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Title: Have you got balance?
Post by: stevepeanut on August 10, 2015, 05:22 PM
I have got really poor balance, which has made it very difficult for me to try and do bmx tricks.

How come some people have got perfect balance and others don't. I have got a mate who can jump on a bike and wheelie off into the sunset. Where as I try it and I either flip it or drop the front down quickly.

Who's got good or bad balance and is there a way to improve it, or is just one of those things some lucky people are born with?
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: In2bmx on August 10, 2015, 06:00 PM
I'd like to think so , even at my age. 46  :(

Still pulling the wheelies and jumping ... I do a lot of mountain biking ... I think that helps .

Practice makes perfect ...  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: stevepeanut on August 10, 2015, 06:14 PM
I am ok on a mountain bike and can ride bmx tracks with no problem, I just have no balance to do tricks, which I have always wanted to be able to do.
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: steve69 on August 10, 2015, 07:04 PM
I have got really poor balance, which has made it very difficult for me to try and do bmx tricks.

How come some people have got perfect balance and others don't. I have got a mate who can jump on a bike and wheelie off into the sunset. Where as I try it and I either flip it or drop the front down quickly.

I'm with you on this one, I'm fookin shite  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: In2bmx on August 10, 2015, 07:27 PM
I am ok on a mountain bike and can ride bmx tracks with no problem, I just have no balance to do tricks, which I have always wanted to be able to do.
it's down to practice then .. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: steve69 on August 10, 2015, 07:56 PM
I have got really poor balance, which has made it very difficult for me to try and do bmx tricks.

How come some people have got perfect balance and others don't. I have got a mate who can jump on a bike and wheelie off into the sunset. Where as I try it and I either flip it or drop the front down quickly.

I'm with you on this one, I'm fookin shite  :LolLolLolLol:


By that I mean....

The only time I ride nowadays is when I'm pissed with the boys  :whistle:   :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: BMX1973 on August 10, 2015, 10:11 PM

Probably down to practice makes perfect. Also helps if you have always ridden and not had a long dry spell of no riding.  :) Now-a-days I just like to roll around when I can.  :)
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: insectbones on August 10, 2015, 11:07 PM
My balance is shite too, down to me dodgy ears I think.

Always end up leaning to the left doing wheelies or jumps.
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: Spen69 on August 11, 2015, 06:33 AM
Practice is the answer Steve :daumenhoch:

Bring your new school to MK as the ramps are back again this year so you will be riding them with us >:D
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: stevepeanut on August 11, 2015, 11:39 AM
If I get it finished I'll bring it, if not I can use the zippo, it's got sticky tyres now.
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: OrgasmDonor on August 13, 2015, 06:39 PM
practice and speed, the faster you go the more the bike will want to stay straight or where you put it, scary but usually safer and considerably more fun  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: Retrodan72 on August 13, 2015, 07:16 PM
I can't wheelie to save my life, but reckon I could surf, if I was on a nice flat field.  :-\
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: paulb113 on August 24, 2015, 05:23 PM
Lots of practice, good brakes help. When I try and relearn some tricks I can try the same trick for hours before I perfect it!

Good luck
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: john4130 on August 24, 2015, 05:40 PM
riding a 20" is a lot different from 24"-26". got my first cruiser a few months ago and can't bunnyhop or manual it at all. some balance tricks can come naturally while others seem impossible. i can do a steamroller no problem but hang fives just seem so hard. this is probably the best hang five i,ve ever done.
https://www.facebook.com/john.oneill.16906/videos/vob.100000205480836/894288927254615/'type=2&theater (https://www.facebook.com/john.oneill.16906/videos/vob.100000205480836/894288927254615/'type=2&theater)
i also invented the arse rail.  ;D
https://www.facebook.com/john.oneill.16906/videos/vob.100000205480836/685104161506427/'type=2&theater (https://www.facebook.com/john.oneill.16906/videos/vob.100000205480836/685104161506427/'type=2&theater)
Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: paulb113 on August 24, 2015, 08:09 PM
I had a go on this at MK, I have been told it makes it easier to learn Hang 5s

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Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: paulb113 on August 24, 2015, 08:09 PM
I had a go on this at MK, I have been told it makes it easier to learn Hang 5s

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Title: Re: Have you got balance?
Post by: wdjg38 on August 25, 2015, 12:47 PM
I had a go on this at MK, I have been told it makes it easier to learn Hang 5s

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Had one of those as a kid never helped me
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