December 14, 200718 yr OH! i thought for a moment it was something you did over youre brand new bike.
February 18, 200818 yr I'm just learning the splatter technique. Can somebody tell me that am I doing it right? (I don't want to learn the technique in the wrong way, and after that to I struggle to learn it in the good way. ) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HfsQAOtCzk
February 18, 200818 yr That wasn't a splatter. Just normal step technique. In a splatter your front wheel doesn't touch the obstacle but goes over it, so you need a bigger kicker.
February 18, 200818 yr The timing looked a bit late but it worked, I don't think the front wheel hit the step at all...
February 19, 200818 yr the technique described by zippy is correct apart from you do need to pull back hard on the bars to get the lift. the best way to perfect the technique is to do it quite slowly cos it then saves a big crash. Try it first on a smaller step in 2nd gear. 3rd is for big stuff really. Hope this helps.
April 17, 200818 yr I found Ryan Youngs DVD to be excellent although as an old fart I haven't tried the advanced techniques, here is a link to one of his DVDs Ryan Young DVD clip this is different from the DVD I bought which covered everything from basic bike setup to Splatters etc. My biggest challenge at the moment is coordinating everything to climb up a step, I can lift the front wheel perfectly OK when not faced by the step but my timing isn't too good when faced by a real step!! Just need more practice!
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