How long till u could ride?

x1psh1x · April 13, 2006, 2:18pm

im just wondering how long it took everyone to learn to ride, not anything special, but just able to keep balance and ride pretty much as far as they wnted without falling. it took me about a week or less, i dont know

Jerrick · April 13, 2006, 2:21pm

This has been asked before, a lot of times =p

Anyways, it took me about 4-7days, riding for little amounts of time on my friends uni, if i had my own back then, i could of spent hours everyday to get it down, but either way, i still learned =p

unijesse · April 13, 2006, 2:21pm

about two weeks or so.

i think average is like 10-15 hours total if you dont wait too long between practices

bmemike · April 13, 2006, 2:32pm

Took me about a week and a half to mount & ride for extended distances. That probably ended up being the usual 10-15ish hours that most people report.

I think I could have gone faster if I was just focussing on riding and not freemounting at the same time.

x1psh1x · April 13, 2006, 2:32pm

ya it probably ahs been asked many time, but i dont read other peoples things. unless they have a good video that they want me to watch. and im pretty rude and self absorbed

cathwood · April 13, 2006, 2:56pm

Well it took me 39 years to discover unicycling, then about 5 weeks after that.

Or my other answer is - I’m still very much learning after a fantastic year.

Cathy

mike_echter · April 13, 2006, 3:13pm

3-4 days of continuous pedal to shin, butt on the ground, unicycle 50 feet away from me happenings… but i learned!

MERCYME · April 13, 2006, 3:18pm

It took me one juggling club meet until I could ride across the gym
and thats about 3 hours.
Then I just kept at it, I was hopping in about a week.

U-Turn · April 13, 2006, 4:52pm

After 4-5 years, I still can’t ride as far as I want. :o

albino_gumby · April 13, 2006, 5:25pm

it took me about 2 weeks (Because of the whole school thing. Who needs school these days when i can just be a street performer?) and about 7-8 hours to mount and go continuously.

dr.melon · April 13, 2006, 5:26pm

Yeah around 1 week.

trials_uni · April 13, 2006, 5:48pm

2 weeks to get level one and hopping

brownboy13 · April 13, 2006, 7:32pm

it took me around 2 and a half weeks with school and everything…and i had about 5 metres squared practise area but yeh pretty average time…st00pid sch00l

harper · April 13, 2006, 7:41pm

The definitive Klaas Bil study of how long it took to ride. There may be a link in there to Klaas’ analysis of how long to expect to take to learn based on present age, wheel size, and some other variables. I know he did the analysis but am unsure if it is linked to in the thread i gave you.

dandy_man_70 · April 13, 2006, 7:47pm

2 days of hardcore practace to mount,ride and hop 20cm:p

harper · April 13, 2006, 7:54pm

Yes. There is an excellent analysis linked to in that thread HERE.

podzol · April 13, 2006, 8:00pm

2 weeks.

UniBrier · April 13, 2006, 8:07pm

I took me 16 years till I could ride. Then I took a couple weeks to learn. I just realized that March 2006 marked my 30th anniversary as a rider!

system · April 13, 2006, 11:06pm

Re: How long till u could ride?

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:41:38 -0500, harper wrote:

>‘The definitive Klaas Bil study’
>(How long did it take you to learn?) of how long
>it took to ride.

Thanks for the link harper!

One thing: I wouldn’t call my study ‘definitive’. I’m still collecting
data to do a sequel and refine the analysis. Unfortunately, the data
that people supply in this thread are incomplete (for my purposes). If
anyone feels inclined to contribute, please go to :

You can do two things there:

Assess your unicycling talent in a fun way.
Send your data to me to be included in the ‘definitive’ study.

Thanks,

Uni-D3 · April 14, 2006, 3:22am

Well it took me like a month… I admit when I got ticked I didn’t ride for 15 minutes before I rode again. Now I can Jump, One foot and other normal stuff.