Small Wheels

When I was young I used to watch BMX guys riding those small BMX bikes and used to think to myself "why are grown ups still riding cycles my age?". Whats on your house for Christmas Decoration this season?.
But now watching them perform all those wicked stunts in the most common and weird places gives me goose bumps all over. Had to try it out for myself and feel the rush and thrill they go through when they perform. Went to local bike store and ordered a BMX regular bike nothing fancy since I am just learning. The bike arrived home a week later by then I had watched enough BMX videos to write a book about it. Putting my newly gained knowledge to the test I started peddling, was pretty weird at first due to the small radius of the pedals and the movement but I got used to it fast. Going around the block a couple of times till I got the hang of it. Then I thought lets try a wheelie shouldn’t be too hard since it’s so small then I popped the front wheel in the air, and I did a wheelie was very easy. My confidence levels were skyrocketing. With this new confidence I thought lets try a stoppie, which is where you balance the bike on the front wheel alone. Lesson I learnt from it never try a stoppie on a BMX cause it is just stupid, just shift position and lift the whole bike rather than lean forward which ultimately led to me performing a face plant worthy of some awards. But I did manage to do a 1 sec stoppie so it wasn’t all bad.