In the new Unicycle Source video, Introduction to Unicycling, there is a shot of
Dustin Kelm free mounting a giraffe in his show. He does this by stepping around
the front of the seat. In One Wheel - No Limit, in the segment on Tall
Unicycles, there are two shots of riders doing a climbing free mount. In both of
them the riders also step around the front of the seat.
This technique looks smoother. I am wondering if this way is easier then
stepping over the back of the seat?
John Hooten
Re: Giraffe free mounting
Lol i dont even know how plp get onto them things :o) there huge!
Re: Giraffe free mounting
I have owned a 6’ schwinn giraffe for about a year and can only mount it using
the luggage rack on my Bronco II. At this point I can only dream about
freemounting. I also have a 4’ tall cycle that I made out of bicycle parts with
a 16" wheel. Just to see if I could ride it. I have learned to freemount it, by
stepping onto the left pedal and then hopping up over the back of the seat. to
keep my forward momentum I hold the front of the seat with my left hand and
thrust my right hand out. I have made a few attempts to mount over the front of
the seat and this seems to eliminate the need to thrust my arm out.
Al. Lieffring
Re: Giraffe free mounting
In article <3A899B39.62C90227@rcsis.com>, John Hooten
<jhooten@rcsis.com> writes:
>In the new Unicycle Source video, Introduction to Unicycling, there is a shot
>of Dustin Kelm free mounting a giraffe in his show. He does this by stepping
>around the front of the seat. In One Wheel - No Limit, in the segment on Tall
>Unicycles, there are two shots of riders doing a climbing free mount. In both
>of them the riders also step around the front of the seat.
>
>This technique looks smoother. I am wondering if this way is easier then
>stepping over the back of the seat?
>
I originally learned to freemount by climbing over the back of the seat. I
learned the “side mount” on the six footer at least 13 years ago so I would have
something different to show the judges at NUC. After learning the side mount, I
never went back. I believe it is easier for several reasons:
-the uni stays in a more upright position from start to finish, you do not have
to pull it under you as you are mounting which is difficult because of the
torque applied when the seat is in front. -after I’ve swung my leg around the
seat and I’m already seated, my foot connects with the upright pedal and starts
the rocking motion necessary to maintain control. -as mentioned in another post,
this method allows you to mount one handed. That makes it a lot easier to mount
holding torches, a video camera, etc.
>, john_foss@asinet.com (John Foss) writes:
>
>I don’t think it’s easier. However it’s not much harder. It’s a nice variation
>and, Dustin and the riders in One Wheel - No Limit all being from the same club
>it might just be a style thing.
>
Just a note John, I haven’t been from TCUC since 1988.
keep on trying, dustin kelm unicycling productions www.dustin.kelm.com
(remove the BICYCLE from the above address to send me your brain waves)
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