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I'm a beginner in BMX and thought it'd be cool to do a progression thread.
Got my new bike last Thursday.
1st day at skatepark- got used to my bike, dropped in for first time, and learned to 180 in the half pipe. I attempted to get out of the half pipe and ended up falling flat on my back (half pipe is 8ft tall)
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Update: I tried ALL day doing fakies, but not progress so far
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i got my bike 3 days ago and i can fakie and 180, gturn kinda and im getting pretty good at manuals.
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Yeah lol. I doubt you could fakie or gturn or even a decent manual either.
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agcrx wrote:i got my bike 3 days ago and i can fakie and 180, gturn kinda and im getting pretty good at manuals.
I've been trying gturns for fucking months and still don't have them consistant
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i've been trying 180's for a month now and yet to get em consistent, thus i call bullshit
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Well not obviously every time, I swear to
God I landed a 180 my first day 4 times off of a fly out . Almost a 3 too. I don't get them constant but sometimes I get lucky . And yesterday I got fakies down pat off of a wall or footjam. Gturns are not that hard. Just carve into em keep pressure on ur front tire and watch it the whole way. I used to bmx when I was like 13 but not alot . I'm 17 now .
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I've been riding like 8 hours a day high as fuck just practicing and putting in the time to
Get decent faster than most people. I always loved
To ride a bike and right now all I want to do is bmx
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I get what the dude is saying here. I did the same thing, i learned 180s real quick and all the stuff. I progress really really fast because i ride a lot. I literally ride every day as hard as i can.
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2nd day at skatepark, I tried clearing the coping on the half pipe, I kept messing up, my nerves got the best of me.
I spent time trying to 180 on the box, couldn't do it.
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okay today i completely bent the shit out of my single walled stock rim practicing 180's like wtfffff. shitty rims
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My wheels need to be trued badly, and my crank has just recently started making an odd clicking noise :/
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i just bought a primo remix to demo zero back wheel and bsd front to proper rim front wheel. so pumped! now my bike wont die.
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I successfully did a consistent amount of fakies!!! It felt so good, I spent all day in the driveway practicing. I also practiced manuals, there was sometimes that I did it pretty good for a good distance, just gotta be more consistent.
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I think he's talking bout rockwalks, for a gturn i believe you have to travel backwards on your front wheel
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