How long does it usually take to learn to ride a unicycle?

jugx2ler · 2010-05-09, 03:25 AM

I am just wondering how long it takes to learn to ride and free mount a unicycle. I have only had mine roughly 6 hours and can already free mount and ride with extreme ease. I am just curious if thats normal?

jtrops · 2010-05-09, 03:34 AM

Welcome to the forum. I know this has been asked and answered much in the past so you could do well to search the forum for the answer. I'll try to help if I can, but a little searching could probably get you the answers you need without relying on my ability to recall information.

If memory serves the number is around 15 hours. So, If you are riding and mounting easily with only a third of that time I would say you are doing well.

unicycler100 · 2010-05-09, 03:52 AM

I also learnt all that in about 6 hours

MatthPeder · 2010-05-09, 04:01 AM

Dang dude! I learned how to free mount after roughly a month.

Xyphota · 2010-05-09, 04:15 AM

I've multiple theories like between10-16 hours or a week for everyday it took for you to learn to ride a bike.
And congradulations

juggleaddict · 2010-05-09, 05:25 AM

my pocket answer is 6-10 hours of practice : ) took me about 6 over the course of a week, during IJA : ) and I learned on carpet ; )

unireed · 2010-05-09, 05:31 AM

it depends on if you learn with a wall or not. i learned w/out a wall and it took weeks to be able to go 20 ft

saskatchewanian · 2010-05-09, 06:08 AM

Klaas Bil has a database somewhere that shows how long it took various people to learn with info on age and wheel size. I think the overall average was around 10 hours.

canuck · 2010-05-09, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by saskatchewanian

Klaas Bil has a database somewhere that shows how long it took various people to learn with info on age and wheel size. I think the overall average was around 10 hours.

You can find a summary of the results at

http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/agelearn_short.htm

EwokChieftain · 2010-05-09, 09:10 AM

I cannot give a precise answer in hours, but on the first day my biggest success was riding ~20m freely. I estimate I practised for 5 or 6 hours that day...
On the 2nd day, it went far better. Hundreds of metres, and sometimes about a kilometre, before I had to dismount. And I did my first freemount quite early that day.

So I think, at least in the early phase, I learned about as quickly as you...
I still haven't managed to idle or ride backwards though.

jugx2ler · 2010-05-09, 03:52 PM

Thanks for all the help and I learned without a wall or anything thanks! Does anyone know of anything to help me learn to idle?

shadymilkman · 2010-05-09, 05:48 PM

6 hours seems to be pretty quick. It took me about a week before I could ride over 20 feet. I would learn to hop up curbs next so you can go exploring. Welcome to unicycling.

mbalmer · 2010-05-09, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by shadymilkman

6 hours seems to be pretty quick. It took me about a week before I could ride over 20 feet. I would learn to hop up curbs next so you can go exploring. Welcome to unicycling.

I agree. I've been riding over a year and still can't hop up a curb. It can be limiting (though I find ways around it).

MuniAddict · 2010-05-09, 06:54 PM

Really depends on you, your devotion to practice and determination. I'm sure there are some who will tell you that they learned, not only to ride in just a couple hours, but that were doing ww, crank flips and unispins in the first few days, lol! That may be true in rare cases, but that's definitely the exception, not the rule.

Bottom line is, if you can ride a bike and have an average sense of balance, you should be able to acquire the basics of mounting and riding in a straight line, on smooth, even ground, within a week or two. I would strongly suggest learning to freemount asap, rather than use a wall, poles, or someone's shoulder. Initially it's ok, but once you can freemonut, everything else will come from that.

Klaas Bil · 2010-05-09, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jugx2ler

Thanks for all the help and I learned without a wall or anything thanks! Does anyone know of anything to help me learn to idle?

The free downloadable booklet "Learning to unicycle" has a chapter on how to learn idling. Get it from http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/uni_beginners.htm

2010-05-09, 03:25 AM	#1
jugx2ler JugglingUnicyclist Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northwestern Ohio Posts: 15	How long does it usually take to learn to ride a unicycle? I am just wondering how long it takes to learn to ride and free mount a unicycle. I have only had mine roughly 6 hours and can already free mount and ride with extreme ease. I am just curious if thats normal?

2010-05-09, 03:34 AM	#2
jtrops Unicyclist Join Date: May 2008 Location: Longmont, Colorado Age: 49 Posts: 2,238	Welcome to the forum. I know this has been asked and answered much in the past so you could do well to search the forum for the answer. I'll try to help if I can, but a little searching could probably get you the answers you need without relying on my ability to recall information. If memory serves the number is around 15 hours. So, If you are riding and mounting easily with only a third of that time I would say you are doing well. __________________ "A properly ridden unicycle is like an object in orbit: constantly falling but never landing." -Diogenes

2010-05-09, 03:52 AM	#3
unicycler100 Names Jesse :P Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Palmerston North NZ Age: 24 Posts: 996	I also learnt all that in about 6 hours __________________ You know your not succeding when you know your not achiving anything

2010-05-09, 04:01 AM	#4
MatthPeder EmPad Spice Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 399	Dang dude! I learned how to free mount after roughly a month. __________________ youtube.com/matthpeder vimeo.com/matthewpederson

2010-05-09, 05:25 AM	#6
juggleaddict late-night rider Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 28 Posts: 1,261	my pocket answer is 6-10 hours of practice : ) took me about 6 over the course of a week, during IJA : ) and I learned on carpet ; ) __________________ Steel is real! => I ride a Nimbus!

2010-05-09, 04:15 AM	#5
Xyphota Unicyclist Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 168	I've multiple theories like between10-16 hours or a week for everyday it took for you to learn to ride a bike. And congradulations

2010-05-09, 05:31 AM	#7
unireed Reed Breuer Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SacTown, CA Age: 24 Posts: 1,128	it depends on if you learn with a wall or not. i learned w/out a wall and it took weeks to be able to go 20 ft __________________ "I'm probably not advanced enough to have thoroughly tested it while riding, but I'm unadvanced enough to have very thoroughly tested it while falling." -uniShark I ride for Christ-opher Walken

2010-05-09, 06:08 AM	#8
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 31 Posts: 6,277	Klaas Bil has a database somewhere that shows how long it took various people to learn with info on age and wheel size. I think the overall average was around 10 hours. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton

2010-05-09, 09:10 AM	#10
EwokChieftain rides like an egyptian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Nürnberg Age: 29 Posts: 1,077	I cannot give a precise answer in hours, but on the first day my biggest success was riding ~20m freely. I estimate I practised for 5 or 6 hours that day... On the 2nd day, it went far better. Hundreds of metres, and sometimes about a kilometre, before I had to dismount. And I did my first freemount quite early that day. So I think, at least in the early phase, I learned about as quickly as you... I still haven't managed to idle or ride backwards though. __________________ ..:: Wer im Steinhaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit Gläsern werfen ::.. Ergänzung für Keynesianer: Außer bei Nachfrageschwäche. Last edited by EwokChieftain; 2010-05-09 at 09:11 AM.

2010-05-09, 03:52 PM	#11
jugx2ler JugglingUnicyclist Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northwestern Ohio Posts: 15	Idle?? Thanks for all the help and I learned without a wall or anything thanks! Does anyone know of anything to help me learn to idle?

2010-05-09, 05:48 PM	#12
shadymilkman Registurd Loser Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Age: 28 Posts: 83	6 hours seems to be pretty quick. It took me about a week before I could ride over 20 feet. I would learn to hop up curbs next so you can go exploring. Welcome to unicycling.

2010-05-09, 06:54 PM	#14
MuniAddict UniGeezer - Not "2" Tired Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 61 Posts: 14,536	Really depends on you, your devotion to practice and determination. I'm sure there are some who will tell you that they learned, not only to ride in just a couple hours, but that were doing ww, crank flips and unispins in the first few days, lol! That may be true in rare cases, but that's definitely the exception, not the rule. Bottom line is, if you can ride a bike and have an average sense of balance, you should be able to acquire the basics of mounting and riding in a straight line, on smooth, even ground, within a week or two. I would strongly suggest learning to freemount asap, rather than use a wall, poles, or someone's shoulder. Initially it's ok, but once you can freemonut, everything else will come from that. __________________ Happy Birthday Terry! Every year you get cooler, younger and unicyclier! Be our muniprohpet for many years more. -Dani Buron Website Videos Facebook Last edited by MuniAddict; 2010-05-09 at 06:57 PM.

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