Stupid Street Questions!!!

Well, by your own account, you've been watching all sorts of street
videos. Do any of those riders have suspension seat posts? (The
answer is No!)

The height of your seat depends on you. You want it just low enough
that you have enough clearance to bend your knees on big drops.
Remember that bending at your waist is one of your best friends in the
same respect. When i stand on my pedals, the bottom of my seat is
about 10 cm. from the top of my knee. Looking at your avatar, your
seat looks close to the 'right' height, but maybe your can drop it a
bit (5 cm.?). Drop it a little more if you notice that your ass is
hitting the seat on drops, but don't lower it too much; just what is
needed.

Street riders hop with the seat in, because street riders are usually
rolling, not just statically hopping. Street is all about speed, as
opposed to trials. But don't try to be 'street'. Hop however you
want, and however is needed for the trick that you're doing.

I'd recommend both Universe 2 and Defect, as per videos. Both have a
lot of amazing street riding in them. I don't know about tutorials,
though. Just go downtown or to Queens U. and start tutoring yourself.
Start jumping down stairs, doing crank grabs and then grinds... stuff
like that. Any thing urban, pretty much, is 'street', so just go
downtown and start riding around on stuff. Queens looks pretty sweet
for riding though. I've seen some nice sets and ledges when i was
there last.

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One wheel addiction has a tutorial for grinding and pedal grabbing... I
also find Universe 1 good as it was the first real street video, and so
is a good place to start, but perhaps wait for the DVD version first.

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Yeah Queens is crasy for both skate and Uni. There is a fountain out
front of one of the buildings that we skated most of the summer. The
kids did all the new stuff and I just oldschooled the walls and banks.
There is a really nice 5 set there too with a sweet rail. I haven't
seen much in the way of security either, so that rocks. Thanks for the
answers, Beener

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Yeah, the good thing about riding on a campus is that the campus
security can't really do anything to you except tell you to leave. At
Ottawa U, every time i get yelled at, i just move to a different part
of campus. It's a big game of cat and mouse.

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For anything street where your my feet leave the pedals i like to be
able to stand up on the ground with the seat under me. That way if i
miss the pedals i dont get really hurt, i just put my foot down. Low
seats can be usefull for rolling hops too.

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