I've been practicing moves like this with my 2x4 balance beams lately.
I'll update my gallery sometime tonight, and put up what few videos I
have. Are you talking about ride a rail and then gap to another, and
then ride it, or just jump onto a rail, gap to another, and then to the
ground? The latter is far easier than the former. For just straight gaps
without riding, you should atart from the grond with you wheel at about
a 45 degree angle towards the bars. Then, jump/gap up onto the first
rail. It helps to gap, as it gives you more momentum for the next gap.
During the gap, turn your wheel another 25-45 degrees, however you like.
Try to land with the rail a little behind the sweet spot on your tire.
Not for any power reasons, but ti's just easier ast first. Eventually
you get used to it and can be a little more precise with where your tire
goes. Once you've landed, try to just kinda let your momentum carry you
forward at first, and then jump forward to the next bar, repeating the
process. Before you jump, don't do little stabilization hops. Just keep
your tire in contact with the rail. That's about it.
As for riding, jumping, riding, it's just a question of trial and error.
Part of why Kris Holm is the manis cuz he can do all this stuff on
practically the first try. Check out the video from TOque to see what I
mean. I'll load it onto my gallery if you want. The only thing I can say
to help is practice your precision in hops and gaps, and work on
stillstands. Stillstands make anything having to do with skinnies
easier.
I'll have the gallery updated within the next day with some video
examples. The gaps I have use balance beams like muniracer's (except
older, longer, and made of 2x4s). They're also slightly larger gaps and
fewer of them.
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Don't you think it's a cruel irony that acting like a G.I. Joe in the
army can get you a Medal, while playing with one can get you thrown
out?
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