WhoooHooo

IowaKid · May 8, 2004, 6:47pm

i can freemount!!!

nickvb123 · May 8, 2004, 11:29pm

good 4 u

forget_your_life · May 8, 2004, 11:48pm

right on! i remember how good that felt.for me unicycling got so much easier after that.

U-Turn · May 8, 2004, 11:52pm

Nice! I used to think of trail riding as freemounting practice – ride 2 feet, fall off, spend 20 minutes trying to remount; repeat until exhausted.

noclowns · May 9, 2004, 3:31am

what is freemount?

tom_edmonds · May 9, 2004, 3:46am

mounting the unicycle unassisted

noclowns · May 9, 2004, 6:15am

ah ok, I first thought it was some MUni term then that is was a special way to mount

thinuniking · May 9, 2004, 7:58am

I CAN GLIDE!!!
Ben

tom_edmonds · May 9, 2004, 5:04pm

VERY envious, just watched the matrix again today. you should be able to just download the skills then i would look cool riding my uni, plus i could get down my road twice as fast and have an excuse for some new trainers. oh well look like itll have to be good 'ol practice.

tennisgh22 · May 9, 2004, 5:23pm

once i learn how to glide my life will feel complete. i will be able to die satisfied.

-grant

muniracer · May 9, 2004, 5:46pm

you say that now, but i promise you the second you learn how it will be replaced by a new, greater ambition. kinda the same way there can be no uni to make you happy and never want another.

digitalattrition · May 9, 2004, 8:23pm

You mean you can’t?

The Matrix will soon have you.

fades into binary code

digigal1 · May 12, 2004, 9:02am

Re: WhoooHooo

When does a freemount count? I mount with wall assistance and I can’t ride more than a few feet anyway. Last night I thought I’d try to freemount for the hell of it, as I was getting tired of my regular practice routine. I completed the action of freemounting, and a heartbeat later I was holding the wall. So I got up onto the seat, but couldn’t ride away before swaying sideways.

U-Turn · May 12, 2004, 9:06am

A typical indication of success in a specific skill is the ability to ride away at least 3 revs and dismount in control. So keep trying, digigal, you’ll be there soon!

unigeee · May 12, 2004, 9:10am

freemount is an important step, congrats

chirokid · May 12, 2004, 12:10pm

Congrats IowaKid. --chirokid–

IowaKid · May 12, 2004, 7:07pm

thanks all

system · May 12, 2004, 10:48pm

Re: WhoooHooo

On Wed, 12 May 2004 11:02:11 -0500, “digigal1” wrote:

>When does a freemount count?

U-Turn is right in general (3 revolutions) but I have to add that for
level 1, the “freemount, ride 50 m and dismount gracefully with the
unicycle in front” is as a combination regarded as one skill, so if
you fall or step off before having ridden 50 m it does not count for
level 1.

But from what you say, digigal1, you are definitely getting there!

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be sure to remove the saddle and simply sit on the seat post. this is far more comfortable - tennisgh22 on the comfort of Savage unis