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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: The-flying-banana on December 03, 2005, 10:51 PM

Title: Grinding
Post by: The-flying-banana on December 03, 2005, 10:51 PM

Tried this for the first time on thursaday and found it quite easy ??? was doing rear peg grinds , front and rear and also some crank grinds! it did,nt feck me bike but my chain kept coming lose ::)

Was only doing them on some 3 feet ramps so nothing too dangerous yet 8)

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: weston on December 04, 2005, 09:59 AM

just wait till you try a feeble & the back end slides out.... ;D

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: Geth on December 04, 2005, 10:26 AM

Or wait until you forget to put your pegs on one day and go flat out into a 50/50 grind on the mini.
I've done it!
It hurt.

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: dordymush on December 04, 2005, 11:43 AM

 :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: Dingobmxer on December 04, 2005, 11:48 AM

I have been cosidering pegs for a while, what does evryone reccomend?
 :) DINGO :)

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: j... on December 04, 2005, 12:14 PM

mine go on and off all the time, really depends on where im riding.  :santa_huh:

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: Geth on December 04, 2005, 04:02 PM

Quote from: dingobmxer on December 04, 2005, 11:48 AM

I have been cosidering pegs for a while, what does evryone reccomend?
 :) DINGO :)

McNeil pegs are good. They're full cromo but still light. Been using them for a long time now.
The half & half cromo/alloy pegs tend to spin after a while.
Ti pegs just don't slide very well. Good for stall tricks but not so good for actually grinding. (AND fecking expensive!)

Try and get a tensioner that your rear peg can lock into to stop movement.

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: Dingobmxer on December 04, 2005, 04:26 PM

Cheers Geth, I am going over to Cyclesport this week so will take a look
 :) DINGO :)

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: j... on December 04, 2005, 05:16 PM

well ive been through 3 sets of pegs really:

first up odyssey jpegs: slide well, last forever but very heavy.

secondly t1 pegs: great in park, very light, wear out quick riding street.

shadow conspricy lean pegs: light, strong, slide well , fairly short but work a treat

 :santa_afro:

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: lazychubs on December 04, 2005, 05:19 PM

im using the 414 ind ones alloy middle chromoly outer
all i did was remove outer sleeve and drill a hole in alloy put sleeve baclk on
and hit with a centre punch they dont move now lol

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: dirtbro on December 06, 2005, 04:08 PM

i use hoffman park peg with the outer`s taken off and they slide like f**k

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: The-flying-banana on December 10, 2005, 12:11 PM

My second attempt i managed to peg a fourteen foot quater and also a wobbly febble but i keep taking my foot off i think i will have to tape them to the pedals ???

Also i have proper fecked me chain its all bent outa shape dont think i should crank gring with an izumi  ;D well it was the only chain that was,nt giving me noise with my 10/28 gearing ::)

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: TwoBobRob on December 10, 2005, 04:24 PM

You've done a stall and and feeble grind on a 14ft quarterpipe?  On your second attempt?

Respect to you my friend  :)

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: The-flying-banana on December 10, 2005, 05:28 PM

Ye twobobrob but still a bit sketchy i have just decided to really go for stuff now as i am becoming rather cr@p ??? still cant do a simple manual i find these very very hard :-\

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: RADHAB on December 14, 2005, 02:45 PM

"A simple manual!" Feck me he really is Eddie Fiola!!! :santa_afro:

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: priv on December 14, 2005, 04:35 PM

i practiced for 2 hours non stop to learn manuals,and still can only get about 20 yards.

they are a cool look trick though.


priv 

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: woodzy on December 21, 2005, 09:10 PM

started practicing grinds but my foot comes off automaticl aswell its anoyin :rant:

Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: lushbmx on December 24, 2005, 12:21 AM

i run 2 shadow mean pegs up front and an animal light on my rear right cos it slides like hell when i do feebal grinds down brick, demolition numb cuck on the rear left cos it saves abit of weight...

best pegs to get really are the animal light ones or the FBM ones both last long not 2 heavy and slide very welll....

(http://www.salvagebmx.com/lushbmx/stuclarkmansup.jpeg)
and heres a photo of the animal pegs in action... stu clark on the olympic ledge febuary 05 on our first visit to barcalona!