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Wintery Ride

Eroick · 2006-02-28T03:00:12+00:00

Well, I have just started doing hops and other fancy stuff other than just riding normally. So after a very cold 30min ride, I discovered hopping with standstills, which helps a lot! I also tried some spinning turns, which are really really hard on the very slippery surface that I was on. Next up was SIF, I have done a bit of work on it before but its still new. Today I got about 20 feet SIF, which isn't easy on a slippery surface. Expecally when you have a small, bald tire. On that note, my NEW torker DX gets here soon, really soon! It's less than 400 miles away (yes, I can track the shipment on the shipping site 🙂. I cant wait for that thing to arrive! I mean, a tire that is actully prehoppable! So, it was hard to ride the bald tire on a slippy surface but I did a lot! Now, Im doing some homework and sipping a nice cranberry apple tea sitting in front of a fire watching TV. 🙂 -- Eroick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eroick's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10884 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/47323

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Eroick
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28 February 2006, 03:00 UTC #1

Well, I have just started doing hops and other fancy stuff other than
just riding normally. So after a very cold 30min ride, I discovered
hopping with standstills, which helps a lot! I also tried some spinning
turns, which are really really hard on the very slippery surface that I
was on. Next up was SIF, I have done a bit of work on it before but its
still new. Today I got about 20 feet SIF, which isn't easy on a
slippery surface. Expecally when you have a small, bald tire.
On that note, my NEW torker DX gets here soon, really soon! It's less
than 400 miles away (yes, I can track the shipment on the shipping site
🙂. I cant wait for that thing to arrive! I mean, a tire that is
actully prehoppable!
So, it was hard to ride the bald tire on a slippy surface but I did a
lot!
Now, Im doing some homework and sipping a nice cranberry apple tea
sitting in front of a fire watching TV. 🙂
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Jerrick
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28 February 2006, 03:14 UTC #2

I just got my torker dx today, it was so great to ride, but the seat
post was really high, its good to see that your improving with your
stuff =p
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Eroick
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28 February 2006, 03:19 UTC #3

Mine should be comming on wensday, but it could come tomorow...
How do you like your torker?
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Jerrick
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28 February 2006, 03:23 UTC #4

I love it!!! it is a little bit heavy, but after abour 20-seconds of
riding it i was already use to that factor, and i had to find the right
air-pressure for my hopping, but i didnt want it too low to be slugish
when i ride.
Tomorrow ill have the whole day to give it its crash course, thats
gonna be tons of fun 😄
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Eroick
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28 February 2006, 03:26 UTC #5

Are you riding it in snow? I got a month and a bit of snow left here in
ottawa, so Im wondering how it works on snow... Bald tire +
slipperyness = [censored]!
And do you have 20" or 24"? I got a 24".
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Jerrick
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28 February 2006, 03:29 UTC #6

I got the 20" would of got the 24 but i dont plan to do any Muni, mainly
all trials and street, and there was a little snow in some spots near
my neighborhood, and there was no slipping on it at all, and i was
hopping, SIF hopping, and rolling hops all over it.
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Eroick
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28 February 2006, 03:35 UTC #7

Jerrick said:
I got the 20" would of got the 24 but i dont plan to do any Muni
Well, I plan to do some Muni too 🙂
Jerrick said:
i was hopping, SIF hopping, and rolling hops all over it.
Well, you are better than me! But I think that an '06 DX will do better
than a 25ish year old norco with a bald tire and pedals which have
broken too many times. I guess the norco will still be good for letting
people try out the wonderful world of uni.
My torker is in OH(io?) and near Chicago, I think... Which means its 12
driving hours from Ottawa... But then again, me and google maps could
be wrong.
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Brian O.
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28 February 2006, 06:06 UTC #8

Eroick said:
My torker is in OH(io?) and near Chicago, I think... Which means its 12
driving hours from Ottawa... But then again, me and google maps could
be wrong.
Don't forget that you probably aren't the only one getting a delivery,
they probably have plenty of stops ahead of you.
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