i came up with some fun ideas i tryed the other day after watching the new school tricks and how they pump the bike to get speed.long ago we tryed to do a simple peg wheelie and only got 3 circles. but with this pumping idea you can do many more. tryed a steamroller but its was difficult so i did a halflash rolling backwards and it worked awsome 12 circles and got dizzy no scuffing only pumping the bike maybe you guys can use this into some of your moves.other than being 45 lbs heavier it was fun..

Today I finally completed building a bike that I think I'll be able to learn tricks with. My other ride was WAY too heavy. I also put to use my light blue tuffs finally.

Within about 3 tries, I ALMOST completed my first tailwhip ever. I've also realized that a steeper headtube angle would help more.

I gave it about 2 more tries until I had to tighten the headset and straighten the seat. It's 90 degrees here now, so I think I'm done for the day... it's not a dry heat either.

After a 20 year hiatus, I just got back into riding last week.

So, while very lame in comparison to some of you, I managed to ride a wheelie for 100 feet, and re-perfected the front brake endo.

It's a start, right?

Well, I'll just report on yesterday.

I took my mtn bike out the NID ditch next to the house, um, four times yesterday, riding for speed and hucking myself off of this one big rock about halfway out (it's about a 300 yard long path next to the ditch, give or take... never measured), riding wheelies, and doing the front wheel 180 to rollback thing.

When I got tired of going out there, I ended up picking up my non-flatland bike (the Nyquist) and practicing rockwalks without a front brake for a while. Came very close to tweaking my back, but didn't. So then I practiced bunnyhopping into abubacas on curb-high rocks just to get used to hopping and then placing the back tire in a specific spot. I also cussed at badly-installed brakes not grabbing painted rims (installed by me, nobody to blame). Then I jumped off a foot-high dirt mound until I could clear ten feet of distance... because I'm not all that used to jumping.

Then I came inside and ended up finding a website for an ABA track in Marysville that looks really, really sedate.

I raced today and jumped a new section I hadn't done before and 360'd the first jump.

I worked on manuals and bunnyhops again. That's the best upper-back workout I've found that doesn't involve a gym.

Rode tonight for about three hours with the local old guys (like me) Wayne and Chip. We rode at a new spot at a local elementary school. The local cop dropped by after we were there for while and was cool with us riding. The thing that got me was that the officer's baby face was a givaway that he was easily 5 or ten years younger than me and the other guys!!! Ha!

-Not a lot of energy in the ride tonight- just a casual, holiday-paced session. I did manage to figure out the balance secret to wheel chairs though, and I can cruise them freely now.- I just need to figure out a good way to go in out of the trick!

Yesturday was a good day for riding. I didnt make alot of BIG steps just little ones. I was able to coast a double footed steam with one hand on the seat much better than I have in the past.
Hang 5s are solid and I am coasting them at a much faster speed than I have before.
Some kids were watching me ride and he asked how many tricks can I do. I started going through all of them. I think we both lost count around 15 or 20. Most of those are basic tricks..IE...endos, Bar endos, Squeakers, Infinity Rolls, Tailwhips

But I was able to get into BW Halfhiker, Hang 5's and Steamrollers and Whiplashes

Keep on RIding!!

Mark

I rode too. But after about 20 minutes the bike needed some work, and I didnt have any tools in my car so I headed back to the crib. Usual stuff, hang 5s, whiplashes, some scuffing stuff. I did try wheelies, I was able to make it the length of the school I was at. I also bunnyhopped up onto the sidewalk a few times. I also 180'd onto it. That was fun.

Since my driveway is gravel I have to drive to a place to ride. The local elementary schools have nice lighted parking lots. Both have street riding capabilities. BITD I always rode in front of my home, I grew up in a condo, so there was a good size parking area to ride. It is weird getting into a car after a session. Anyway, I have fun again riding.

Sandy

Here is my bike. Since the picture was taken, I have removed the eastern sticker on the downtube and replaced with flames.

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Try this.

http://www.lhs91.com/bike.htm

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my current lame riding here

Nice 604! I am itching to ride but I have no tires. I had to replace my 18 year old snakebellies, the tubes were popping through the skinwall. I ordered some new ones from Ginny and they'll be here friday.

- R87M

I had a few minutes last night and I got out my new flatland bike. (I'd been working on my mountain bike and needed to ride a real bike for a bit).

I haven't done much on my new bike yet so I am still shaky.

I did a fire hydrant, sketchy but I pulled it. (Man, the back swings around fast on these new school flat bikes).

Then a 180 to rollback to infinity roll. That felt ok, pretty smooth.

Then a tailwhip, again the back came around really fast, I pulled it, but, I put a nice black mark on my new frame, and realized my seat may be too far forward. (my foot almost got stuck under it).

I haven't done a hang 5 in a while so I figured I would go for it. I usually put my left foot on my front peg and my right foot on my back peg, as it is easier to push the bike forward from this position (more leverage). I should have thought about how short these bikes are, but I didn't. I just pushed up like normal and when I hit the normal spot for a hang 5 on my old bike I realized that I had made a grevious error.

I was already a couple inches from landing on the ground...

boom.

My wrists took the brunt of it. I haven't gone over the bars in a while so it brought back some good memories. But, it still stung.

I got back on and did about 6 hang fives down my driveway, this time I barely pulled up and started from my pedal. I was sketchy but it was fun non the less.

I then did a few steamrollers, and a double footed steamroller. And then I jumped in the pool to cool off.


I should have put on my hammers and my gloves. I have a nice black bruise right above my knee from the bars when I wrecked.

No pain, no gain.

gm

I broke the flatland code and rode at the park on Tuesday night. Very fun.

This is what I like- reading about us riding our bikes and not just staring at the collection!!!

I rode last night for about an hour, but I'll hopefully get in at at least and hour again tonight.

I've got the coasting part of wheel chairs down and am now working on riding into them from a reverse-bar steam roller. I also nailed a few more whiplash to hang fives, but now I want to learn the flail boomerang to hang five that I saw in a video Sandy linked to me a couple days ago.---SICK!!!

Haven't had much time to ride due to a VERY pregnant wife but I relearned tailwhips, side glides and a few others that I'm working on. Just need a flatland bike. My 21" TT Eastern just isn't cutting it. LOL

crow, I do alright on my 20.5" tt eastern, or maybe since I have not ridden a flat specific bike I dont know the difference. The thing I have noticed is on funky chickens and steamrollers I have to hold my left arm really stiff.

I rolled 1 good BW Half Hiker....in and out. I also did a DOUBLE OJ roll. THat was Sweet!! Sweat is pouring off me. I rode for a good 2 hours before I had to stop and take a break. I am just waiting for this weekend to ride now!!


Mark

just got my "new" rider out of the shop..

took it on an "official" test ride..

dumped about 5 steamrollers before pulling one...

pulled an ankle death..

dumped 3 whiplashes...

ill report back tomorrow.

rode today....pulled some nice clean...and long...steamrollers....a few whiplashes...got into a front yard nicely, then lost it...tried a couple fire hydrant to funky chickens....no go....i was gonna start on forward side glides, but i noticed my seatpost was a bit loose, so i didnt fool with them.
i was also going to try to get my elbow glides back too, but ill leave those for next time.

i REALLY need to start learning rear wheel scuff tricks...everything i know is on my front wheel.

rode tonight for two hours. I finally got a steam roller directly into a wheel chair. I also managed to to start getting tight circle hang-fives and then make it roll backwards and then kick the front tire and go into the hang five again. I'm sketchy, but i think I have the mechanics of it. Thanks has to go to Kip Williamson who is now a regular riding partner and overall flatland "coach" for me these days.

More progress to come over the weekend I hope.

Well, I went down to the park today. There were people... get this... playing basketball on the freakin' basketball courts. I swear, the nerve of some people.

Anyway, I went to a parking lot tucked away elsewhere in the park. Next to the tennis courts, actually, but in order to keep my permission to ride on the b-ball court, I have to resist the tennis court urge. The lot's smooth, unlike other lots in the park, but it has a slight incline. Therefore, I mostly worked on rolling stuff. It almost became a session of exclusively hang 5's and steamrollers... both of which really need the work... but I absolutely had to change up after a bit. So I did some squeakers/backwards hang 5's (one always becomes the other because I forget to use my brakes on squeakers) and a few backwards and dork wheelies (not so much the latter) and I hit a really sweet feeling fire hydrant to backwards wheelie to infinity roll to decade in an inspired moment. Megaspins are just weird on an incline.

Yesterday, however, I was on the b-ball court, and I remembered that, at one point, I'd been working pretty steadily on undertakers a while back, and ended up coming fairly close a few times, and actually felt good enough to try to ride into them from swivels and fire hydrants. Some people twist their legs getting into them, but with my knee the way it is (for all intents and purposes, ligamentless), I have to learn to get into them without twisting anything.

I've got a backlog of tricks I've started work on, so I can change up what I work on/mess with and I still get to jump off the bike mid-trick and curse at myself under my breath for almost the whole hour.

[ June 07, 2006, 12:38 AM: Message edited by: Thlayli ]

Nobody rode yesterday? Well, it's only fair, neither did I. Not that I didn't try... I went to the park, there were people playing basketball again. I went to the other lot, there were people walking dogs around in circles and more showing up every minute. I pulled into the Seventh-Day Adventist's parking lot, and started to ride, and the straddle cable snapped on my back brake. No tools or anything with me, so I just went home and fixed it. By then it was too late to go back.

This evening, I went up to the park, and the basketball court was blissfully empty. So I rode. Barely hit anything... it was just a bad session. But at least I got some exercise. Only real notable thing was that I ended the whole thing with ten (single) decades in quick succession, just so I could try to finish on a high note. Then I kept screwing up doing them out of fire hydrants... which I'm usually consistent with... and I just had to stop. It was time to go anyway.

But, again, at least I got some exercise. Sometimes I wish I had someone to ride with.

[ June 09, 2006, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: Thlayli ]

i rode yesterday (thursday)....ok day....got some more steamroller practice...pulled the majority of them...a couple whiplashes....started on forward side glides...nailed a couple...got one combo (forward side glide into an ankle death)...but i got a BAD tire burn on my ankle...(if you go to rockford, ill show you if you want)

I rode again. Fun stuff. The elementary school near my crib has some high curbs, short stairs, hills I could jump on. I had fun with all that. However, this getting old stuff blows, my right shoulder is killiing. Even funner is having to explain it to people at work, they look at me funny. But I dont care. I had fun.