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Riding Coker Crooked HELP PLEASE!!
Well, I have been unicycling for about 1 year now. First couple of months on a Torker 24. Then in March I started riding my Coker. Now so far this year, I have 1200+ miles on my Coker. I generally go for 15-30 mile rides, usually on crushed limestone paths. I love it. I wore out my first Coker tire at about 900 miles and put a new one on. Here is the problem. My last couple hundred miles I have developed a very nasty habit of riding with my butt off to the left ever so slightly, and my left shoulder continues to stick forward. I have tried riding hands free, riding left hand on seat, right hand on seat, arms crossed in front of me, left hand behind back in an attempt to make the shoulder go back, still no luck. This happens on flat, crowned, blacktop, crushed limestone, virtually anywhere I ride. Last weekend I took my 24 torker out, and I had the same nasty habit. That for me seemed to rule out anything being wrong with the Coker. I have scrutinized the Coker very closely, and asked my dad to look at it at well. He was a chemist and is very analytical. We did not see anything wrong. He watched me ride, and yep, I do sit off center, and my left shoulder goes forward. I can turn to the left verrrry easily, but turning right is much more difficult. I am right handed. I almost always mount with my left foot on the pedal and then jump. I have tried recently learning to mount with the other foot. Left foot is almost 100%, right foot is about 30%. The first 700-900 miles I always rode with my hands free. Then I decided to try with a hand on the seat. I prefer to ride with my right hand on the seat, I do not know if this contributes to the problem or helps resolve it. Maybe no effect. Does anyone have any ideas??? I feel so bad 1200 miles and now my riding is turning to CRAP!!!! I went 20 miles today, but it nagged me all the way. HELP Please!!!!! -- n9jcv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ n9jcv's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7844 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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Riding Coker Crooked HELP PLEASE!!
Twist the seat(post) counterclockwise a little bit. -- burjzyntski - thejoeb It's no good being Polish unless you prove it once a day. "Every silver lining has a touch of gray." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ burjzyntski's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10188 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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Riding Coker Crooked HELP PLEASE!!
i've been having the same problem. my left shoulder leans forward and it's really annoying because it seems like it should be so easy to fix but it's not. i usually hold the saddle handle with my left hand and i think the right side of my body just wants to lean back like i'm a bull rider or something lol. i've been trying to hold the handle with my right hand instead recently and it seems to help. i'm not as comfortable and in control of the uni like that yet, but at least the leaning is less severe. try changing up how you hold the saddle, i think getting comfortable doing it different ways will balance things out. -- boo radley - Guest "Never moon a werewolf" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ boo radley's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10484 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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Riding Coker Crooked HELP PLEASE!!
Incredible mileage! Way to go. I think that I do the same thing to a certain degree and Billham from this forum suggested concentrating on moving one hip or the other forward. It's a subtle change in posture, but a big change for the "twist" effect. So the crown of your pathway has no effect whatsoever? I always ride with less twist when the crown of the road goes downward to the left (perfect for riding in the UK....unfortunately it accentuates my tendencies here in the US). You will get lots of suggestions, good luck! -- unidaddy - head over wheel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unidaddy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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Riding Coker Crooked HELP PLEASE!!
Practice riding circles turning towards the right,(the side that you feel uncomfortable with.) Do it over and over until it fells comfortable. As you do the circles, you will probably find that you have shifted your seat position. Also, keep working on mounting with the weak foot. These helped me when I had a similar problem. -- One on one - Founder and member of GUA "However, like the jet pilot, if the Coker rider tries to turn too fast, he/she could black out." -Memphis Mud I went further than I had planned and had a testicle break at about 25 ks -onebyone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One on one's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5740 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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Riding Coker Crooked HELP PLEASE!!
I also have a tendency to ride with my left shoulder pointing forward and leading the way. I also ride with my right hand on the saddle handle. When my right hand is on the handle my left arm gets used for balance and usually is held out in front of me. That leads to the left shoulder always wanting to lead the way. It's a hard habit to break. Try riding with your left arm behind your back. Try riding with both arms behind your back. It will help get you to sit more square. Do you use an air seat? Your air seat may actually be lopsided which could cause you to sit off-center on the seat. Air seats can be finicky like that, especially the 'doubled over dogbone style' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=258) air seats. Try riding on a standard foam saddle like the KH or KH gel and see if that gets you to sit more square. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/7lvbu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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I do the same thing and finally went to chiropractor and noticed when I sleep etc I lay on side and stretch my right arm out and my right leg and this has made my hip a tilt to one side after a number off trips to the chiropractor it went away then a few years later after not going it came back and I have been told I ride my motorcycle crooked too, I have tried a number of things to favor the other side and well ? -- Daytripper63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daytripper63's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10789 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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Can it be the place where you ride? I don't know where you live. If
you are in the UK, then the typical road crown would push you to the left which is compatible with what you write. If you are e.g. in the US, it makes less sense. Regardless, try riding the same stretch the other way round, retracing the trajectory where you rode. Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict -- "Unicycling is like glue: you have to stick with it, and it's not to be sniffed at - Mikefule" |
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I find a simmilar thing happening to me but usually when i haven't ridden for a couple of days. This does not seem to match with your experience so we might be talking about two different things. I also find it happens when i get off the 20" and onto JayneZA's Coker (which I'm using for meet-and0greet gigs at a local casino). The quickest way for me to sort that out is to start swinging my arms in time with my feet pedalling. Almost like when you're walking. I feel (and look, I guess) a bit like a race-walker, but it normally squares me up in no time at all and then I can drop my hands, or use them to doff my hat at people and welcome them to the casino. -- GILD - Waffle-Tosser, Time-bider and JCTK if you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.-- 'alice' (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html?) 'roosevelt' (http://tinyurl.com/963jr) 'longworth' (http://tinyurl.com/78ybd) I feel like a 'fugitive' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Daves-Tattoos) from the law of averages.-- 'william h mauldin' (http://www.johnconyers.com/) ...using nietzsche's metaphysics to escape from christianity...-'metro_tramp on the value of metaphysics' (http://tinyurl.com/4sjw6)- it's hard to be sure, and good to be paranoid...john childs on life on the internet 'harper' (http://tinyurl.com/c9epx) 'NAMASTE!' (http://tinyurl.com/4qcxw) 'Dave' (http://www.lyricsdir.com/d/deep-purp...ld-in-time.php) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GILD's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/657 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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n9jcv wrote: * Does anyone have any ideas??? I feel so bad 1200 miles and now my riding is turning to CRAP!!!! I went 20 miles today, but it nagged me all the way. HELP Please!!!!! * I had exactly this happen to me briefly last year. After several thousand miles on the coker. It went away pretty quickly, after about 80 miles or so. I think in my case what fixed it was conciously moving my weight up onto the saddle and playing around with the pressure I was putting on each pedal relative to the other. When you're moving weight around on the seat, just sit on it so it feels like way too much towards the opposite side and you should be in about the right place. It's also worth checking your pedal axles / cranks aren't bent, as that can do weirdy things to your riding without being easy to spot. Joe -- joemarshall - dumb blonde my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album483 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/43576 |
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