[Dog Welder]

I learned how to bar spin on the pedals today. Thats all.

 

[allsk8sno]

lucky..i can only do em with one foot on the peg, one foot on the pedal.

 

[holelotanutin]

right on bro!!!!

 

[SwisSlesS]

Sorry, I'm not a real jumper... Why is it harder to do a bar spin with your feet on the pedals?

 

[monkeyboy424]

getting the bars past your knees is a hard trick to learn, well for me anyhoo...

 

[RandomV]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Sorry, I'm not a real jumper... Why is it harder to do a bar spin with your feet on the pedals?

Well, I think they were talking about barspins on the flat ground... But, to answer the question:

Usually it's tough because you'll hit your knees or get the bar end caught in your shirt or something. Both of which usually lead to ugly or scary crashes.

 

[schaefdog]

cut your bars down!!!

 

[Mudpuppy]

Another problem with barspins on the pedals is that it's a WHOLE lot harder to balance, at least for me but I have trouble pinching the seat 'cause I'm big or something.

 

[Dog Welder]

Its harder because if you learn with one foot on the pedal and one on the peg...all your weight gets shifted to the peg making barspins easy. Whereas with your weight on the pedals it makes it more difficult to hoist the front end up to pop the spin. I've never had a problem getting the bars to hit my legs or catching my shirt. I actually lean back a little too far and fall off the back sometimes. Now I've been practicing doing the spins with the seat lowered to my normal riding height and pinching the seat with my calves rather than my knees.

Next trick for me is the 50/50 grind.

By the way, rode at a park for hte first time....man you can grind FAR on the coping! so much that I looped out the first couple times.

 

[Echo]

Originally posted by Dog Welder
man you can grind FAR on the coping! so much that I looped out the first couple times.

Wait until some skater waxes the rail for you...

 

[UCSBrian]

the next step in barspins is to pull the bike up, spin it, grab the bars, and hold the manual. Ive done it like twice. Heh, its hard. Its probably harder on my 26" too.

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[nickmtb]

Originally posted by UCSBrian
the next step in barspins is to pull the bike up, spin it, grab the bars, and hold the manual. Ive done it like twice. Heh, its hard. Its probably harder on my 26" too.

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I just started to learn those and there sweet, they feel cool and look cool.

 

[Dog Welder]

Do you guys find that you can barsping one way better than the other? For example I can spin clockwise way easy than compared to spine counter clockwise. If I spin it the easy way i can get my hands back on the bars pretty quickly...but if I don't i bobble getting my hands on.

 

[UCSBrian]

both ways are pretty much the same for me. I dont know if your on a bmx or a mtb, but on my mtb if i can t go both ways, its kinda useless, seeing as how without a gyro i have to unwind it.

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[ummbikes]

Ya, I totally bit it trying this riding with my 10 year old daughter. It's offical I am the geekiest dad ever.

 

[stringcheese]

I figured that if you're right handed, you should spin the bars clockwise, and if you're left handed (like me) spin them counter-clockwise.

 

[Mudpuppy]

Originally posted by stringcheese
I figured that if you're right handed, you should spin the bars clockwise, and if you're left handed (like me) spin them counter-clockwise.

That's how I do it. I do spin counter clockwise sometimes but it's harder to do. I mainly only do it to get out of a half barspin.