How long till u could ride?

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.

wobbling_bear · April 14, 2006, 4:07am

it would be interesting to extend the study further: how fast are you progressing? the problem is how to measure that…
I ,for instance, have been rolling for over three years and I am still unable to jump over a small tree root that happens to cross my way
I am a super-slow learner!

musketman · April 14, 2006, 8:20am

30-45 min (and im not lying)

fordfasterr · April 14, 2006, 8:31am

I had it on the 3rd day.

=)

krring · April 14, 2006, 12:28pm

after about two hours, separated by a week, i experienced a click, and knew i had it. once in the possession of a unicycle, a week saw me freemounting and turning proficiently.

skianduniaddict · April 14, 2006, 1:51pm

took me a month noone taught me i taught my self

Job · April 14, 2006, 3:26pm

It took me a few days.

Kris · April 14, 2006, 7:50pm

i can relate it took me around 2-3 weeks to learn how to ride. but with commitment and a lot of hours of praticing i became the top rider in my team

wobbling_bear · April 15, 2006, 7:33am

the obvious difference is that I could be your grandfather
but I will become a top rider too !!! … wait another 10 years!