Did you fulfill your summer goals?
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Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
No I didn't reach em all.....but compared to last year where I could ride on the idle and do a few no handers for a few feet(photo ops!
)....I'll take what I got for now.
here were my goals:
idle HC..............check
idle spreaders....check
multiple circs.....check (nothing super....SS, foot in seat, and footdown)
SS circs............check
nth circs...........check
no hand circs......NOPE.....unless foot downs count.....wait they dont!
400' endoes........NOPE, switched to an F4i with a bent front rim...got 2 months left with a new rim now!
180degree endoes....NOPE......can get 90-120 degree......again 2 months!
nth SS...........check
long coaster.....check.....600+ feet from ~250 feet
high speed scrapes....check
got some time left to get everything, but I'm pleased for now.....the guys who ride around me haven't been riding for awhile but seemed to be impressed a lil
)....I'll take what I got for now.here were my goals:
idle HC..............check
idle spreaders....check
multiple circs.....check (nothing super....SS, foot in seat, and footdown)
SS circs............check
nth circs...........check
no hand circs......NOPE.....unless foot downs count.....wait they dont!
400' endoes........NOPE, switched to an F4i with a bent front rim...got 2 months left with a new rim now!
180degree endoes....NOPE......can get 90-120 degree......again 2 months!
nth SS...........check
long coaster.....check.....600+ feet from ~250 feet
high speed scrapes....check
got some time left to get everything, but I'm pleased for now.....the guys who ride around me haven't been riding for awhile but seemed to be impressed a lil
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Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
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Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
oh i just thought of more goals i havent accomplished
sit down circles!! I dont know what the **** the problem is. Ive been working on them for 2+ years now and Im lucky to get 2 rotations. Every other circle ive picked up easily but not the sit downs, im a ****** amatuer
jump to highchair - time to give up on this one. have the *****, dont have the flexibility. maybe if i lose both feet in a freak marching band accident i'll put it on the to-do list again.
sit down circles!! I dont know what the **** the problem is. Ive been working on them for 2+ years now and Im lucky to get 2 rotations. Every other circle ive picked up easily but not the sit downs, im a ****** amatuer
jump to highchair - time to give up on this one. have the *****, dont have the flexibility. maybe if i lose both feet in a freak marching band accident i'll put it on the to-do list again.
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Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
i rode fiffties all summer my big bike skills went bacwards......lol
kill fiddy all summer just got big bike like a month ago , been ridding that .. rode my fiddy other day i suck on it now .. big bike been gone for a week so i prob. suck on that now also lmfao .. but my goal was to get big bike by end of yr. and do at lest long stag. bp so i did that .... now if i could just get a unicycle on my fiddy =/
kill fiddy all summer just got big bike like a month ago , been ridding that .. rode my fiddy other day i suck on it now .. big bike been gone for a week so i prob. suck on that now also lmfao .. but my goal was to get big bike by end of yr. and do at lest long stag. bp so i did that .... now if i could just get a unicycle on my fiddy =/
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Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
when it snows, they plow the spots, and then we can ride em the next day. id say maybe 1 storm per 7-10 days in the winter
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We get like 60-70 inches of rain, and every time the storm clears, there's black ice EVERYWHERE. Might get one ride in every couple weeks. I, personally can't do ANYTHING technical on a bike if I'm shivering. That normally happens to me if it's below freezing. You're hard core, bro.
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We get like 60-70 inches of rain, and every time the storm clears, there's black ice EVERYWHERE. Might get one ride in every couple weeks. I, personally can't do ANYTHING technical on a bike if I'm shivering. That normally happens to me if it's below freezing. You're hard core, bro.
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didn't reach my goals at all. still don't have a big bike 
so that sucks, everytime i start saving something stupid comes up and i gotta break into the big bike fund to get my self outta trouble. but i ended up with a quad even though i had no intention of buying one (got it pretty cheap) and learned bp, idle, 12, ss, flamingos, frog, spreaders, hc, special k, ss jump to special k, and started rolling ghetto 10-20ft endos. the fiddy has been down for the most of the summer because of no rims but i got new rims now...just gotta spoke them. so all in all i didn't really accomplish much but atleast i have some decent brake & throttle control to my name.
so that sucks, everytime i start saving something stupid comes up and i gotta break into the big bike fund to get my self outta trouble. but i ended up with a quad even though i had no intention of buying one (got it pretty cheap) and learned bp, idle, 12, ss, flamingos, frog, spreaders, hc, special k, ss jump to special k, and started rolling ghetto 10-20ft endos. the fiddy has been down for the most of the summer because of no rims but i got new rims now...just gotta spoke them. so all in all i didn't really accomplish much but atleast i have some decent brake & throttle control to my name. Thread Starter
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From: Where the grapes and ganja be growin!
Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
didn't reach my goals at all. still don't have a big bike so that sucks, everytime i start saving something stupid comes up and i gotta break into the big bike fund to get my self outta trouble. but i ended up with a quad even though i had no intention of buying one (got it pretty cheap) and learned bp, idle, 12, ss, flamingos, frog, spreaders, hc, special k, ss jump to special k, and started rolling ghetto 10-20ft endos. the fiddy has been down for the most of the summer because of no rims but i got new rims now...just gotta spoke them. so all in all i didn't really accomplish much but atleast i have some decent brake & throttle control to my name.
so that sucks, everytime i start saving something stupid comes up and i gotta break into the big bike fund to get my self outta trouble. but i ended up with a quad even though i had no intention of buying one (got it pretty cheap) and learned bp, idle, 12, ss, flamingos, frog, spreaders, hc, special k, ss jump to special k, and started rolling ghetto 10-20ft endos. the fiddy has been down for the most of the summer because of no rims but i got new rims now...just gotta spoke them. so all in all i didn't really accomplish much but atleast i have some decent brake & throttle control to my name.
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Re: Did you fulfill your summer goals?
I don't think so. Once you have idle on lock, it seems that O's would be one of the next steps. What other "straight line" stuff you talkin about, Sammy.......combo's, highchairs, spreaders? If so, I don't think any of them would help you much w/ circle skills.
