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Re: quarter pipes? posted on 2006-10-24 18:49:40

[quote author=T1flatlander link=topic=21320.msg232239#msg232239 date=1161739911]
instead of kicking ur weight forward pull back and twist in the air

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okay that was completely the opposite of what you should do. pulling back and twisting would send you into a pocket air. or onto the deck. or both.

if you want to air a quarterpipe, the simplist way i can explain it, is to PUSH off of the ramp. arms and legs. the steeper the quarterpipe, the less you need to push and the faster you need to go.

 

Re: wanting to customize my gt a lilbit posted on 2006-10-24 14:32:30

hey, lets be so lame, that we argue over a goddamn brand name.   

best things to upgrade a stock complete= 1. wheelset.  get a good one. its the most expensive upgrade you can get into, but good wheels MAKE the bike. a chrome back rim will also help your brakes work better  2. cranks. profiles are good. odysseys are good. primos are good. everything else tends to be a cheap knockoff and suck accordingly.  3. brakes. not necesarily new ones, but setting them up good is always good. good brakepads usually help a lot. the main thing is to line them up straight and centered.  there will be a lot of idiots telling you to take your brakes off. dont. 99% of the kids running no brakes, have no business riding brakeless. its a bad idea and will limit your progression severely. once you can shred, and have established solid basics and good bike control, then you might want to look into it. otherwise, its just another lame trend. 4. bars/forks. if it aint broke dont fix it. but eventually it will. odyssey makes the best forks ive ever experienced.  hope that gets you started on the right path.  if you want your bike to just look cooler,  peeling stickers is always a good place to start. less is more. 

 

Re: post Best street session posted on 2006-10-24 11:27:11

back in july i had a pretty good day, met up with some buddies near these ledges, rode those for a minute. then headed down to a real fun curved wallride where i witnessed my best friend go around it to pegs on the top. that was awesome, then we hit up "the chunk"  its this bank with a big concrete subbox on the top of it. i got a good fufanu to icepick on it and was real stoked. then we went up to campus and i did a wallride down a 17 stair. then we sessioned a bank to wall with a quickcrete lip before heading over to get some pizza.  that was a seriously fun day.

 

a couple shots of a session the other day before it rained posted on 2006-10-24 11:16:11

my friend jeremy snapped these photos of me, him and his brother anthony about a month ago. im stoked on them, hope you guys enjoy.
[img]http://cnybmx.com/album/album107/Matt_Tabes.jpg[/img]
[img]http://cnybmx.com/album/album107/Matt_Tdown.sized.jpg[/img]
[img]http://cnybmx.com/album/album107/jer_tuck.jpg[/img]
[img]http://cnybmx.com/album/album107/anthtabes.jpg[/img]

 

Re: trail wrecker! posted on 2006-10-23 22:08:07

two methods have worked for us for years. one. make your jumps so big they scare the shit out of you and are far too intimidating for some runts to find and ride. this will definately push your riding to the limits. number two. kick the shit out of him. duh?