I’ve got a quick question for y’all… but here’s how I stand (or ride, whatever) on the issue at hand.
I’m been envying wheel-walkers for a long time, and only recently have I been making any progress on the issue.
I live in a dorm, and when my PA (equivalent to an RA) isn’t yelling at me for riding it in the hallway, I can ride down the center of the hall and use one finger on each wall to keep me balanced sideways, and I can walk myself down the hallway.
However, when I try to do it without my fingers I fall over before I make a full push with my foot.
I’m using good form (or so I think) of starting with the toe and continuing down the center of the tire with the center of the shoe all the way to my heel. My feet don’t hit each other either. I’m just curious as to how y’all made the jump from the wall to open-space. (I hope it’s not as simple as grit and just fall, but any small things that helped also?
> the way to my heel. My feet don’t hit each other either. I’m just > curious as to how y’all made the jump from the wall to open-space. (I > hope it’s not as simple as grit and just fall, but any small things that > helped also?
Um, I just learned without the wall. I avoid walls for learning whenever
possible. They allow you to be less than perfectly balanced, without
falling over. Probably bad advice here, but try going faster. WW gives you
less balance because it should be done very slowly, decreasing the
gyroscopic stabalization of the wheel (did I just make that up?). When I
first learned WW, I could go fast, but not slow. Over time, I managed to
slow down.
>> the way to my heel. My feet don’t hit each other either. I’m just >> curious as to how y’all made the jump from the wall to open-space. (I >> hope it’s not as simple as grit and just fall, but any small things >> that helped also? > >Um, I just learned without the wall. I avoid walls for learning whenever >possible. They allow you to be less than perfectly balanced, without >falling over. Probably bad advice here, but try going faster. WW gives >you less balance because it should be done very slowly, decreasing the >gyroscopic stabalization of the wheel (did I just make that up?). When I >first learned WW, I could go fast, but not slow. Over time, I managed to >slow down.
Going faster is good advice, you have to move your feet fast and smoothly
to keep your motion going. Your just training your body to walk backwards
to move the uni forwards. Another skill to develop that will help with WW
control is plain old riding. Yup, try riding as slow as you possibly can
without twisting the wheel. This will help you develop the control and
sense of balance that you need for the slower speeds that are usually
involved with WW.
im in the same place you are with the WW____i’d just wanted to let you know that i’m watchin your thread too…so now you know that we are riding N crashing together…Any way it makes me feel better to know i’m practising with someone,cause GOD knows this a lonly world for a unicyclist
> me for riding it in the hallway, I can ride down the center of the hall > and use one finger on each wall to keep me balanced sideways, and I can > walk myself down the hallway. > > However, when I try to do it without my fingers I fall over before I > make a full push with my foot.
The wall is holding you back. Time to try it out in the open and find out
what makes you fall when you have no wall to grab. Knowing what makes you
fall is the first step in correcting it.
For many people learning wheel walk, it is a steering issue. You go a
little crooked, and come down to one side. So you need to steer, by
sticking your arms out and rotating them left or right. This might be hard
in a hallway with walls you can reach, so try it outside.
> > Going faster is good advice, you have to move your feet fast and > smoothly to keep your motion going. Your just training your body to walk > backwards to move the uni forwards.
I can’t wheel-walk. When I watch people wheel-walk, I think of them
pushing the uni forward by moving their feet forward on the wheel. Just
thought I’d share that with you all.
> > Going faster is good advice, you have to move your feet fast and > smoothly to keep your motion going. Your just training your body to walk > backwards to move the uni forwards.
I can’t wheel-walk. When I watch people wheel-walk, I think of them
pushing the uni forward by moving their feet forward on the wheel. Just
thought I’d share that with you all.
> > >UnicycleDK wrote: > >> >> Going faster is good advice, you have to move your feet fast and >> smoothly to keep your motion going. Your just training your body to >> walk backwards to move the uni forwards. > > I can’t wheel-walk. When I watch people wheel-walk, I think of them > pushing the uni forward by moving their feet forward on the wheel. Just > thought I’d share that with you all. > >John > >
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In a nice piece of serendipity I found a cartoon that demonstrates how
cavemen learned/practiced wheel walking. The cartoon is an 12/11/01 issue
but won’t be on the web for 2 weeks. But, you can see it at: http://www.unicycling.com/hooten/
John Hooten
HanClinto wrote:
> Hey all! > > I’ve got a quick question for y’all… but here’s how I stand (or ride, > whatever) on the issue at hand. > > I’m been envying wheel-walkers for a long time, and only recently have I > been making any progress on the issue. > > I live in a dorm, and when my PA (equivalent to an RA) isn’t yelling at > me for riding it in the hallway, I can ride down the center of the hall > and use one finger on each wall to keep me balanced sideways, and I can > walk myself down the hallway. > > However, when I try to do it without my fingers I fall over before I > make a full push with my foot. > > I’m using good form (or so I think) of starting with the toe and > continuing down the center of the tire with the center of the shoe all > the way to my heel. My feet don’t hit each other either. I’m just > curious as to how y’all made the jump from the wall to open-space. (I > hope it’s not as simple as grit and just fall, but any small things that > helped also? > > Thanks alot! Have a great one! God bless! > > Signed, Clint Herron > > – > HanClinto Posted via the Unicyclist Community - > http://unicyclist.com/forums
Having just “tapped in” to the unicycling community, I must say that I’m astounded and impressed with how much you guys have been willing to help me out.
All the advice has been great! I haven’t worked on the unicycle for a couple days (shame, shame, I know… but whaddya’ know… it’s finals week…), but I’m looking forward to trying all this stuff out!
Thanks for the encouragement guys, and keep building up the community like this… it’s people like y’all that make me proud to call myself a unicyclist.
I haven’t mastered many of the Uni forms but I practice WW by doing so on my bike. It’s a lot easier when you have a set of handle bars to hop on and another seat behind you. By doing this you can get a feel for the way your foot should be “scuffing” the tire, and then just apply the same to the Uni once you get a good feel.
