picking things up...

terry@santafe.edu
Thu, 25 Feb 93 11:38:12 MST

>>>>> "derrick" == A.D. Williams adw3345@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.D. Williams) writes:
>>>>> "ephraim" == Ephraim Vishniac <ephraim@Think.COM> writes:

derrick> Do I lean the unicycle all the way
derrick> to the side (like when I'm skiing and I turn to a halt) or
derrick> does the unicycle lean forward (like with ski jumping), or
derrick> does the unicycle remail relatively straight up but the rider
derrick> does a bodily contortion that allows his arms to reach the
derrick> ground?

ephraim> Experts will expand on this, I'm sure, but:
ephraim> What most non-chimpanzees do is to reach down on one side
ephraim> while the unicycle sticks out to the other.

Actually, I don't do this at all. I bend forwards and the uni seat
goes backwards. The object can then be anywhere from a little behind
(and to the side of) the pedal to almost in front of the wheel.

Terry.