> It does take a little often and don’t give up, when it comes it will be there
> and as I always say it is the one trick that really impresses BMX riders.
Really, I should learn that quickly cause where I’m riding (Louvres, Paris) the
BMX riders are rarely impressed. May be it’s typical french attitude or I’m just
not impressive at all! Got to think about that…
Zeni the Zunirider “I’m a good man, I just kill capitalists”
Re: Impressing BMX riders
<If I meet up with BMX riders who are just “too cool” to be impressed I just
offer then a go and they then realise that they that is is not like riding a
bike… You then get respect.>
Ive run into BMX riders before and they all seem really impressed with the fact
that I can ride a unicycle. And a simple little exhibition of beginner tricks
really impresses them too. A little idling and some hops and I just made some
new friends 
Johnny T
Re: Impressing BMX riders
Zeni wrote:
> > It does take a little often and don’t give up, when it comes it will be
> > there and as I always say it is the one trick that really impresses BMX
> > riders.
> Really, I should learn that quickly cause where I’m riding (Louvres,
Paris) the
> BMX riders are rarely impressed. May be it’s typical french attitude or
I’m just
> not impressive at all! Got to think about that…
If I meet up with BMX riders who are just “too cool” to be impressed I just
offer then a go and they then realise that they that is is not like riding a
bike… You then get respect.
Roger
The UK's Unicycle Source <a href="http://www.unicycle.uk.com/">http://www.unicycle.uk.com/</a>
Re: Impressing BMX riders
I spend a bit of my time split between unicycling and freestyle BMX riding. My
buds who ride think it’s hilarious, and after about a a month they were able to
pick up the unicycling.
The type of freestyle riding that we do is called flatlanding. No jumps or ramps
or curbs, just a parking lot. A lot of the tricks are based on one-footed wheel
walking which we call scuffing. It’s usually eaiser on the bike because you’ll
have you fooot on a peg which is right next to the axel, and you can hold your
bike with your hand in different positions to balance yourself. The tricks them
selves are pretty hard (I think harder than uniing, but I’ve spent much more
time BMXing) but the hardest part is linking them together. There’s some cool
.avi files of it at http://www.ed.noda.sut.ac.jp/~j7595144/practice/index.html
Just some info from the dark side, Ben
On 15 Mar 2000, unicycleSourceUK wrote:
> Zeni wrote:
>
> > > It does take a little often and don’t give up, when it comes it will be
> > > there and as I always say it is the one trick that really impresses BMX
> > > riders.
> > Really, I should learn that quickly cause where I’m riding (Louvres,
> Paris) the
> > BMX riders are rarely impressed. May be it’s typical french attitude or
> I’m just
> > not impressive at all! Got to think about that…
>
> If I meet up with BMX riders who are just “too cool” to be impressed I just
> offer then a go and they then realise that they that is is not like riding a
> bike… You then get respect.
>
> Roger
>
> --------------------------------------------
> The UK’s Unicycle Source http://www.unicycle.uk.com/
> --------------------------------------------
>
Re: Impressing BMX riders
Ben,
I am not greatly into unicycle tricks, I am one of those riders who just likes
to ride. Over the years I have picked up a few tricks: as I say, it does impress
the BMX riders. I think the main reason it does impress them so much is because
they can appreciate how hard it is to do. It goes the other way as well. I know
that I was totally blown away when I went to see the Dutch National Circus (I
think) who had a BMX rider in it - absolutely astounding! It was my trying of
unicycle tricks that made me appreciate how absolutly superb this guy was.
Roger
Ben Kennedy wrote:
> I spend a bit of my time split between unicycling and freestyle BMX riding. My
> buds who ride think it’s hilarious, and after about a a month they were able
> to pick up the unicycling.
>
> The type of freestyle riding that we do is called flatlanding. No jumps or
> ramps or curbs, just a parking lot. A lot of the tricks are based on
> one-footed wheel walking which we call scuffing. It’s usually eaiser on the
> bike because you’ll have you fooot on a peg which is right next to the axel,
> and you can hold your bike with your hand in different positions to balance
> yourself. The tricks them selves are pretty hard (I think harder than uniing,
> but I’ve spent much more time BMXing) but the hardest part is linking them
> together. There’s some cool .avi files of it at
> http://www.ed.noda.sut.ac.jp/~j7595144/practice/index.html
>
> Just some info from the dark side, Ben
>
>
>
> On 15 Mar 2000, unicycleSourceUK wrote:
>
> > Zeni wrote:
> >
> > > > It does take a little often and don’t give up, when it comes it will
be
> > > > there and as I always say it is the one trick that really impresses
BMX
> > > > riders.
> > > Really, I should learn that quickly cause where I’m riding (Louvres,
> > Paris) the
> > > BMX riders are rarely impressed. May be it’s typical french attitude
or
> > I’m just
> > > not impressive at all! Got to think about that…
> >
> > If I meet up with BMX riders who are just “too cool” to be impressed I
just
> > offer then a go and they then realise that they that is is not like
riding a
> > bike… You then get respect.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > The UK’s Unicycle Source http://www.unicycle.uk.com/
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> >