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01-24-17, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Panza

I've just been practicing in my backyard and I can say it's really... hard. I have fallen a several times today "practicing"... I can't hold a trackstand yet.

I've manual'ed a few times but it felt like a ton of effort. The seat always feels like it's in the way but I don't want to blame it. My best manual that I held for more than 15ft was because I purposefully tried to loop the bike. I couldn't.

I'm scared to ram the seatpost with my crotch and haven't been able to bunny hop yet.

I think I really will try XC with it. I really enjoy CX so I think I'd enjoy XC as well : )

Last time I tried to manual was in a parking lot. I got about 15 feet and then hit a speed bump. D'oh! Sprained my wrist on that one.

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