YEAH! There is progress in my BikeTrial!
What a great day this turned out to be! I think I have made tremendous progress with my biketrial skills. Three days ago, I tried to pedal-kick down a stack of 4 wooden pallets and landed disastrously! It was my first try at this height and I remembered it was quite scary and rightfully so!
Basically, when I landed, the rear wheel right brake pad slipped out. That caused the rear wheel to shoot forward from under me. I fell over backward and landed on my ass as I hit the rear of my head on the top wooden pallet. If not for my helmet, I think I would have suffered a major concussion.
Thankfully, all I received was a ringing head with a very sore neck and a bruised ass... LOL.
But today was a different day. And I was stoked to try pedal-kick down the wooden pallets again. This time, I made sure that the chain, wheels and brakes were in prime working condition... LOL. I started with a stack of one wooden pallet and gradually added more as I gained confidence. In the end, I conquered my fear and managed to pedal-kick down the stack of four wooden pallets. YEAH!
Again, thanks to Joel for capturing the videos of my progress today.
But that's not all that I managed to achieve today. Today, including the pedal-kick down, I managed to reach a total of 4 major personal milestones.
The others are:
The next step for me will be to increase the heights and to refine the skills. Hahahaha... cool or not?
Basically, when I landed, the rear wheel right brake pad slipped out. That caused the rear wheel to shoot forward from under me. I fell over backward and landed on my ass as I hit the rear of my head on the top wooden pallet. If not for my helmet, I think I would have suffered a major concussion.
Thankfully, all I received was a ringing head with a very sore neck and a bruised ass... LOL.
But today was a different day. And I was stoked to try pedal-kick down the wooden pallets again. This time, I made sure that the chain, wheels and brakes were in prime working condition... LOL. I started with a stack of one wooden pallet and gradually added more as I gained confidence. In the end, I conquered my fear and managed to pedal-kick down the stack of four wooden pallets. YEAH!
Again, thanks to Joel for capturing the videos of my progress today.
But that's not all that I managed to achieve today. Today, including the pedal-kick down, I managed to reach a total of 4 major personal milestones.
The others are:
- From a rear wheel stand, I managed to pedal kick up a wooden pallet.
- I managed to side-hop up a wooden pallet.
- I managed to pedal-hop up to a wooden pallet and land on only the rear wheel.
The next step for me will be to increase the heights and to refine the skills. Hahahaha... cool or not?
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