fine forum - idling suggestions?

Riding Advice
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This is my first post, though I have read a bunch of what you unicyclists have written and have found a lot of it helpful – thanks.

I’ve been riding uni about 6 months and lovin’ it. To me it seems both hard and easy all at the same time.

My skill set needs work. I spend most time Cokering (on pavement), up to 10 miles, and I really enjoy it.

Any suggestions on LEARNING TO IDLE would be appreciated. I’m finding the backwards direction a big hurdle.

Bill

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There’s a video tutorial at www.unicycle.2ya.com you may be interested in. It’s in the “Basic Riding” section.

Good luck!
Andrew

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idling on coker

Thanks Andrew for the link to your uni video tips. I just watched the one on idling and I hope it will help.

Question: is IDLING ON A COKER with the large circumference nearly the same as on a smaller wheel, like on your video?

Seems like the larger circumference might require that I travel a greater distance back and forth, moving my whole body as well as my head position, and more slowly.

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You’re absolutely right, you will have to move your head back and forth. Still, it’s good to maintain that pendulum motion a little. And yes, you will have to go slower, and yes it is quite different. Almost everyone will tell you idling a coker is much more difficult than a smaller uni.

Andrew

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Re: fine forum - idling suggestions?

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:23:42 -0600, “trailguy” wrote:

>This is my first post, though I have read a bunch
>(…)
>Any suggestions on LEARNING TO IDLE would be appreciated.

How big of a bunch have you been reading? Three days ago there was a
thread with the same question, and quite some suggestions were given.
See
<http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36768>.

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