across the hill and even
starting downhill and doing a quick turnaround. Are there any tips you
can share?

Start laterally, or even downhill, and do a quick turnaround. 😉

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x1psh1x said:

what are the differenes form a normal uni. ive never riden one but i
want to. how much harder are they

You really need to learn to use the search feature or least to look
around the forum. I know you're jsut a kid but you seem to make a lot
of duplicate threads. There are already several open coker threads that
discuss exactly what you asked here.

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so what, does that really bother you, you had nothing better to do with
your time then tell me that

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x1psh1x said:

so what, does that really bother you, you had nothing better to do with
your time then tell me that

And you have nothing better to do than to act pitiful in hopes that
several other people will research this for you? This was good advice.
Lots of suggestions from lots of experienced people are just some small
amount of research away. Look around a little. Maybe you can find the
"differenes form a normal uni" and learn how to capitalize, spell, and
search independently. Oh, when you get this Coker, do you want someone
to ride it for you?

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well all i signed up for is to help me out with unicycling, whats with
all this? im asking you questions because i must think highly of you.
so i just wanna get back to unicycling. in fact its like 2 in the
morning and im gonna go ride right now.

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x1psh1x said:

in fact its like 2 in the morning and im gonna go ride right now.

dont forget to turn off the light in the garage when you are done.

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i agree it is a normal uni but there is one thing different. that is the
turns
you may need to lean a little bit more instead of sliding the wheel 🙂

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