Re: Getting old is not for sissies

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 3/1/2025 9:27 AM, AMuzi wrote:

 
SETF?

 
As Zen said, "It's all a matter of Skills, Experience, and Testicular
Fortitude (SETF)."
 

+1 on bunny hops at speed. Virtually impossible on fixed but common,
even trivial, on a road bike.
 
er, or anything which coasts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI2gyx2sU90

I'm puzzled by the video's advice to avoid pulling up on the pedals "as
it's bad technique." I'm pretty sure I do pull up when jumping the bike.
What's bad about it?
 
And more on that video. In slow motion as they showed, the physics is
pretty obvious. The rider gets his body mass moving upwards, then
essentially pulls the bike up with him. That's where I think I pull up
using the pedals.
 

In theory it’s better to have the bike rider spring up, than being pulled
up by foot attachments also slight risk of unclipping.

What's less obvious, I think, is how a skateboarder with zero foot
attachment can bunny hop a skateboard. It's interesting to think about.
 
 

Lot of folks who jump is a focus do run flats so aren’t pulling up.

Roger Merriman