say goodbye to "The Wall"

I agree with this. When I was learning to ride, I didn't prop myself on
a wall and learned to ride (without stopping for about 200 feet) in 3
days.

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I never used a wall I thought it made it harder. I just used a gate to a
fence and went from there. Just something to gut you up was good for me.

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Nice work, I never used it. I don't need no thought control

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cheechee said:

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Starting off while in contact with The Wall teaches a bad habit which
will have to be unlearned.Using the wall to mount is great, but try
to
be off the wall and balanced when you peddle.
*

If you start with the fact that you don't know how to ride in the first
place, it doesn't matter much how you learn. You will have _plenty_ of
time to unlearn lots of bad habits. Just stick to one hand and count the
number of bad habits I had when I started out:

Too much weight on the pedals.
Unable to turn.
Unable to control speed.
Flailing of arms.
Can't stay within the balance envelope.

Learning to ride well is probably a multi-year venture for most
unicyclists, and part of what you are learning is to recognize and
recover from "out of balance" conditions. The Wall is a great place to
start for some, and if you can't find a balance point while riding along
a wall, you probably can't find it in the wild. I agree that it could
slow down your learning progress, but I usually make the same general
statement about using a wall for any skill: use the wall until you can
get three complete cycles of the skill, then do the same, but if you
feel balanced, try to veer away from the wall at a slight angle.
Progressively you use the wall less and less as an aid, but not before
you learn the mechanics of the skill. So maybe it is:
mechanics first, then balance.

If you can go 15 feet along a wall (on a 20" uni) without falling off,
it is time to start venturing into the void.

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cheechee said:

Starting off while in contact with The Wall teaches a bad habit which will have to be unlearned.Using the wall to mount is great, but try to be off the wall and balanced when you peddle.Practice freemounts every time you ride so theres no putting it off.Sometimes you'll pop right up on top ,many times you wont.The kids are having a ball watching me learn so I got them a 16in. yesterday.
cheechee

I took my own advice(Ive been trying all day during a 12 hr work shift) and YES YES YES YES I finally rode the thing across the parking lot at work today.I did start at the wall but wasnt touching it when i started. I also nailed some freemount attempts but could not get going once on top.It is a unique feeling riding atop a uni.I very much felt like I was on a chariot.Give Me More PLease.

Sofa said:

*Nice work, I never used it. I don't need no thought control *

hahahhahahahahah yeah I keep forgetting to read what I write after I
type it.

I meant to say "Just something to get me up was good for me."

Sofa how do you always find my typing and gramar mistakes first any way?
or are you the only one to point them out?

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Tim said:

Sofa how do you always find my typing and gramar mistakes first any way?
or are you the only one to point them out?

In this case at least, I think Sofa wasn't pointing out a mistake. He
made a reference to one of the best Pink Floyd albums ever, and in
fact with the quote marks and capitals in the subject line I thought
of it too.

To get back on topic, I learned along a wall for quite long - too long
according to some. May have slowed me down in learning, but then it
felt very comfortable. So depending on what one wants it can be
advisable to learn along a wall.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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and since i'd just heard today that roger waters has agreed to turn 'The
Wall' into a 'broadway musical' (http://www.nme.com/news/109404.htm), i
assumed the thread (should be in JC) and was about the tragic 'end' of a
classic album
what's next? The Wall lunchboxes?
action figures?
TV games?
🙁

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and i though you were talking about freestyle tyres.

i think its best to learn without a wall after the first day.

a wall is nice and comforting the first time you get on a unicycle, but
you should get rid of it as soon as possible.

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think of it this way:

if you learn without the wall, by the time you can ride it you got
everything you need to get going

It it feels pretty damn cool

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