Well, I have no Video proof, but...

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I wrecked my stuff before I could make the video (but as you all know me…one is soon forthcoming)

I am able to, I’d say about 80% success, land 180 suicide mounts

(the uni does the 180, not me)

And you thought the suicide mount seemed intimidating!

But, just like before, no failed attempts ever lead to any pain :slight_smile:

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(haven’t tried it on the Coker…yet)

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oops…wrong forum

I’ll leave it here till there’s a video

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Awsome. Is it much harder than a suicide mount? How does it compare to a 180 unispin?

Andrew

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Unispins are something that I have never bothered to try.

Nothing against them, but in a sport where you have the option of learning 100’s (1000’s?) of tricks, you are lucky that you can pick and choose which ones you learn. Gliding is way higher on my list than unispins.

Now, having said that…it is definetly harder than a suicide mount, but just like the suicide mount, the hardest part is picturing yourself actually doing it.

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I did it twice out of the 3 times I tried it…and my brother pulls them off every time.

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i’m confused, do you start spinning the uni and then jump on? are your hands on it at all time?

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you start with the uni backwards.

you spin the uni by the saddle as you are jumping up.

now, as you land on it, it is facing the other way (the right way)

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i can do 180 suicides to! i learned to do that a few minutes before i landed a unispin, they are very similar but it was more conquering the fear of the pedals that lead to the unispin. i love that trick and it is so impressive to non-riders.

i have once landed a 360 suicide as well, which i caught on video, which will be feature in my up and coming video. should be ready in a month or so.:smiley:

dont know what to call my video, any ideas?

iain

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so do you land on it seat out or seat under? well, i guess it’s not much of a mount anyway if you land it seat out…

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i land the 180s seat in, i let go of the seat just before i land when i’m confident i’m goin to hit the pedals.

when i landed the 360 i landed it seat out because it’s a bit difficult to predict.

i think it is still a mount if it’s landed seat out, it’s just a jump mount rather than a suicide. i think what we have been talking about is more of a 180 jump mount because i spin the uni at the same time as i jump, rather than letting go of the uni before i jump. however 180 suicide sounds much better:D

iain

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LOL, I hope you have a really cushy seat!!

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It’s not cushy, I’m big-boned :frowning:

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I have video proof

After trying the 180 suicide mount I have much (even more) admiration for Sofa. That **** is ******* hard! I mean seriously! I destroyed myself, this was way more “physical” then a regular suicide mount. I took so many falls and nutters.

Anyway, watch the clip here: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albus52

It’s dark because I was trying it for hours and wouldn’t give up so I finally got it after dark.

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Re: I have video proof

Hey Nice! (Although…you sure do hold onto that seat for a long time!)

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I let go when it’s pretty much perfectly sideways. I found that if I didn’t hold on that long one of my legs would hit the seat and knock it over. Do you let go long before it gets sideways? Like just spin it and then jump on?

edit: On second look I always let go of the uni a little bit before sideways. It’s hard to see though because it’s dark.

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I let go of the seat as my feet are leaving the ground

edit: I use very little hand force to spin the uni, so it spins as I leap. I’ll get a vid tomorrow bright and early.

My MUni is out of order right now, so I’ll have to try it on the Monty. May as well try it out on the Coker too, I suppose, I can’t get it out of my mind :frowning:

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sweet, i want to see how you do it. for the regular suicide mount i always let go then jump, but for some reason my leg always knocked the uni over when i was doing the 180 unless i held on to it a bit. i’ll have to watch your vid and try and do it better tomorrow. i think it won’t be too hard, it’s just that it seemed like an incomplete motion unless i was doing it all at the same time.

edit: i think also i may be used to a unispin type spinning motion…

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you know how when you are holding the seat pre-suicide, you are holding the uni upright, and steady, and you (well, I do) have one hand in front of the seat and one in back.

Start just the same, but with the uni reversed.

Then as you are hopping, slightly (it sure doesn’t take much) flick the seat to start the spin.

edit: you certainly have already accomplished the trick, but this way looks 10 times cooler :slight_smile:

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Zach, let’s continue this in Rec.Sport.Uni

After watching my own video, perhaps you are releasing the same time I am. In my defense, your vid was quite dark. It gets bright here at 7am :frowning: