TrialsUni said:*180 degree wheel flips for when you come up to an object with the
wrong crank orientation.*
If you practice hopping / gapping with either foot back then there is no
"wrong" crank orientation. If you can develop this skill then you'll be
a lot better off... the extra hopping / flipping involved in
"correcting" crank orientation wastes your energy and can throw you off
in the middle of a trials line.
Start with hopping up and down stairs / curbs. Work on riding walls /
rails / skinnies: you can start by just riding on the edge of the
sidewalk or along a painted line on the road... do this everytime you
ride! Also practice rolling / forward hops as you ride (just jump over
lines in the sidewalk or speed bumps in a parking lot); side hops may be
easier to do but they're harder to roll out.
Working on stillstands will make you a better trials rider. Kris Holm
has recommended (in some training video, I think on
http://unicycle.2ya.com/) trying to stillstand inbetween every hop,
every gap etc. It will conserve energy, keep you in balance, and allow
you time to focus on your next move. As you're working on hopping, try
to increase the amount of time you stillstand between hops. For
example, when hopping up / down stairs, try not to hop more than once or
twice on each stair. Then try to balance on each stair as long as
possible.
Good luck... post a video for us when you start cleaning your trials
lines!
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