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NJ Jersey Fresh
05-06-08, 10:42 PM
Me and my roommate were a little bored so we decided to take some pictures with a crappy camera... was so hard to time... but got a few goodones of just practicing hops and stuff... for like a week of riding i dont think im doing horrible... Little session got ended early when i came down with a hissssss... Thought my brakes were dragging or i caught a leaf... then i remembered i didnt have breaks... turned out to be a flat... Any pointers... My roommate was just practicing manuals/wheelies and i was just mainly doing hops... ill get my HD camera out next week and take some videos. I know im not good just looking for some tips or pointers.
Me:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike014.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike038.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike035.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike033.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike074-1.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike074.jpg

Rich:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike023.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike058.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike093.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/bike061.jpg

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-07-08, 01:03 AM
Think i get high enough to start trying 180's? I wish i could drop like 20lbs... im 5'11'' and 210lbs... so i bet my weight is working against me...

abowler10154
05-07-08, 04:24 AM
180's are not about the height, its about how fast you can spin the bike around. Some people hop 2 feet and do one. While people like me only hop a few inches.

100psi
05-07-08, 08:54 AM
Manuals and 180s...That's all I need to learn and I'm good. I would manual everywheres.

ChristAir
05-07-08, 10:37 AM
180's are not about the height, its about how fast you can spin the bike around. Some people hop 2 feet and do one. While people like me only hop a few inches.

AGREED. I lost ALL of my hop I had last summer (now I can get maybe 6 in.) and I can still pull off 120's sometimes. I probably lost my hop because I spend too much time on the pegs.

ChristAir
05-07-08, 10:38 AM
Oh yeah...thought about grinding?

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-07-08, 11:42 AM
Oh yeah...thought about grinding?

gotta get time to weld me a rail

abowler10154
05-07-08, 01:08 PM
gotta get time to weld me a rail

You shouldnt need to make your own. There are ledges EVERYWHERE.

ChristAir
05-07-08, 03:12 PM
Unless they got those stupid knobby things to keep you from grinding. Stupid City Council, grinding doesn't trash bare rails, usually...

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-07-08, 05:52 PM
ledges im my area are all capped.

ChristAir
05-07-08, 09:30 PM
Use a city council member's car. I never posted this.

live4muzic2
05-08-08, 09:54 PM
Square caddilacs.

wethepeople
05-08-08, 10:13 PM
Truck bumpers, jersey barriers, benches, tables, babies, it all works...

And for how played out nautical star tats are, I still want one on the inside of my left arm.

fuzzbox
05-08-08, 10:23 PM
I swore you said you already have 180s down and other tricks. You dirty thieving liar.

ChristAir
05-09-08, 10:37 AM
Square caddilacs.

Right on!

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-09-08, 02:14 PM
I swore you said you already have 180s down and other tricks. You dirty thieving liar.

Na i said i couldnt make it all the way around. still cant spin fast enough

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-09-08, 02:16 PM
Truck bumpers, jersey barriers, benches, tables, babies, it all works...

And for how played out nautical star tats are, I still want one on the inside of my left arm.

Had mine done for over 3 years now... My jersey tattoo for about 2. I photoshopped my Stars and noone would want to do them because of the strait lines...Finally got them done cost an arm and a leg... here is what they look like up close... first ive seen like mine...
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/DSCF0491.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/DSCF0798.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/DSCF0799.jpg

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-09-08, 02:25 PM
Any tips on spining faster... it just seems alkward to me... i look over my sholder try to untwist and nothing...

minichamp31
05-09-08, 04:18 PM
It's not just a nautical star tattoo, it has checkers which make it way cooler. But can't help you on the 180's. I'm trying to learn them myself.

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-10-08, 12:01 PM
It's not just a nautical star tattoo, it has checkers which make it way cooler. But can't help you on the 180's. I'm trying to learn them myself.

thanks anyway

fuzzbox
05-11-08, 01:26 AM
If you can go to the skate park practice 180ing in the bowl or something it helps some.

NJ Jersey Fresh
05-11-08, 11:39 AM
If you can go to the skate park practice 180ing in the bowl or something it helps some.

i hate parks but i did find a drainage ditch by my house with a paved bank... its fun to try them on there

abowler10154
05-11-08, 12:23 PM
Any tips on spining faster... it just seems alkward to me... i look over my sholder try to untwist and nothing...

Kick your back outttt. Lift your front anywhere from 45 to 90°, then look over your shoulder and kick your back out.

ChristAir
05-11-08, 09:33 PM
Short bars or longs bars for 180's?

bmx2478
05-11-08, 11:41 PM
Doesn't matter fool!
Just spin, it's really not that hard.

ChristAir
05-12-08, 08:09 AM
Oh well...I thought wider was better since I spin a whole more. Then again, it coulb be the short frame and light weight.