Monday, March 24, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
After what felt like eternity I went out biking today and even though I only had around 1h of daylight, I managed to do some new things. I don't know whether I've mentioned it but I think a Sidehop is easier to do than a Pedal Up. Only thing that hindered me to do it better or even higher was that I couldn't stand still on the rear wheel. The last time I tried the new stem setup it wasn't like this and I wondered why.
Well, half an hour into practice I had the pleasure to ride some other guys bikes and after that I thought that my brake levers were too far up. I put them down a little only to realize at home that it wasn't my levers being too low, but my handlebar slipping. I put it back where I had it earlier but not until having put some dynamics carbon paste onto them. I hope it'll hold this way.
In the video (quality sucks!) you can see me doing a Sidehop onto a bench that is probably around 40cm high. Pedaling up onto it isn't very easy for me as it is too narrow. The other downside to it is, that I don't know how to get back down. :D Happened earlier as well. Pedaling up onto a wall only to realize that I'm afraid of dropping down from such height.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Still don't have any time for riding as an exam is coming up. I managed to change the setup of my bike though. I laced an Echo TR rear wheel and put an Echo TR front free wheel on the cranks. Since the Echo Urban bash wouldn't work here, I got a Try All A-Symmetric which I still had to file down 1mm to make it fit. One would think that parts of the same manufacturer would fit together w/o "customizing" it. I also got another stem. This one is 150x30° and feels even better than the 5° higher one.
The self made saint work super well with the Tr!ckstuff pads I got. The resin wouldn't provide enough hold for my liking.
The black residue you can see on the rear rim is still some color since it takes a very harsh first grind to take it all off it the first time. I just put a light grind on that bad boy.
The self made saint work super well with the Tr!ckstuff pads I got. The resin wouldn't provide enough hold for my liking.
The black residue you can see on the rear rim is still some color since it takes a very harsh first grind to take it all off it the first time. I just put a light grind on that bad boy.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Since I haven't had time to practice anything (even though I went out with my bike 2 times 1/2 hours since the last time), I send my old bike to someone from a forum. He's doing pretty well and I thought I might share it here. He is now where I was in September '13 and he's got some shin guards right from the start, which is a good thing as you might remember from my "Bloody Sunday" post. (Klick here)
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