is there a trick/skill that is as difficult to learn as it was to learn how to ride?
i realise this is a question that may have phrases like ‘the eye of the beholder’ and ‘paradigm shift’ bandied about with great abandon
i’m just curious to see how people feel about this issue
i thought wheel walking was a trick like that.
you gradually work up from not even getting your feet on then 1 metre, 2 metres…and so on. Its taken me longer to learn it, i still can’t do it propally, than it took me to learn to ride.
that might just be me
Wheel walk. It has probably taken me longer to learn to wheel walk than it originally took me to learn to ride.
i think gliding and coasting are up there.
For the longest time, I’ve been trying to look handsome while riding but the trick just isn’t coming along very well.
Bruce
I was thinking along the lines of wheel walking too… I still can’t go more than a few metres, despite having been trying for weeks. On the other hand, in terms of hours I don’t know… I don’t practise wheelwalking much…
Phil, just me
I practiced wheel walking for about 3 minutes on Sunday. It seems to be taking me ages to learn to wheel walk. I’ve been at it for over 7 months with very little to show for it. It seems that practicing for a few minutes every couple of weeks doesn’t cut it.
I think the thing that needs to be mentioned is:
When you were first learning, you were so dedicated because until you learned, you couldn’t ride.
Now, if you try to, say, wheelwalk, after 5 minutes of trying, if you don’t get it, you can still ride away and do something else.
This is what I nortice about myself as I learn new things.
Maybe this isn’t the case with everyone
Hmmmm. I thought ALL the tricks took weeks and months to learn; they do for me. scratches head
That’s very true. I’ve been really lazy with my wheel walking, but I think it’s slowly getting there. I’m looking forward to trying to glide and then eventually coast and I think I’ll have quite a bit of trouble with coasting in particular (naturally).
Andrew
Wheel Walking!! I’m still learning!!
Wheel walking wasn’t that bad. I don’t remember if it took me longer than learning to ride, but I didn’t learn to ride in anything that could be called a “normal” way so it didn’t matter.
But wheel walking backward? That’s a definite winner. Not any fancy way (some of which are easier), just the regular way with your feet on the front part of the tire, pulling toward you with very little traction. I spen what seemed like a whole summer working on that one.
strange
I would have to say gliding. I say that because you have to learn to wheel walk, then with one foot, and finally Gliding. Infact Gliding took longer I think, but the strange thing is I can glide and wheel walk with one foot, but not regular with two feet. I really have know idea why, but from the start wheel walking with one foot seemed easier.
Whats the difference between costing and gliding again?
Costing is where you think about gliding that steep hill ahead of time and determine how much skin you will have to pay.
but really, gliding is with a foot dragging on the tire, and coasting is with nothing touching the tire or moving parts.
is there a trick…
Not taking my frustration out on the poor unicycle has to be the most difficult trick in my repertoire. (Excuse my French!)
I guess the rest of you are just more gentle and forgiving than I am…
… RIGHT?
i say that if the uni’s thrown you off then it deserves getting battered by its rider, it’s only fair. Fair punishment:)
Glutes - I thought y’all spoke Latin! What gives?
isway erethay away icktray…?
[I][B]Uway-Urntay,
At’sthay ywhay Iway aidsay, “Ardonpay ymay Enchfray!”.[/B][/I]
Actually, “repertoire” comes to English via French via the Latin repertorium, so, I should have said, “… the most difficult trick in my repertorium.”, and “too bad if you don’t understand Latin!”
Ownay, aren’tway ouyay orrysay ouyay askedway?