12/26/2019 9:52 PM
Edited Date/Time: 12/26/2019 9:53 PM
younggotti wrote:
35 year old rider..recently got a freecoaster for the first time
Tonight I went to the skatepark and understand the disengagement, I didn't engage during a fake at all but...
Does anyone have tips on how to prevent slack after doing normal tricks? For example a simple feeble to a 180 on a quarter (no fakie), I'd go to pedal and almost die because id be trying to get speed for the next rail or trick
Also any tips on coming out of fakie? I run brakes and use them to turn but never realized how much I use pedal pressure to push around...any suggestions on how to speed up the learning process?
My knees will thank you
When you say you did a feeble to 180, do you mean feeble stall? A feeble 180 means you land in fakie by default.
I'm gonna assume you mean the first, and in that case (and pretty much every other), you'll simply have to get used to the slack. It's a completely different hub compared to a cassette, and it rides completely different as well.
I rarely ride my coaster wheel, but I suggest getting into the habit of starting to slowly pedal forwards until you feel the hub engage, then give it "full force" pedaling. It's just another thing to get used to, and you'll get it eventually. You'll need to definitely plan your line better in terms of where you'll pedal and where you can't.
But hey, it's only your first ride, it won't feel so foreign after a while of riding the hub.
Scooter kid trying to ride a bike.
@scootereyn