I’ve been looking at the skill levels, and I realized that I’m not too far from accomplishing level 3 (now beginning my 5th week of riding! 
). Could I get some suggestions for second and third mounts to learn? I’m not sure where to start.
Mount with left foot and mount with right foot coount as two I think.
David
I learned them in this order:
- Static mount (and roll-back mount) with strong foot
- Side mount
- Jump mount
- Static mount (and roll-back mount) with weak foot
- Rolling mount
They are all reasonably easy though, so you can learn them in any order. The jump mount is a lot easier than you think it is. I’m sure it will take you about 30 seconds to learn. If you are too scared, put the front of the wheel against a curb so that it doesn’t roll forward when you go to jump. Make sure the pedals are horizontal and jump. Easy.
From the USA site:
Aw junk, I now have to learn a new mount.
David
The general idea for skill levels, is that the dominant foot represents level 1, and the non-dominant foot can be used for level 2. After that your mounts have to be significantly different variations of each other, or completely different mounts, to count. Also, static and rollback mounts both count as “regular” or “standard” mounts. The next one I’d recommend learning after that is a side mount.
But…
Are you level three, when you have made level two done?
I thought you were level two when you had made all the things in level two untill you progressed to level three.
You have to finish all the skills required in a level so you’re not level 3 untill you complete all the skills in level 3. So when you are working on level 4 your are still a level 3 going on 4.
a bit off topick but whats the one were you lie the uni on the floor and put you foot on one of the pedals and your other foot under the saddle and kick the saddle up and sit on it then place your foot on the pedal that was previously on the floor?
the kick-up mount
learn it as soon as u can
it is the kewlest way of getting on a uni
The side mount, reverse mount, rolling mount, jump mount, suicide mount. Those are all pretty darned easy to do. The side mount was the one I learned first, after the normal mount.
Read the section about the mounts and it will tell you which mounts you can and cant do. http://www.unicycling.org/usa/levels/
Here is a list of mounts,
http://unicycling.org/unicycling/mounts/
oh, someone agrees with me… i pwn! err… we pwn!
anyway, back on topic, i think i learned rolling mount first…side mount next… back mount… jump and kick up around the same time (and suicide quickly after jump but my body refuses to do it for some reason now, some sorta reflex)
edit: also, according to the people i talk to, directly into hopping on the wheel followed by recovering from that counts as a mount as well, and thats all i really need to work on right now groans
I don’t know, but it should. Anyway, I invented a mount something like that about a week ago. I hold the unicycle sideways, then climb up in the hopping on wheel position, then without hopping, twist around, sit down on the seat and put my feet on the pedals. It’s fairly tricky, so I only get it about once in three tries. I call it the climb-around mount. Is there any official name for this one?
From what I’ve heard the suicide mount is where you run holding the unicycle, jump in the air, and land on the unicycle as it hits the ground. That is most definitely not easy. I think what you are describing is called the “free jump mount.”
I really like the swing-up and pickup mounts. They’re relatively easy, and look good. Kickups are okay, but I don’t like them as much as the swingup. Runnning kickups look better, too. More dangerous…
It is a very cool mount. It is also a very inconsistent mount for me. I’m far from 100% with it. I need to practice and I need to figure out what it is that I’m doing (or not doing) that is making that mount so inconsistent for me.
I also need the mounts for level 3. I’ve read directions on how to do the side mount, and I’ve seen it done quickly, but I have no idea how to learn to do it. it just seems so awkward.
The free jump mount and suicide mount are the same, as described on the unicycle mounts page.
The thing with the suicide mount is that you have to let go of the unicycle before you start your jump. I see some people claim they’re doing a suicide mount when they’re actually doing a regular jump mount and letting go of the seat before they land. Nope. That’s not going to cut it. To do a real suicide mount you have to let go of the unicycle before you start the jump. The unicycle will stand there (hopefully without falling over) and you jump on it without using your hands to hold or guide the seat.
There is a description of the free jump mount here: free jump mount. It’s linked from the unicycle mounts page.
What I think you are describing would be called a flying jump mount. See John Foss’ description of the flying jump mount in this thread.
Re: second and third mounts
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:11:41 -0600, “Tim” wrote:
>You have to finish all the skills required in a level so you’re not
>level 3 untill you complete all the skills in level 3. So when you are
>working on level 4 your are still a level 3 going on 4.
That’s right. It’s like a person’s age. I’ll still be 51 on the day
before my 52nd birthday.
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Re: second and third mounts
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:35:55 -0600, “gerblefranklin” wrote:
>From what I’ve heard the suicide mount is where you run holding the
>unicycle, jump in the air, and land on the unicycle as it hits the
>ground. That is most definitely not easy. I think what you are
>describing is called the “free jump mount.”
That is different from how most people understand ‘suicide mount’. In
my view, ‘suicide mount’ is the same as what you call ‘free jump
mount’. The other one might be called a ‘running suicide mount’. Or
‘running free jump mount’ if you will.
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