HIS BULL DOESNT HAV A FRUNT BRAKE!!!!!

our beloved ryand:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/26...c85c34e94a.jpg

and another:

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9203/img0542yn8.jpg

Stop with the gay

nothing wrong with bikes being fun - and everyone's sense of fun is different.

undeniable.
I would really love to see the kids running tricks and stuff get out to the velo - I know there are some fast ones in these groups - I've seen some of them ride.
Don't bring the "bike jocks are still jocks" crap out either. that is just elitism used to defeat elitism. skills are skills.

keep the fun going.

I was just hoping that this would turn into one of those, "photoshop the guy into" threads. At least that would make it more entertaining and less of a moot point. Think of the potential.

that giraffe does not look amused.

You seriously delurked just to tell people that there's something irrational about their choice of friggin' bike tricks?

hope you have a gyro on that mountain bike.

well, i'm not really a trick guy, but i can see a definite advantage to being able to do tricks on the bike you normally ride around on.

but i wont try and convince, five years ago i thought riding a bike that doesn't coast didn't sound like much fun either...

i can't remember anyone ever saying there was an "advantage" to doing tricks on a TRACK BIKE (besides the one dirtyphotons just pointed out--well said). I kind of thought half the fun was that it was something that was so not meant for doing tricks...most of us grew up riding bmx, skateboarding, etc. we got into track bikes. it was only a matter of time before we started trying stupid **** on them. besides, when someone brings up this "just get a bmx" bull****, I like to point out that I can't do a 20mph lap in Prospect Park or century on a bmx...

i will never be able to understand why people on this board get so pissed off about people having fun on their bikes...

I think he's trackstanding, or sitting.

somebody didnt read the thread. :rolleyes:

Ryand is a cool guy, and I love his posts, but he looks way too "HAPPY" doing the trick. Please tell me it's his wallet or cell phone.

CORRECT!

That is the dager of wearing tight jeans, there is always ambiguity to any bulge. Thats why I keep it old scool with my loose fit. WIcKeD!!!

less stupid, more well-done track bike trick photos!

Dead lawn run-in for double points. Also known as the "angry parent"

Having balls does not equal RAD. Take fruit booting for example:

http://home.att.net/~rmestel/images/upshaw51.jpg

sure, why not.

it looks pretty smooth in person, haters be damned.

it's half a switzerland squeaker!

http://www.bmxnonstop.com/oldschool/mikedominquez.html

at least 23 year old trick.

I'm not debating fun. Hey, man playing H.O.R.S.E. on BMX bike with Old School tricks only is FUN and not RAD.

Also, I'm a big fan of BMX flatland. I hated to see it get cut from Xgames. I was one of the photographers to try to keep it in the mags. Do you know that RIDE BMX only has 2 flatland covers...ever?

This is RAD:
Kevin Jones:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/16...aa9e09e276.jpg
Stephan Cerra
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/26...eda9033ffd.jpg

Pete Brandt (SF)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/16...4fe9b4c2ac.jpg

Koji Kraft

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/11...aa40eb77_o.jpg

Koji Kraft

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/16...84ca8b0530.jpg


The day fixies get to that point...I'll eat my hat.

This is a Deathtruck. You basically coast this. A "Pedaling Deathtruck" you would pedal like a unicycle, but it's harder because you can only pedal forwards.
http://www.bmxtrix.com/images/galler...eathtruck2.jpg

Blender: Feet on pedals, hands on front pegs, pedaling and gyrating in a tight, fast circle. I think that guy did this in Quicksilver on a fixie.
http://www.original-gypsy.com/gfx/en...lender_big.jpg

I just noticed that the photo above was shot at the same spot as my photo below. The SF Clocktower (Market at Embarcadero).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/16...4fe9b4c2ac.jpg

Maybe the worlds ARE converging.

I think that's my issue with everyone wetting their pants over "Woah bar spins and wheelies" with a bike that has a carbon front wheel.

yup. theres often a group of fixed gear tricksters doing stuff at the clocktower along with the flatlanders, everyone usually gets along. a lot of the bmxers ride fixed, too, the over the leg bar skid tri spoke guy rode bmx for a decade before taking up riding track bikes. definitely converging, no doubt about that.