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Re: What do you consider 'hard-core'?

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  1. taking off from vivalargo's point --
    What's really much harder than it looks? and what's not nearly as hard
    as it looks?

    in the first category i'd put idling (okay, after a lot of practice
    it's not that hard, but dang i took a long time to get it) and
    still-stands (which I just can't do -- yet). And then there's riding a
    2-wheeler....

    things i'd say are not too hard but can easily impress people (at
    least, people who haven't done these things before): riding a giraffe,
    juggling three clubs while riding forward, Muni on easy trails. (of
    course, if you can juggle clubs while riding Muni on a giraffe... then
    i salute you...)

    things which i used to think were really hard but turned out not quite
    so hard after a while: kickup mount, one-foot idling.

    and my vote for a truly hard trick that's barely even noticeable (blink
    and you'll miss it) -- that bit in Universe2 where Daiki is riding
    backwards with his feet tucked UNDER the pedals...

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  2. julianlim said:


    and my vote for a truly hard trick that's barely even noticeable (blink
    and you'll miss it) -- that bit in Universe2 where Daiki is riding
    backwards with his feet tucked UNDER the pedals...

    I'll second that.
    And when you point it out to non-riders they just give you that blank
    stare like a dog having a [censored].

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  3. Hardcore is doing RAAM solo on a unicycle.
    http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/

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  4. GizmoDuck said:

    Hardcore is doing RAAM solo on a unicycle.
    http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/

    Pah,

    RAAM is for wusses. They have support crews and everything.

    The geat divide race is where it's at on the stupid front -

    http://www.mtbr.com/gdr/index.shtml

    I think hardcore is needing to ride not wanting to ride, it's
    continually doing more than you've ever done before, it's being the
    first, riding furthest, riding hardest, pushing the boundaries of
    what's possible. Hardcore is taking a stupid idea and making it
    reality. Hardcore is about not listening to the sensible voices in your
    head.

    Joe

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