Bmx help

[250ex13]

Well, I just got into bmx. I got a speicilized(sp) fuse. It's pretty nice and light compared too my mountain bike. Anyway I need some help with the basic's...Wheelies,Bunny hopping...etc. Any pointers? I've been trying to get those 2 tricks down for about 4 days but cant do either for ***** :(

[WhiteZrider]

well i can ride wheelies until i run out of energy, bunny hops are easy, grasshoppers are easyier( get into a wheelie and just like pull up and your like off the ground hard to explain) i rode for at least 7 hours today at the local dirt track, so pretty cool jumps we are building up you should come down one weekend and chill ride quads, bikes lol

[250ex13]

Originally posted by WhiteZrider
well i can ride wheelies until i run out of energy, bunny hops are easy, grasshoppers are easyier( get into a wheelie and just like pull up and your like off the ground hard to explain) i rode for at least 7 hours today at the local dirt track, so pretty cool jumps we are building up you should come down one weekend and chill ride quads, bikes lol Can you try and explain to me exactly how you do a bunny hop? I read some were lift the front end hard and push the pegs? i dont get what pushing the pegs is? like what direction? Can you help? lol.

[WhiteZrider]

Bunny hop just pull up hard on the bars and like lift your legs thats all i do and the bike comes right up


Push on the pegs lol wtf thats what you use to grind but irarely use them bc you cant grind dirt :D

wheelie, i just pull back and kick the pedals a little..., then since ive been on the same bike for about 2 years...i can balance, 250ex13 you need to give it more time, you arent goin to be riding like that in 4 days...the best thing to do is find the kids at school that are good BMX riders, if there are any...and try to hang out with them....BTW, for a bunny hop just pull up on the handle bars as hard as you can and then jump up wards-but keep your feet on the pedals...and what ind of shoes are you wearing...i hope you arent wearing nikes or the like...for starters go get yourself a good pair of VANS or another quality skate/bmx shoe...the right equipment is crucial....you wouldnt ride your 250 without a helmet now would you?if you need anything else let me know, between me and my friends we can help you out

[WhiteZrider]

Well he explained it better than i could, ive been practicing my berms. At a local dirt track theres this huge berm, that it leads to a rythem.

Originally posted by WhiteZrider
Well he explained it better than i could, ive been practicing my berms. At a local dirt track theres this huge berm, that it leads to a rythem.

sweet man, i dont really ride at tracks to much, im more of a freestyle guy, we have 2 new parks about 15 minutes from my front door...so im all phsyced..(sp)....anyhow...if anyone else needs some help, let me or standardryder know, i believe he was pretty good, also the Tman is good.....whiteZrider also seems to have a good bit of knowledge

[400ex28]

Just get used to your bike and do small stuff and work your way up.

[250ex13]

Originally posted by the_440_kid
wheelie, i just pull back and kick the pedals a little..., then since ive been on the same bike for about 2 years...i can balance, 250ex13 you need to give it more time, you arent goin to be riding like that in 4 days...the best thing to do is find the kids at school that are good BMX riders, if there are any...and try to hang out with them....BTW, for a bunny hop just pull up on the handle bars as hard as you can and then jump up wards-but keep your feet on the pedals...and what ind of shoes are you wearing...i hope you arent wearing nikes or the like...for starters go get yourself a good pair of VANS or another quality skate/bmx shoe...the right equipment is crucial....you wouldnt ride your 250 without a helmet now would you?if you need anything else let me know, between me and my friends we can help you out Sweet, that was very helpful man. Thanks... There is no bmxer's at my school, And yes, I'm wearing skating shoes..I've been skating since i was 8 (6 years). Well, Time to go out and practice some more:devil:

[250ex13]

Oh and heres some pics of the bike. The seat is what sold me. l love it lol
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse4.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse3.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse1.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse2-1.jpg

[theTman]

bmx takes a while to get good at...ive been biking for a few years and i still cant do much

i can do...

manual
manual x up
manual bar spin
wheelie
180 tire tap
180
i can kinda ride backwards

and thats about it...

[WhiteZrider]

Sick bike ill post pics of mine later i just got my New Kenda K-Rad tires they hook up real good in the dirt

[WhiteZrider]

Originally posted by theTman
bmx takes a while to get good at...ive been biking for a few years and i still cant do much

i can do...

manual
manual x up
manual bar spin
wheelie
180 tire tap
180
i can kinda ride backwards

and thats about it...

i can do all that plus some more like.... i can grind,stall, flat ground 180,bar spin, theres this kid that lives like 5 minutes from me that has his own FOAM PIT he said i can give it a try for free, other people have to pay to use it

[400ex28]

anyone else here ride brakeless besides me?

[WhiteZrider]

i use to man but dude i had nothing left of my shoe lol (shoe brake) well the tricks i do i need brakes

[400ex28]

na you don't need brakes.

[400ex28]

do you just ride parks?

[WhiteZrider]

Dirt

[400ex28]

yea, i ride dirt and street mainly and park everynow and then

[WhiteZrider]

i just toook pics of my bike ill have them up in a bit

[WhiteZrider]

Dk Cleveland price tag of $329.99

plus the 40 for my pedals

[WhiteZrider]

Dk Iron Cross pedals ($40)

[WhiteZrider]

The pimp bike :blah:

[BlasterEaten250]

Originally posted by 400ex28
anyone else here ride brakeless besides me? :devil:

somehow my brakes always break?:p

[BlasterEaten250]

Originally posted by WhiteZrider
Sick bike ill post pics of mine later i just got my New Kenda K-Rad tires they hook up real good in the dirt I've had those tires for a long time now and they are great. Barely any tread is gone too.

[Mxjunkie]

I ride a lot now cause I dont have a job for gas in the quad beh..

If you want you can hit me up on aim and I can help you out as much as I can..

[250ex13]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
I ride a lot now cause I dont have a job for gas in the quad beh..

If you want you can hit me up on aim and I can help you out as much as I can.. Sweet! Whats your Screename? Mines MXFiddyThree.

[700bRad]

I used to beable to bunny hop over Lawn chairs. Just takes practice. Pull your front end up then all in one motion jump up and forward and take weight off the pedals. I havnt rode for a couple years but used to be alright i guess. I also was one that didnt ride with brakes 400. I was hardcore street but the city I was going to started cracking down on our group, I ended up growing out of it, selling my bike, and buying this thing im typing on right now :D I road a chrome stipped GT performer with black 2 wall BFR's, prod crank, hyd pedals. You should see the 8 inch flat spot I put in my bfr's from hopping off a flight of stairs, it was so ridiculous a bike dealer put it on display in one of his shops :macho: , lol im proud of that

[Rip_Tear]

I was using this site for video's and tutorials http://www.bmxtrix.com/ it was pretty good. Flat land is my favorite. It will take a lot of time and just keep trying, eventually you'll progress and get closer and closer to doing those tricks, then you'll have to move to the next one or two. I like trying to learn 2 tricks at the same time so you don't get too fed up with 1 not working for so long.

[Mxjunkie]

just finished this, might help u a little dunno :blah:


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180 tail whip SO close! I must of tryed this 30-40 times tonight

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g146/Mxjunkie69/180tailwhip.jpg

KICK *** VIDEO JOSH!!!!!!!...i wish i could come ride with you guys...just a little far though....im in florida:mad:

[Mxjunkie]

Thank's :) We are making another tomorrow so we'll see..

My pants got stuck in my chain when I tryed to tail whip and I landed right on my back.. today was a lot of pain :p

sweet, now try that pain from about 6 foot up....and on a steel ramp....then you feel my pain:blah: :macho :ermm: :chinese:

[250ex13]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
just finished this, might help u a little dunno :blah:


Sweet vid! I can accually hold a wheelie a good 8 feet now(not any good but im just starting lol) And i can bunny hop about 5 inches of the floor. once again not great but I'm trying!!!

[Zeppelin03]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/mtndewman81/Pictures093.jpg

thats my bike..i kinda gave up bmx when i got my quad...that and the buddy of mine that i road with moved away so i got bored with it but i still take it out for the occasional spin...but for advise all i can say is prctice alot and watch vids of people doin tricks and stuff then try it and you'll find a way thgat works best for you

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by 250ex13
Sweet vid! I can accually hold a wheelie a good 8 feet now(not any good but im just starting lol) And i can bunny hop about 5 inches of the floor. once again not great but I'm trying!!!

Have you been trying the way I told you about? once you get use to them, try hopping over shoe boxes nothing hard because a shoe box has some give to it just incase you cant clear it.. a cinder block doesnt.. :p for wheelies, just find the balance point on your bike and pedal from there :p

[Zeppelin03]

yeah...i wish i thought about show boxes...i hopped over two cinder blocks and missed the pedals...had 4 deep gouges by my shins....hurt like a mofo

[250ex13]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
Have you been trying the way I told you about? once you get use to them, try hopping over shoe boxes nothing hard because a shoe box has some give to it just incase you cant clear it.. a cinder block doesnt.. :p for wheelies, just find the balance point on your bike and pedal from there :p Yepp, im doing everything you told me:D

[WhiteZrider]

Hey guys while at that dirt track today i went to hit the rythem, the first one was prefect, and second jump not so good lost control and landed with my foot bent backwards, went to the hospital bc of the serious pain, found out i broke my foot in 2 places

[mx428]

Originally posted by 250ex13
Oh and heres some pics of the bike. The seat is what sold me. l love it lol
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse4.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse3.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse1.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/redrder53/fuse2-1.jpg If you're grinding on the right side you should get an lhd crank/hub.