riding seat in front

Umm...I sorta practiced it on and off for maybe 4-5 days, then really
worked on it today, and can ride ~30+ feet on a good run SIF.

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i am teaching myself to ride, on and off, but do u guys findu have to
swing the seat in the opposite direction to which foot is pushing down
during that revolution?

the only reason i am learning is so i can seat out hop
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lucky_8 said:

how long did you have to practice riding with your seat in front of you
before you could do it good.

How long will you?

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i did it my first time trying, turning was a little different, but i got
it the first try, and i can ride just as good but my legs get tired out
when im going fast lol

Weird cause i also did the suicide mount, and jump mount on my first
try lol

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Hey mun

Try to ride with ur chest on seat first, then graduate to SIF!
Worx 4 ME!!!😄

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I did that way before i did SIF riding, so maybe that helped, also a
good exercise would be going from stumach\chest on the seat, then to
SIF then to regular, or regular, to SIF to stumach\chest

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silverfridge said:

i am teaching myself to ride, on and off, but do u guys findu have to
swing the seat in the opposite direction to which foot is pushing down
during that revolution?

the only reason i am learning is so i can seat out hop
🙂

I'm learning to ride SiF so I can hop SiF aswell!

I don't think there's a crazy amount of technique involved, just
strength!

I can ride pretty far SiF, basically until I get tired... How far do
you need to be able to ride to hop SiF?

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leo said:

How long will you?

i have been working on it a few days and still can't get it

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i just was hopping seat in frount before i rode sif

then i just picked it up as i went along

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lucky_8 said:

i have been working on it a few days and still can't get it

just some pointers:
- ride sitting on seat
- come to a stop with the pedals level
- stand up, on your toes, and pull out the seat
- start riding with the seat in front
- the seat should best be holded with only 1 hand
- pull the seat up (like you rip it off); that will cause the unicycle
to be stable + push yourself to the pedals.
- for the beginning just hold the seat against the body. Later on you
will be able to keep it in front (not touching the body).

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leo said:

just some pointers:
- ride sitting on seat
- come to a stop with the pedals level
- stand up, on your toes, and pull out the seat
- start riding with the seat in front
- the seat should best be holded with only 1 hand
- pull the seat up (like you rip it off); that will cause the unicycle
to be stable + push yourself to the pedals.
- for the beginning just hold the seat against the body. Later on you
will be able to keep it in front (not touching the body).

thanks for the advice

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leo said:

just some pointers:
- ride sitting on seat
- come to a stop with the pedals level
- stand up, on your toes, and pull out the seat
- start riding with the seat in front
- the seat should best be holded with only 1 hand
- pull the seat up (like you rip it off); that will cause the unicycle
to be stable + push yourself to the pedals.
- for the beginning just hold the seat against the body. Later on you
will be able to keep it in front (not touching the body).

Ta!

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when I do it, ill just be riding, stand up and pull it out, then hold it
up againts my body, now im able to hold it with a fully outstretched
arm =p

It really isnt all hard, the hardest part would probably be getting the
seat out, and turning, but with a litte practice those become really
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Two days if I remember right.
The easiest way to learn it is to hold the seat with only one hand

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Keep your legs tensed make sure they are not relaxed

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Yep, i forgot to put that lol, it tires your legs out pretty quick when
your first learning, but youll get used to it

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im going to go and try to keep it closer to my body and my legs more
stiff

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Goodluck, for me if i crouched down more it worked, and i pretty much
was pushing the seat into my body, not hard but it was tucked into me
pretty good =p

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i gave it a real solemn try just then, and lo and behold, i can ride as
far as i want, but it tires the hell out of me
hehe, TIRES!
and that was an accidental pun too,
so if u want to ride seat in front, give it a shot TODAY

(no i am not advertising anything):p

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