skiddin'----weird.
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skiddin'----weird.
before last night my skiddin' skills were rudimentary at best. for some reason (maybe jesus loves me after all ), as i was ridin' to the liquor store last evenin', i just unweighted the rear tire, locked, and executed a perfect skid with that beautiful skiddy sound. so i rode around some more and did all sorts of skids--around corners, straight up, fast, slow, long, short--all on dry and various pavement surfaces. it was weird--all the sudden i became expert at it. i think i could even smell my tire burnin'. there was no real progression from bein' barely able to skid to bein' able to mad skid. weird. i could even almost control the line of the skid--make ess's and loops and all sorts of stuff.
the only thing is, i really can't stop on a dime as it were skiddin' as even at relatively slow speeds, my skid takes a bit to come to a complete stop. maybe my tires are too slick? or maybe i need to throw my weight back after the initial skidding commences? whatever. i can flat lay down some creative skiddin' and before last night i couldn't. again--no progression, it was just all the sudden. anybody else had this experience?
the only thing is, i really can't stop on a dime as it were skiddin' as even at relatively slow speeds, my skid takes a bit to come to a complete stop. maybe my tires are too slick? or maybe i need to throw my weight back after the initial skidding commences? whatever. i can flat lay down some creative skiddin' and before last night i couldn't. again--no progression, it was just all the sudden. anybody else had this experience?
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Skidding like that isn't the most effective means of stopping your bike.
Skipping or just resisting is much more effective.
As far as the sudden jump in ability...you always knew how to skid, you just had to remember you knew how.
Skipping or just resisting is much more effective.
As far as the sudden jump in ability...you always knew how to skid, you just had to remember you knew how.
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Originally Posted by brunop
before last night my skiddin' skills were rudimentary at best. for some reason (maybe jesus loves me after all ), as i was ridin' to the liquor store last evenin', i just unweighted the rear tire, locked, and executed a perfect skid with that beautiful skiddy sound. so i rode around some more and did all sorts of skids--around corners, straight up, fast, slow, long, short--all on dry and various pavement surfaces. it was weird--all the sudden i became expert at it. i think i could even smell my tire burnin'. there was no real progression from bein' barely able to skid to bein' able to mad skid. weird. i could even almost control the line of the skid--make ess's and loops and all sorts of stuff.
the only thing is, i really can't stop on a dime as it were skiddin' as even at relatively slow speeds, my skid takes a bit to come to a complete stop. maybe my tires are too slick? or maybe i need to throw my weight back after the initial skidding commences? whatever. i can flat lay down some creative skiddin' and before last night i couldn't. again--no progression, it was just all the sudden. anybody else had this experience?
the only thing is, i really can't stop on a dime as it were skiddin' as even at relatively slow speeds, my skid takes a bit to come to a complete stop. maybe my tires are too slick? or maybe i need to throw my weight back after the initial skidding commences? whatever. i can flat lay down some creative skiddin' and before last night i couldn't. again--no progression, it was just all the sudden. anybody else had this experience?
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sounds like you had a "light-bulb" moment when everything just clicks.
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Originally Posted by salome
hmm ... that picture looks familiar ...
PS: School was fun! I'll find you later.
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Originally Posted by teadoggg
PS: School was fun! I'll find you later.
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Originally Posted by salome
PS. I found more stuff to explore. And surprise, surgery isn't fun!
PS. I like the TriFlex the best, size 8.Thanks again!
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Originally Posted by teadoggg
thanks, Salome! (Folks, she put that picture on my MySpace after I tried to DrunkSkid and it didn't turn out so well...)
PS: School was fun! I'll find you later.
PS: School was fun! I'll find you later.
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Originally Posted by brunop
what's "myspace"?
I guess "myspace" sounds better than "HisSpace" or "Rupespace".
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Originally Posted by brunop
what's "myspace"?
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The whole thing's a crock; it seems real grassroots and stripped-down, but actually when you put ANYTHING on MySpace it becomes property of the self-proclaimed "billionaire tyrant" Murdoch. See the terms of use agreement. This sucks for bands that've placed their music on the site.
"By posting any Content to the public areas of the Website, you hereby grant to MySpace.com the non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, publicly perform and display such Content on the Website. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Website."
So, unless you can find anything else in the agreement that trumps that, then you're just spreading FUD.
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
it's a young-people thing that uses the internet in place of actual social interaction.
isn't rupert murdoch 'sposed to be evil or something? he owns fox news and all? a real rightwinger?
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like "frindsters" huh, but for the "cool kid"? weird. maybe i'm just old, but gosh people'll put up some personal sh1t on those things. seems pretty narcissistic, but hey--whatever.
*you could write a whole thesis on the use of the internet to create and develop sub- or counter-cultural identity, but don't. my former housemate already did it.
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
kind of like friendster for cool kids*, except more like thefacebook for people in high school.
*you could write a whole thesis on the use of the internet to create and develop sub- or counter-cultural identity, but don't. my former housemate already did it.
*you could write a whole thesis on the use of the internet to create and develop sub- or counter-cultural identity, but don't. my former housemate already did it.
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definitely. construction of cool criteria, determining what it takes to be in, shaming those who don't belong, rationalizing it all ["****ing hipsters on pistas!"]....
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
definitely. construction of cool criteria, determining what it takes to be in, shaming those who don't belong, rationalizing it all ["****ing hipsters on pistas!"]....
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yeah, riding is so much faster.
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Originally Posted by schnee
Huh. When I read it, I saw this. Note the last sentence.
"By posting any Content to the public areas of the Website, you hereby grant to MySpace.com the non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, publicly perform and display such Content on the Website. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Website."
So, unless you can find anything else in the agreement that trumps that, then you're just spreading FUD.
"By posting any Content to the public areas of the Website, you hereby grant to MySpace.com the non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, publicly perform and display such Content on the Website. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Website."
So, unless you can find anything else in the agreement that trumps that, then you're just spreading FUD.
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
no thanks, i hate running.