Left making this thread pretty late even though the bike has been pretty much done for a while now, weather and health held me up...
Here is the pic I would like for the voting please:
Some others:
As I mentioned in my build thread, I planned to head to one of the local skate parks to see if I could find a rider with some skills that was willing to ride the bike for some videos and photos, headed out today to the closest skate park to find it completely empty so drove on to the next town only to find it's skate park packed full of 8 year old's on Razor scooters, so I decided to drive back to the other one to get some stationary photos and maybe try riding myself.
I decided to try on the beginners section first and nearly stacked it twice before giving up and just getting some stationary shots, decided to try the other skate park again before heading home, in the off chance the situation had improved. On the way there I noticed a guy on a bike riding beside the road who looked like he might know what he was doing but I was in the turning lane and he was going straight, I tried going around the block to find him but was unsuccessful, so just did a U-turn and headed to the skate park.
Parked the car and left the bike and cameras in the car to walk over to the park, seeing 2 people on BMX there but not being very impressed with their skill level, so I just sat down and watched for a bit. There was a young kid there who was getting some decent air on his bike but he was only just big enough to fit his standard size BMX so did not ask him, was just getting up to walk back to the car and drive home when the guy I tried to follow earlier shows up!
Had a talk to him only to find out it was only his second day back riding after 6 months recuperating from a bike stack that smashed his knee and broke the headtube away from the top tube on his frame, so he was riding careful but was willing to give the bike a try! Thanks Julius!
Went and got the bike and cameras only to find that the main battery and spare battery for the video camera were flat, so the other camera would have to do double duty, photos and video... So only managed to get one decent photo out of the three quick runs he did, but there should be some good video footage there to work with.
Video will go up once I have it uploaded and edited.
Build thread for the bike can be found here: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...mondback-joker-done-finished-concluded.83242/
Luke.
Edit: Video posted, see reply 4 on this thread.
Here is the pic I would like for the voting please:
Some others:
As I mentioned in my build thread, I planned to head to one of the local skate parks to see if I could find a rider with some skills that was willing to ride the bike for some videos and photos, headed out today to the closest skate park to find it completely empty so drove on to the next town only to find it's skate park packed full of 8 year old's on Razor scooters, so I decided to drive back to the other one to get some stationary photos and maybe try riding myself.
I decided to try on the beginners section first and nearly stacked it twice before giving up and just getting some stationary shots, decided to try the other skate park again before heading home, in the off chance the situation had improved. On the way there I noticed a guy on a bike riding beside the road who looked like he might know what he was doing but I was in the turning lane and he was going straight, I tried going around the block to find him but was unsuccessful, so just did a U-turn and headed to the skate park.
Parked the car and left the bike and cameras in the car to walk over to the park, seeing 2 people on BMX there but not being very impressed with their skill level, so I just sat down and watched for a bit. There was a young kid there who was getting some decent air on his bike but he was only just big enough to fit his standard size BMX so did not ask him, was just getting up to walk back to the car and drive home when the guy I tried to follow earlier shows up!
Had a talk to him only to find out it was only his second day back riding after 6 months recuperating from a bike stack that smashed his knee and broke the headtube away from the top tube on his frame, so he was riding careful but was willing to give the bike a try! Thanks Julius!
Went and got the bike and cameras only to find that the main battery and spare battery for the video camera were flat, so the other camera would have to do double duty, photos and video... So only managed to get one decent photo out of the three quick runs he did, but there should be some good video footage there to work with.
Video will go up once I have it uploaded and edited.
Build thread for the bike can be found here: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...mondback-joker-done-finished-concluded.83242/
Luke.
Edit: Video posted, see reply 4 on this thread.
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Other than building fab bikes...
I honestly scared myself silly on the beginner ramps and jumps at the empty park! 
I only wish it had been from the side. 
