Coker mounts

Unicycles and Equipment
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Hi,

I just bought a Coker after riding a 24" for 2 years. It took a bit of adjustment, but I love it.

Anyway, I’m having a little trouble freemounting it. Is a rolling mount the easiest mount, or what position should the pedals be at?

Thanks,
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Greetings

In message “Coker mounts”, gbarnes wrote…
>Hi,
>
> I just bought a Coker after riding a 24" for 2 years. It took a bit
> of adjustment, but I love it.
>
> Anyway, I’m having a little trouble freemounting it. Is a rolling
> mount the easiest mount, or what position should the pedals be at?

I personally believe that the rolling mount is the easiest (though my
Unicon X pairs partner Sarah Miller disagrees). I put the left crank more
or less forward (my left foot is dominant) so after the roll my left foot
hits the left pedal as I jump on.

If you can do this on a 24" (and who can’t?) it is quite easy to do it on
a Coker with a little practice.

Stay on top, Jack Halpern Executive Director for International Development
International Unicycling Federation, Inc. Website: http://www.kanji.org

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This may depend on your height, but after practice I found it easiest to
do a “normal” mount. I mount with the left foot, pedals horizontal, and I
just step up onto the seat. When my right foot comes down on the pedal
(still at the same horizontal position), I start pedaling forward. I think
it’s just a matter of doing it several hundred times until it feels as
easy as mounting a 20". I’m 6’ tall with a slightly longer than average
leg if that matters. The rolling mount looks pretty cool though!

—Nathan

“gbarnes” <forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote in message
news:9ns09b$1m5$1@laurel.tc.umn.edu…
> Hi,
>
> I just bought a Coker after riding a 24" for 2 years. It took a bit
> of adjustment, but I love it.
>
> Anyway, I’m having a little trouble freemounting it. Is a rolling
> mount the easiest mount, or what position should the pedals be at?
>
> Thanks

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After riding about 3 months, I bought a Coker and a month later rode about 30 miles over the hilly roads of NH. I’ve found that momentum is key with the Coker. It’s a heavy uni, and takes a while and some muscle to make it change direction. I perfer the rolling mount because you provide forward momentum from the ground of both the Coker and your body. That momentum gives you an instant sense of stability because you ARE stable.

I’m right footed, so this is how I do it:
I start with the right pedal vertically down. I take a step, rolling the Coker forward. As the pedal comes up about 45 degrees, I start to step on with my right foot. I then use the pedal as a step, and the momentum of the Coker carries me right up onto the seat, where I can land my left foot on the forward pedal (horizontal at this point) and start riding.

I ride my coker quite a bit now that I’ve convinced my biker buddies that I can keep up with them. Have fun!

-Erik Erhardt

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Coker mounts

I find the best way for me to mount my Coker is to grab the top of the tire with my left hand for just an instant while I mount from a standstill. I am afraid of the rolling mount (age and momentum related) and I cannot jump high enough get to the seat wihtout grabbing the tire first.

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gerardpoche wrote:

> I am afraid of the rolling mount (age and momentum related) and
> I cannot jump high enough get to the seat wihtout grabbing the
> tire first.

Gerard,

You’re not that old. But, how is your ankle? In Toronto you told me the
screws had been causing you a fair amount of pain, and that you were
thinking about seeing if they could be removed. How did that go?

Hope you are well,

John Hooten

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After a disabling dismount from a 12 footer two years ago, I had the screws and other hardware removed from my foot last week. I get the stitches out this friday. Hopefully I will be back to playing unicycle basketball in a few weeks. The surgery went well; I slept all the way through it this time! :O)