herownsuicide66

so basically im gunna start flatland. just cuz i like it. the things is noone where i live flatlands. they all street. the closest city i know with flatland bikers are san francisco but i don't feel like taking bart there every day. so tell me how to start out. (im riding a haro f3 btw. saving for a flatland bike eventually if this works out.)

not_jason

I used to ride flatland. The good thing about flatland, as opposed to Street, is it does not matter where you live. When I rode, I couldn't have ridden street if I'd wanted to, because I'm not lying when I say we didn't even have sidewalks, let alone outdoor stairs and handrails. As long as you can find a parking lot where they don't mind you loitering, you can ride flat.

As for the bike, a lot of good flatland riders have ridden on street frames. And if you can only afford one bike at a time, I'd actually recommend this rout. A lot of flatland specific bikes are too flatland specific to make good daily rides. Zero offset forks and sharp headtube angles don't work for riding distances. I've never ridden a Haro F3, but it looks like it might work well for flat.

I was the only one who rode in my town. Just go online and look for instructional videos. There are a lot of good resources out there. I WISH I had something like youtube back when I started. Start with the fundamentals and build up from there. Good luck.

PRIMO22

www.bmxtrix.com is a good site to use for instruction in flatland.

sweatpants

as far as I know, there's a fair amount of riders in Cali. check out the "Rider Hookup" thread at
www.global-flat.com

peace