what should my first trick be?

Hop prity self explainatory

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somthing more alaborate...i can hop already please post some more...

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Idle.
Ride off curbs.
Backwards spin.

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I started with riding one footed, then I learned to 180, then riding
backwards.

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riding one footed is one of the most basic skills, I highly recommend
learning that first...then after that, either backwards riding, or
idling.

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do whatever makes you make happy. ive always done tricks that i wanted
just cause i wanted them.

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I think seat out front/back riding is a good one to learn, it is fairly
easy too. One footed idling/riding is also a good spot to start.
Personally, I learnt to ride backwards first (after fowards I mean)

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im really having trouble riding one footed. Anyone have any good advice
on how to practice doing it?

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uni-steve5111 said:

im really having trouble riding one footed. Anyone have any good advice
on how to practice doing it?

I had a rough time at first.

You can start by riding two footed. Let the one leg just ride on the
pedal without and push. it will give you a sense of the rhythm, which
is a little different.

When I was learning to take a foot off, ayt I first didn't put my foot
all the way on the crown, just pressed it on the frame hight enough to
me out of the way of the pedal. This way it was real easy to get right
back on the pedal! I put my arms straight out like a scarecrow for
balance and focused straight ahead. I always started from riding two
footed, not off wall or free mounting into one footed.

My thoughts were definitely on the PUSH of the pedal down to give the
wheel enough momentum to come around. I can do it pretty well now, not
in figure eights, but I am learning to turn. I remember starting I'd
only be able to do like 1/2 or 3/4 rev for some time. It took a lot of
practice to make hat wheel go all the way around. A little speed is a
help, not fast, but some.

Also I;d suggest developing Left and right simultaneously because both
are needed for the levels past 4 I think. Just take turns lefty righty.

Good luck!

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uni-steve5111 said:

im really having trouble riding one footed. Anyone have any good advice
on how to practice doing it?

Practice on the smoothest surface you have access to.
I was having difficulty learning one foot riding. I was practicing on
asphalt pavement and not making any progress. Then I went to a local
uni meet and got access to the gym. Once I got in the gym I found that
I was able to ride one footed by the end of the day. The gym floor has
much less rolling resistance so it is much easier to get the pedal all
the way around when one foot riding. Once you learn how to do one foot
riding you'll be able to do it on pavement parking lots with no
problem. But when learning it is best to find a gym or a smooth patch
of concrete or a tennis court. The smoother the better.

There are some tips for 'one foot riding here'
(http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/skills/one_foot.html). I learned
to ride one footed before I learned to one foot idle. Some people
learn the other way around. Once I learned how to ride one footed the
one foot idle was easy. Before I learned to ride one footed the one
foot idle was impossible. Probably works the same way in reverse for
those who learn the one foot idle first.

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uni-steve5111 said:

im really having trouble riding one footed. Anyone have any good advice
on how to practice doing it?

that was the first thing i learned. dont practice putting the stray
foot on the frame at first, just let it hang in space. later when you
want to learn transition to gliding, its more helpful to put it on the
frame though.

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Wow! the "T Word" and no flame war! We must all be getting old.

Not "tricks", but -technical skills with a particular suitability for
impressing an audience.-:p

Idling is the single most useful skill after freemounting. Idling
expands your riding horizons. Idling brings control in crowds, in
traffic, in forests, in peformances. Idling is part of mounting,
reversing, manoeuvring. Work hard at idling. That is my
eidel-adweiss.

A person can ride a unicycle - she impresses her friends.
She learns to freemount - she feels like she's becoming a unicyclist.
She learns to idle and she knows she's a unicyclist.

Whether your particular demon leads you to freestyle, trials, MUni or
distance (or any other pew in this broad church) you need to be able to
idle comfortably for long periods, with either foot down.

First "trick" to amuse and impress? The one foot idle - be it ever so
briefly.

Have fun.🙂

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i learned idling after freemounting. it's a very handy skill to learn.
hopping will keep you on the spot but it's tiresome, in my opinion less
graceful and can't be done on a giraffe (unless you're brave, i
suppose).

start by going forwards, doing one half-pedal backwards then
continuing. you should use your strongest foot for the idle to start
off with (so it's at the back when you start the trick). a list of
difficulties and how to surmount them:

1. timing the backwards half-pedal - concentrate on paying attention to
your pedalling, and consciously leave your weight behind when your
strongest foot is at 6 o'clock (a better way of thinking of it than
leaning backwards). you might want to practise this next to a wall.
2. leaning - since the one foot is used to power it, your balance goes
towards that foot. adjust your lean slightly in the other direction.
3. don't be ashamed to twist as wildly as possible to keep your
balance. you'll learn to keep it straight in the end.

once you get that, it's a simple task to add more idles in.

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chosen said:

that was the first thing i learned. dont practice putting the stray foot
on the frame at first, just let it hang in space. later when you want
to learn transition to gliding, its more helpful to put it on the frame
though.

permit me to strongly disagree with this. fixing the foot to the frame
helps with both dimensions of balance, particularly front-back, and
guarantees it out of the way of the pedals. one foot extended is a more
advanced procedure for when you want to make sure people notice your
unipedal predicament.

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Try several at once, and learn whichever one comes easiest first, but
learn them all!

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Try several at once, and learn whichever one comes easiest first, but
learn them all!

^^^This here is good advice ^^^. Mix it up and keep it fun!

ONE MORE IMPORTANT SKILL
This isn't exactly a trick, but a skill and an important one. Sounds
like you picked it up VERY fast, so although you may have fantabulous
riding skills for a less than one-weeker, you probably don't have the
experience UPDing that the rest of us had endured by the time we
reached level 1.

The critical element of the UPD is that of suprise. It may or may not
suprise onlookers but it MUST suprise you, the rider, or else it isn't
unplanned.

The step off can be done in many ways. It can even look like a planned
dismount. A modification is if you have enough speed then you have to
run it out. These are low-impact UPDs and are generally reserved for
moments when the pity factor is expected to be low. This is a good one
to master because it definitely has its place in all forms of
unicycling, except perhaps mUni, where more spectacular UPD displays
are apparently a must. I am just a beginning mUnicyclist.

The more advanced UPDs involve other points of contact between the
body, ground and even the unicycle. You may have unwittingly attempted
some of these high risk skills. The Infamous James_Potter has recently
landed a high speed Coker-related UPD making contact with the ground in
at least three places. I was just reading a thread where the eloquent
Mikefule endured a UPD involving his chin. Myself, I have mastered the
buttocks-wrist combo and have even earned my place in the emergency
room, but only once.

Enjoy learning other tricks, but none match the daring, finesse, and
spectacle of an effective UPD.

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oh, a very easy and classy trick is the jump mount. as long as you're
confident freemounting, this should pose only the problem of, 'how
badly does it hurt if i miss?' the answer, in all my experience, is not
at all.

you can then do the rolling mount, which gives a nice element of
surprise - one minute, you're walking along with your unicycle, the
next, you're riding it. from a standstill, i tend to start with cranks
horizontal with the right facing me, and my left foot forward. then,
walk forward and jump on after one revolution. remember to adjust for
the fact that where you'll land on the pedals is not where you saw them
last, and to pedal straight away.

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all of you have been a great help and give great advice.... i have had
little experience in things unicycle...but i have had my share of upds
but they wernt that bad in the grand scope of things...i run most of
them off but on the second day of unicycling i was mounting off a
street sing and my foot somehow managed 2 get stuck in the spokes
.....well you could guess a hard fall on the hands....now i have wrist
guards..... and havnt rode without them again....

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dorfman said:

now i have wrist guards..... and havnt rode without them again....

Good plan!

It sounds like you're doing fantastic. Good for you. Check out the new
years unicycle resolution thread. Make a few goals for yourseld and see
if you can follow through on your first uni-year!
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45436

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