The shame of it....
keirtristan
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I can't ride a bike with no hands!!
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neither can i, but a chav cant do the 4 foot drop on our xc loop either, or the loop itself for that matter besides i cant drive and i kick ass at karting so there you go0
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I've only just started getting the hang of it again, not as confident about it as I use to be though0
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It's a pretty useless skill though, isn't it?
It may help improve your balance a little but in terms of mountain biking you'd be better of practising a number of other things.0 -
The faster you go, the more stable the wheels will be due to the centrifugal force of them rotating. So to ride no handed don't go slow but go really fast.
Science lesson over, have a good sleep.+ 1001 posts reset by the cruel cruel moderators!
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GHill wrote:It's a pretty useless skill though, isn't it?
It may help improve your balance a little but in terms of mountain biking you'd be better of practising a number of other things.
It does came in handy, like when I need to count above 5 I can use both hands...0 -
Just ride naked. You can easily get to at least 6 then...0
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I can't do it on a mountain bike. Can do it on a road bike though, which is a lot more useful.0
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Was riding no handed a while back down a fairly steep hill, got a high-speed wobble on the front wheel and absolutely shat mysef. Not tried it since0
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I think my username might give it away that I'm male0
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XxxBFGxxX wrote:andrew156 wrote:Just ride naked. You can easily get to at least 6 then...
yer but if ya female and do this i would worry
or at least stop taking the steroidsIt's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result0 -
Round here the chavs get away with cycling with no hands, bare chested, texting on their phone whilst keeping their other hand tucked into the front of their trackie bottoms.
A mastery of balance, arrogance and communications.
It truly is a sight to behold0 -
andrew156 wrote:Just ride naked. You can easily get to at least 6 then...
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I could never manage it when ever i had my Continenal Speed Kings on, the bike just had a mind of its own once you let go of the bars, ive got specialzed tyres on now and riding with no hands is easy and the bike runs nice and straightBoardman Team 09 HT
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First time I done it, I broke my arm haha (was like 12 yrs old). Most memorable no handed experience was doing my cycle to work with no hands which is up a huge hill, down aforementioned hill then up another. Was quite a challenge!0
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You're a bunch of girls0
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this thread has inspired me to give no handed a go but i cant do it and am thinking this will be the case for the rest of my life.0
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I can do no hands but have never been able to wheely! :oops:Tis better to regret something you've done than to regret not doing something!0
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teulk wrote:I could never manage it when ever i had my Continenal Speed Kings on, the bike just had a mind of its own once you let go of the bars, ive got specialzed tyres on now and riding with no hands is easy and the bike runs nice and straight
I have the same issue with the speed kings i've got on my Bordman FS Team, but i can stiil ride no handed with enough speed........just+ 1001 posts reset by the cruel cruel moderators!
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