Today at lunch I ordered a 20" petite adult trainer with learning pack from unicycle.com.
It should arrive Friday.
Elaine
Norman, OK
Geeze, from that subject line, I was thinking level 11. Well, what did you expect from a 17 year old male? HUH?
-David Kaplan
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Elaine-
You GO girl! Beat that wheel into submission.
Well, actually, I’d rather learn to ride it. After all, I’m a lawyer, beating an inanimate object into submission just loses something.
Elaine
Norman, OK
Unicycles are living things. Ask Doug Massey…his attacked him.
I also thought this post was about level 11.
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Level 11?!?!?! okay who did it, and where can I get a copy of the videotape?
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Elaine <Elaine.2tmsz@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in
news:Elaine.2tmsz@timelimit.unicyclist.com:
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> Today at lunch I ordered a 20" petite adult trainer with learning pack
> from unicycle.com.
> It should arrive Friday.
>
Congrats! If you make it down to Dallas, let me know. We’d love to have
you join us for a ride.
John
enjoy!!!
i trust u’ll enjoy the learning experience
and the frustrating one
and the thrill of getting it!
namaste!
dave
Elaine,
Good luck with the new unicycle. For me, the first X number of hours were embarassing, because I fell off each and every time. Don’t let it worry you or frustrate you. I felt I had no measureable progress for many hours, and all I could do was use the rail at the schoolyard (across from my house) to mount, and that was it.
However, at some point, it clicked for me, and from there it is all good.
Have fun, and keep us posted!
Lewis
I agree with Animation… just stick with it and you’ll find real satisfaction. I was actually terrified for a while (when I moved to pavement) but finally got over it. Don’t forget your shinpads unless you’d like to compare scars… but then again I had the off-road pedals.
I have to disagree with U-turn. I never used shin guards when learning and didn’t have any problems. The only times I have been hit in my shins is when I was trying to do new mounts. One of the things that I love about unicycling is that it is so easy to get off the unicycle safely if anything goes wrong. I have many, many more scars from biking and that was with safety equipment.
As one of the token female posters here I have to put in my 2 cents.
Congratulations! And welcome to the wonderful world of unicycling. The best advise I have for a newbie (I still consider myself one too) is simply never give up . It may seem impossible at first, but trust me, it is possible. It has taken me an embarassingly long time to learn, but I keep getting better, and each little bit of success feels wonderful. It is great to have another lady here too.
Have fun!
Cherie
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:06:19 -0500, myakishnock
<myakishnock.2ulrc@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
Well, getting off without hitting your shins, even when this is an
“unplanned dismount” is usually not a problem. Freemounting is a
different story. When I learned to freemount I did not have shin
guards and I hit my shin badly a couple of times when my second foot
went under the pedal.
Klaas Bil
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>I have to disagree with U-turn. I never used shin guards when learning
>and didn’t have any problems. The only times I have been hit in my
>shins is when I was trying to do new mounts. One of the things that I
>love about unicycling is that it is so easy to get off the unicycle
>safely if anything goes wrong. I have many, many more scars from biking
>and that was with safety equipment.
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man, i must really suck because when i was learning my legs were covered in bruises and scrapes. and i was mounting using a wall! i have no real recollection how it happened… when i learned to freemount i banged my legs a little, but not as much as when i was learning to ride. but now that i can freemount, it’s all good. i’m terrified to try new mounts still, however shiver
Jess
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In article <unijess.2v9ty@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
unijess <unijess.2v9ty@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
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)man, i must really suck because when i was learning my legs were covered
)in bruises and scrapes. and i was mounting using a wall! i have no real
)recollection how it happened… when i learned to freemount i banged my
)legs a little, but not as much as when i was learning to ride. but now
)that i can freemount, it’s all good. i’m terrified to try new mounts
)still, however shiver
I did a lot of damage when I was learning to ride. Ankles worst of all,
but shins and Achilles took abuse also. Shins were probably the most
painful; if I had shin guards at the time I would have worn them.
-Tom
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My achilles probably took the worst beating, follow by my legs, and not to mention my sprained wrist.
my big toe still hurts from trying to avoid hitting my shins.10 months ago i stuck" this little piggy" right in the spokes 
man that hurt!