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Old August 3rd 03, 11:42 PM
Klaas Bil
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Default Progress and questions!

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 22:35:17 -0400, "Oana et Jocelyn"
wrote:

This sport is great!

It is the greatest!

Everyday, new (usually tiny) progress, but
unfortunetely no one around
to share the enthousiasm...

Luckily we have the newsgroup! (The link to the forum is down so the
community is quite small though.)

It seems you are making very good progress on several fronts.

Is it realistic to think about
commuting on a unicycle?

In view of the conditions it may be a bit too early now. But yes,
people do commute on Cokers, with hills, in traffic, over even larger
distances. Absolutely realistic!

-Up and down curbs: down is no problem. Up is another story. I am trying
the
non hopping method, sofar without success.

What non-hopping method? Rolling up curbs of 10 cm (4") or more is not
so easy. You have to unweight the wheel at the right moment,
preferably augmented by putting more weight on the pedals for a brief
moment just before the curb. Also, pull on the seat. A fat tyre helps
as well. But then, a jump (as some ppl call a rolling hop) requires
practice too. I find that 'static' hopping up a curb is the easiest
way. But I agree that rolling /down/ a curb is easier.

Somehow, last week I managed to do one backward "step" and continue
forward,

This is one recommended pre-idling exercise. (And a skill in itself, I
think for level 3.)

find some new goals soon...

There are so many options to choose from.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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"the helmet is to protect the brain, not replace it. - iunicycle"

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