You guys have the same art style
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UniMyra’s suggestion looks a bit like the rope is round the guy’s neck, and reasonably short – I guess that is to increase the jeopardy a touch (!) and focus the mind on not falling off??
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Try focusing on really sitting on the seat. So don’t stand half cramped on the pedals. Once you can do that more consistently you will also feel more comfy.
Personally I find it difficult to push off from something, like a wall or a post. When freemounting, I will already be in balance. Also with the UW. I dont always nail it the first try, but a good mount puts you in the right balance to move forward.
Duh that is typical Norwegian art style. Dont you learn that in school. In both pics the harness will strangle them when they fall. It is just more of a challenge that way
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Thank you, I really appreciate the help! I will definitely concentrate on those while practicing starting my next time. John
I would greatly appreciate any technique that would help. I started learning in my late 60s and am now almost 75. I can ride, but only for a short time (1 - 2 minutes), and have not managed to freemount even once. I think of quitting, but never actually quit. I still occasionally practice, but between not spending much time on it, and some fear of injury, I’m not making any progress.
I repeat: Any beginners out there???
I am hoping to get at least a dozen or so responses, because my method is not really going to help everyone. There are 3 types of beginners as far as I am concerned:
A.) Kids
B.) Strong healthy athletes with experience in balance sports(bmx, skateboard,..etc)
C.) Non-athletic, weak, injured who are “curious” what it feels like to sit, ride on a unicycle. However, don’t think they are strong enough and deathly afraid of getting injured.
If, you are type A or B, you know what to do. Let go, fall down and keep trying. Have fun. You don’t need me.
It is the type C.) that I am interested in helping here. I want to help them experience, understand the dynamics of the unicycle. Step by step. First, learn the static balance conditions. Then later…much later, the more complicated dynamic balance conditions which is riding.
However, if you unfortunately find yourself injured and stop riding, and try to make a comeback without full strength/power/coordination(which you may never return due to age or injury) you may have trouble re-learning all your skills. The let go, fall, trial-error technique is not an option.
Sorry, Unimyra no gadgets(strings, pulleys, ladders, nooses,…etc.). Nice sketching guys. Can you make a sketch of a unicycle + rider + stationary rail. That’s all I got. No helmets, gloves, knee or shin pads. This lesson starts from static.
The “over the hill” gimp squad(including myself): Rupesim, Unicyclodite, Combike, One-Wheel. I see a radical team forming and I may give you guys special attention.
I repeat, again, any true beginners or anyone just “interested” in learning. I know you’re out there, just reading, hoping, wishing…some day. Let’s go!!!
Otherwise, I will just end up arguing with other experts on technique. I am becoming a lazy fuck and I don’t care. Concentrating and composing(mis-typing) a logical, analytical response about “technique” just makes me sleepy. I ultimately delete the whole shit.
However, I will put extra effort to helping beginners and the injured.
….slam
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What is the difference between kids having to learn and B. skateboarders learning. The balance point on a skateboard is much lower than on a uni. Like kids they need to learn from scratch and kids will prolly learn faster.
Thinking back to when I learned, I held on to the kitchen surface to make 2-3 rotations and also just sitting still on the uni to feel the balance, but there comes a moment push off away from the wall and plunge in the deep.
Having bad knees to start with, means doing muscle exercises so you can catch yourself and wearing shin/ knee guards for protection.
I’m not sure you’ll get a dozen complete beginners here, that sounds a lot compared to the general activity of the forum. But you got us curious for sure. So what do we do with the ladder? 
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Uhm… nice trees 
I have a feeling it would be quite difficult to learn without any cranks
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Imagine the sick tricks you could do with a balloon assisted low-gravity unicycle 
Needs a different kind of helmet, though…
On an asteroid UPDs won’t hurt, but when you turn the wheel the asteroid rotates instead of you going forewards.
Low gravity with balloon power? Are those balloons secretly defying science?