Bitd, My boys and I would get thirsty. But, alas since we spent all our free time riding we had no cash.
So we used to think up ideas on getting some cash to pay for drinks.
One of our lamebrain ideas was to bet guys coming out of the bar at night to name the craziest thing we could do on a bike for money.
And one of our boys would give him ideas "much to our horror" (can you say setup).
I have bunnyhopped my friends, done no footed bar spin wheelies and many more just for enough cash to buy us all a two liter of pop.
Our favorite was to get a guy to bet me that I couldn't ride on my front wheel with no hands and no feet touching the bike, and roll for at least 2 parking spaces. (this was the $5.00 bet) usually we started with $1.00 bets until it was double or nothing time...
Man, so many guys paid us for the lazy man hang nothing it was sick.
Sometimes we even got enough cash that we would go to the payphone and order a pizza, delivered right to the lot.
Great times.
sko ryd
Full Version: "Didja" Ever do this???
quote:I can't, for life of me, picture how to do this, is this one of those joke/tricks or is it legit?
....ride on my front wheel with no hands and no feet touching the bike, and roll for at least 2 parking spaces.....
the lazy man hang nothing ...
Obviously you would have made $5.00 from me, and I even rode back then. LOL
we the (radboys) used to call up fast food joints and tell them we did not get all of our order.they asked what we all had and we would make up alot of BS and say we didn't get like 5 tacos etc...
we would walk over and pick them up..so many scams we had....lol those were the days...
now a days you need those darn reciepts.....bummer.
we would walk over and pick them up..so many scams we had....lol those were the days...
now a days you need those darn reciepts.....bummer.
Lazy man is a hang 5 variation I invented.
You know how when all the guys are sitting around watching a jam circle you sit and put your forearms on the grips.
Well, do a hang five, put your forearms on the grips and then take your feet off...
Thats a lazy man hang nothing. (or true hang nothing). I can still do one handed lazy man's, but I haven't tried the lazy man hang nothing yet.
Yeah, it was Money!
Or you could just bet them you could jump over your friends without a ramp.
That always worked too.
(I won about $30 from all these guys watching...)
gm
You know how when all the guys are sitting around watching a jam circle you sit and put your forearms on the grips.
Well, do a hang five, put your forearms on the grips and then take your feet off...
Thats a lazy man hang nothing. (or true hang nothing). I can still do one handed lazy man's, but I haven't tried the lazy man hang nothing yet.
Yeah, it was Money!
Or you could just bet them you could jump over your friends without a ramp.
That always worked too.
(I won about $30 from all these guys watching...)
gm
We used to put the room temperature drinks at the supermarket in with the frozen stuff, then wander around for a while, go get the freshly chilled drinks and pay the cheaper amount. Can't remember how much we saved but every 20 cents not spent on food meant another game of Galaga.
quote:Ahh, I see... I was thinking it had something to do with your knees on the crossbar and butt on the seat.
You know how when all the guys are sitting around watching a jam circle you sit and put your forearms on the grips.
Well, do a hang five, put your forearms on the grips and then take your feet off...
you said "sko ryd", that was a zine. I remember a tall skinny kid did that zine. He wrote something in one about something that happened to me. He sent me a copy of it. I need to find it.
yeah, wasn't he from virginia, (sko ryd).
Greg overstreet I think was his name. I could be wrong though, we used to yell sko ryd all the time before we left the house.
Jarvi,
we did the same, we used to stop at the food store and "hide" a two liter in the frozen area and then go ride for a while and then go buy it... They didn't have cold 2 liters then.
Cold mountain dew... AHHH
Greg overstreet I think was his name. I could be wrong though, we used to yell sko ryd all the time before we left the house.
Jarvi,
we did the same, we used to stop at the food store and "hide" a two liter in the frozen area and then go ride for a while and then go buy it... They didn't have cold 2 liters then.
Cold mountain dew... AHHH
Lazyman hang-nothing....
Simply put, I don't believe you did these. Prove me wrong! Got pics or video?
Did you ride into the hang5 with your elbows already on the grips or did you move one elbow at a time?
If you moved one elbow at a time, what you claim is during this trick (at one time) you are coasting on the front wheel, sitting on the seat, and only one forearm is touching your bike....
That trick would make Musselwhites wheelchair look like a joke in comparison.....
Simply put, I don't believe you did these. Prove me wrong! Got pics or video?
Did you ride into the hang5 with your elbows already on the grips or did you move one elbow at a time?
If you moved one elbow at a time, what you claim is during this trick (at one time) you are coasting on the front wheel, sitting on the seat, and only one forearm is touching your bike....
That trick would make Musselwhites wheelchair look like a joke in comparison.....
Wanna bet?
$20.00
(I ain't as cheap as I used to be.)
$20.00
(I ain't as cheap as I used to be.)
actually both arms are resting on the forearms on the grips, and you are no footed.
Here is a pic from a contest in woodward, but it is at the beginning of the trick when I just slid my right hand off the grip on onto my forearm, before I put the other arm down and took off my feet.
I bet I have video of the trick somewhere.
Lots of guys saw me do this trick back in the day, as it was in my routine.
One handed lazy man hang 5
I bet I have video of the trick somewhere.
Lots of guys saw me do this trick back in the day, as it was in my routine.
One handed lazy man hang 5
^^^ 18 and over expert flatland class.
Forearms as in MID-point between your wrists and elbows? If its your wrists, no biggie.... simply roll your hands back on the grips...
BUT forearms is another story.
I will then pay you $20.00 AND send you some NICE NOS old school grips just for your trouble.
BUT forearms is another story.
quote:Sure... provide video of you rolling at least two parking spaces in that position. Riding in and out of the trick without touching of course.
Wanna bet? 20.00
I will then pay you $20.00 AND send you some NICE NOS old school grips just for your trouble.
He he
Throwing the old boy a bone.
Time to get out my new digital video camera.
Throwing the old boy a bone.
Time to get out my new digital video camera.
Cool... I hope your can do it! I'm not trying to bust your b*lls - I just think it's a SICK trick that I can't believe being done.
In the pic above, it doesn't look like your forearm is on the grip. It looks like you may be just starting to take your hand off the grip.
In the pic above, it doesn't look like your forearm is on the grip. It looks like you may be just starting to take your hand off the grip.
ps, Krys Dauchy is watching me do it (upper right hand corner of the picture)
Thats Joe Grattola who's head I chopped off sitting on the bike (in all black).
Thats Joe Grattola who's head I chopped off sitting on the bike (in all black).
no offense taken at all. It is a cool trick, guys at comps would always shake their heads in disbelief as this was in 89...
I've told some guys about it lately, and I needed a good kick to get out there and do it again.
Its like riding a bike, (I hope) you never forget...
I've told some guys about it lately, and I needed a good kick to get out there and do it again.
Its like riding a bike, (I hope) you never forget...
I stopped riding in late 1988.. At the time I could do one handed cross-handed (right hand/left grip) hang5's in circles.
Now - 17 years later, I can barely do hang5's in a straight line. In fact, I can hardly do any of the rolling stuff anymore.
Scuffing, hopping, boomerangs, etc... I can still do all that - although not as well as I once did.
None of it is as easy as it used to be. Some of my best tricks I won't even try anymore!!
Now - 17 years later, I can barely do hang5's in a straight line. In fact, I can hardly do any of the rolling stuff anymore.
Scuffing, hopping, boomerangs, etc... I can still do all that - although not as well as I once did.
None of it is as easy as it used to be. Some of my best tricks I won't even try anymore!!
Ok, so I've been working on it. I got a couple of single arm lazy man's last night, so I busted out the camera, but it is SO Much Harder to take a picture of a trick with a 8 second timer, I did a ton of them, but I was either too fast or too slow...
Finally I got the timing down, and got into the trick right before the beep, when my arm slipped off the grip (too much sweat) and I almost went over the bars...
Funny pic, I thought you guys might appreciate it. (I'll get my brother in law to help me with a pic this weekend if we get time)
some other pics with the timer...
megaspin
landing a firehydrant, (looks like a trackstand huh)
tailwhip
coasting a hang 5 down the driveway.
gm
Finally I got the timing down, and got into the trick right before the beep, when my arm slipped off the grip (too much sweat) and I almost went over the bars...
Funny pic, I thought you guys might appreciate it. (I'll get my brother in law to help me with a pic this weekend if we get time)
some other pics with the timer...
megaspin
landing a firehydrant, (looks like a trackstand huh)
tailwhip
coasting a hang 5 down the driveway.
gm
COOL PICS!!
Looks like you don't need to earn cash from doing tricks in front of bars anymore...
That looks like a nice pile of bricks you have there!!
Looks like you don't need to earn cash from doing tricks in front of bars anymore...
That looks like a nice pile of bricks you have there!!
I am going to try that limp wrist hang 5 this weekend, Ill let you all know how it goes.
Jesse D
hanging 5 since the 80s
Jesse D
hanging 5 since the 80s
Hey, I'm always up for a couple of easy bucks...
But, yeah, My wife and I have done well with real estate. 6 houses in 8 years...
We would fix them up and resell them.
This one is our dream house, my wife designed it, and I did a lot of the finish work, it was really fun.
Jesse,
Its pretty easy, just slide down your right hand first.
But, yeah, My wife and I have done well with real estate. 6 houses in 8 years...
We would fix them up and resell them.
This one is our dream house, my wife designed it, and I did a lot of the finish work, it was really fun.
Jesse,
Its pretty easy, just slide down your right hand first.
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