Putting them on Standing up

[nofear]

me and bobman do it all the time lol

[bathsheba]

This's what I want cuffs for -- I feel like I could do it if it wasn't so tough to get my foot through  the knee bar, that's when I keel over.  Maybe my shoes are too big!

[zackiz]

You can twist the stilt 90 deg to get half your foot through and then twist back and get get the other half through. That how I did it.

[Pendragon]

I got some m70's last fall... now I'm starting to really get on them for this summer and it seems like it takes a ton of energy just to get a few bounces out of em.  I go around the block once and I'm completly wiped out.  I way about 63kg's  I'm right at the bottom of the weight range.  Should I be having this hard of a time getting these things to bounce?

[XarnuSonci]

well for starters this has nothing to do with the thread you posted it in, so you can start a new thread for a new topic in the future.

to answer your question, you've had them for a while so they're prolly starting to get less springy, i've had mine for almost a year and they're definately not as bouncey as they used to be, but also you're at the bottom of the reccomended weight range, and they're not really acurate, you should prolly have M80's.

[tundrah]

I think he means that his springs are still very stiff, correct me if I'm wrong Pendragon.

[Pendragon]

sorry about the random post in the wrong section... but yeah my springs seem really really stiff and dont' seem to be losening up much.

[GraveCicada]

I have a problem getting them OFF without flailing like a wild animal as it is.

[Kiola]

lol.. there are really easy ways of taking them off..

the easiest being.. find a seat high enough so that your legs are slightly bent .. take your shoes off if you have any trouble getting them back through the hole.. and the stilts should slip right off .. there .. easy

[Yakumo]

lol.. there are really easy ways of taking them off..

the easiest being.. find a seat high enough so that your legs are slightly bent .. take your shoes off if you have any trouble getting them back through the hole.. and the stilts should slip right off .. there .. easy

I might have to try that, my walking shoes don't fit through the hole very well, I have to sorta force the back heels through.  I didn't think about taking the shoes off, I'll definately be doing that when I remove em


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[Kiola]

yea.. i have a pair of DCs that don't fit back through very well lol.. so i just take them off when i cba to struggle for the next few mins and force them back through the hole

[Dark Knight]

I'd try but I can't get my foot in the hoop with my shoe on so I'd also have to tie my shoe up once I'd got into my PJ's :/
But I'll try anything once !?

[Wrasse]

Wheeeee

An old thread revived, with a good couple of hints too. 

I can't believe this comment made it through unscathed... 

<snip> then it slipped, leaving me face first in the sofa and a big black V on the carpet..<snip>

Tom

[Beaker]

The real art is taking them off whilst standing up - when you have nothing to lean against.

I can just about manage to do this, but i tend to bock in walking boots that don't fit through the kneebar easily, so it can be a bit of a struggle.  I imagine I look like a bit of an idiot when I'm doing it, but when I do it in front of other bockers and then challenge them to do the same, I tend to get the last laugh

[Balthezar Arith]

Interesting thread.  I usually always put them on sitting down, dead on the ground.  It gets people's attention because they dont think I know what Im doing.  I love showing off I can stand up unaided.  I seemed to get into the habbit of always taking them off standing up.  I'll just lean against my car and slip out of them.  fun stuff tis.