Well! I found out that this stunt is called a crooked grind. Here's a video that, once you get past the silly accent, will show what this is about better than I could explain:
https://youtu.be/Oyn9G21Syg8 Cheers, frank On 17 June, 2015 10:31:55 PM EDT, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >OH!! I now see, Frank! >J > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2015, at 7:18 PM, frank theriault ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The bike's moving longitudinally (in the same direction) to the rail. >> So the bike never "hits" the rail, just those big "pegs" sticking out >> from the wheel axles. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> >wrote: >>> Actually I had this process in my imaginings. I wasn't thinking >>> in terms of pegs. Now tell me, if the bike hits the rail at a right >angle, how >>> does "the right peg slide up the rail?" >>> If you've had enough of this Frank, just tell me so and I'll leave >it there. :-)) >>> Thanks!! >>> >>> J >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "frank theriault" <[email protected]> >>> To:"Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 5:32:56 PM >>> Subject: PESO - The Mount >>> >>> This is not the best shot the day (I think that goes to Tailwhip, >>> posted yesterday), but it's sort of a follow-up to Monday's Mike on >>> the Rail: >>> >>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/06/the-mount.html >>> >>> I was trying to explain to Jack why the stunt is hard, and maybe >>> seeing how he has to mount does visually what I couldn't textually. >>> >>> As you can see the left peg of the rear wheel will be on the rail. >To >>> get the right peg on the rail Mike has to bring the front wheel way >>> above the rail and land it "just right" so that right peg slides up >>> the rail. >>> >>> The end result is the rider sliding up the rail on his axle pegs, >not >>> using the pegs on the same side as usual, but on either side of his >>> bike: >>> >>> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2015/06/mike-on-rail.html >>> >>> There's a name for this stunt but Mike hasn't answered my email >request yet. >>> >>> Hope you enjoy (the picture, if not the prolix post). Comments >always welcome. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
