The hardtail riding thread

[rabatt]

i beleive i am riding a hardtail in this video

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/229782/

also any tips on fronties? i seem to land on my face.

i expect this to be tried at freedom next time you ride...


frontys seem to need a brake, i always land on my butt

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

...balls.

it doesnt feel like im rotating very fast though, watching videos i think i need to speed up my rotation quite a bit for that step up. ill practice them into foam a bit more and try spin a bit faster. definitely trying frontflips again, ill grab a load of brake and see what happens

 

[Sethius]

i expect this to be tried at freedom next time you ride...


frontys seem to need a brake, i always land on my butt

a brake does help with a frontie, but it's more than possible to do it without them, Jackson's frontie tuck no hander at nat's was brakeless.

 

[Carl-23]

where do you guys ride in sydney?? skateparks, dirt jumps, street spots any hints?

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

castle cove jumps, chatswood park, street around the city, st peters banks, occasionally monster

 

[NorcoManik]

i beleive i am riding a hardtail in this video

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/229782/

also any tips on fronties? i seem to land on my face.

next time we are getting close to landing fronties! and lol, my face seems to land on my knee

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

yeah id like to go next monday in the morning, maybe bring the bmx this time and cheat

 

[Carl-23]

can i ride my stp at monster??? never been before and am failry new to the country

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

yeah we bring our 26" bikes in so you shouldnt have a problem

 

[Carl-23]

sounds awesome! but no skateboards and bikes on at the same time?

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

yeah you need to go on a bmx session heres there site, its got all the info. but they are letting mtbs into the indoor street section now

 

[patto_15]

Fronties are a bitch.. Its all in the pop off the lip.. The harder you pull back, the faster you'll front flip

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

alright, thanks. well ill have a few more attempts next monday and see how it goes.

 

[rabatt]

Fronties are a bitch.. Its all in the pop off the lip.. The harder you pull back, the faster you'll front flip

pull back as in the 'go fast, pull back' method of boosting? but instead of boosting you throw yourself forward? i am kooking it off the lip, mayb i'll go to monster again and try them, can't let rob get closer then me haha

and rick yeh i know its possible its just heaps harder i've been told

 

[patto_15]

pull back as in the 'go fast, pull back' method of boosting? but instead of boosting you throw yourself forward? i am kooking it off the lip, mayb i'll go to monster again and try them, can't let rob get closer then me haha

and rick yeh i know its possible its just heaps harder i've been told

Don't worry about throwing yourseld foward as soon as you're near the top of the lip, wait until your back wheel is off the lip, pull back as if you're hitting a spine, then throw yourself forward.

Like, when you go to front flip into a pool, you dont throw yourself forward with out jumping up

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

pull back as in the 'go fast, pull back' method of boosting? but instead of boosting you throw yourself forward? i am kooking it off the lip, mayb i'll go to monster again and try them, can't let rob get closer then me haha

and rick yeh i know its possible its just heaps harder i've been told

me and tommy are going monday, come down if you can

 

[rabatt]

example of an unstylish tuck no hander


ugliest tuck out by rohan batt, on Flickr

in my defense i smashed my shoulder earlier in the session and was struggling to even ride still.

 

[JONO WADE]

Put your hands up for Detroit!

What are you doing in here? you don't even ride...

 

[g-fish]

It's been too quiet in here,

What's everyone been up to in the new year? I've haven't ridden since someone last posted in this thread, it's been too long!

 

[singlespeedfreeride]

well, rode five dock yesterday and i landed with my ankle at almost 90 degrees and heard it crack, then when i took the weight off it it cracked again. im guessing thats not a good thing. but i think i should be riding again next week, seems to just be jarred or something. probably wouldve been a different story if i wasnt wearing high tops.

also very close to manual to 180s. theyre a bit tricky though.