BC Recieved

General
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I got a new bedford BC wheel with a kenda contact tire. It has the long plates. It came new years eve, and it was snowing, but I really didn’t care. I pulled out the shovel, shoveleds out a straigh line in the driveway and got some lawn chairs. I just stood up oon it and tried to go down the driveway. After an hour I was pretty consistently making it 15 feet. Then the grip tape on the plates froze over, lol. When I got inside I looked at my leg, it was all scratched and cut open, I was too cold to feel it. Now my driveway is covered in a sheet of ice and I cant really practice out there so I have been trying in my basement. I took an old soccer sock and cut off the toe that I pull over my leg then fold down half of it over itself, it works good for leg protection. I cant freemount the thing at all and its proving to be a problem. I have to push out of a small doorway which scratched up my arm, and theres only 10 feet in front of me where i can go. Im trying to freemount but cant pull it off, any suggestions?

e39m5

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yes, put one foot on the plate and let the tire press on your leg so it wont roll…then move your body forward slighty and put your other foot on.

(the forwardish movement is so you’ll have a little forward motion when your second foot gets on the plates.)

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Will this work on flat ground, or just a hill?

Thanks,
e39m5

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evan says he uses ace bandage wraps under his pant legs, and they keep the tire from ripping open your leg.

i have yet to try them for myself.

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and for freemounting i just tried the skate mount until i got it down.
it gives you more momentum that way.

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Im getting the skate mount down with one push. This soccer sock thing works pretty good. No problems with leg pain. It was a junky sock without any turn for the foot. It ended being just a long tube of fabric that I pull over my leg like its a soccer sock, but then where the toes used to be, I pull it up and overlap whats already over my shin.

e39m5

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For the skate mount, think of it as hopping on one foot. It just takes practice to get it, but after you do it works great. and I suggest that you don’t touch your leg to the wheel for stability, that just slows you down and you can’t get a good start.

Also, the wheel isn’t as wobbly when you are pushing faster, so I try to get up some speed on the first push so that I can avoid getting a rash on my leg. And I suggest that you don’t touch your leg to the wheel for stability, that just slows you down and you can’t get a good start.

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when i’ve ridden a bc i just wear jeans and try not to rub my legs too much, either that or for longer sessions i wear my 661s.

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You gota rub you legs, its your brake, say you just hop uped a platform and your about to 90 stall a ledge you shove your leg into teh tire and slow down.

also when you 180 on slanted stuff or half/half you lock the wheel and let go as soon as you want to go again