Old 08-20-11 | 06:07 PM
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Mexican Street Dog
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From: Coastal Maine

Bikes: 1936 Raleigh Golden Arrow; Kona Honzo

OK then, here's another one.

I ride in my driveway and in my yard. I practice slow speed stuff. Trackstands, bunnyhops and what I like to call "tiny circles". Tiny circles help me do tight switchbacks cause I learn how to lean the bike over and turn slooow. Lots of slow speed balance work. I can bunnyhop a little bit and one day I'll be able to do a wheelie but my point is that I ride every day. Some times it's only ten feverish scary slideways laps around the house but it's everyday.

A couple months ago I was practicing bunnyhops in my driveway, I thought "I'm just foolin' around a little, no need for the helmet." I crashed, hit my head, barfed, and scared the uhghum out of my wife, climbing up the stairs, bleeding from the head, I wasn't going more than five miles an hour. Now I'm a dork and don't "fool around" without a helmet.
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