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Title: Endos
Post by: Bushwacked on September 11, 2008, 07:05 AM
OK - Want to get some endo action in....

Is it best to fit a front brake to practice them or is there some other way which will give good results, perhaps against the trusty curb?



Title: Re: Endos
Post by: evamedia on September 11, 2008, 08:14 AM
whack your foot behind the fork crown when your rolling along, then your halfway to learning footjams on the ramp
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Bushwacked on September 11, 2008, 11:00 AM
Is that really the easiest way??? It seems like going from walking to running against Bolt in the 100m sprint!!! 
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Flatcap on September 11, 2008, 04:44 PM
Use a break dude....much more stylish.

Or go proper old school style and do them up against a curb.

If you remember they did used to call them a "Curb Endo" and a "No Curb Endo"

Good luck.

Daz.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: MpG on September 11, 2008, 11:22 PM
i would definately recomend the curb for a learner

then brake then footjam but my foot is sore from a session last night damn reeboks and small feet lol
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: macky on September 12, 2008, 01:29 AM

Front brake, front brake, front brake!!!

If ya wanna do endo's, rockwalks,  nose picks... etc...

deffo use a front brake...

they look so much better done with a brake!!  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Flatcap on September 12, 2008, 10:41 AM

Front brake, front brake, front brake!!!

If ya wanna do endo's, rockwalks,  nose picks... etc...

deffo use a front brake...

they look so much better done with a brake!!  :daumenhoch:

Mmmmm, Dave, it's not often me and you disagree dude, certainly when it comes to the use of a front brake. Endos, Nose Picks I agree with but not rack walks. They look much more fluid when you do they with out a brake, that's how I learned them originally because that's how Sir Bob did them so I just copied him. Granted, it's much harder to do them smooth without a brake but once you've mastered it they rock - excuse the pun  ;D

Daz.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: SaMAlex on September 12, 2008, 02:00 PM
OK, as a long time front  brake user, here's my input:


-Nosepics always look better WITH a front brake. FACT!

-Rockwalks always look better (and should only be done) WITHOUT a front brake. FACT!
    (remember NS kids, just cos you got a brake on, you dont HAVE to pull it!)

-Id say that although brakeless curb endos are rad, learning endos on the flat with a front brake is best. On a curb, there is always the chance that if you go to high the front wheel will roll back under you. Very nasty. Just pull the front brake, bend your legs to pull the back wheel up, and try to get your arse on the back tyre.
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: macky on September 12, 2008, 03:59 PM

Front brake, front brake, front brake!!!

If ya wanna do endo's, rockwalks,  nose picks... etc...

deffo use a front brake...

they look so much better done with a brake!!  :daumenhoch:



Mmmmm, Dave, it's not often me and you disagree dude, certainly when it comes to the use of a front brake. Endos, Nose Picks I agree with but not rack walks. They look much more fluid when you do they with out a brake, that's how I learned them originally because that's how Sir Bob did them so I just copied him. Granted, it's much harder to do them smooth without a brake but once you've mastered it they rock - excuse the pun  ;D

Daz.  :daumenhoch:



Yeahhh... I have to agree!!   :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/Animation5-BobHaro.gif)

 ;D

Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Bushwacked on September 12, 2008, 05:44 PM
Front brake going back on!!!!

Thanks everyone.
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Flatcap on September 12, 2008, 07:27 PM
Quote
and try to get your arse on the back tyre

T,daaaa!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j46/Flatcap1968/Endo_01.jpg)

Title: Re: Endos
Post by: spesh on September 12, 2008, 07:39 PM
that is a cool pic granada coupe,white wall tyres and that awful council tarmac proper 70s :daumenhoch:

i waiting for gene hunt to come screeming round that bend,handbrake turn and shout"IVE COME ROUND YA HOUSE TO STAMP ON ALL YA TOYS,GOT IT!!" :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Flatcap on September 12, 2008, 08:01 PM
that is a cool pic granada coupe,white wall tyres and that awful council tarmac proper 70s :daumenhoch:

Aye....if you came off on to that stuff you fooking didn't half know about, proper gravel rash!!!

Daz.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: oldbmxrider on September 12, 2008, 09:02 PM
^^^^^^^^^ nice pic
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Guillotte on September 14, 2008, 04:26 AM
Brakes first but apparently they're not cool now so curb, foot, or dead ex's gaping jaw.
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: bmxer4ever on September 14, 2008, 12:56 PM
Brakes first but apparently they're not cool now so curb, foot, or dead ex's gaping jaw.

Mmmm.....not bitter there are we Greg....?  :LolLolLolLol:

NEVER, EVER use a front brake for a rock walk.
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Bushwacked on September 15, 2008, 06:17 PM
What the hell is a Rockwall?
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: bmxer4ever on September 15, 2008, 06:36 PM
What the hell is a Rockwall?

A rockWALK is a front wheel 180 to back wheel 180 - just check Dave Mc's reply with VIDEO. That's a rockwalk...
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Bushwacked on September 16, 2008, 07:12 AM
Nice!

(Have to say I thought that was his Signature  :shocked: )
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: bmxer4ever on September 16, 2008, 09:22 PM
Nice!

(Have to say I thought that was his Signature  :shocked: )

They're not that hard to learn and are a killer 'instant' trick that you can throw anywhere. Have a go! Rockwalks will always be cool!
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: bmxer4ever on September 16, 2008, 11:02 PM
Rock walks with brakes look fooking bad. I love front brake tricks but a front wheel 180 should be done brakeless.

And done going as fast as you can without falling off!!!!!  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: SaMAlex on September 17, 2008, 10:43 PM
Rock walks with brakes look fooking bad. I love front brake tricks but a front wheel 180 should be done brakeless.
And done going as fast as you can without falling off!!!!!


The worst crash I had on the first Old Fools trip was trying a wrong/opposite way rockwalk (without using the brake).
I came a right cropper, Ive not tried one again.  :crazy2:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: subversion on September 18, 2008, 02:14 PM
Brakes first but apparently they're not cool now

& who wants to look like the 'cool kids'!?  :shocked: Jeez I'd rather take up fooking morris dancing! :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Bushwacked on September 18, 2008, 08:06 PM
Doing what you want to do is cool - following the other sheep isn't!!!!

 :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:



Anyway, I can't find any of those skinny ass jeans to fit my thighs and big butt!!!!


 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Linus27 on September 18, 2008, 08:37 PM
Here is me doing an Endo around 1981 on my Kuwahara Nova. I must be about 11 and I am wearing A'me gloves, A'me t-shirt, A'me cap and my sisters jeans. Now I know whay I am so confused these days  ;D

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k46/Linus27uk/Various015-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: HARODAVE on September 29, 2008, 06:22 PM
 yeah i agree rockwalks do look better done without brakes, sir bob did them so fluidly ..endos and rockwalks will always rule!!  when i got my 06 sport the first thing i did after building it up was get out there and see if i could still rockwalk after 20 years away !! it never leaves you !! ;D
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: pickle on October 06, 2008, 02:33 PM
front brakes rule!!  i've always rode with one.......but then i'm rubbish anyways  ;D

i took my lad and his mates to a few parks last week skating....there were some locals sat there on their bikes watching, none of them had brakes at all.....so thought they would be good??  no they were worst than me!!  and just kept running into everyone and everything.  I asked them why they don't have brakes? they just said "cos no one rides with them anymore"   :uglystupid2:

fooking idiots!!
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: kingkeef on October 06, 2008, 02:41 PM
Me Circa 1984/85 amybe earlirer I cant fooking remember
 TWAS BITD


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/z213/kgfinan/kfendo.jpg)
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: Linus27 on October 06, 2008, 02:54 PM
Look at that. A street with no cars and big pavements. I bet if you went back to that street now there would be cars parked all along it, half on the road and half on the pavement. Probably speed humps also in the middle of the road.  :)
Title: Re: Endos
Post by: subversion on October 06, 2008, 03:35 PM
i took my lad and his mates to a few parks last week skating....there were some locals sat there on their bikes watching, none of them had brakes at all.....so thought they would be good??  no they were worst than me!!  and just kept running into everyone and everything.  I asked them why they don't have brakes? they just said "cos no one rides with them anymore"   :uglystupid2:

fooking idiots!!

As long as they think they look cool eh :2funny:
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