Beginner Unicycling - UNIQUEST - Level 2
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2019
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★Chris Huriwai breaks down the stages of learning to ride and individual unicycle tricks, going as indepth as possible!
★Level 2:
Unassisted ride 4+ revs 0:28
Assisted bunny hop 2:38
Unassisted idle 1+ revs 3:35
Free mount 4:34
★Previous episodes/full beginner playlist:
• UniQuest
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/ hippounicycles
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One thing that helped me a lot when I was learning to ride; reminding myself to look towards the horizon. When I looked at the ground, that's where I ended up.
Great tip! Just like a bike, look where you want to go!
CH
Hi everybody,
As you can see, the pace of progression is slow! I'm trying my best to break things down so that beginners have a wealth of information to work with when learning to ride.
But yeah, I realise for many of you these videos are going to be pretty boring for a good few months or... years haha
-Chris H
PrettyGoodChannel Excellent addition to Uniquest man. Been riding for a few weeks pretty passionately, and have learned a lot just on my own. The knowledge you’ve provided on UA-cam has been a great attribute in refining my riding and learning new things. I was able to ride almost anywhere after a few hours, and now I can ride as long as I want, otherwise I haven’t learned other basics with as much ease but getting there, I can free mount a bit sloppy now and still working on idling a bit here and there, but am looking forward to completing a minimum of the basics. This video should greatly improve the steps I’ve been working on and again looking forward to the next part. Slow progression or not, these videos will not only be great for improving skills of new riders like myself watching from the beginning, but of course future riders, either way, the wealth of knowledge from such an experienced rider is greatly appreciated and can wait patiently for the next one while I work on what I already know. Thank you very much!
@@travis103192 yesss
I really like the pace of progression! Breaking it down into these basic steps will really help me.
I am 45 and finally decided to learn how to ride one of these. Truly greatful for all the great tips. Cheers from Alberta Canada
I watched a lot of unicycle videos, and this was the best one.
To keep me busy during social distancing I received a unicycle as a gift. These videos have been a big help so thanks. Took me three hours and two minutes to learn to cycle, from an assisted start, to the end of my driveway which is about 7 revs. Now I can free mount easily, turn 180 degrees in 3 revs, and cycle until I get tired. I'm now trying to work out idling and going backwards. Thanks for the videos!
I learnt to ride about two years ago, but I Havnt really learnt anything new apart from different mounts. Waiting for the higher skill episodes to learn more. Keep it up man
put the quest on a playlist
Great lessons. Not boring Chris at all. You are inspiring. I am 64 but up for the challenge. You explain it so well and gives me full confidence. I am just starting out to learn. For me, it’ll be a challenge but also a part of my fitness regime.
Keep it up. You are good at teaching this to people. 👍👍
Geoff
This series is very exciting for me! I’ve been unicycling for a while, but while i can free ride pretty much indefinitely I still haven’t mastered unassisted mounts or learned any real tricks. I’m looking forward to learning more as this series comes out! (and maybe teaching some things to my other unicycling friends)
Hi. I’m 57, female, taught myself when I was 11 and still ride - mostly to embarrass my kids. Can do level 1 and 2 but looking forward to taking it further! Thanks for doing this!!
I am so stoked right now, just hit hour 20 in my unicycle training tonight. I have been watching all your beginner videos and have found them way helpful... Last night I was able to uni all the way across the length of an outdoor basketball court 5 times, WooHoo.. Tonight I decided to try out the free mount and after about an hour or so I was able to pull off about 5 good free-mounts followed by several revolutions because of this video . Thanks Chris, you da man!
62 with 2 metal hips but making good progress. Career teacher, and Chris , you are very good teacher, thanks for uniquest.
Best of luck! Glad you're enjoying and thanks for the feedback!!
CH
P.S
Please be careful haha
分かりやすい、非常に参考になります
so good
Awesome man!! I can’t wait to the next video! Thanks a lot!
Great video, thanks for putting it out there!
I love these videos! They have helped me so much thank you!
Thanks for the series! I can certainly see how these would've helped me.
Free mounted today for the first time YAY!! Thanks for the tips Broseph..u da man!!
I managed an assisted mount a few times today! I need a better venue to practice at but I’m so excited that I got to start!
This was so helpful I learned how to free mount today after watching your video!
This is suuuuper helpful! Thanks so much for shooting these videos. I can't wait for more!
Your videos are so good! I am a patchy level 2 after a very long time and I wish I used your structured lessons way back when. Going to work on your practices now :)
This videos really help me learning unicycle! Thank you!
The hardest part about free-mounting for me is getting the second foot to land in the appropriate position on the pedal (after jumping up with the second foot). Sometimes that foot ends up too far back on the pedal. Sometimes it ends up too far forward. Sometimes it ends up too far inwards and so rubs up against the crank with each and every revolution. And there seems to be no way to adjust the placement of the foot on the pedal, once you're up and running. Perhaps you could please address this issue of foot-placement-on-the-pedal in your comments or in a subsequent video? Thanks.
gracias por tus consejos,son muy utiles chris.
Yipee !! Best video found!! Tanks !!💜
I just found this, I currently can ride pretty consistently but have a hard time on free mounting, very epic gamer moment
It's like that. Generally people learn to freemount quite late, and they just rely on holding onto things for mounting, totally normal but IMO super nonpractical. BUT, getting really confident in the saddle and working on your confidence and balance when riding is generally a good way to improve your freemounting capabilities, it comes with time.
-Chris H
Great video series
Great tutorial!
Thanks x 1000. This the best way for the free mounting. I’ve tried all the methods I could find un UA-cam and I failed on all of them: they would cost many hours. Your method is the best, with success since the very first practice session. An advice I could give, from what I´ve learnt with this method, is to make a little jump with the foot that´s on the ground. Thanks from a spanish patreon subscriber.
Like your tutorial-series, it's really great and although I can ride unicycle I struggle with things like riding backwards or idle... So thats very helpful to me how you break it down into little steps :-)
You're really a great teacher.
Thank you Chris
Cool video!
When I was learning to free mount I read you can put a small stone/brick behind the wheel so you can use it as something to press against in the initial stages, I found that helpful.
This worked for me, after 1 week using a rock I could learn the basics to freemount, after I removed the rock it took me like 10 minutes to freemount.
Thanks you for this video. I learned how to start riding freely. By the way, what also helped me was starting on a street that slightly goes downwards.
I am currently struggling to carry out the free mount. I started with your lessons a while ago, now I can ride indefinitely. Hopefully this will work. I think every time your advice is nice and very accurate. Thank you Chris
Chris, I'm learning a lot from you. I've had my 1st uni for 1 month and already can do some ride. Huge thanks !
Yeeeehaw, welcome to our world!
CH
Thanks for these vids, i am on day 14 around 30 mins a day, i can do around 50 res now, next thing, the free mount!
So helpful thank you
Hi Chris. Thanks for video, i've just received my uni and made first "ride". It was exciting and hard 😂
真的是一个很棒的教学视频。
Thanks a lot I learn so much with you :) I can easily ride now
I’m watching all your vids as have just bought a unicycle
Your videos are great. My new, first unicycle arrived the other day. As soon as I have it assembled I’m going to watch your beginner videos on my phone while trying out your instructions. Keep up the good work & keep posting videos. You have no idea how helpful they are. I feel more confident as a beginner because you have offered great tips & they are in a progression. Thanks! 👍☮️🌞 We need an emoticon for a unicycle. 😬
Awesome Daisy! A few new levels are now available if you haven't seen them :)
CH.
Yesterday 2nd day:
Riding around a double tennis court.
Assisted mounts, both left and right
Assisted idling
Assisted bunny hops
Assisted pedaling further from the fence just barely touching with my hand. The chain link fence is a bit loose and not perfectly flat, curving out in places, so it's teaching me to only use it for a light touch, and I found it's much easier to balance the further away I am from the fence with both arms out to the side and in front of me.
0.51mi = 6.1 loops of 440 ft tennis courts fence. 1hr 45mins.
Really improving.
Progressive distance 1 side, 2, 3, then 4 sides of the fenced court without stopping. Was able to do 3x separate 440 ft loops both CW and CCW (right hand light touch and left hand light touch on the fence), and able to start with either foot. Blended in bunny hops and 1/2 rev idling.
Getting stronger, getting used to the rhythm of a little pump just before the dead zone, and repeating left right left right over and over while balancing with a little forward lean while feeling the seat and the pedals equally.
Relaxing my legs with a forward lean and equal feeling in the feet and seat is the key.
Kept playing with the seat height to find what would help me be the most relaxed and rolling through the dead zone freely. 30" seems about perfect for me wearing shoes (5'7" tall, 29-in inseam standing flat-footed). Riding a 26-in QU-AX Luxus uni ordered from Renegade Juggling in Santa Cruz, California. It's a German company with manufacturing in Taiwan.
Maybe a little big to be starting on, but I want to be able to do some distance with it, and be able to accompany some running friends on their workouts. Seems like I could do 8:30 to 6:30 per mile pace on the 26-incher once I get good at it, which will be perfect.
Back at it! 😄
Well i could ride after a solid hour
I haven't tried any other stuff yet, tho
Great video's keep up the good work
I'm surprise'd you don't get more attention to be honest!!!!!
Hey Chris, decided to learn this sport (55 years old) bought cheap cycle searched UA-cam and you came up (lucky for me) had my first session and enjoying the challenge. You are a legend. Maybe a session on different types of cycles and where they best fit. Recommendation once out of amateur school
A popular video suggestion! I'll give it some thought :). Welcome to the unicycle world!
Suggestions for once you're out, really depends on what type of riding you'd like to do. There's road, mountain, tricks, all sorts!
@@PrettyGoodChannel Thanks for that, thinking road at the moment until I gain confidence.
about a month in and I am hereish. gotta work more on my free mount, especially about the leaning because I think I do more of a snap my foot onto the other pedal and go... which one time ended up causing the pedal to hit my shin pretty bad :D it taught me a lesson for sure.
Hi I got a unicycle a couple of days ago and I’m already doing great because of these videos thanks
Awesome news! Comments like these motivate me to make more :)
CH.
PrettyGoodChannel I am just learning the way of getting on without any help and I’m nearly there I did it twice
My Uni comes in on Friday .. I'm watching the videos trying to pick up some tips. thanks for putting these together!
Awesome! Best of luck :)
CH.
Hey I got my first unicycle for my 47th birthday a couple of weeks ago - it’s really nice! But it’s rock hard!! I’m finding your videos really helpful - great lessons dude - thanks! 👍👍👍
I bought my unicycle for my 46th birthday, about 6 months ago. I'm at level 2 beginners level I think, but am finding it a challenge to balance. I'm enjoying the practicing though.
These are great. I'm a long time rider and I've recently felt stuck with my skills. Seriously looking forward to the more advanced skills.
Cheers, hopefully we can get there soon!
-Chris H
@@PrettyGoodChannel Take your time, the skills are well broken down. Plus it's always good to review the basics, the "things i don't think about while riding any more". Helps me help others too.
I taught myself one little trick today that made a big difference.
1st I realized that it's a tall balanced triangle, and the balance point is the seat.
Seat
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/ \
Pedal Pedal
2nd When I sit on the seat with the pedals horizontal, I straighten one arm and put the heel of my hand on the front of the seat, and I push down on the seat to feel the gentle forward pelvis tilt that I need, and it also takes the weight off the pedals so I have an exact feeling for being light on the pedals. PELVIC TILT provides finer control than leaning.
Just that one thing pushing down on the seat and getting my feet light makes a big difference.
Oh! I also put on thin racing running shoes.
I was wearing boots before.
And I remembered that people can wear thickly padded running shoes and the result is that they hit the ground harder because they they don't get the proprioceptive feedback to their feet.
A runner in thin-soled shoes or even barefoot caresses the earth.
So I was pushing down harder than I needed to because I couldn't feel it because of the boots.
So I put on my thin racing flats and that really helped me keep a light feeling also.
Great progress, pedaled 1.08 mile today, doing 440 ft at a time around two tennis courts, while lightly touching the fence at arm's length.
I realize that the foot I was putting too much pressure on was the one on the fence side and that was creating difficulty moving through the dead zone. so just getting away from the fence and extending both arms wide really made a difference.
Changing direction also helps.
It's all coming together and I'm excited!
Super, like !
When my kids and nieces and nephews were young I offered 20 dollars to anyone that could ride my unicycle to the end of the driveway (about 30 feet). My youngest son and my nephew were the only ones to collect on the offer.
thank you so much, watching your tutorials today, i did my first 8km today, only in three weeks. The free Mount it’s hard, only 10% of time 😰. And i prefere wait to do. I spent Too much energy
thanks, Chris for small motivation at the end of the video :) this is probably most important things!
I wish I have this video 4 years ago, its never too late make it for next generations.
feel free to add comment hehe!
Thanks! I'll remember that... Encouraging/motivation really is important, I always do this in real life but sometimes forget about it in videos :)
-Chris H
Learned to free mount in an hour thanks to your video. Thank you so much. I’m looking at upgrading my unicycle. Do you have a video which provides the info I need to consider before I make that purchase? Keep up the great work.
I'm thinking of buying a unicycle and I wondered how to know what size to buy. I am an adult 5ft 11in tall. I think it would be a fun challenge to learn to ride. I enjoy your videos also.
Same height, I got a Nimbus Trials 19". It's built like a tank. I started with cheap, entry level stuff but they would break often, esp since you are gonna be hard on the uni while you are learning
Great
thinkyos!
Hey Chris, I ride EUCs pretty well, but I've always wanted to try a "manual" unicycle. What would be a good size for a beginner? Is larger diameter wheel easier?
Wonderful!
If I had this video 5 years ago ... I could save very many hours!
👍
I know that feeling, that's why I'm making them! Hopefully it'll give people what they need to progress faster :)
-Chris H
Hye Chris... Can u share with us. What brand unicycle u riding.. and all the parts including tyre u using ryte now ..
I ordered mine and can not wait to start learning... 6:30 Hahahahah..
When I freemount and I feel far more comfortable starting off with my left foot ready on the pedal and the right foot after, then which is my dominant foot, right or left?
Another great video, they are helping a lot! Could you do one for the men, with advice on evading testicular discomfort?
Haha oh boy, I can write a brief comment. You're meant to sit on your ass/GOUCH, not your balls. If you're having problems, you can adjust the angle of your seat and also your seat height to make things more comfortable, and ahhh unless you're an absolute monster, there shouldn't be a problem haha. If you're talking about bunny hops/drops/jumping, its a different story, like on a bike, you need to land with straight legs to compress the landing, just like on a bike, and just like on a bike, you need to land with your pedals/cranks parallel with the ground so you can distribute weight equally.
CH.
@@PrettyGoodChannel Kia ora, a little follow up on this. Now that I'm a bit more comfortable riding standing up, adjusting my feet while riding, and able to put a little weight on the handle, this is not really an issue anymore. I guess I'm not an absolute monster after all haha. Thanks for all these videos, they're a really great resource, and I know how difficult they are to make and edit.
Would pushing a shopping cart help? Ski poles in each hand?
Do you think a 26" wheel is too big to learn on?
Hey, I am looking into starting unicycling properly, I have tried my friend's dad's one and found it fun and quite cool. As I am looking to start, would you recon getting something good to start or just a beginner unicycle.
Hmmm depends! Usually good to start with something suitable for beginners, ie: not too expensive, but still robust so you can practice some exciting skills without fear of it breaking.
CH
Hi, just wondering what wheel size and crank length you're using in these videos. Thanks for all the encouragement :)
Hey!
I'm riding 125mm :). For learning I recommend anything between 125mm and 135mm as ideal for 19'' and 20'' unicycles. Often learner unicycles have shorter cranks, cheap freestyle unicycles, but generally aren't ideal for learning, in my opinion
CH.
Thank you for this, I thought you had to bunny hop from straight legs, so I was wondering how u carry on pedaling whilst stood up
Same! Also this is a way to learn 1 foot idling?
6:10
6:10 is this way to mount another hidden way to learn how to 1 foot idling?
I’ve been unicycling 6 months now but I still can’t freemount and I keep practicing. I reckon I can do it one every 5 times I try. Can it take ages, is there hope??
What size is that unicycle?
My pedal snapped off.
This has me a little afraid to doing the bunny hops.
It took 2 months for the shop to replace it.
Tho on the 2 wheel bicycle you can go at lower speed you still need to have enough speed to balance!
Tutorial please on other tricks
This my new hobbie i got me a torker uni
How much time takes to do this?
I'm learning unicycling at the moment, my girlfriend is teaching me. I've tried getting on a unicycle like 2 or 3 times before but never really serious. For now, I started 3 days ago with getting on the unicycle and would hold her shoulder for an assitset ride (better than walls in my opinion because if i ride in circles she can walk along with me). Today on day 3 I managed to get on the unicycle alone and could ride about 100-200 metres alone, very curvy but its getting somewhere. I train about an hour, 2 at a max a day (now in quarantine I have alot of time haha). I think if you calculate like 2 weeks you are good to ride more or less stable on your own until your butt hurts :P
please can you suggest me a new Trial unicycle for the best cost from any country to India because no companies make unicycles in India.
The Impact Athmos is probably the best cheapy, Isis hubs and a good rim. It's better than I am :)
Hello Chris, I must tell you I discovered why it is difficult for me to progress in unicycle. I read that you are in New Zealand and I am in France, so I am basically riding upside down ? Or maybe is it you ? I don't know ..
Easy fix, flip your device and reapply the tips given.
CH
yeah i liked it a lot but i don't have budget to buy it ☹️☹️☹️
Just before I start practicing advanced tricks, I need to know if any of you guys have been badly injured while learning
I'm learning and fell forwards and skidded along the floor, but only got scraped a bit, you can't really screw up, if ur gunna fall just step off the unicycle
somehow i fell off backwards (very hard) and i still can't figure out what happened. i landed on my right hip, messed up my right elbow, and took a really hard shot to the back of my head. i lay there dazed for a few minutes before i was able to get up. i haven't tried getting back on since but i'm hoping to try again soon. i'm thinking some kind of helment wouldn't go amiss so i'll get one before i try again [i have an old motorcycle helmet somewhere around here so i might try that :-)] -- for now i'm just looking longingly at the uni in the corner and hoping to regain some courage/motivation. it's been a week and the soreness is abating so i don't know if it classifies as "badly injured" but it ripened my blueberries in a hurry.
I haven't been badly injured while unicycling I've scraped my back pretty bad but that's because I wasn't wearing a shirt.
When you walk, you have to lean forward, or walking would be impossible.
As with unicycling, lean forward, just the same mechanism.
thinkyos!