BMX Flatland Edit 2-8-12 & 2-10-12

Added: Feb 11, 2012

From: VNEMUS

Duration: 3:52

A brief background: I started "freestyling" in 1985 at age 12. I started competing Novice in 1987 at the age of 14 at random contests in Natick, MA, Watertown, CT and Bristol, CT. In 1988 at the age of 15, I competed Intermediate in the "King of Flatland" contest series held up at New Hampshire. I went down to the jams in York, PA in 1990 & 1991. I stopped riding on a regular basis in 1992. I may have rode my bike a handful of times in 1993 & 1994.Fast forward to the end of 2011, after approximately 18 years, I decided to try to get back into riding at some capacity. Over the years I didn't keep up with the riding progression, nor did I realize how much the bike set-ups changed. My last bike was a 1989 Haro Master, which had a relatively long top tube, and the weight was 30+ pounds. I did some searching and with the help of an old friend, I decided to buy a 2012 Kink Whip in November 2011. I added front & rear pegs, gyro and front brakes. This set-up felt comfortable, but seemed a little heavy at 27.5 pounds. I started riding again, about a couple hours per week and started getting several of my tricks back.At the end of December 2011, I decided to commit to switching over to a more current flatland-specific bike set-up. I finally got the new set-up assembled on 2/6/12. The new bike weighs just under 22 pounds. The Odyssey Waltz frame is considerably shorter than I'm used to, the forks are zero offset and the handlebars are zero sweep. Oh yeah, I figured I'd leave the front & rear brakes off and see how things go. This video represents my first 2 days of practice getting used to the new bike.

Channel: Sports

Tags: bmx  freestyle  freestyling  new  england  flatland  odyssey  flatware  practice  trick  tricks  stunt  stunts 

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