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This is not an easy trick to do... It is, in fact, the ONLY trick in these how-to's
that your friendly neighborhood webmaster can't do yet. So this
description will probably be rewritten later on when I have the trick fully
dialed... But in all honesty- I'm not working on them to hard. There will
be another person that will be giving some input on this trick soon so watch for
revisions.
Anyway- this trick can be damn hard to do. But it is also
HIGHLY linkable when you are into a lot of front wheel tricks. People like
Chad Degroot use this trick all the time in their runs. Trevor Meyer makes
use of this trick as he works his way all over the front wheel. It is VERY
useful in barflip tricks where you jump and flip the bars in the middle of pinky
squeaks or freak squeaks and land in a tomahawk and then continue on to funky
chickens, or steamrollers, or some other crazy front wheel trick.
You MUST know fire-hydrants first and you are going to need a
way to ride out- The way described in this how-to uses a funky chicken...
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Begin by doing a slow/medium speed fire-hydrant... as was
stated- you MUST know this trick so don't start trying these way before you
can do a fire-hydrant really well... NOTE: Your handlebars
should be BACKWARDS when you do the fire-hydrant.
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As soon as you have completed the first 180 of the
fire-hydrant take your left hand off the grip and reach forward and grab the
back of the seat.
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Lean back enough to get the seat off the ground but do not
let it swing around like you would for a normal fire-hydrant. Hold the
seat in place in front of you...
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You should now begin to coast in a circle on the front
wheel... As the circle tightens a little push forward slightly with
your right hand to push the handlebars slightly to your right and at the
same time bring your left leg to the LEFT and bring it around the handlebars
so it is now in front of the bars.
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You want to try to avoid using the brakes of your bike on
this trick so do your best to learn to avoid your brakes on this trick- but
you will have your right hand on the brake lever to help as needed...
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When your leg has cleared the bars you now want to get your
body closer to upright and lean the frame in to the spin. Typically
this means to your left.
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Your right foot which has been floating in mid-air the whole
time should now begin to press down on the front tire. You are
scuffing BACKWARDS- so it is more similar to squeaking the way you would for
squeakers- but at a much faster pace and under much more difficult
conditions.
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You should be able to scuff through one or two circles
during this trick. Maintaining your balance by adjusting the seat
slightly and varying how hard you kick the front tire and how much you lean
the bike in or out of the spin.
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To ride out is another big challenge... For this
example you will give the front tire a solid kick and then try to get your
body AND the bike to be as vertical as possible (straight up and down).
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Now VERY quickly grab the front brakes with your right hand-
at the same time put your right foot on top of the front tire.
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Put all your weight on your right foot and bring the frame
around to the FRONT of the bike. As you are doing this take your left
foot off the front right peg and put it on the front LEFT peg.
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You are now in the position for a cross handed funky
chicken. Begin scuffing and switch hands on the bars... This is
actually so difficult that it doesn't appear in it's final form in the
how-to video... so good luck with it!
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Ride out of the funky chicken as you normally would.
EASY!
HA! As stated- this is one of the most difficult tricks
out there right now. There are combination tricks, and truly 'pro only'
tricks that really are much more difficult. But the balance and
coordination required to get this trick dialed in perfectly usually takes hours,
weeks, and MONTHS of practice. Consider yourself very lucky if you learn
it in less than 2 or 3 months on a consistent level.
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