I did it, I did it, I really really did it!(I can’t remember which movie musical
that is from, maybe the Absent-minded Professor, but it applies) I passed the
50’ distance barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do my legs hurt. My
next goal is t circumnavigate the pond in the park. joel
RE: I’ve done it!
> I did it, I did it, I really really did it!(I can’t remember which movie
> musical that is from, maybe the Absent-minded Professor, but it applies) I
> passed the 50’ distance barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do my
> legs hurt. My next goal is t circumnavigate the pond in the park.
Congratulations! Sore legs usually means you’re not sitting down (try to take as
much weight off your feet as possible), or your seat is too low (it should be
same as a bike, leg-length wise).
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
RE: I’ve done it!
Agreed. I was riding last night while my little girl rollerbaded (is that a
word?), and thought at the time how easy it is now to “stay up” than when I
first started.
I know that part of it is developing the leg muscles (a step that you can’t
hurry), but a big part of it is putting all your weight on the seat …then all
your legs have to do is correct your balance.
Hugh
> ----------
> From: jbreed@ingr.com Reply To: jbreed@ingr.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999
> 9:27 AM To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: Re: I’ve done it!
>
> In article <371FB089.9A3989C5@ns.sympatico.ca>, jkam@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> > I did it, I did it, I really really did it!..
> ) I passed the 50’ distance
> > barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do my legs hurt. My next
> > goal is t circumnavigate the pond in the park. joel
>
> Sounds like me several months ago. John Foss is right (what’s new?), you are
> probably using your legs to support your weight instead of letting the seat do
> it. Another possibility is poor leg strength. Either way, you’ll get better
> with practice. Think about relaxing your legs to make sure you feel your
> weight sitting on the seat. If you have a problem with wobbling due to
> peddling (I did), think about keeping your knees together.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
RE: I’ve done it!
> Agreed. I was riding last night while my little girl rollerbaded (is that
> a word?),
It sounds better than “inlineskated”
> I know that part of it is developing the leg muscles (a step that you can’t
> hurry), but a big part of it is putting all your weight on the seat …then
> all your legs have to do is correct your balance.
And probably the biggest part is training your mind to process the balancing
information, followed by enough repitition and practice that the process no
longer causes your head to sweat and pushes the instructions back to allow you
to think of other things while riding. Does this sound right to other riders?
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
RE: I’ve done it!
> now what did they teach you in driver’s training? 
if you are in a
> pedestrian and object free area such as a gym, look forward and use the lines
> on the ground as a reference. i recently started coasting backwards and i have
> a line picked out that i look for, when i cross that line i know it’s time to
> stop so i dont crash into the wall. when you get the feel of riding backwards
> and you are comfortable on the uni it will be easier to glance back and see
> where you are going.
This is good advice for indoor unicycling. However the driver-trainer in me (I
used to work for the Amy Fisher School of Driving on Long Island) feels it has
to comment:
If you’re in a car and going backwards, hopefully you’re looking either out
the back or in your mirrors! Dustin gave the and surely knows better, but I
wouldn’t be surprised if somebody tried to teach him this way.
John “we often have to drive to where we ride” Foss http://www.unicycling.com
Re: I’ve done it!
In article <371FB089.9A3989C5@ns.sympatico.ca>, jkam@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> I did it, I did it, I really really did it!..
) I passed the 50’ distance
> barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do my legs hurt. My next goal
> is t circumnavigate the pond in the park. joel
Sounds like me several months ago. John Foss is right (what’s new?), you are
probably using your legs to support your weight instead of letting the seat do
it. Another possibility is poor leg strength. Either way, you’ll get better with
practice. Think about relaxing your legs to make sure you feel your weight
sitting on the seat. If you have a problem with wobbling due to peddling (I
did), think about keeping your knees together.
-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Re: I’ve done it!
Well my daughter just made this type of distance for the first time also. I told
her I would take her to Dairy Queen if she could ride up to the corner, turn
around and ride back without falling off or touching anything. The distance was
probably 250 feet. She did it for the first time this week! She wants to ride in
a parade the end of June. I say she will be ready!
Oh, yea. She is 5 years old. 
All 3 of my kids now ride unicycles!
joel kam wrote:
> I did it, I did it, I really really did it!(I can’t remember which movie
> musical that is from, maybe the Absent-minded Professor, but it applies) I
> passed the 50’ distance barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do my
> legs hurt. My next goal is t circumnavigate the pond in the park. joel
–
Andy Arhelger juggle@no_spamus.ibm.com
Re: I’ve done it!
Foss, JohnX schrieb in Nachricht
<99BAA0EF4B10D211AC4000A0C95BF940017AFA81@fmsmsx45.fm.intel.com>…
>And probably the biggest part is training your mind to process the
balancing
>information, followed by enough repitition and practice that the
process no
>longer causes your head to sweat and pushes the instructions back to
allow
>you to think of other things while riding. Does this sound right to
other
>riders?
Sounds perfectly right to me. Once you are able to get your head clear, you make
big improvements in riding. I am teaching some beginners at the university to
ride a uni. Our semester has just dstarted, so people have not been practising
for about 2-3 months now. Amazingly, they are much better than before the
holidays! I think, taking a break for a couple of weeks can be very beneficial
to beginners, because when they come back, they are much more relaxed and simply
DO IT than think about falling off.
Martin Röll «
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Einradfahren in den Fußgängerzonen! | >> Fragen? --> mroell@gmx.de | O
Re: I’ve done it!
I think my legs are okay, I bike (blasphemous I know) to work everyday and I am
running a marathon in a couple of weeks. But I am concentrating on my form. It
seems to have helped. joel
Hugh Allison wrote:
> Agreed. I was riding last night while my little girl rollerbaded (is that a
> word?), and thought at the time how easy it is now to “stay up” than when I
> first started.
>
> I know that part of it is developing the leg muscles (a step that you can’t
> hurry), but a big part of it is putting all your weight on the seat …then
> all your legs have to do is correct your balance.
>
> Hugh
>
> > ----------
> > From: jbreed@ingr.com Reply To: jbreed@ingr.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999
> > 9:27 AM To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: Re: I’ve done it!
> >
> > In article <371FB089.9A3989C5@ns.sympatico.ca>, jkam@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> > > I did it, I did it, I really really did it!..
> > ) I passed the 50’ distance
> > > barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do my legs hurt. My next
> > > goal is t circumnavigate the pond in the park. joel
> >
> > Sounds like me several months ago. John Foss is right (what’s new?), you are
> > probably using your legs to support your weight instead of letting the seat
> > do it. Another possibility is poor leg strength. Either way, you’ll get
> > better with practice. Think about relaxing your legs to make sure you feel
> > your weight sitting on the seat. If you have a problem with wobbling due to
> > peddling (I did), think about keeping your knees together.
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
> >
>
Re: I’ve done it!
I find trying to concentrate on continuing to breathe normally, takes up
whatever leftover neurons I have. joel
Foss, JohnX wrote:
> > Agreed. I was riding last night while my little girl rollerbaded (is that a
> > word?),
>
> It sounds better than “inlineskated”
>
> > I know that part of it is developing the leg muscles (a step that you
> > can’t hurry), but a big part of it is putting all your weight on the seat
> > …then all your legs have to do is correct your balance.
>
> And probably the biggest part is training your mind to process the balancing
> information, followed by enough repitition and practice that the process no
> longer causes your head to sweat and pushes the instructions back to allow you
> to think of other things while riding. Does this sound right to other riders?
>
> Stay on top,
>
> John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
Re: I’ve done it!
I was feeling pretty good unitl you deflated me entirely. Being 24 years old I
think I will heal. I think I need ice cream to console myself, DQ anyone? joel
Andy Arhelger wrote:
> Well my daughter just made this type of distance for the first time also. I
> told her I would take her to Dairy Queen if she could ride up to the corner,
> turn around and ride back without falling off or touching anything. The
> distance was probably 250 feet. She did it for the first time this week! She
> wants to ride in a parade the end of June. I say she will be ready!
>
> Oh, yea. She is 5 years old.
>
> All 3 of my kids now ride unicycles!
>
> joel kam wrote:
>
> > I did it, I did it, I really really did it!(I can’t remember which movie
> > musical that is from, maybe the Absent-minded Professor, but it applies) I
> > passed the 50’ distance barrier. I can do it about 70% of the time. Bot do
> > my legs hurt. My next goal is t circumnavigate the pond in the park. joel
>
> –
> Andy Arhelger juggle@no_spamus.ibm.com
Re: I’ve done it!
>I did it, I did it, I really really did it!(I can’t remember which movie
>musical that is from)
Its from My Fair Lady (Higgins wins the bet, not to be confused with the She’s
Got It song)
congrats on your new record! what size wheel do you have? now you have to ride
around town eating an ice cream cone. that is great fun! least i got one hell of
a kick out of it last summer. i would do it on my giraffe this year, but i don’t
really want to ride 2 miles roundtrip to and from the ice cream store and my
house on a 6’ uni.
Re: I’ve done it!
David Moss wrote:
> >I did it, I did it, I really really did it!(I can’t remember which movie
> >musical that is from)
>
> Its from My Fair Lady (Higgins wins the bet, not to be confused with the She’s
> Got It song)
>
> congrats on your new record! what size wheel do you have? now you have to ride
> around town eating an ice cream cone. that is great fun! least i got one hell
> of a kick out of it last summer. i would do it on my giraffe this year, but i
> don’t really want to ride 2 miles roundtrip to and from the ice cream store
> and my house on a 6’ uni.
You are indeed correct. It was , is, My Fair Lady. I should have known that, I
guess I will have to watch it again. My uni is a 24" something. I am going to
be splurging for a 24" miyata in a couple of weeks. I have begun working on
going bakwards. Do you have to look backwards at the same time? I keep wanting
to but I tend to fall at that point. Also dismounting to the rear is still a
handicap. I am glad it only took me three weeks to learn though! I can’t wait
to unicycle to work in my navy whites. PS. when do you start to get to sign
and use a UNI- nickname. John, I guess being the resident guru have to answer
that question!
joel kam, uni-*********
Re: I’ve done it!
jkam@ns.sympatico.ca (joel kam) writes:
>that, I guess I will have to watch it again. My uni is a 24" something. I am
>going to be splurging for a 24" miyata in a couple of weeks. I have begun
an excellent choice in equipment. i purchased my chrome deluxe 24" miyata in
1985 and it’s still giving me many trouble free miles.
>working on going bakwards. Do you have to look backwards at the same time?
now what did they teach you in driver’s training? if you are in a
pedestrian and object free area such as a gym, look forward and use the lines
on the ground as a reference. i recently started coasting backwards and i have
a line picked out that i look for, when i cross that line i know it’s time to
stop so i dont crash into the wall. when you get the feel of riding backwards
and you are comfortable on the uni it will be easier to glance back and see
where you are going.
>though! I can’t wait to unicycle to work in my navy whites. PS. when do you
>start to get to sign and use a UNI- nickname. John, I guess being the resident
>guru have to answer that question!
>
if you can think of something good, it’s all yours. i once had a radio dj call
me “the one wheeled wonder,” maybe i’ll start signing off with that!
until the future, dustin
RE: I’ve done it!
One of my more painful wipe-outs occured years ago when I was furiously
unicycling backwards without looking, and rode straight into the back of van
parked on the side of the road. Ouch!
-Kris.
At 08:53 AM 4/26/99 -0700, you wrote:
>> now what did they teach you in driver’s training? if you are in a
>> pedestrian and object free area such as a gym, look forward and use the lines
>> on the ground as a reference. i recently started coasting backwards and i
>> have a line picked out that i look for, when i cross that line i know it’s
>> time to stop so i dont crash into the wall. when you get the feel of riding
>> backwards and you are comfortable on the uni it will be easier to glance back
>> and see where you are going.
>
>This is good advice for indoor unicycling. However the driver-trainer in me (I
>used to work for the Amy Fisher School of Driving on Long Island) feels it has
>to comment:
>
>If you’re in a car and going backwards, hopefully you’re looking either out
>the back or in your mirrors! Dustin gave the and surely knows better, but I
>wouldn’t be surprised if somebody tried to teach him this way.
>
>John “we often have to drive to where we ride” Foss http://www.unicycling.com
>
Kris Holm, B.Sc. Geologist, Forestry Group, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
Suite 550, Sun Life Plaza, 1100 Melville Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4A6
Tel:(604) 685-0275 Fax:(604) 684-6241 Email: kholm@eba.ca