EJphotos
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Nope, I can barely do a wheelie on a mountain bike
as in I can't do one at all
lol
Manual Machine work?
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A Potted Plant
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You've brought shame to our family
ekuhn
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I would get that all the time on my street bike some kids on the curb would ask - while I was slowly moving in traffic.....
So now I do it to kids and see what they do. Most of the time its "naaaa I cannnnn't."
pkovo
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I only used it maybe 4 or 5 times, each for 5-15 minutes. I was able to manual 10 seconds or so at best. Didn't like the tether and ditched it immediately, I just step off the back if I go over, but it's rare as the rear brake works to stop that.
Long story short, it wasn't much fun. The trails opened up soon after I built it, so I didn't use it much. It's sitting in the unfinished side of my basement currently, and I cursed at it yesterday as I tripped over it.
I'm no better at doing manuals now than I was before. I can manual a set of rollers, but can't do the cool "showoff style" manuals I would like to be able to do. At this point, it's unlikely that I ever will be able to. I can wheelie like a champ though.
My daughter took some video of me back when I was using it. Maybe I'll dig that up and post it to really embarrass myself.
Even though it was a failure, it was a good distraction from everything that was going on at the time
one piece crank
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Back in 1981 I bought a set of rollers for BMX training. That first Winter I learned to both wheelie and bunny hop.
qclabrat
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very cool Kevin, you're still the man
I've been off the grid tending to other fun stuff, but I can officially attest to the audience that the manual machine is only good for about 5 minutes. After that it is pretty useless to learn manuals. Next step, learn to loop out safely, the last fall was rough...
A Potted Plant
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Saw ramps from this company on bmxc(?), looks neat. Would rip off, but mostly interested in the ramps, cuz I can't jump.
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A Potted Plant
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