A) 16
B) 2½ hrs
C) Male
D) Cheap Cycle Design 20"
E) No Instructor, but I don’t that’s a disadvantage. I think you need to figure out what works best for you.
F) Watching New World Disorder
G) Yes
David,
I’m a little bit confused. Did it take you 10 minutes or 6-10 hours?
Andrew
A) 54
B) 4 months at the rate of 1/2 hour every morning after breakfeast
(well I am slow to wake 
)
+ 2 hours each week in a club
curiously going off-road was instantaneous
C) old male
still progressing slowly … but I don’t mind: bears are stubborn
bear
[QUOTE]
Originally posted by andrew_carter
David,
I’m a little bit confused. Did it take you 10 minutes or 6-10 hours?
10 minutes Andrew. To master it.
About 6hrs Practise to ride and idle. (About 3 days for that) If I had more Time it’s 10 Hours. Only when I’m not Busy. Over about a week for that 10 hours period. Sometimes I get distract it.
People That is. Staring at me. Darn it.
David.
Hi, I’m Kenny and I’m a MUni addict!!! I am a 49 year old male and have been riding a little over 2 months. It took me just over a week of practicing for one hour everyday to achieve rides of 50 meters or more. I learned how to ride on a 20" inch Torker and then switched back to a 24" P.O.S. before my buying my 24" Yuni MUni which I ride exclusively now. Even with the support of the group, I don’t see how I’m going to beat my addiction.
(oops, wrong forum) hehehe
Re: How long did it take you to learn?
A. age 16
B. 2 months, practicing 2 or 3 hours a day, every day the weather would
allow . . . 140 hours? That seems like a lot. Took me a while though.
C. male
A: age 29
B: 2 weeks, about a total of 9 hours of practice
C: male
D: Torker Stealth 20"
E: No Instructor
F: Wanted to master my balance to help with Mtn Biking
Me:
A. Learned at age 16
B. Practiced daily. Memory very vague but riding within two weeks.
C. Male.
Eldest Daughter
A. Tried infrequenlty when younger but finally really tried around age 9.
B. Practiced Daily. Riding withing two weeks.
C. Female
Eldest Daughter’s Neighborhood Friend
A. 8
B. Practiced semi-daily with Eldest. Riding within 3 weeks.
C. Female
Youngest Daughter.
A. Solo’d one week before her 6th BD, passed level one three weeks later.
B. Practiced 2-3x/week over 1 1/2 months.
C. Female.
College Friend (circa 1980)
A. 20ish
B. Practiced daily during a class break, approx. 1/2 hour. Was riding competently in the forward direction at two weeks.
C. Male
Re: How long did it take you to learn?
Age: 42
Time: About 6 hours over 2 weeks.
Gender: Male
20"
No instructor but the WEB!
Motorbike trial, then bike trial background. Initially I wanted to try unicycle to see if it helps me to improve on bike trial.
Now I’m a complete MUNI addict!!! (on 26")
BTW XC MUNI is easier than bike trial when getting older…
A. 38
B. A lot of hours. Two weeks - 2m / 1month 50m
C.Male
To elaborate:
Uni: 24" Schwinn
No Instructor
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
a) 10
b) Two weeks, 1-2 hours a day going back and forth in a hallway.
c) Male, my wife can verify.
d) 20" Schwinn
e) Self taught with assistance from Schwinn owners manual.
f) greed…I saw a picture of a kid on a uni in a catalog and I added “unicycle” to the list of things I wanted for Christmas. I also thought it would be cool since none of my friends had one.
i) “i” is for injuries: only minor scrapes and bruises for my first twenty years of riding. At 30, broken leg which resulted in two surgeries.
A)14
B)2hrs
C)Male
-Ryan
a: 8ish (can’t recall -42 now)
b: months, several hours/nearly daily (can’t recall)
c: male (last I checked -can recall the difference)
d: there is no d I can recall
We knew no one (locally) that could ride and my brother(s) and I argued how to do it properly -still I’m the only one that realy knows (arguably).
A: 47
B: 15 hrs (a couple hours a day for two weeks; I wanted to learn during my summer holiday last year as I thought it would be a good way to take my mind off the fact that the job I had been doing for 13 years had just been cut due to the govt budget cutbacks! Now I ride the 12 kms to my new job many times each month and I love my new job even more than the old job, imagine that, double bonus!)
C: girl, wishing I had quads like the guys but glad I don’t have all the ‘seat discomfort’ challenges as the boys
D: learned on a 24 inch Sem XL that I got at the Seattle juggling festival because the folks on this board advised me that maybe getting a 20 inch Norco from my LBS wouldn’t be that good an idea; the Sem is still my commuter uni and has more km’s on it than my MUni or TUni put together… humm that leads me to my dream of getting a 29’er for commuting some time soon, but that’s another thread…
E: self taught? no not really as I had everyone on this newsgroup to encourage me and give me tips along the way
Erin
Re: How long did it take you to learn?
A. Age 42.
B. 30 hours over 3 months.
C. Male.
Practised along a fence for first 15 hours. Then had brother walk with
me. One day brother was not available, so simply tried taking off from
the back of my car and I was going a dozen feet! After that I ditched
my brother - I am able to do a few hundred feet easily. I am now aged
44. I am not able to go for a long distance (more than 200 metres
without running out of breath). Can freemount sometimes. Want to learn
reverse Unicycling, idling and mountain unicycling. I am learning
juggling Learning a lot from the posts here. Keep it up!
klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl (Klaas Bil) wrote in message news:<3e837262.1741656@newszilla.xs4all.nl>…
> Following up on a suggesting by wobbling bear, I would like to
> quantify the notion that younger people take less time to learn
> riding. So everyone is welcome to chime in and reply to this thread
> (or my e-mail if you prefer). I am after the following:
>
> A. Age when you started to learn?
> B. Number of ‘solid’ hours you practiced before you could ride 50
> metres?
> C. Male or female?
>
> If you don’t remember A or B, give an estimate. If you don’t remember
> C, see a doctor.
>
…
That sounds exactly like how I learned. It took me a long time but I had short practice sessions. I also learned on my own.
Nikki
a : 15
b : 5-7hrs, over a week
c : male
A. 41
B. around 10 hours.
C. claiming ‘Male’
Coach: few tips from my daughter.
For a while I just sat on it, and rode it in my kitchen, a few feet. I was in such bad shape that that cause my foot to revolt (from constant dismounts). I had to lay off for a month. The weather improved so I went on and used a chainlink fence. Within a few weeks of 1/2 hour 4 days a week I got over the 50m mark. I also learned to freemount in that time.
Response
A. 53
B. 6 weeks, Hour a day
I found it difficult.
C. Mr. To you kid.
D. Torker 20” chrome
E. Self Taught
F. I like to try new things
I’ve been at this for about 9 or 10 months now. I just bought a Torker Unistar HD 24" (3 days) and I’m getting around the neighborhood streets pretty well. This 24” is a bit heavier than the 20” so the legs are getting a better work out. This is good. I’m looking forward to starting some off road riding after I get used to the the bigger uni.
Re: How long did it take you to learn?
> A. Age when you started to learn?
> B. Number of ‘solid’ hours you practiced before you could ride 50
> metres?
> C. Male or female?
A- 19
B- about 10
C- female
learnt on a 24 inch on a grass playing feild.
sarah
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