Stillstands possible with pedals vertical?

minimalist · 2011-12-15, 08:43 PM

I've starting working on my stillstands and I recall a post from Kris Holm where he recommends learning stillstands with a variety of pedal orientations. Does this include stillstands with the pedals vertical? This position seems very awkward and I'm wondering if a still stand is feasible from this position. I don't want to waste a lot of time practicing with a vertical pedal orientation if I don't have any chance of achieving it.

Does anyone have experience doing stillstands with a vertical pedal position?

knoxuni · 2011-12-15, 10:25 PM

i can do thoes for 15-25sec

corbin · 2011-12-15, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by knoxuni

i can do thoes for 15-25sec

Make a video and post it to you tube. I'd like to see that done for 15 seconds.

corbin

knoxuni · 2011-12-15, 11:07 PM

will do when i go on break.

DSchmitt · 2011-12-15, 11:19 PM

yeah, they're possible. i've done one for about 45 seconds. they're surprisingly easier than you'd think. i'd say one footed standstills are definitely harder. most of the control, on vert standstills, comes from the foot on the bottom pedal.

MadFurai · 2011-12-15, 11:45 PM

Dude, an 18 minute standstill!?!? Crazy..

AustinLee · 2011-12-16, 01:20 AM

I just went out and tried this, and it's awkward! The unicycle wants to start idling! But I got it for like <5 seconds though

knoxuni · 2011-12-16, 01:28 AM

I messed around with it and go a sloppy 7ish

johnfoss · 2011-12-16, 04:48 AM

That's why they call it the dead spot. It's the pedal position with the least control for unicycling. Still doable, but much more challenging. If you want to make it really hard, try using the top foot only!

knoxuni · 2011-12-16, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by johnfoss

That's why they call it the dead spot. It's the pedal position with the least control for unicycling. Still doable, but much more challenging. If you want to make it really hard, try using the top foot only!

can i run clipless?

johnfoss · 2011-12-17, 05:22 AM

Why wouldn't you?

Oh, maybe you don't want to "cheat".

minimalist · 2011-12-17, 11:43 AM

Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to practice my stillstands at four different possitions

dominant foot forward
dominant foot backward
dominant foot up
dominant foot down

MadFurai · 2011-12-17, 03:34 PM

By the way, I think you meant with the cranks in the vertical position. When I first read this post, I honestly pictured you guys turning the pedals 90 degrees and placing your feet on the skinny end of the pedal.

minimalist · 2011-12-18, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MadFurai

By the way, I think you meant with the cranks in the vertical position. When I first read this post, I honestly pictured you guys turning the pedals 90 degrees and placing your feet on the skinny end of the pedal.

Your right, I should have said vertical cranks. Still stands with the pedals vertical would be rather unstable.

King Of Suede · 2011-12-18, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MadFurai

By the way, I think you meant with the cranks in the vertical position. When I first read this post, I honestly pictured you guys turning the pedals 90 degrees and placing your feet on the skinny end of the pedal.

This is exactly what I imagined and then it got even crazier when Knox said "Oh yeah, it's possible."
I was like "WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST YEAR?" =/

2011-12-15, 08:43 PM	#1
minimalist less is more Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cary, NC USA Age: 50 Posts: 75	Stillstands possible with pedals vertical? I've starting working on my stillstands and I recall a post from Kris Holm where he recommends learning stillstands with a variety of pedal orientations. Does this include stillstands with the pedals vertical? This position seems very awkward and I'm wondering if a still stand is feasible from this position. I don't want to waste a lot of time practicing with a vertical pedal orientation if I don't have any chance of achieving it. Does anyone have experience doing stillstands with a vertical pedal position?

2011-12-15, 10:25 PM	#2
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,668	i can do thoes for 15-25sec __________________ Be a dumbass experience dumbass consequences its full circle of dumbass And then, do it again. That makes it an infinite loop!

2011-12-15, 11:07 PM	#4
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,668	will do when i go on break. __________________ Be a dumbass experience dumbass consequences its full circle of dumbass And then, do it again. That makes it an infinite loop!

2011-12-15, 11:19 PM	#5
DSchmitt Human Gyroscope Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Age: 25 Posts: 1,962	yeah, they're possible. i've done one for about 45 seconds. they're surprisingly easier than you'd think. i'd say one footed standstills are definitely harder. most of the control, on vert standstills, comes from the foot on the bottom pedal. __________________ Best of Me 18:21 Stillstand 255 foot railride

2011-12-15, 11:45 PM	#6
MadFurai Skateboarder to Marine to Unicycler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Central Virginia Age: 42 Posts: 536	Dude, an 18 minute standstill!?!? Crazy.. __________________ MadFurai's YouTube channel

2011-12-16, 01:20 AM	#7
AustinLee Unipsychle Productions Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Gardnerville, NV Posts: 573	I just went out and tried this, and it's awkward! The unicycle wants to start idling! But I got it for like <5 seconds though __________________ "Light a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life." "'Your' and 'You're' are sworn enemies. If you misplace them, it could lead to violence." My Youtube

2011-12-16, 01:28 AM	#8
knoxuni wes style!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: central ohio Age: 18 Posts: 4,668	I messed around with it and go a sloppy 7ish __________________ Be a dumbass experience dumbass consequences its full circle of dumbass And then, do it again. That makes it an infinite loop!

2011-12-16, 04:48 AM	#9
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,927	That's why they call it the dead spot. It's the pedal position with the least control for unicycling. Still doable, but much more challenging. If you want to make it really hard, try using the top foot only! __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

2011-12-17, 05:22 AM	#11
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,927	Why wouldn't you? Oh, maybe you don't want to "cheat". __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

2011-12-17, 11:43 AM	#12
minimalist less is more Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cary, NC USA Age: 50 Posts: 75	Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to practice my stillstands at four different possitions dominant foot forward dominant foot backward dominant foot up dominant foot down

2011-12-17, 03:34 PM	#13
MadFurai Skateboarder to Marine to Unicycler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Central Virginia Age: 42 Posts: 536	By the way, I think you meant with the cranks in the vertical position. When I first read this post, I honestly pictured you guys turning the pedals 90 degrees and placing your feet on the skinny end of the pedal. __________________ MadFurai's YouTube channel

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