Alright noobs (or otherwise, I don't care, I'll help anyone really) if you have any questions about basic tricks or how to set up your bike, I'm here for you. If anyone else is stuck on a trick or is having trouble learning, I'm here for you.
I did this about a year ago and had a pretty good response from the forum so I'm going to try it again since that thread is dead and gone. Seriously, if anyone needs help with ANYTHING riding related, I'm here to help out in any way I can.
UPDATE: I've had a lot of people getting in touch with me over AIM lately and I just wanted to add a few words. I can't help you guys if you can't pick a direction as to what you want to do. I also can't help you if you aren't trying what I'm saying, or if you aren't practicing. Going out and trying a trick twice does not constitute PRACTICE. I'm willing to help, but the effort needs to be reciprocated. If you're going to ask me something, please be as specific as possible.
Examples of
not being specific includes:
- "How do I do tailwhips?"
- "What is the best frame?"
Examples of
being specific. Hint: this is how you should approach this :
- "I'm having trouble getting the frame past the 270 degree point on tailwhips, how do I get past this point?"
- "I'm 5"10 and 160 lbs, what sized frame should I consider investing in?"
This stuff is important, and will speed up the conversation. Believe me when I say that I want to help everyone that gets in touch with me, but lately I've been getting up to 5-10 messages at a time, and it's difficult to juggle conversations with that many people while also doing other things.
Do not be offended if I cannot talk at a particular moment. I have school, I have studying, I have papers to write. IM me later and I will be happy to help you out later!I usually add
everyone who gets in touch with me to my contact list. This is getting well into well over 100 people now, so don't be offended if I don't remember who you are immediately. Let me know what we were discussing before. You don't have to IM me to tell me that you got 5 squeaks instead of 4, or that a new part came in the mail. I am happy for you because I know what that felt like the first time it happened for me, but as I said before I have a limited ability to deal with so many people at once.
I'm not saying any of this to be rude or course about helping people out, it's just that this has taken off in a way I hadn't anticipated and suddenly the volume of people asking for help has sprung to a nearly unmanagable level between the forums, email, Pms, and AIM messages. I just need to find new ways of helping people out, while at the same time making sure everyone gets the attention that they need so that they can continue to progress!
For those of you who have sought out my help and overcome whatever problem that was holding you back, I'm incredibly proud of you. In the end it was YOU who pulled the trick, I just pointed you in the right direction (hopefully haha). Be proud of yourselves for the constitution you've displayed in sticking to what some feel is a rather daunting and difficult sport. You can thank me if you want but that's not what I'm looking for, I'd rather you thank yourselves.
my resume:
Alright guys/girls, hit me up if you need help!
PS: If you REALLY want me to help out with tricks, the best way for me to do this is to see what you're doing wrong! If you have any video of you trying a trick and failing, I'll do my best to help you correct the motions step by step so we can get you busting the f*ck out in no time!
TJ Perry
edit: I'd also like to add I need people to speak english. The last time I did this people were Iming me in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian.... It's kind of hard to explain things via google language tools:(