I have tried doing a rolling mount but must be doing something wrong. When I get on the seat, things get squished :eek: - ouch!! I have seen people do the rolling mount quite effectively but I cannot figure out how to do it without hurting "myself".
Some questions: 1) Are you actually putting all of your weight on the rear pedal as the pedal turns up? 2) At what point do you position yourself onto the seat? Before stepping on the rear pedal? After stepping on the rear pedal? 3) Do you rest some of your weight on the seat with your hand/arm while stepping on the pedal?
I can freemount but I am always the last one to go because of the time it takes me to get situated on the seat.
I do the "suffer-4-a-minute" rolling mount. You squish at first and fix things on the go! I hear the padded bike shorts are the best for both world's.
it works best (for me anyway) to think of the rolling mount as you think of riding one footed. assuming you can ride one footed. basically, put no weight on the pedals even though your foot is on it.
when the dominant (ex. left) pedal comes up, you put your left foot on it but put no weight on it, so the unicycle keeps rolling smoothly. then after it goes over the top you can put your weight on it to push it down, and hold your right foot in the path of the right pedal, until that pedal comes up and hits your right foot, and suddenly, both feet are on the pedals, and the unicycle never stopped moving!!
I've just discovered the rolling mount alone, a few days ago and when i thought to do that it was so natural and it came really easily.
I don't think ride one foot is a compulsory because i cannot ride more than half seconds with one foot, i think the jump mounts helped me more. Rolling mount is just like a jump mount in movement : you have to throw your fisrt foot at the right time as explained previously. And very rapidely, put the other, as your body come above the stopped-by-the-first-foot-for-a-second unicycle.
