author=datisstom link=topic=50894.msg419440#msg419440 date=1326060186]^ I guess I should consider selling my bike then. I have no clue how you guys can combine that with school, work, homework etc and still be motivated day in day out.
my tip would be to try to ride for at least 2 hours, as many days of the week as possible. Things come up and you may not always be able to do that, but you should strive for it if you want to have success with flatland. Things just don't really start poppin off until at least 1.5 hours for me. I have to basically triple that if i'm riding with friends, though, due to chatticus and whatnot.
This saddens me.As much as I really enjoy trying to ride flatland, I have other things I enjoy doing. I'm not giving up my other joys of life to ride flatland. This comment makes it sound that if I don't I will never have much success. If that is the case, I may re-think the flatland stuff.I've been "riding" almost a year, and I still can't do squat! But I'm only willing to give it an hour long session at a time. I have extremely slow progression, and I've assumed it was because I was fat and out of shape. I have zero tricks down, but I was assuming that as I got in sync with my body and bike that the progression would pick up...
I don't know which is more frustrating. Being a beginner to intermediate level rider and not understanding HOW to learn tricks or the amount of time to put in. Or being a bit more accomplished and KNOWING how to learn tricks but not having the time to really bring tricks you KNOW you can do to fruition. That's my dilemna.
Spending another hour on the same things would get tedious, and I think I would lose interest.
Quote from: ortho on January 07, 2012, 07:52:16 PMmy tip would be to try to ride for at least 2 hours, as many days of the week as possible. Things come up and you may not always be able to do that, but you should strive for it if you want to have success with flatland. Things just don't really start poppin off until at least 1.5 hours for me. I have to basically triple that if i'm riding with friends, though, due to chatticus and whatnot.This saddens me.As much as I really enjoy trying to ride flatland, I have other things I enjoy doing. I'm not giving up my other joys of life to ride flatland. This comment makes it sound that if I don't I will never have much success. If that is the case, I may re-think the flatland stuff.I've been "riding" almost a year, and I still can't do squat! But I'm only willing to give it an hour long session at a time. I have extremely slow progression, and I've assumed it was because I was fat and out of shape. I have zero tricks down, but I was assuming that as I got in sync with my body and bike that the progression would pick up.But in that hour I spend struggling around, I work on the 6 or so moves that I can at least start. Spending another hour on the same things would get tedious, and I think I would lose interest.I don't think I've ever read a post that discouraged me more.
Just enjoy riding,Thats my number one rule