Re: wheel walk learning
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On Tuesday 13 August 2002 02:23 pm, RancidFlannel wrote:
> i put my foot on my tire(tyre?) for the first time yesterday, it feels
> awesome, and i want to learn how to wheel walk badly now. problems:
>
> getting my feet up onto my 24" w/ gazz tire, its quite a reach
Put your seat up as high as you can. Start from an idle, putting one foot up
on the tire, start pushing, then bring up the other one.
>
> starting it–i want to learn how to start it without support as fast as
> i can, this is priority numero uno
I hit the point where I wasn’t getting any better starting from a wall. I
then tried starting from an idle and I got better real fast. So I guess the
answer is to stop using support as soon as you feel ready.
>
> of course, getting down to pedals again, but i think i’ll just kinda
> pick this up…
I’m still working on this one.
>
> are there any good movie places so i could watch someone do the whole
> thing, getting on, walking the wheel, and getting back on pedals. how
> fast should i be trying to walk?
The USA skill level shows it. Regarding speed, you don’t want to be going too
fast. A tendence when learning is to lean forward and step like crazy trying
to keep up. You won’t be able to ride continuously this way. You instead
want to be in control, even slowing the wheel down if needed.
For additional advice check out The Unicycle Page writeup at
http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/skills/wheelwalk.html
Beirne
>
> tia, RancidFlannel
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