[jonKranked]

I do think your larger point still stands.....


brakeless bmx weirdos > any mountain biker ever

Long time ago when I lived in Asheville there was a local bmx'r who would show up after the annual street comp was over, brakeless, no helmet and completely demolish everything some top mountain bike pros made look cool. He would pull massive no handed back flips at ridiculous speeds on his 20". He'd hit the jumps with way more height than the dudes competing. Never entered a comp, always poached it at the end.

BMX is and always has been so far ahead of freestyle MTB its not even funny. every now and then i still check the come up to see the latest insanity.

disclaimer: the only mtb dudes that are even coming CLOSE to bmx stuff is the guys in the FEST series, but that's only in terms of jump size.

 

[Gary]

got drunk

Knocked myself out cold from manualling drunk in Glasgow city centre.
Over a decade ago now and I've never actually recalled doing it. But from the slope I was found lying at the bottom of and where I hit my head I know for sure a failed manual 'd a been the reason. Manualled that slope fine on the way home from work pretty much every day.

 

[kazlx]

Going to pretty much any BMX spot will knock you down a few pegs on the MTB. It's definitely easier to learn to manual on one. I was riding Vans park twice a week for a few months and was getting better quickly, along with nose manuals, but they definitely feel way different on a BMX than a MTB.

One dude I ride occasionally can manual for days, he'll go all the way down the road at Mammoth from the bottom of Shotgun back to the Village.

 

[ZHendo]

Got a couple of buddies into riding about a year or 2 ago, and now both can wheelie indefinitely and are learning nac nacs, no handers, and various other tricks that I can't do. It sucks.

 

[mykel]

Got a couple of buddies into riding about a year or 2 ago, and now both can wheelie indefinitely and are learning nac nacs, no handers, and various other tricks that I can't do. It sucks.

Yup, don't have kids either.
They tend to pass you in ability.
I think it is because they pretty much have no fear - ah the perceived indestructibility of youth.
Some of my crew and I were coaching my boy on some double black stuff. By the end of the day he was riding it cleaner than any of us have in years.

Sometimes I hate that kid

 

[mrgto]

You and I have to have met. I definitely know your wife. I remember dudes scared to race her in slalom because they knew they'd get beat.

But yeah the thin man is doing well with all tumors long gone. I'll certainly tell him howdy for you. He's still teaching at squaw these days.

I was the drunk redneck from Tennessee if that helps.

 

[JimLad]

I practiced one fall, every day to and from work. Wheelies on the uphill a and manuals on the flat / down. After about 3 weeks I was able to start to hold them

Addicted ever since. The best is manualling through consecutive roots on the trail or brake bump sections in the bike park. It's magic

 

[CheetaMike]

only in my dreams , and on a good day only a couple feet and I feel like a Boss!!! LOL

 

[jonKranked]

 

[StiHacka]

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The lizard people filter: %s/\(.*\)?/\1, bro?/g

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

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WTF is this "bro" shit ?

Tempted to delete the thread...

 

[toodles]

I tried that, except I had Avid brakes at the time, which often came straight to the bar when the bike was tipped in the incline direction (including that time).

This is why I have trust issues.

I remember my Saints causing a mate to flip out because he wasn't aware they needed to be pumped up to have a bite point before the lever hit the grip

Karma bit me for that one when I crashed riding a Canadian mate's V10 in the street when I tried to manual/wheelie and realised too late his brakes weren't moto style...

 

[kidwoo]

Tempted to delete the thread...

Prolly should.

 

[slimshady]

The lizard people filter: %s/\(.*\)?/\1, bro?/g

VI rules!

 

[Toshi]

VI rules!

vi/vim implements regex, but that's a regular expression at its base.

:nerdhat:

 

[jonKranked]

WTF is this "bro" shit ?

Tempted to delete the thread...

the lizard people can't capitalize on us without giving us our cut.

 

[StiHacka]

vi/vim implements regex, but that's a regular expression at its base.

:nerdhat:

But he's right, it is the vi syntax.

 

[kidwoo]

Definitely delete it now.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Definitely delete it now.

So what would happen to the Bike news link to the right ? Would it still be there directing visitors to a 404 page, or would it too disappear ?

 

[jonKranked]

So what would happen to the Bike news link to the right ? Would it still be there directing visitors to a 404 page, or would it too disappear ?

Only one way to find out.....


... try it now

 

[kidwoo]

So what would happen to the Bike news link to the right ? Would it still be there directing visitors to a 404 page, or would it too disappear ?

You're about to find out aren't you?

Yes you are.

You sure are.

Thass a good boy.





I'll post goatse if I have to.

 

[boostindoubles]

I believe we are dealing with an Angrylizardsmith.

 

[Nick]

You're about to find out aren't you?

Yes you are.

You sure are.

Thass a good boy.





I'll post goatse if I have to.

 

[rockofullr]

So what would happen to the Bike news link to the right ? Would it still be there directing visitors to a 404 page, or would it too disappear ?

Don't 404 me bro!

 

[csermonet]

High bars, heavy springs, very slow rebound and lots of compression make manuals on an mtb a lot easier.

Damn Ben, that second clip you posted you were really cookin. are you on a 160mm bike? that might be the fastest manual I've seen on a mountain bike, that or Iggy on his DHR in Tahoe. And of course Bobby Root with the 65mph one in the OG New World Disorder

 

[buckoW]

It's got around 160mm in the rear and a 170 mm fork. I use a 215mm i2i shock with a shock extender to reduce the travel on a Voltage FR.

 

[csermonet]

It's got around 160mm in the rear and a 170 mm fork. I use a 215mm i2i shock with a shock extender to reduce the travel on a Voltage FR.

Oh wow. I've quietly thought about something like that to myself but never gave much thought as to how it would be executed. so essentially it's letting you short stroke the frame without altering the geo? I assume you did this because no one makes a 240mm i2i shock with the ~63mm stroke the Voltage needs in order to get ~160mm? Couldn't you have had something custom made, so you could ditch the extender? I figured a guy like you, with access to the resources you have, would have had a custom bouncer made. I guess you are experimenting so much though that it's just more efficient and cost effective to whip up an extender and run that? Very cool and interesting stuff. Post a picture if you can