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Pad/Protection Recommendations needed. A Cautionary Tale!!!!
andy619:
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Don't worry, you'll learn!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
You need to decide though mate, you can't keep going down with the ship - that's just a world of pain we can all do without ;)
There's a skill and technique to slamming/bailing. Takes a while to learn your style. You'll get it though as long as you're not too scared to hit the eject button every once in a while :)
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So true. The eject button is your friend, just get away from the bike.
moley:
I think I need some pads, A.S.A.P.
I have just received my new NS bike. A Coyote Schizoid. The box was upside down and was damaged. Everything was there and undamaged apart from the chainguard was smashed to pieces and the Seatclamp bolt+nut was missing. Dibly's going to send me one.
Anyway, I built it up and took it for a spin.
I've already fallen off it. I was doing some bunny hops around the car park with no seat post and seat on.
I had a crowd of 5 people watching including my boss and a woman. I managed to clear around 6" off the ground. Which is quite impressive because I haven't bunny hopped since I was 15/16 (about 20-21 years ago).
A few hops later and I fell off to one side and grazed my hand. Some more hops and then I overcooked one and rotated backwards off the bike. My brain froze and I couldn't get my feet off the pedals. Oh crap, I thought!!!!
.....As my life flashed before my eyes. It seemed like an eternity. The good times, the bad times, regrets, triumphs over adversary, the warm touch of a naked woman or two, Hmmm. I decide I wanted to live! I wasn't done with this world yet. I remembered my Bruce Lee video training, be one with the nature, treat the floor as your friend and embrace it.....I just tucked my chin into my chest and prepared for impact, narrowly avoiding smashing the back of my skull into the hard gravelly surface.
Silence.......For at least 5 seconds but it seemed like an age.
I quickly arose, like a tiger springing to kill his prey.
I said "I think that's enough for today".
The crowd stood back with amazement, their eyes widened by this great spectacle. There minds whirring with wonder. "He isn't dead, No grey matter squashed in the ground" they thought.
Suddenly a round of applause broke the deafening silence. And was quickly followed by laughter. Not a guffaw or a chuckle, But a full on, pant wetting laughter that no-one can hold in.
After 5 minutes, everyone said they were quite amazed that I didn't crack my skull in two. In fact my head never even touched the ground. They even stated that when I impacted the ground a small dust cloud eminated from my position like a nuclear explosion would devastate a city, but on a much smaller scale.
One bloke had a video cam off his motorbike, but all he managed to capture was one foot going skyward as I fell. He didn't even get one of my 6" Bunny hops on film for all the BMX Community to admire.
10 minutes later. They are still laughing.
One lass would chuckle at least every ten minutes and did so for at least 4 hours until home time. Sometimes she would disappear to the toilets. Perhaps to avoid an embarrassing incident with her underwear. I don't know, whenever I tried to talk to her, she couldn't keep a straight face and you could see her face straining to retain the laughter.
I'm more embarrassed than hurt. I have a few twinges here and there. A few achy muscles in my arms which I haven't used for a long time.
But I'm a born again BMX'er. Were made of hardy stuff, were tarmac warriors roaming the streets and parks of our fair land. Teachers of Wonder and Awe to the young and old and those people in-between. I shall continue with my fight. Boredom and apathy will rule no more. I shall beat it down and bring lightness to this dark dreary world. For I have taken the first fall and I have arose a............BMXer.
Thank you.
P.S. Bulls*ite is my second language.
Flatcap:
Bailing safely is as much of an art as getting up in the air in the first place!
You might still hurt yourself and jar a few muscles or joints, at least you do at our age, but overall it's a technique everyone should learn otherwise get ready for some PAIN!
Daz. :daumenhoch:
Gary72:
Lawyer or Politician???????????
Only joking, do have some cheap Bicycle union knee pads for sale if interested, size large
Gary
TwoBobRob:
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
You sir, are a master orator :daumenhoch:
What for the whiplash to kick in...... ;)
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