I’ve finally made some progress with wheel walking. I still need to make
it smoother, and need to get comfortable at landing on the pedals
afterwards, but that’ll come soon enough. I’d like to ask about what I
should be working on next.
How is one-footed wheel walking done? I am thinking the foot not walking
rests on the fork, making contact with the wheel only when the other foot
is not. Is that accurate?
I’ve got a way’s to go before I’m at this level, but what is the procedure
to get into a glide? Can I go from wheel-walking down a hill to gliding?
When gliding, both feet tend to rest on the fork, with one making contact
with the wheel as well?
I’m sure it’ll be a while before I have anything resembling success with
these, but I figure the sooner I try, the sooner I’ll get it
I’ve just started getting some progress on 1 foot WW. This is mainly due
to my bent cranks, which make most other tricks (besides 1 foot riding) a
little bit hard or dangerous.
Anyways, a good thing to do is to just practise wheel walking for long
distances. you’ll notice that the wheel often slips under your foot. You
can control this so that (for example) after your left foot pushes the
wheel, you let the wheel slide under your R foot as you bring your R foot
into position. After a while, you’ll be able to slide your foot back up
the wheel as its rolling forwards, then push again with the same foot.
Thus you’re alternately pushing and braking with the same foot.
At the moment I’m only having success doing 2-4 pushes with the same foot,
while my dormant foot is simply waving around in the air (I think).
nic
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jeff Lutkus wrote:
> Good day, > > I’ve finally made some progress with wheel walking. I still need to make > it smoother, and need to get comfortable at landing on the pedals > afterwards, but that’ll come soon enough. I’d like to ask about what I > should be working on next. > > How is one-footed wheel walking done? I am thinking the foot not walking > rests on the fork, making contact with the wheel only when the other > foot is not. Is that accurate? > > I’ve got a way’s to go before I’m at this level, but what is the > procedure to get into a glide? Can I go from wheel-walking down a hill > to gliding? When gliding, both feet tend to rest on the fork, with one > making contact with the wheel as well? > > I’m sure it’ll be a while before I have anything resembling success with > these, but I figure the sooner I try, the sooner I’ll get it > > Jeff Lutkus > > _____________________________________________________________ > Free e-Mail and Webspace - http://Unicyclist.com
pricen01@tartarus.uwa.edu.au writes: > Anyways, a good thing to do is to just practise wheel walking for long > distances. you’ll notice that the wheel often slips under your foot. You > can control this so that (for example) after your left foot pushes the > wheel, you let the wheel slide under your R foot as you bring your R > foot into position. After a while, you’ll be able to slide your foot > back up the wheel as its rolling forwards, then push again with the same > foot. Thus you’re alternately pushing and braking with the same foot. > >At the moment I’m only having success doing 2-4 pushes with the same >foot, while my dormant foot is simply waving around in the air (I think).
I am also in the process of learning this trick (WW1F), and I occasionally
practice by WW normally and then occasionally ‘skipping’ with my dominant
(left) foot so that the weaker one stays off for a step and I end up
taking two steps (the ‘skip’) with my left foot. I would bet that with
this sort of practice, I could get the trick in a few hours. Right now the
most I’ve gotten is about 6 steps with my left foot only. You also need to
lean back an iota more, amking it a bit scarier than WW, which is plenty
scary on its own at first.
