Hi from Tokyo,
It’s a beautiful spring day in Tokyo, and the sakura (cherry) trees are in full
blossom. I took a break (from writing IUF porposals) to ride my Coker up a
sakura-lined road, uphill and against a fairly strong wind. Despite of the 5.5"
cranks, the going was painful.
Does anyone know any good techniques for riding uphill and/or upwind?
Regards, Jack Halpern President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
http://www.cjk.org Phone: +81-48e$B!]e(B473e$B!]e(B3508
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
I have kept the stock 6" cranks because my riding includes lots of steep hills.
For dealing with the headwinds, other than the obvious (being stong), all I can
recommend is thinking pure thoughts.
May you have OIKAZE all the time, Nathan
“Jack Halpern” <jack@kanji.org> wrote in message
news:200104042105.AA12387@mail.kanji.org…
>
>
> Hi from Tokyo,
>
> It’s a beautiful spring day in Tokyo, and the sakura (cherry) trees are in
> full blossom. I took a break (from writing IUF porposals) to ride my Coker up
> a sakura-lined road, uphill and against a fairly strong wind. Despite of the
> 5.5" cranks, the going was painful.
>
> Does anyone know any good techniques for riding uphill and/or upwind?
>
>
> Regards, Jack Halpern President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
> http://www.cjk.org Phone: +81-48e$B!]e(B473e$B!]e(B3508
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
A good handle certainly helps. There’s one street here in Moscow that I can’t
ride without grabbing the seat.
Chris
Nathan Hoover wrote:
>
> I have kept the stock 6" cranks because my riding includes lots of steep
> hills. For dealing with the headwinds, other than the obvious (being stong),
> all I can recommend is thinking pure thoughts.
>
> May you have OIKAZE all the time, Nathan
>
> “Jack Halpern” <jack@kanji.org> wrote in message
> news:200104042105.AA12387@mail.kanji.org…
> >
> >
> > Hi from Tokyo,
> >
> > It’s a beautiful spring day in Tokyo, and the sakura (cherry) trees are in
> > full blossom. I took a break (from writing IUF porposals) to ride my Coker
> > up a sakura-lined road, uphill and against a fairly strong wind. Despite of
> > the 5.5" cranks, the going was painful.
> >
> > Does anyone know any good techniques for riding uphill and/or upwind?
> >
> >
> > Regards, Jack Halpern President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
> > http://www.cjk.org Phone: +81-48e$B!]e(B473e$B!]e(B3508
RE: Uphill upwind on a Coker
> Does anyone know any good techniques for riding uphill and/or upwind?
Uphill/upwind is always going to suck, unless your a “hard workout” fiend like
Brett Bymaster. My recommendation on your hill is to ride up the other side.
Then you get uphill with a tailwind, and downhill as well! 
Sure. Works every time.
JF
RE: Uphill upwind on a Coker
> Does anyone know any good techniques for riding uphill and/or upwind?
Uphills are just flat pieces of land that are tilted a little, downhills are to
now that I think of it
Peter
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
It is the head wind that I always hate, hill are ok but add a head wind and I
am useless.
Roger
The UK's Unicycle Source <a href="http://www.unicycle.uk.com/">http://www.unicycle.uk.com/</a>
----- Original Message ----- From: “Nathan Hoover” <nathan@movaris.com> To:
<unicycling@winternet.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: Re:
Uphill upwind on a Coker
> I have kept the stock 6" cranks because my riding includes lots of steep
> hills. For dealing with the headwinds, other than the obvious (being stong),
> all I can recommend is thinking pure thoughts.
>
> May you have OIKAZE all the time, Nathan
>
> “Jack Halpern” <jack@kanji.org> wrote in message
> news:200104042105.AA12387@mail.kanji.org…
> >
> >
> > Hi from Tokyo,
> >
> > It’s a beautiful spring day in Tokyo, and the sakura (cherry) trees are in
> > full blossom. I took a break (from writing IUF porposals) to ride my Coker
> > up a sakura-lined road, uphill and against a fairly strong
wind.
> > Despite of the 5.5" cranks, the going was painful.
> >
> > Does anyone know any good techniques for riding uphill and/or upwind?
> >
> >
> > Regards, Jack Halpern President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
> > http://www.cjk.org Phone: +81-48e$B!]e(B473e$B!]e(B3508
> >
>
When going up hill, it’s best to go into the hill with lots of speed and then when on the hill, keep that speed up. This will let the momentum carry you and makes pedalling a lot easier.
As for the wind, pretty much try to avoid it. If you have to ride into the wind, then make sure you have no loose clothing that will act as a sail in the wind and keep your body in a more aerodynamic position so the wind doesn’t push you too much.
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
Gilby wrote:
> As for the wind, pretty much try to avoid it. If you have to ride into the
> wind, then make sure you have no loose clothing that will act as a sail in the
> wind and keep your body in a more aerodynamic position so the wind doesn’t
> push you too much.
Stay in the peleton.
Hooten
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
> Stay in the peleton.
>
> Hooten
What is a peleton? And how can one get aerodynamic without a recumbent uni?
Blessings!
Arthur
Re: Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
Get more aerodynamic, meaning that you should try to minimize your drag by keeping your arms in and your knees closer together. If you are really struggling with the wind, then bending at the waist may also help.
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
Something I’ve found works well on hills with a Coker is to bounce on the
pedals. Maybe there is a better name for this, but it’s like stand-up riding
on a bike, when you’re really cranking hard. Basically, when one pedal is
forward, you lunge off it, so there’s virtually no weight on the pedals when
the cranks are in the dead position, then lunge off the other foot when that
pedal comes forward. All this is done while standing up off the seat. It only
seems to work for a certain cadence, so once I pick up more speed I come out
of it and just spin.
Chris
Gilby wrote:
>
> Get more aerodynamic, meaning that you should try to minimize your drag by
> keeping your arms in and your knees closer together. If you are really
> struggling with the wind, then bending at the waist may also help.
>
> Arthur Doerksen wrote:
> > And how can one get aerodynamic without a recumbent uni?
>
> –
> Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums The
> web-based Rec.Sport.Unicycling
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
Greetings
In message “Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker”, Chris wrote…
>Something I’ve found works well on hills with a Coker is to bounce on the
>pedals. Maybe there is a better name for this, but it’s like stand-up riding
>on a bike, when you’re really cranking hard. Basically, when one pedal is
>forward, you lunge off it, so there’s virtually no weight on the pedals when
>the cranks are in the dead position, then lunge off the other foot when that
>pedal comes forward. All this is done while standing up off the seat. It only
>seems to work for a certain cadence, so once I pick up more speed I come out
>of it and just spin.
I guess in very steep hills or at tough spots what you say works, but in
principle I think the best way not to get exhausted on a hill is to keep most of
your weight on the seat as much as possible. By standing up you have to support
your weight too, in addition to fight with thte hill.
>Chris
>
>
>
>Gilby wrote:
>>
>> Get more aerodynamic, meaning that you should try to minimize your drag by
>> keeping your arms in and your knees closer together. If you are really
>> struggling with the wind, then bending at the waist may also help.
>>
>> Arthur Doerksen wrote:
>> > And how can one get aerodynamic without a recumbent uni?
>>
>> –
>> Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums The
>> web-based Rec.Sport.Unicycling
>
Regards, Jack Halpern President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
http://www.cjk.org Phone: +81-48e$B!]e(B473e$B!]e(B3508
Re: Uphill upwind on a Coker
I know what you mean, I go one step further than you do. I actually do get out
of the seat, I have a CF seat and Miyata air seat on my Coker so that I can hold
the front bumper with one hand (I flail with the other) then lock my elbow so
that instead of it being my back side controlling the unicycle it is my
shoulders. There is a 30% hill about a mile from home that I climb regularly
with 110 cranks, this is where I learnt this technique because it is too steep
to spin up.
Roger
The UK's Unicycle Source
<a href="http://www.unicycle.uk.com/">http://www.unicycle.uk.com/</a>
----- Original Message ----- From: “Chris” <reed8990@uidaho.edu> To:
<unicycling@winternet.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:31 PM Subject: Re:
Uphill upwind on a Coker
> Something I’ve found works well on hills with a Coker is to bounce on the
> pedals. Maybe there is a better name for this, but it’s like stand-up riding
> on a bike, when you’re really cranking hard. Basically, when one pedal is
> forward, you lunge off it, so there’s virtually no weight on the pedals when
> the cranks are in the dead position, then lunge off the other foot when that
> pedal comes forward. All this is done while standing up off the seat. It only
> seems to work for a certain cadence, so once I pick up more speed I come out
> of it and just spin.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> Gilby wrote:
> >
> > Get more aerodynamic, meaning that you should try to minimize your drag by
> > keeping your arms in and your knees closer together. If you are really
> > struggling with the wind, then bending at the waist may also help.
> >
> > Arthur Doerksen wrote:
> > > And how can one get aerodynamic without a recumbent uni?
> >
> > –
> > Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums The
> > web-based Rec.Sport.Unicycling
OK, here is something that no one has mentioned yet as far as I know
(apologies if I am wrong there):
Going uphill on any large wheel is tough, and it’s tougher into wind, of
course. The most useful discovery I have made recently is that if your
seat isn’t too high, you should sort of stand on the pedals anda squeeze
your thighs so that you are in effect pushing against yourself. This
forces your feet onto the pedals and gives you greater thrust against the
pedals than you would have otherwise, and the difference is startling. I
have used this quite successfully on many occasions when pushing my two
kids in the stroller (total of over 85lbs) while riding my 26" Semcycle.
I also tried this on my Coker (I wasn’t pushing a stroller at the time!)
when going uphill and found it to be highly effective.
David