Grinding??
03-04-05 | 09:55 AM
#26
shut up legs
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Mokum
Maybe you should try to make the rail a bit lower then your pegs, and make it go up. Then you'll be able to ride onto it and you won't have to worry about bhopping it. Then you can just focus on keeping your balance.
(Sorry for the crappy English, I'm quite tired and don't feel like correcting every sentence
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(Sorry for the crappy English, I'm quite tired and don't feel like correcting every sentence
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03-04-05 | 10:29 AM
#27
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Originally Posted by ^oZ
Maybe you should try to make the rail a bit lower then your pegs, and make it go up. Then you'll be able to ride onto it and you won't have to worry about bhopping it. Then you can just focus on keeping your balance.
(Sorry for the crappy English, I'm quite tired and don't feel like correcting every sentence)
(Sorry for the crappy English, I'm quite tired and don't feel like correcting every sentence
)Well we made it (the rail) so that skateboards and stuff can get on it easily, so I can't grind on it unless it is mounted to the box because it wouldn't be high enough. So I think I can get on it ok.
03-04-05 | 03:47 PM
#28
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From: seattle
flyboy. the only way to get better is practice.
your bunnyhops sound about right, just do it about a billion more times and they will start to feel like 'real' bunnyhops. if you have some friends, make a game of it. see who can hop higher or whatever. practice hopping over boxes and empty cups and stuff.
you don't really need to tuck while hopping until you start getting higher off the ground.
I always have a few tricks I'm working on, so when I start to get frustrated with one, I leave it be for a bit and move onto something else.
some basic tricks to work on that will help with bike control are;
curb endo/foot jam endo.
front wheel 180
rollbacks (rolling backwards on your bike)
flatland tailwhips
bunnyhops
wheelies/manuals. (see how long you can keep the front wheel off the ground)
most of all, have fun.
your bunnyhops sound about right, just do it about a billion more times and they will start to feel like 'real' bunnyhops. if you have some friends, make a game of it. see who can hop higher or whatever. practice hopping over boxes and empty cups and stuff.
you don't really need to tuck while hopping until you start getting higher off the ground.
I always have a few tricks I'm working on, so when I start to get frustrated with one, I leave it be for a bit and move onto something else.
some basic tricks to work on that will help with bike control are;
curb endo/foot jam endo.
front wheel 180
rollbacks (rolling backwards on your bike)
flatland tailwhips
bunnyhops
wheelies/manuals. (see how long you can keep the front wheel off the ground)
most of all, have fun.
03-04-05 | 10:31 PM
#29
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Originally Posted by pnj
flyboy. the only way to get better is practice.
your bunnyhops sound about right, just do it about a billion more times and they will start to feel like 'real' bunnyhops. if you have some friends, make a game of it. see who can hop higher or whatever. practice hopping over boxes and empty cups and stuff.
you don't really need to tuck while hopping until you start getting higher off the ground.
I always have a few tricks I'm working on, so when I start to get frustrated with one, I leave it be for a bit and move onto something else.
some basic tricks to work on that will help with bike control are;
curb endo/foot jam endo.
front wheel 180
rollbacks (rolling backwards on your bike)
flatland tailwhips
bunnyhops
wheelies/manuals. (see how long you can keep the front wheel off the ground)
most of all, have fun.
your bunnyhops sound about right, just do it about a billion more times and they will start to feel like 'real' bunnyhops. if you have some friends, make a game of it. see who can hop higher or whatever. practice hopping over boxes and empty cups and stuff.
you don't really need to tuck while hopping until you start getting higher off the ground.
I always have a few tricks I'm working on, so when I start to get frustrated with one, I leave it be for a bit and move onto something else.
some basic tricks to work on that will help with bike control are;
curb endo/foot jam endo.
front wheel 180
rollbacks (rolling backwards on your bike)
flatland tailwhips
bunnyhops
wheelies/manuals. (see how long you can keep the front wheel off the ground)
most of all, have fun.
Thanks ALOT man for your encouragment, and tips. I just learned how to do a foot jam endo yesterday, and now I have to practice the roll back to make it look even smoother. I just don't get how to do it though, I usually spin out. I can do all of those fairly well except front wheel 180's, rollbacks, flatland tailwhips, and curb endos, which basicly elimenates almost all of them, but I'm learning. And besides, when I get more height, it is going to be alot easier.
Last edited by FLyBOy; 03-04-05 at 11:42 PM.
03-04-05 | 11:41 PM
#30
Perpetual n00b
Joined: May 2004
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From: Farmington, NM
Bikes: '18 Kona Explosif, '18 Sunday Primer BMX, Giant Roam (ss converted), Old Peugeot (SS converted, broken)
Try sidehops also. And pivots.
Sidehop: Just pretty much lean to the side and then bunny hop and the bike will come to underneath you, heh.
Pivot: The way I do it, lean back, down, and turn to my right, then hop up and un-turn really fast and see how far I can make the bike turn. I can get about 90' rotation after some practice (It'd probly work for dropping it if I was brave enough); maybe after a while I'll be able to 180 that way.
Sidehop: Just pretty much lean to the side and then bunny hop and the bike will come to underneath you, heh.
Pivot: The way I do it, lean back, down, and turn to my right, then hop up and un-turn really fast and see how far I can make the bike turn. I can get about 90' rotation after some practice (It'd probly work for dropping it if I was brave enough); maybe after a while I'll be able to 180 that way.
