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Old 09-22-08 | 12:57 AM
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how do you do this

does anyone know how to (while moving) lay on your stomach or chest, kind of superman looking, on your saddle? ive been trying to do it but i cant figure out how to move my body.
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Old 09-22-08 | 02:33 AM
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Be Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
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Old 09-22-08 | 07:43 AM
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remove feet from pedals. allow the upward moving pedal to lunch you in the air.land on belly.balance .

For Uber hardcore points remove hands from handle bar and extend to sides.Turn head and smile at pretty girls.

To return to regular riding position you are on your own kid.

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Old 09-22-08 | 08:19 AM
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Hard to do on a fixie because the pedals are aways moving. On a freewheel bike stand on one pedal, stretch the other leg back straight and put your stomach on the saddle, then move the standing leg back straight too.
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Old 09-22-08 | 08:22 AM
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all you do is pick your butt up off the saddle and scoot back so your crotch is actually behind the saddle, then you just lean on to your stomach and take your feet off the pedals, just reverse the process to get back on. your stomach will hurt though, haha
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Old 09-22-08 | 08:26 AM
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weak option:

while you've stil got your feet in the pedals, move your posterior behind your saddle so that it is just about to make friends with the tyre, as you remove your feet from your clips/cleats/whatevers put your body weight forward so that your chest is taking most of the weight, it takes a decent deal of core strength to keep your legs horizontal, but go for your life.
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Old 09-22-08 | 11:55 AM
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Old 09-22-08 | 01:42 PM
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When did fixed gears begin to focus on tricks instead of riding fast? God, if you want to do tricks get a ****ing BMX.
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Old 09-22-08 | 01:49 PM
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When did fixed gears begin to focus on tricks instead of riding fast? God, if you want to do tricks get a ****ing BMX.
A friend of a friend of mine wants to build a fixed gear because he heard "they are good for tricks". He has an old road bike he wants to convert but I told him to get a BMX. It's a shame that the simplicity of a fixed gear is being overlooked for other aspects that it wasn't intended.
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Old 09-22-08 | 01:58 PM
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weak option:

while you've stil got your feet in the pedals, move your posterior behind your saddle so that it is just about to make friends with the tyre, as you remove your feet from your clips/cleats/whatevers put your body weight forward so that your chest is taking most of the weight, it takes a decent deal of core strength to keep your legs horizontal, but go for your life.
I just got an image of balls smashed into seat tube by back tire. No thanks.
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Old 09-22-08 | 07:01 PM
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unleash your mad tarck skillz
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Old 09-22-08 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by xg43x
When did fixed gears begin to focus on tricks instead of riding fast? God, if you want to do tricks get a ****ing BMX.

yeah, i bet some scientist somewhere is wondering why all these idiots with microwaves are using them to cook food instead of using the radiation to make cavity magnetrons for radars...
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Old 09-22-08 | 07:23 PM
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...and microwaves remain a horrible way to cook food as fixed gear bikes are still inferior to BMX for tricks.
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Old 09-23-08 | 05:45 AM
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missing the point...
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