Free-mounting on small surfaces

shermanator94 · 2009-08-17, 12:01 AM

Right now, I can easily free-mount on the sidewalk by putting my dominant foot on the corresponding pedal and then rocking.

Now, how would I free-mount on small surfaces in which rocking means falling off (ie railing)

How do people like KH and Dan Heaton mount?

SirSkillz · 2009-08-17, 04:13 AM

When I mount on skinnies, I put my back foot on the pedal, and my front foot about 10cm away from the back of the tire. I quickly mount and start pedaling forward right away. From there, riding on the skinny is all about confidence and commitment.

The super-awesome-insanely-good riders are able to slowly pedal along the skinny, but when your just starting, it's a good idea to ride with some speed.

davidp · 2009-08-17, 02:11 PM

It sounds like you're currently doing rollback mounts. A static mount will get you on top the unicycle without much wheel movement. I'm not good enough to mount on a small surface yet, but there's a big difference between my rollback and static mounts in terms of wheel movement. I found this short clip comparing the two: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery2/m..._itemId=197387

shermanator94 · 2009-08-21, 05:39 PM

I tried static mount...

works great!

thanks

Cyc · 2009-08-21, 08:58 PM

I had issues with the static mount (on KH24", but also on the noname 20" I used before). It simply did not work for me since I could not stop my foot from the reflex to push down the pedal.

Recently I did, however, a (for my level) quite extreme long downhill tour, partially on single trails, steep with lots of stones and roots . Since I UPDed quite frequently it turned out as well to be a good mounting execise. Due to the steepness it was actually very straight forward to do static mounts.

Back on flat territory I could still do it. Since then this is my standard way of mounting.

BoffyTheUnicyclist · 2009-08-25, 07:17 AM

yea i roll bak mount on rails lol .

2009-08-17, 12:01 AM	#1
shermanator94 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rowland Heights, CA Age: 18 Posts: 172	Free-mounting on small surfaces Right now, I can easily free-mount on the sidewalk by putting my dominant foot on the corresponding pedal and then rocking. Now, how would I free-mount on small surfaces in which rocking means falling off (ie railing) How do people like KH and Dan Heaton mount? __________________ Your head lives in your gut. Listen to your gut

2009-08-17, 04:13 AM	#2
SirSkillz phlhatt Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: B.C. Canada Age: 19 Posts: 982	When I mount on skinnies, I put my back foot on the pedal, and my front foot about 10cm away from the back of the tire. I quickly mount and start pedaling forward right away. From there, riding on the skinny is all about confidence and commitment. The super-awesome-insanely-good riders are able to slowly pedal along the skinny, but when your just starting, it's a good idea to ride with some speed. __________________ "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." -Jack Layton ^3rd - 540 Unispin Comp^

2009-08-21, 05:39 PM	#4
shermanator94 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rowland Heights, CA Age: 18 Posts: 172	I tried static mount... works great! thanks __________________ Your head lives in your gut. Listen to your gut

2009-08-25, 07:17 AM	#6
BoffyTheUnicyclist Unicyclist Chris . Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On my laptop doing something unicycle related. Posts: 552	yea i roll bak mount on rails lol . __________________ -Clean Swabs "The only way to becoming a great unicyclist is to get back up and do it again" - B.S. http://www.unicycle.co.nz/

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2009-08-17, 02:11 PM	#3
davidp Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chelmsford, MA Age: 33 Posts: 705	It sounds like you're currently doing rollback mounts. A static mount will get you on top the unicycle without much wheel movement. I'm not good enough to mount on a small surface yet, but there's a big difference between my rollback and static mounts in terms of wheel movement. I found this short clip comparing the two: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery2/m..._itemId=197387

2009-08-21, 08:58 PM	#5
Cyc Luni-Muni Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Freiburg Age: 47 Posts: 3,648	I had issues with the static mount (on KH24", but also on the noname 20" I used before). It simply did not work for me since I could not stop my foot from the reflex to push down the pedal. Recently I did, however, a (for my level) quite extreme long downhill tour, partially on single trails, steep with lots of stones and roots . Since I UPDed quite frequently it turned out as well to be a good mounting execise. Due to the steepness it was actually very straight forward to do static mounts. Back on flat territory I could still do it. Since then this is my standard way of mounting.

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