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My How-To Page-
Chock full of tips and techniques that I hope will help you learn new moves, and polish the ones you know. Unicycle How-To coming soon to bottom of page- by goofeedude8-)
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Trackstand-
(Picture coming soon)A foundational move to trials, I had to put this one in first. The trackstand works best on a slight uphill. Roll slowly forward with your sweet foot in front, with your weight over your handlebars and your arms very straight, almost locked. As you slow down to a stop, turn you wheel about 45 degrees (can be more) to whichever way feels comfortable to you (I am left foot forward, I turn my wheel to the left), and use a small pedal stroke to stay in place (if you are on a slight uphill, gravity will pull you backwards). It is kind of a rocking motion, pedaling an inch or two forward, letting gravity pulling you back and repeating the process until you can stay pretty nearly perfectly still (maybe a quarter of an inch movement each way). DON'T BE DISCOURAGED!! This can take you months of steady practice to get it right, but don't give up!!! You can do it!! |
Nose Wheelie-
In order to do a nose-wheelie, you need to do these following things:
1.Roll along slowly
2.Put most of your weight on your handlebars. 3.Lock your front brake.
4.Let off your brake before you tip over forward.
5.If that didn't get you up on your front wheel, try lifting your feet whilst following these steps.
6.Try to keep your bike straight.
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Bunny Hop
The bunny hop is also a foundational move to good trials riding. You can use little hops to maintain your balance while you are trackstanding, or you can use a large bunny hop to get up stuff. To learn how to bunny hop, do the following:
1.Roll along at a medium pace.
2.Shift your weight to the front of your bike, so most of your weight is on your arms.
3.Shift your weight abruptly backwards whilst pulling up your handlebars. This makes your front end come off the ground
4. This is where it gets tricky and this is the hardest step to learn. What you want to do is this: when the front of the bike comes up, HOP. But, you see, in order not to just hop off the pedals, you have to kind of point your toes down a wee bit and shift your weight forward as to put pressure against your feet and the pedals so that it is almost as if you were grabbing and lifting the pedals off the ground with the soles of your feet.
5.If you have done all this correctly, then the rear of the bike should follow the front's example and leave the ground. This is an extremely tricky move to learn and it will take a considerable amount of practice to get it right. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED It will take a while, but you will get it, and it will become an easy trick to pull. Tips: To bunnyhop higher, crouch down at the begining of the move and jump upwards with more force. Also, think of the bunnyhop as a backwards moving |
Rear Wheel Hopping
In order to rear wheel hop, first ride forward at a slow pace. Lock your front brake and go into a small nose wheelie. As you come down, lean backward and pull the front of the bike upwards, keeping you arms bent. As you continue your backward travel, hop to keep your balance. You will probably keep hopping toward your rear. In order to hop in place or hop forward, you must level your pedals to a more horizontal position. To do this, you may (1)Start your nose wheelie with your front pedal lower than your rear pedal, so when you rotate backwards, your pedals become level, or (2) whilst in the midst of your backhopping, lower your front the slightest bit and let go of your rear brake long enough to get a small pedal stroke in which levels your pedals.
I am new to backhopping, and am getting better every day. When you start, don't be surprised if you can't even do one single hop. I found rear wheel hopping to be more difficult to learn than riding a unicycle! And I am still improving every time I ride...
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