In a never ending quest for comfort, I have been developing all sorts of new and interesting Uni skills. I hope the Velo KH saddles are released soon!
First there’s what I call, ‘the lift’, which basically entails sucking in ones stomach, pushing the hips forward and arching the back to temporarily relieve some nut busting pressure. Ahhhh-h-h the liiift…
Next, there’s what I now call ‘tail whipping’. Tail whipping is when you lean to one side, shift your hips and do a hard inside power stroke on the pedal. This causes a sharp turn and when done well you can hear the tire slipping and skidding a little on the road surface. It’s a hoot and must try for all beginners! I do this quite a bit, shifting my weight from side to side and getting the occasional Viscount ejection!
So… last night I was cruising around tail whipping when things got a little out of control. I was being thrown from left to right, back and forth and my tire went into a rather nice sized pot hole during the power stroke. Consequently I did what I shall call the mega tail whip. I heard the tire screech and I was shot out of the hole really fast, like when a basket ball sometimes circles the rim of the basket and shoots out! It was really cool. I couldn’t have timed anything so well. I was even able to keep riding.
I’m not really sure what this is called but I have done it as well, I think…
I do a variation where you basically give someone else a high 5 right before the hard downstroke on your chocolate foot. While doing this you push off of the person who you are giving a high 5 to… If done right you will easily spin and do a 360 it takes a bit of pratice so your not disorented and can pedal out nicely but it’s alot of fun. Especially when you do it with anther person on a uni. (both people ride toward each other doing spins off of each others hand) Has anyone else tried this??
> I’m not really sure what this is called but I have done it as well, I
> think…
> I do a variation where you basically give someone else a high 5 right
> before the hard downstroke on your chocolate foot. While doing this you
> push off of the person who you are giving a high 5 to… If done right
> you will easily spin and do a 360 it takes a bit of pratice so your not
> disorented and can pedal out nicely but it’s alot of fun. Especially
> when you do it with anther person on a uni. (both people ride toward
> each other doing spins off of each others hand) Has anyone else tried
> this??
> I’m not really sure what this is called but I have done it as well, I
> think…
> I do a variation where you basically give someone else a high 5 right
> before the hard downstroke on your chocolate foot. While doing this you
> push off of the person who you are giving a high 5 to… If done right
> you will easily spin and do a 360 it takes a bit of pratice so your not
> disorented and can pedal out nicely but it’s alot of fun. Especially
> when you do it with anther person on a uni. (both people ride toward
> each other doing spins off of each others hand) Has anyone else tried
> this??
>Know to us here europeans as lollypoping. Its been around as long as I’ve
>been riding ( 11 years) and was the first " trick" I learnt.
Again if you don’t mind a qualification on a statement about a group
indicated by using “us”. I think it should read “us here
non-continental europeans”. I never heard lollipopping, nor a
translation, nor had I heard of the trick itself… something to try
though.
>Know to us here europeans as lollypoping. Its been around as long as I’ve
>been riding ( 11 years) and was the first " trick" I learnt.
Again if you don’t mind a qualification on a statement about a group
indicated by using “us”. I think it should read “us here
non-continental europeans”. I never heard lollipopping, nor a
translation, nor had I heard of the trick itself… something to try
though.
Yeah, I have never heard of lollypoping But it deffenatlly is a fun and easy thing to do. I prefer to call them something more like assisted 360’s or just High 5 spins… lollypoping makes me think of candy or bearing holders. Only time will tell if I’m gonna call it lollypoping…
Klaas Bil <klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:33:34 GMT, Sarah Miller <sarah@vimes.u-net.com>
> wrote:
>>Know to us here europeans as lollypoping. Its been around as long as I’ve
>>been riding ( 11 years) and was the first " trick" I learnt.
> Again if you don’t mind a qualification on a statement about a group
> indicated by using “us”. I think it should read “us here
> non-continental europeans”. I never heard lollipopping, nor a
> translation, nor had I heard of the trick itself… something to try
> though.
I thought about it, but decided that as I first came across it when a
German Unicyclist ran a workshop at a British juggling Convention and
talked about having seen the Sem family lollypopping along an avenue of
trees in Amsterdam… it was properly a european thing, not a british
thing.
It was 10-11 years ago , maybe the term has slipped out of use …
Sarah
– Unicon 11 ~ Washington USA.~
July 25 - Aug 2 2002 The world unicycle convention and championships. http://www.nwcue.org
I couldn’t have timed anything so well. I was even able to keep riding. 