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Was waiting to be picked up from St Kilda Rd this arvo, not far from the
Shrine of Rememberance (rode to work but had to go somewhere with someone). It was around 5.30pm and I was thinking how great a day it was and how good it was to see so many people riding bikes home from work (good weather brings em out in droves). There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city on a mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been within my sight for 200m or so and he was on the back wheel the whole way. I reckon he was doing close to 30km/h as the dude on the road bike behind him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The road there has a slight bend but this was no probs for this dude who was still on the back wheel when I lost sight of him. So whoever you are......you rock!!! Ride On, Gags (who is stoked if he gets in 10 full rotations of the pedals when pulling a mono). |
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"Gags" gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au wrote
There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city on a mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been Duallie? Wheelies are easier on dual suspension bikes because the rear squats down and with disc brakes you can modulate the brakes much better than rim brakes. him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The road That's called a "manual". You should watch the New World Disorder series. I think it's the second or third one where one of the riders manuals at high speed down some bigass hills, weaving through traffic on the back wheel.. awesome riding! hippy - who can't wheelie for nuts |
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"hippy" wrote in message ... "Gags" gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au wrote There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city on a mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been Duallie? Wheelies are easier on dual suspension bikes because the rear squats down and with disc brakes you can modulate the brakes much better than rim brakes. him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The road That's called a "manual". You should watch the New World Disorder series. I think it's the second or third one where one of the riders manuals at high speed down some bigass hills, weaving through traffic on the back wheel.. awesome riding! hippy - who can't wheelie for nuts hehe - I was once passed by a guy manualling down a big (tar) hill. I was doing 60 kmh at the time. Next thing, he dropped it down, briefly hit the brakes, and proceeded to *nose wheelie* at the same speed. A-fricking-mazing! Then he whipped my sorry arse on the dirt as well. Tony F www.thefathippy.com |
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"tony f" wrote in message ... "hippy" wrote in message ... "Gags" gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au wrote There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city on a mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been Duallie? Wheelies are easier on dual suspension bikes because the rear squats down and with disc brakes you can modulate the brakes much better than rim brakes. him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The road That's called a "manual". You should watch the New World Disorder series. I think it's the second or third one where one of the riders manuals at high speed down some bigass hills, weaving through traffic on the back wheel.. awesome riding! hippy - who can't wheelie for nuts hehe - I was once passed by a guy manualling down a big (tar) hill. I was doing 60 kmh at the time. Next thing, he dropped it down, briefly hit the brakes, and proceeded to *nose wheelie* at the same speed. A-fricking-mazing! Then he whipped my sorry arse on the dirt as well. Tony F www.thefathippy.com Hey hold on! So Hippy and the Fat Hippy aren't the same person? I thought maybe the Fat Hippy had lost some weight and simply become Hippy. Someone help me out on this! Marty |
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Marty Wallace wrote:
Hey hold on! So Hippy and the Fat Hippy aren't the same person? I thought maybe the Fat Hippy had lost some weight and simply become Hippy. Someone help me out on this! different cities too. |
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"Marty Wallace" wrote
Hey hold on! So Hippy and the Fat Hippy aren't the same person? hahaha no they are not :-) The two aliases were created independently and I'm sure were coined for different reasons? We worked out a while back that Tony had it first (only because he's older :-P), but he was Fat Hippy and I was just hippy. There is also a courier in San Fran with the nick hippy. Fat Hippy rides further north than the Melbourne-based hippy (Syd?). He rides more mtb than hippy too and knows a great deal more about bike lighting (and probably many many more things too!). But the difference is getting smaller.. 'hippy' having just read his very own article in a certain "Enduro" mag! (Yes, I finally spotted a copy! Mum will be so proud hehehe) The Fat Hippy writes for Australian Mountain Bike? Maybe others too Tony? I thought maybe the Fat Hippy had lost some weight and simply become Hippy. Someone help me out on this! I think last time we compared 'hippy'ness I lost out on the scales.. but I'm not so sure he'd win this time around. We'll have to wait and see :-) hippy http://www.thehippy.net/ |
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tony f Wrote: Next thing, he dropped it down, briefly hit the brakes, and proceeded to *nose wheelie* at the same speed. A-fricking-mazing! Makes me feel squeamish just thinking about it! :eek -- Etxy |
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