I would have to say that I've only had my bike for two months now but I haven't fully 'learned a single trick' I've managed to do some different tricks but not all of the time. I wouldn't consider that learnt as the majority of the time I haven't been able to do them. Sometimes I go out and session and nail the trick quite a few times but then other times I go and I can't even do it once..

Although when I do nail the trick I get so happy and they keep coming. You just feel so much weight has been lifted and it makes you want to keep landing that trick so you keep pushing yourself and learning the balancing spots..

.. In my opinion I wouldn't really say the trick has been learnt until I feel comfortable and have been landing the trick for quite a while.. I would say it's been learnt when I go out and nail the trick a few times in the session and then the next few sessions I can nail the trick again and again and again. I would then say the trick has been learnt but there will always be room for improvement no matter how much you think it has been 'learnt'

Wise opinion! And since you are new, good luck in flatland, hope it'll catch you!

You too! I'm just hoping I will be able to progress way more during the summer months than the winter haha. (I hate riding in a small garage due to snow, rain and cold weather) But the main thing is, we're all riding and having fun while doing it!

Keep on riding man.

For me personally, learning a trick involves getting into the trick, doing the trick, and riding out of said tricks. I know that once I've done that, it's only a matter of time to make it consistent if that is my intent with that trick. Sometime I am happy hitting it once and moving on.

There are many tricks I can roll that I don't consider "learned" because I cannot get in or out of them. Yet.

when I can pull it drunk.

LOL

i was drunk once and i couldn't walk straight, i got on my bike and did a perfect straight line hang 5 until i stopped

I believe a trick is learned when you can do it consistently enough that you don't even think about it as you're doing it.
Link For Example:  Hang 5 – Double footed Steam-spinning Half Hiker.

Right now I’m not consistent on the ride out on the spinning Half hiker.
When setting up the trick the Hang 5 & Double footed Steam is on lock going into the spinning Half hiker, at this point those 2 first tricks are learned & mastered.

What helps me lock in and learn a particular trick is to look beyond the trick itself. I concentrate so hard on getting into another trick from it that before I know the original trick I was trying to learn has been mastered.


Hope this makes sense…long day.

I've learned it when I can do it in the middle of a combo.

Quote from: DaviD (dave0) on March 02, 2011, 08:18:49 PM

Quote from: Lee on March 02, 2011, 08:12:10 PM

when I can pull it drunk.

LOL

i was drunk once and i couldn't walk straight, i got on my bike and did a perfect straight line hang 5 until i stopped

drunken pinky squeaks aren't a good idea.

try fast speed mc circles.