hopping
Paul Selwood (Paul.Selwood@bristol.ac.uk)
Thu, 21 Apr 1994 09:50:24 +0000 (GMT)
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> >Dear one wheelers and dealers,
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> > How do you jump roap on a unicycle. Do you jump once and idle once and
> >jump once and idle once? Maybe you just jump and jump and jump. In that case
> >I will be distraught because that is very difficult. I can jump once and idle
> >once and repeat that but jumping many times in a row illudes me.
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> I do it by the jump, jump, jump, jump method but don't despair, I don't
> think it's hard as all that. All you have to do is grip the seat real tight
> with your thighs. I don't do this for too long at a stretch because it does
> rub rather seriously.
Another technique that I find better is to stand on the cranks (rather
than the pedals) and stick your toes into the spokes slightly. Now when
you hop you have better control for less thigh squeezing. It still rubs
after ten minutes or so (endurance hopping competitions are killers!) though
and the technique does fall down a bit on a giraffe. Hope this helps!
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