sk8freak8989

i need some help with coasters. when i do them i can do them but i slow down so fast i can only do them for like 5 sec.. can anyone give me some pointers on how to make it so i dont do this.

thanks

-Drew-

I'm no professional, so my advice shouldn't hold too much value.

But from what I've learned... a lot of it has to do with body position. I've found that simple adjustments like where my butt is on the seat or how far my shoulders are from the handlebars really makes a big difference.

I started practicing coasters by doing a quick "half crank", just to get the front end up and then stop pedaling to see how far I could make it before the front dropped, or I needed to pedal in order to stay in the wheelie.

So practice changing around your body position. Obviously learn brake control, so you're not dragging the brakes so hard that you loose forward momentum. And try that half crank technique to get used to finding balance point faster and easier.

Here's a video I posted a few months back. I'm doing a coaster for about 10 seconds near the beginning of the vid. No biggie, but I'm still working on them too. Good luck and post a video if you can!

-Drew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpJdyVUN24

Venom600

The way I've been learning them is to bring the front end up at about mid speed, not fast and not slow, and bring it just under the balance point. Slowly bring the front end to the balance point and try to hold it and when the front end starts to drop, pedal just enough to bring it back up. This has helped me a lot.

sk8freak8989

well what i am doing is just doing a powered weelie and then i just stop pedeling. sory but i do not have a video camera to take a video.

ratherbewalking

sounds like youre behind the balance point more than you should be, and youre using alot of brake...

Tomi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQiHajw0ds4

Here is vid of my coasters. Now i can rolla much more longer.

Venom600

Im getting ok coasters but most of them are stand up coasters with one or both feet on the back pegs.

sk8freak8989

man some one needs to make a video on how to help people do coasters because it seems like a lot of people have a hard time learning them.

GundamnitPete

no video will help ya, it's all about seat time, we've said what to do, poeple know what to do, it just takes time to apply the knowledge and gain the skill.

sk8freak8989

i keep on trying but i keep on slowing down.

GundamnitPete

your supposed to slow down in a coaster

Sparks!

lean back and dont use the brake much.. I hardly use the brake when coastering now.. used to be on it quite heavy but as you get used to it you use less and less..

i also find that going too fast makes me wobble a bit and body position usually goes wrong so the coaster is shorter than it could be.. medium ish speed is better I find. make sure you "settle" a bit before stopping pedalling, make sure you're ready to coaster as it were.. i.e body position right etc.. helps a lot to be ready rather than rushing into it.. you don't need the outright speed if you get everything else rright if that makes sense.

i was playing about the other night doing stand up coasters, fun :YEAH.. wheely sat down, coaster then stand up when you're coastering..

sk8freak8989

i am slowing down after like 5 to 10 feet.

Hazen

A coaster by deffinition is going past the ballance point and then feathering the brake so you don't flip.

If you're slowing waaay down, you must be dragging the brake too hard.

sk8freak8989

what im doing is when i am about to flip i tap the brake bt it seems like i have to hit the brake a lot.

GundamnitPete

your going to far back, and your going to slow.


you can't expect to roll hundreds of feet from 5 mph naw mean?

sk8freak8989

i wheelie in 4 gear and its prity fast.