Backwards riding and one foot

[hungry4uni]

I have been riding for a long time 24" on my torker lx. I want to learn to


1. ride backwards

and

2. and riding one footed.



If you could post videos/tutrials and any or both of these it would help a lot

Thanx

[kerosian]

I can give you a little help, as far as riding one footed, just start applying less and less pressure to one pedal, eventually you'll be able to go farther and farther with one foot. Going backwards is all about overcoming the fear, as it's just as easy as going forwards. Just practice going backwards and it'll come to you eventually, learning to idle first helped me.

[hungry4uni]

How long could you idle for kerosian?

[kerosian]

well, as long as my legs don't tire, pretty much forever.

[hungry4uni]

how do you idle w/o falling to the side

[kerosian]

move your body when you need to, you learn to feel for it after a while, it's just like riding skinnies, after a while you develop a sense of balance

[Ducttape]

any tips on combining one footed riding and backwards riding? I'm trying to figure that one out now...

[_Ground_Zero_]

any tips on combining one footed riding and backwards riding? I'm trying to figure that one out now...

yah, a guide for this would be great. I keep trying but when I get into 1 foot idle I just fall onto the ground :( .

[hungry4uni]

Hey guys

I have been trying to learn to idle. If you find any good tutorials would you please post me or pm me please!!!

[xtor]

I have been trying to learn to idle. If you find any good tutorials would you please post me or pm me please!!!


Here is what worked for me:

1. Hold on a railing with your feet in the 6 and 9 oclock position.

2. Start rocking back and forth while still holding the railing. The

bottom foot does all the work.

3. You will have to lean forward as you are moving forward (just as you

do when your starting off normally.)

4. Release the railing and continue idling. You can always grab the railing

again for balance.

5. When you fall to the side turn to the side you are falling to.


Hope this helps.

[UniDudeDX]

i just learnied to idle and ride backwards. they will be in my next video. ill add somthing in for you guys if you want...

[Ducttape]

ride backwards with one foot?

[hungry4uni]

i just learnied to idle and ride backwards. they will be in my next video. ill add somthing in for you guys if you want...
Thank you man, that would be awesome

[mattsmith]

I don't know about riding one-footed, but if you can do a roll-back mount with either foot then you're halfway towards riding backwards. Once you can do the roll-back, just keep rolling back. It takes a bit of a stamp on your mounting foot to get your momentum firmly in the right direction. It's scary, and hard to control the speed (kinda like your first revs forwards). I was stuck at 3 - 4 revs until I got the speed right, then it came fairly naturally.

The other thing about going slowly is that changing direction becomes easy. Which leads to idling. This is how I learnt to idle:
Go backwards a few revs
Hold static for a moment
Go forwards a few revs
Hold static again
Go backwards etc. ... you get the idea.

Then I shortend the revs to just 1 each way ('ridling' as I like to call it) switching my lead-foot. The last step is just to keep in a state of perpetual switch and voilà. I don't know if it's the best way, but all told, from not being able to ride backwards to being able to go backwards and idle for 10 revs each foot took ~5 hours saddle time on a 20". The hardest part being the initial ride backwards.

[xtor]

Here is what worked for me:

1. Hold on a railing with your feet in the 6 and 9 oclock position.

2. Start rocking back and forth while still holding the railing. The

bottom foot does all the work.

3. You will have to lean forward as you are moving forward (just as you

do when your starting off normally.)

4. Release the railing and continue idling. You can always grab the railing

again for balance.

5. When you fall to the side turn to the side you are falling to.


Hope this helps.


Sorry: as you probably guessed I meant 12 and 6 o'clock

[sreeja]

1. One should know how to idle one footed and ride one footed very well, before attempting one foot backwards.
2. Cycle back and forth 540 degrees in what is commonly know as one footed triple idling. This is actually riding one footed forward 1-1/2 revolutions followed by riding one footed backwards 1-1/2 revolutions!
3. After a few cycles, try to continue going one footed backwards!

[Unibugg]

I don't know about riding one-footed, but if you can do a roll-back mount with either foot then you're halfway towards riding backwards.

Then there is hope for me. :D
Thanks for a nice post. I'm going to give it some more practice. Maybe a little courage and and a lot of practice will finally get me there.

[hungry4uni]

roll back mount?

[UniDudeDX]

yesterday i learned how to ride one fotted.

[Unibugg]

roll back mount?

Are you asking what this is?

[mattsmith]

roll back mount?
I thought this was a common term, but maybe not. I wouldn't have used it so nonchalantly if I'd thought it would cause confusion.

The roll-back mount, as I understand it, is to start with your foot on the near-pedal between the 3 (or 9 depending on which foot) and 6 o'clock position and the saddle jammed firmly against the crotch. Press down on the back pedal and allow the uni to roll back ~half a revolution, as the uni moves under you, bring your trailing foot gently up to meet the front pedal, which by the end of the exercise is the back pedal.
The aim being to get the feet close enough to the 3 and 9 o'clock positions to enable them to apply directional pressure. This varies from the static mount, in which the uni stays still while you push yourself to a position above it.


Is there another/ more accepted name for this mount?

[Unibugg]

Is there another/ more accepted name for this mount?

That's the only one I know of. Nice explanation too. It is my favorite.. um.. er.. only successful mount. ;)

[beeper]

I am still learning backwards riding. Its a pretty simple concept.. I just ride, and if I throw in a 180, I decide to give backwards riding a shot. I am almost at 80 percent consistancy in my ability to ride backwards at least 4 revs. I suggest you give it a shot. Its much less frustrating, but it takes longer.

[ridingwithscissors]

I learned to ride 1-footed in an hour yesterday (without ever having tried it before:) )
all you need to do is ride along, take your weight of one foot, then take it off entirely, pick yourself off the ground and try again. try to work out what you do wrong each try, then improve. simple as that:D

[Ducttape]

I learned to ride 1-footed in an hour yesterday (without ever having tried it before:) )
all you need to do is ride along, take your weight of one foot, then take it off entirely, pick yourself off the ground and try again. try to work out what you do wrong each try, then improve. simple as that:D
but can you do it backwards? i want to know how to do it backwards....

[ridingwithscissors]

that's today's task...
edit: it shouldn't be too difficult, you would just reverse the motion and balance. it might feel a bit weird moving the ankle differently, but I'll wait and see.

[hungry4uni]

Huzaaaa

Ridingwithscissors is officialy not dumb. People try to write long tutorials on how to do it (one footed). In reality you need to just suck it up and go for it. I can even do it and rest my foot on the frame. Ridingwithscissors is officialy the guy i'll come to for advice now!!!!

[that1guy6]

Here is what worked for me:

1. Hold on a railing with your feet in the 6 and 9 oclock position.

2. Start rocking back and forth while still holding the railing. The

bottom foot does all the work.

3. You will have to lean forward as you are moving forward (just as you

do when your starting off normally.)

4. Release the railing and continue idling. You can always grab the railing

again for balance.

5. When you fall to the side turn to the side you are falling to.


Hope this helps.
thank you so much, this really helps

[hungry4uni]

Hey guys,

I still seem to be having trouble riding backwards. Does anyone have any video tutorials or written tutorials they can offer?

[skilewis74]

This was asked of me I decided to post it here to hopefully help others.


Hey skilewis74,

I have been trying to ride backwards for quite a while now but can't seem to get it right. I was wondering if you had any advice. here are my questions

1.Do you look forwards or backwards when you ride

2.Do you lean forwards or backwards

3. I keep drifting to the side, how do I stop?

4. HELP!!!
Generally you fallow all the same rules as learning to ride forwards, but reversed.

1 Look forwards. I ride along a railing and put something on it 5-10 yrds before each end so I know when to stop. (I'm still learning:( UPD's are really scarry because of my legs not really working from my paralysis:o ) When you can ride well you of course need to occationally glance backwards so you know where you are going and when you get really good you can ride looking backwards.

2 Lean backwards (because I'm terrified of falling over backwards I actually lean forwards and pedal a little harder) pedal smoothly and try to keep the speed to a moderately slow pace to avoid ugly UPD's. Once you can ride well ideally your back should be streight, w/ a streight line from the axle through to your head and everything leaned slightly backwards.

3 Don't wory about it. Leading w/ one arm is a quick fix. Lead w/ the oposite arm as the direction you drift. When you ride fairly consistently find a large open space, like a shool playground, empty parking lot w/o parking curbs, or smooth dirt like a baseball dimond. Do fgure 8's (or circles if you don't have enough space) gradually getting smaller w/ the goal of the diameters w/in 3 meters, and then 1.5 meters. To cure the drifting (or jurks) do lots of smooth circles towards your bad side.

4 Ask more ?'s if needed, don't get discouraged, and have fun!
last question,

before I got your reply, I was outside practicing and I leaned backwards and it worked. Though, I started gaining massive speed until I couldn't control myself and fell off. Any tips on lessening speed?
thanx
Lean less and pedal slower but keep your pedal strokes smooth, circular.

Edit:
but can you do it backwards? i want to know how to do it backwards....
The same thing, but I think it'd be easier to ride forwards, lean back and ride backwards. Knowing and doing are two separate things though :rolleyes:

[hungry4uni]

what are UPDS

[skilewis74]

what are UPDS
UPD's are UnPlaned Dismounts

[bad310]

what are UPDS
"what are UPDS"
UPD's are my enemy, and they know how to make me feel pain at work the next day.
On topic, I wouldn't have thought of riding backwards yet but after reading this thread I might go out tomorrow and give it a go.
Thanks guys and girls