One foot

[Akuma]

I finally learned to hover one footed last night, after coming up with a
wonderful idea that isn't in the skill file but probably should be. It seems
like it should be so obvious - I practised against a wall for a few minutes.
Before this, whenever I took my right foot off the pedal my left foot would
continue to rock slightly for a few seconds before stopping altogether. By
using a wall I got the hang of shifting my balance as necessary.

Once I'd got the hang of hovering one footed, it wasn't long before I was
riding across the room one footed. Well, actually I was doing 3 revolutions
before I ran out of space, but I think I could have gone a lot further.

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[Ken Fuchs]

Danny Colyer <bs1dwc@bath.ac.uk> wrote:
> Once I'd got the hang of hovering one footed, it wasn't long before I was
> riding across the room one footed. Well, actually I was doing 3 revolutions
> before I ran out of space, but I think I could have gone a lot further.

My guess is Danny started from a one foot idle to one foot riding. Is that
right, Danny?

Many skills are better learned by starting from an idle. For example, I learned
to ride one footed seat at side by starting from a one footed seat at side idle.

Stay on Top,

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com

[Akuma]

On Tue, 21 Mar 1995, Ken Fuchs wrote:
> My guess is Danny started from a one foot idle to one foot riding. Is that
> right, Danny?

Depends what you mean. I learnt to hover before I learnt to ride (which I
think is what you mean), but I still can't go straight from a one foot hover
to a one foot ride. I have to put my right foot back on the pedal in between.

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