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Old 05-21-08 | 02:16 PM
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Problems with 180's - *Videos inside*

Well i haven't rode in a week or 2 (been working). So i decided to ride a bit today and try some 180s... Well i figured out what i was doing wrong... i wasnt using the bars as the axis for my spin. I was using the center of the bike. I was messing around and tweeking my bars when i felt the back turn so i applyed this to my sad attempts at 180's i can spin it now... actually over spin... but still cant land them... check these out and give some advice...





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Old 05-21-08 | 03:38 PM
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Im thinking about just trying 360's ...
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Old 05-21-08 | 05:34 PM
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Old 05-21-08 | 05:36 PM
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It looks like the momentum of the spin caries me over sideways... like i cant stay centered over the bike going in to fakie...
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You look different in every vid/pic you post
bleached the his last night... g/f loves it... and has been on my ass to do it
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The last attempt was pitiful. Hate to say it, but geez. And yeah, nice bleach blonde hair.
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Old 05-21-08 | 09:26 PM
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The last attempt was pitiful. Hate to say it, but geez. And yeah, nice bleach blonde hair.
Was just there for laugh factor... the back tire just stuck and dragged.
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bunnyhop and than 180 your just turning and falling. 360s arent gonn ahappen if you cant 180.
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bunnyhop and than 180 your just turning and falling. 360s arent gonn ahappen if you cant 180.
Rolling fakie is mainly my problem so i figured if i looked up while spinning my back tire would hit first and i can just tire tap in to the 360
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quit *****footing around on the grass.

cru jones pulled the mattresses out and what happened? he learned it.
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Old 05-22-08 | 12:09 PM
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quit *****footing around on the grass.

cru jones pulled the mattresses out and what happened? he learned it.
When you depend on your arms and legs for your job in order to pay your rent and bills you need to be safe. i cant afford it. if all your going to do is **** talk then **** off
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He may be talking ****, but he's right. Seeing as you can't rollback yet, 180ing into grass is gonna shut you down everytime. Spend some time learning to rollback - there's no real trick to it, you just gotta put in the time. When I learned to rollback, it took me a solid hour of doing nothing but rolling up a ramp & going backards to get it down.
In your first vid - you did the 180 & if you were in the street, & could rollback, you'd have pulled it.
Another tip - do a small carve into the 180.

And yes, I pay my own bills and don't want to get hurt also. But lets face it - we're talking hop 180's NOT double-backflips. To me it looks like you're over-exaggerating your crashes in your vids. I can't remember ever not staying on my feet on a 180 gone wrong.
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Old 05-22-08 | 12:38 PM
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He may be talking ****, but he's right. Seeing as you can't rollback yet, 180ing into grass is gonna shut you down everytime. Spend some time learning to rollback - there's no real trick to it, you just gotta put in the time. When I learned to rollback, it took me a solid hour of doing nothing but rolling up a ramp & going backards to get it down.
In your first vid - you did the 180 & if you were in the street, & could rollback, you'd have pulled it.
Another tip - do a small carve into the 180.

And yes, I pay my own bills and don't want to get hurt also. But lets face it - we're talking hop 180's NOT double-backflips. To me it looks like you're over-exaggerating your crashes in your vids. I can't remember ever not staying on my feet on a 180 gone wrong.
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Dont have any ramps and i curently dont have the cash to build a decent 1/4 pipe. Ive only been riding for about 2-3 weeks. Next $100 i get will go towards one. Just built a dirt ramp but im having trouble getting speed to even clear it. Ill probably start a thread for someone to give me some ramp building tips... me and my roommate spent the last 2 days digging it out down the street from our house. Its not exaggerating i roll out of falls on my sholder because its safer then just hitting the ground and jamming something... Im going to go try a few in the street and see what happens

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Local skateparks?
And there are other ways to get going backwards. From a curb endo, or go down a small hill, or push with your feet until you get going...
THINK! This is BMX, not rocket surgery. You need to start looking at everything with different eyes. Open your mind, if one way doesn't work, try a different way.

And staying on your feet is even better than rolling out of falls. I've gotten rather good at running out of things.
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Local skateparks?
And there are other ways to get going backwards. From a curb endo, or go down a small hill, or push with your feet until you get going...
THINK! This is BMX, not rocket surgery. You need to start looking at everything with different eyes. Open your mind, if one way doesn't work, try a different way.

And staying on your feet is even better than rolling out of falls. I've gotten rather good at running out of things.
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No curbs close to my house i live in the pines. tried hills when i push with my feet i fall over sideways... But i tried a few on the street with good result... just need to come out of the roll back.





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Ok your 180 looks good. It's just the rollout you need to work on

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No curbs close to my house i live in the pines. tried hills when i push with my feet i fall over sideways...
Now when you say this - it leaves me just shaking my head. No curb. SO? You can do a "curb" endo on ANYTHING that stops your front tire.
Tried hills & pushing off? How long did you try? I didn't get it down in 5 min when I learned rollbacks, it was an hour nonstop of rolling up & back down. And yeah - for a while I fell over sideways (but I would put my foot out to catch me). I didn't quit then - I kept trying.
So keep your mind open when riding & keep trying.
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Do a footjam to get going backwards. I don't have any curbs either and thats what I do to practice rollouts.
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There would have to be some sort of bank, drain, wall to push off, etc for you to practice your fakies.
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Old 05-23-08 | 08:50 PM
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it doesnt even look like your lifting your front wheel first. It looks like your just lifting both wheels at the same time. And if you wanna try 360s, your gonna need to carve and lift the front wheel higher.
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