I have just basically gotten a pretty solid hold on doing the two-footed wheel
walk ( I get at least 10m every time I have a good start, and usually around 20m
) and now I am trying to do the one-footed wheel walk but am having some
trouble. The first couple days I attempted it the wheel often just shot out from
under me when my foot picked up for the return stroke. Then I smartened up and
figured out that it’s probably easier to learn by putting your hibernating foot
on the tire as the active foot is coming back. Is this in fact the best way to
learn? With this technique I can only get about one stroke before I fall off.
Any other tips? ( cough John cough Ken I know, I know, I should just be
more patient and it will evetually come. But gosh darnit! I’ve been patient for
the past couple weeks in learning regular wheel walk Just think…if you
reply to this message with some decent advice, it may be used as the “One-footed
wheel walking How-to” for the skill level list
> up and figured out that it’s probably easier to learn by putting your > hibernating foot on the tire as the active foot is coming back. Is this in > fact the best way to learn?
If your second foot holds the wheel, you’re not one-footing. Dirk Iwema’s advice
was good. Small pushes, and let your foot slide back up so it’s not floating
around. This will improve your stability as well. As with other forms of forward
wheel walking, do it uphill (like on a driveway) to make life easier while
you’re learning.
When you get comfortable with the one foot slide thing, you can start going the
other way on the same slope and learning to glide!
While doing all this, best place for the other foot is on the fork crown, if
available. It locks you more firmly onto the unicycle and will hold still, so
you can concentrate on the main footwork.
> Any other tips? ( cough John cough Ken I know, I know, I should just be > more patient and it will evetually come. But gosh darnit! I’ve been patient > for the past
I know, I know, I should just be