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Old September 28th 05, 03:50 AM
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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!!!!!


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Old September 28th 05, 04:08 AM
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Twist the seat(post) counterclockwise a little bit.


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Old September 28th 05, 04:18 AM
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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.


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Old September 28th 05, 04:28 AM
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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!


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Old September 28th 05, 04:32 AM
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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.


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Old September 28th 05, 04:46 AM
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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.


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Old September 28th 05, 06:00 AM
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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 ?


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Old September 28th 05, 07:52 AM
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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.

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Old September 28th 05, 10:16 AM
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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.


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Old September 28th 05, 01:12 PM
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n9jcv wrote:
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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.

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