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suicidepan wrote:

Real nice pics and that looks like a sweet parking garage rooftop

Its a great rooftop right down from the river and no one really goes up there. I loved it more room!

thats ma wife!

Shes doing great Ryan..

You seem to already be way beyond me, haha. Back in the late 90's I was a newbie flatlander, and my bike got stolen before I could really get great at it. I could do "high" bunny hops (the highest in my group, anyway - I was the only one who could hop over a cinder block standing on it's end) and I could (still can, actually) ride no-handed with my feet on the top tube. The very night my bike was jacked, I swear I was on the very cusp of doing a bar endo and being able to ride out of it. I always fell over trying to set the rear wheel back down.

You're doing awesome, keep at it and don't let fear be an obstacle. You have to admit to yourself that at some point you're going to get hurt - maybe a little, maybe a lot - but until you come to terms with that, it'll just get in your way and hold you back. It's like jumping in a pool off the high dive - you have to accept that if you want to enjoy it, you're going to have to overcome the fear of the fall.

standardsweetie wrote:

I saw that foot jam!
Looked good!

Did you dig that video I linked..? I watched it..loo say 100 times never gets old

standardsweetie wrote:

I watch anything flatland well almost anything. Its learning by watching for me then I try it slow like walk threw it and then speed it up!

Same I see some thing I like.. And I do it lol. Well try and try, then do it. That's how I learned wall rides. Just by jumping on walls haha and doing it

Nice bike, keep riding.  Keep it up and maybe you'll ride like a pro in a while.  Here is one of my fav riders, he is from Germany.  And last vid has some others - Terry Adams.

http://youtu.be/KPdgm06LNsw

http://youtu.be/rRDG__LrcF8

http://youtu.be/EL9oPU7UUdI

Yup. Videos are a godsend - kind of a cheat sheet for how to do stuff. When I was learning, youtube wasn't around yet. In fact most of the world was still on dial-up. I learned everything from hearsay and just trying it. First dozen bar endos I want over the bars, then learned to lean back despite the fear I'd yank the bike backwards. When I figured that part out, all I had to do was figure out how to set the back wheel down without putting my feet down. Still haven't got there yet!

Keep at it, and regardless of your gender, it always makes me smile to see people getting into flatland. As long as there are bikes, there will be people doing zany things on them. BMX isn't in danger of dying out. Those are the words of bored old-schoolers who just want to drum up conversation. I'll keep riding until the world ends or my limbs stop working - then I'll just get robot arms and keep riding.

Thanks guys for all the great words and videos. I am working hard at it. I found that when I am riding i feel better less stress after its easier for me to wind down. I am loving it. Taking tonight off though as much as I want to go out and ride I need to do my mommy duties and get my laundry put away along with cleaning my house! For tonight I will watch videos to see where I am messing up. Right now its pretty bad because I dream about riding my bike and cant wait to get off work to do just that.