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.

--
monique

Monique Y. Mudama said:

Three tiny success stories yesterday evening:

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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.

--
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:

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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.

--
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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On Wed, 12 May 2004 13:40:27 -0600, 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