W.T.F. was so hard about that
#1
Mikey P. Freestyle
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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W.T.F. was so hard about that
Ive been stunting for a little less that a year. Ive been scared shitless to try to take my foot off the rear brake and use the hand brake. Well yesterday I said **** it, I clutched that beotch up and took my foot off the brake and I grabbed the rear hand brake like Ive been doing it for ever. Man do i feel kinda dumb knowing it was that easy. Anyone else have these stupid things happen to them?
#2
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
Ive been stunting for a little less that a year. Ive been scared shitless to try to take my foot off the rear brake and use the hand brake. Well yesterday I said **** it, I clutched that beotch up and took my foot off the brake and I grabbed the rear hand brake like Ive been doing it for ever. Man do i feel kinda dumb knowing it was that easy. Anyone else have these stupid things happen to them?
#3
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
I tend to take my foot off the rear brake during a wheelie. Not thinking that if i go past bp ill be fucked. I dont know y i just keep thinking in my head rear brake, rear brake. Maby if i had a hand brake it would be better i could catch that and not worry about my foot brake. But everyone says learn the foot brake before the hand brake thats y i have not gotten a hand brake yet. what you guys think?
Last edited by Dr_Rip_It; 06-14-2009 at 11:32 PM.
#5
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
^^dam did you crash? im flying sometimes like 40mph about bp and come back down and my foot is not even near the foot brake. maby my feet are towed out and thats where they swing to.
#7
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
Nothin to do with how you're shaped. I used to do it too. You just need to readjust your stance and deal with it.
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#11
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
thats a dam good idea!!. next thing you know my weld job or bend job on the brake arm will bust and ill loop and crash. but then i can blame it on that and not my goofy right foot. haha
Last edited by Dr_Rip_It; 06-15-2009 at 01:36 AM.
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#14
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
Yeah it's not something you will subconsciously use unless you MAKE yourself use it. I learned first gear wheelies with just engine break and throttle control and it felt like i took two steps backwards when i forced myself to use the break. You have to do it though if you wanna slow stuff down.
In second gear fast wheelies i find myself still not using it though
In second gear fast wheelies i find myself still not using it though
#15
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
It's weird how when your standing on the seat or up on the back peg you don't even think about using the rear brake, until you almost loop one, then you think why don't I have a hb yet
#16
caballero del diablo
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: tijuana, baja california, mexico, and S.D. cali
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Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
hell yeah i had a real trust issue with my hb. but then i said **** it did a couple sit downs just usein the hb, then did my first ss.
#17
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
Yeah it's not something you will subconsciously use unless you MAKE yourself use it. I learned first gear wheelies with just engine break and throttle control and it felt like i took two steps backwards when i forced myself to use the break. You have to do it though if you wanna slow stuff down.
#20
Re: W.T.F. was so hard about that
^^^+1 i wanted to learn with a hb first also. but most say to get use to the foot brake before using the hand brake. if you just get used to the hb i would use that all the time and not the foot.