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FlippingHades
03-19-06, 05:55 PM
*rimshot* Get it? Track SAND? I slay me.

http://static.flickr.com/46/114964441_f231e94e37.jpg

Fooling around at Ocean Beach, I wondered if one could trackstand in the sand. You can. Until the wheels sink, that is.

Robbykills
03-19-06, 06:06 PM
this reminds me of the karate kid....
FlippingHades
03-19-06, 06:09 PM
this reminds me of the karate kid....

Dude, that's how I learned to pedal. Wax on...wax off....wax on....wax off....

spud
03-19-06, 06:09 PM
your front wheel doesnt look turned at all.
FlippingHades
03-19-06, 06:11 PM
your front wheel doesnt look turned at all.

Sand doesn't behave like pavement :) (and cameras are fast).
spud
03-19-06, 06:12 PM
i'll give you that.
FlippingHades
03-19-06, 06:14 PM
That was also right before I fell over, with the front rim submerged in wet sand. It tended to hold up well for 20 seconds and then give way all at once.
jitenshako
03-19-06, 06:35 PM
that must be awesome way to polish those rims. gotta go give it a try.
niccolo
03-19-06, 06:53 PM
I used to jog at the beach at night. I never trusted locking my bike up along the coast so I'd take it with me down to the water. I'd turn both front and back lights on and then run 1000 feet each way using the brightness of the lights as a sort of middle point.

One night the waves grabbed it and threw it back onto the shore all soaked with sand. A few people were standing around wondering where the hell it came from.
jitenshako
03-19-06, 07:27 PM
I used to jog at the beach at night. I never trusted locking my bike up along the coast so I'd take it with me down to the water. I'd turn both front and back lights on and then run 1000 feet each way using the brightness of the lights as a sort of middle point.

One night the waves grabbed it and threw it back onto the shore all soaked with sand. A few people were standing around wondering where the hell it came from.


+1
ken cummings
03-19-06, 07:35 PM
Impressive. Now what kind of speed can you get on the sand? I have heard of cars getting up towards 200MPH. Corrosion problems :rolleyes: ?
marqueemoon
03-19-06, 07:47 PM
*cue Chariots of Fire theme*
max-a-mill
03-20-06, 07:14 AM
wash that salt off, now.
mattface
03-20-06, 09:39 AM
Mmmm salty aluminum! :P
Terror_in_pink
03-20-06, 05:38 PM
trackstanding on loose grounds is a biznatch.
FlippingHades
03-20-06, 05:49 PM
Yeah it is, but staying up for 20 seconds felt like almost as much of an accomplishment as the first time I rode home without touching a foot to the ground :D
jayrooney
03-20-06, 07:11 PM
this reminds me of bill murray in life aquatic.
DoshKel
03-20-06, 07:52 PM
Reminds me of Jaws.
onetwentyeight
03-20-06, 08:01 PM
Nice one. Good to meet you at kickball yesterday, sorry if I was ******** and drunk :D

edit: wait. maybe that wasnt you.. Do you have a soma?
FlippingHades
03-20-06, 08:42 PM
Nice one. Good to meet you at kickball yesterday, sorry if I was ******** and drunk :D

edit: wait. maybe that wasnt you.. Do you have a soma?

Nope, that wasn't me - I ride a custom painted orange & black Nishiki with full fenders and a front rack. But my wife and I did cruise right past the kickball game on our way to Ocean Beach -- I slowed down to marvel at it -- I haven't played kickball since I was a kid! It looked like a blast.
onetwentyeight
03-20-06, 09:22 PM
If you're interested, its a sort of drunken league. www.sissyfoot.com, theres a mailing list.
FlippingHades
03-20-06, 09:38 PM
Awesome! I just signed up for the email list.