August | 2008 | 2 Wheel Technique

A good day for breakthroughs

30 08 2008

Good riding this Tuesday with a bunch of breakthroughs for the riders. Check it out!

: Mark gets his pedal kick dialed – Straighter arms and a bit more upright torso would be the perfect balance point

: Don searching for the balance point

: Don finds it! Note the difference from the previous picture. His torso is upright and you can see his center of gravity is directly over the rear axle

: Dan with a really nice stoppie

: Clay tackles the ramp – Look at the concentration

: The ramp tackles Clay!

: ssssssskinny! Using my foot to correct an imbalance without steering. It’s just a jump to the left…….

: No chance for an endo here – Even though it is a big drop my center of gravity is well behind the front axle. Straight arms and hips as low as can go!

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Categories : 2 Wheel Tuesdays

Did any of you check out the BMX races in the Olympics? Beijing hosted the first ever Olympic BMX events and it was pretty impressive. The BMX track is scary huge and the riders were haulin’ the mail around that thing. The roll in ramp alone is 18 meters high and the men have to clear a 9 meter gap over the women’s corner. You have to see it to believe it!

It was by far my favorite event of the Olympics. NBC’s footage of the quarters, semis and finals was really good. I learned a lot by watching what these pros do. It also was easy to see how one tiny mistake would cost a rider several positions, or cause a crash. The US did really well with Mike Day taking silver and Donny Robinson Bronze for the men, and Jill Kintner taking bronze for the women.

If you missed it on TV, NBC has great footage on the web. Here’s a link to the finals.

And if you like that find the links to the quarters and semis and enjoy!

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Categories : Skills Clinics

2 Wheel Tuesdays at the Bridge 6PM 8-26-08

25 08 2008

2 Wheel Tuesdays will meet again at the Union Street Bridge by the post office – 6 PM on 8-26-08.

ABOUT 2 WHEEL TUESDAYS

2 Wheel Tuesdays is a low key fun ride focused on bike handling and balance. We will find interesting places to ride that will engage and challenge our bike handling skills. We may play games on our bikes like bike polo, and Shark. If we have enough people and interest, we may take a tour of downtown on our bikes.

All skill levels are welcome. Children may come, but need to be accompanied by an adult. Join us if you can!

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Categories : 2 Wheel Tuesdays

New riders and new spots for 2WT ride

25 08 2008

New riders M’lynn and Nick joined us on Tuesday and we visited a few new spots. M’lynn learned to trackstand, Nick improved leaps and bounds with his technique, Mark and Don got focused 🙂 (see their captions). A good time was had by all!

: M’Lynn works on her trackstand

: Matt attacks the stump at speed

: Nick rolls the drop!

: Don drops it too

: Mark prepares to turn the corner on ths skinny

: Don with great focus – starting the skinny

: Matt rides the skinny

: Look at Mark’s eyes. He is looking through the finish. He made 3 complete passes on this skinny once he shifted his focus and stopped looking at the front wheel