baby steps

Monique Y. Mudama said:

They suggest having clipless pedals for the bunny hop and
wheelie drills

Bunnyhops, ok, it's cheating but understandable. Clipless for wheelies
though?!?

you might want to wear your camel pak...

On 2004-05-06, kantspel penned:

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

They suggest having clipless pedals for the bunny hop and wheelie
drills

Bunnyhops, ok, it's cheating but understandable. Clipless for
wheelies though?!?

Well, I may have misheard, or lumped it all together in my head after
the fact.

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you might want to wear your camel pak...

I most definitely will -- but what does this have to do with bunnyhops
and wheelies? I don't think I really want to burst the bladder by
landing on it; doubt it would provide enough cushioning to help me out
much, anyway.

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monique

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Three tiny success stories yesterday evening:

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Nice job. On top of all that you're probably sexier too*! So yay for you AND
Eric!

Matt

* based on my experience with MrsB

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you might want to wear your camel pak...

I most definitely will -- but what does this have to do with bunnyhops
and wheelies? I don't think I really want to burst the bladder by
landing on it; doubt it would provide enough cushioning to help me out
much, anyway.

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monique

You'll be surprised how much cushioning the camelbak provides.

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Amazed to find that I'm in better shape than ever.

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This time, I rode right over it, twice. Yay me!

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My upper body has gotten stronger. Again, yay me!

I have to disagree, in light of the evidence, you are a Real Mountain Biker.

On 2004-05-06, MattB penned:

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

Three tiny success stories yesterday evening:

<snip>

Nice job. On top of all that you're probably sexier too*! So yay for
you AND Eric!

Sure, why not?

I don't know what specifically I've been doing to improve myself, but I
hope the trend continues.

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Matt

* based on my experience with MrsB

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monique

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On 2004-05-06, kantspel penned:

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

They suggest having clipless pedals for the bunny hop and wheelie
drills

Bunnyhops, ok, it's cheating but understandable. Clipless for
wheelies though?!?

Well, I may have misheard, or lumped it all together in my head after
the fact.

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you might want to wear your camel pak...

I most definitely will -- but what does this have to do with bunnyhops
and wheelies? I don't think I really want to burst the bladder by
landing on it; doubt it would provide enough cushioning to help me out
much, anyway.

Not so. they make excellent spine protection!!

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Three tiny success stories yesterday evening:

Progression is good..

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I'll be attending a beginner mountain bike clinic on Sunday. I'm
definitely curious about the curriculum. They suggest having clipless
pedals for the bunny hop and wheelie drills, but I've been riding
platforms, so it seems silly to switch to a different pedal. I guess
I'll bring both and see what makes sense when I get there.

That sounds like a load of rubbish, stick to your platforms. Clipless pedals
can certainly help a newbie to fake a bunnyhop but I would have thought the
point of a class would teach the proper technique. In fact I would have
thought they should make everyone bring flats.

Steve.

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Three tiny success stories yesterday evening:

Progression is good..

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I'll be attending a beginner mountain bike clinic on Sunday. I'm
definitely curious about the curriculum. They suggest having clipless
pedals for the bunny hop and wheelie drills, but I've been riding
platforms, so it seems silly to switch to a different pedal. I guess
I'll bring both and see what makes sense when I get there.

That sounds like a load of rubbish, stick to your platforms. Clipless

pedals

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can certainly help a newbie to fake a bunnyhop but I would have thought

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point of a class would teach the proper technique. In fact I would have
thought they should make everyone bring flats.

Watched a guy hop his way on to a picnic table with flats.

On 2004-05-08, mojo deluxe penned:

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That sounds like a load of rubbish, stick to your platforms. Clipless
pedals can certainly help a newbie to fake a bunnyhop but I would
have thought the point of a class would teach the proper technique.
In fact I would have thought they should make everyone bring flats.

Watched a guy hop his way on to a picnic table with flats.

Of course a proper bunnyhop can be done on flats, or, to state it
better, a skilled person can do a bunnyhop on just about any pedal
configuration. No argument there. No argument, either, that clipless
and other attachment mechanisms can allow you to cheat and never really
learn a "proper" bunnyhop.

The thing is, learning to do a proper bunnyhop can be awfully
frustrating, and it's entirely possible to make no progress on flats in
a one-hour time frame. That just doesn't encourage a person to keep
trying.

I think the idea here was to get us feeling a certain level of
confidence -- to believe that we could hop at all. And this was very
successful. Also, I believe the technique we learned translates well to
flats, too -- we practiced on logs, first, resting our hands on the logs
and springing up with our feet at 3 and 9, trying to kick ourselves in
the butt, to get the feeling of the rear-tire lift. That practice step,
while pretty funny looking, definitely helped me get the right moves
going on the bike.

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monique

Monique Y. Mudama said:

The thing is, learning to do a proper bunnyhop can be awfully
frustrating, and it's entirely possible to make no progress on flats in
a one-hour time frame. That just doesn't encourage a person to keep
trying.

If you don't want to keep trying something after an hour, I'd suggest you
try something else.

On 2004-05-12, bomba penned:

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Monique Y. Mudama said:

The thing is, learning to do a proper bunnyhop can be awfully
frustrating, and it's entirely possible to make no progress on flats
in a one-hour time frame. That just doesn't encourage a person to
keep trying.

If you don't want to keep trying something after an hour, I'd suggest
you try something else.

Oh, give me a break. Are you purposely misreading my intent?

In context, now. We're talking about a mountain biking clinic, in which
time is limited. Many of the women attending a beginner's clinic will
not have tried bunny hopping before, and will probably be timid about
trying it on their own unless they get the feel for it while in the
group. Ergo, some initial success can do wonders for their future
skills. You know, a lot of kids learn to tie bunny ears before they
learn how to properly tie their shoes. It lets them go on with their
lives, and eventually, they learn to do it the right way. I don't see
people getting their panties in a twist about bunny-ear knots, though.

Yes, some people are much more persistent than others, but even a
persistent person doesn't mind the feeling that they're making progress
once in a while.

Or, as Tonya told me on the phone, "What's the 'right' way to learn? I
learned to bunny hop in clipless, and now I can do it in flip flops.
Does it really matter?"

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monique