stunts on a street bike
New rider shouldn't get a bussa because they have not learned how to ride it yet.
Oh, that's not the answer you were looking for? But it is the only correct answer. I know someone who nearly killed themselves and totaled their new bike the first time they used it... they whacked into the side of a parked car at 25MPH and pulled a flyer over the handlebars. They'd maybe ridden it half a mile... It was a 10-speed bicycle with hand brakes and they were used to a 3-speed with castor brakes... the problem wasn't the power (identical), nor the weight (lighter)... it was that they got excited by the speed and didn't know how to ride it yet.
Same with stunting... you shouldn't do stunts until you know how. This guy was asking for the best way to learn how. Since nobody seems to teach a stunt riding class, he's got to learn some of it on his own. Very sensible of him to be asking questions.
Oh, that's not the answer you were looking for? But it is the only correct answer. I know someone who nearly killed themselves and totaled their new bike the first time they used it... they whacked into the side of a parked car at 25MPH and pulled a flyer over the handlebars. They'd maybe ridden it half a mile... It was a 10-speed bicycle with hand brakes and they were used to a 3-speed with castor brakes... the problem wasn't the power (identical), nor the weight (lighter)... it was that they got excited by the speed and didn't know how to ride it yet.
Same with stunting... you shouldn't do stunts until you know how. This guy was asking for the best way to learn how. Since nobody seems to teach a stunt riding class, he's got to learn some of it on his own. Very sensible of him to be asking questions.
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