Riding in Circle: tricks

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The Daring Feats Of A Trick Rider // The Art Of Trick Riding

Rad tricks in the Scientific American, May 13, 1899.

From here.

Knee Cap -vs- Bar Stem

Me getting my ass kicked (and I don't mean by 'Ginger Balls, 'Jenny' or the 'spit by me again and I'll kick your fucking teeth in' kid from the skate park today)...

Knee Cap -vs- Bar Stem from FixedGearWales on Vimeo.

My New (Old) Frame is back on the streets

So I sold my white frame the other day and, while I wait for my new Bob Jackson to arrive, I've set up my o.g Raleigh 'Kellogs Pro Tour' frame. This frame was part of my first ever build and I forgot how much I dig it.

Sweet Stunts down in SA1

Me and Evs blowing up the spot earlier today, booyaa! The Norwegian church really is the ultimate spot for fixie dudes in and around the Swansea area, ha!

Sweet Stunts on Fixies, Yo! from FixedGearWales on Vimeo.

Backwards Circle - Fixed Gear Steeze, HA!

This is how I be rockin' it yo.

Backwards Circle - Fixed Gear Steeze, HA! from FixedGearWales on Vimeo.

Riding in Traffic Video, Backwards Circle Success and Posing

Here we go, its a jumbo post! Tuesday I attached a video camera to my bike and filmed my ride into town, the footage came out ok but not great. I need to secure the camera a bit more rigidly to the frame next time and head out during rush hour cause the roads were quite quiet. Check out the video below, I've cut it down to the most 'exciting' bits but had to take others bits out because of the crazy shaking...
video camera rig bike frame

...Secondly, I FINALLY nailed some backwards circles today, after weeks and weeks of trying them, watching videos on YouTube for technique tips and even dreaming that I could do them (yes I am that sad) I got 8 in the bag. I didn't get any on video but I did get Nigel to confirm that they happened.

Lastly, just after the successful execution of 3 circles a young lady and her friend wanted to be photographed with my bike. She seemed to want me sat on the saddle with her straddling my top tube but I wasn't 100% so I just let them do whatever they wanted cause I was so chuffed with my new skillz.