Backwards Circle - Fixed Gear Steeze, HA!

This is how I be rockin' it yo.

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Riding in Traffic Video, Backwards Circle Success and Posing

Here we go, its a jumbo post! Tuesday I attached a video camera to my bike and filmed my ride into town, the footage came out ok but not great. I need to secure the camera a bit more rigidly to the frame next time and head out during rush hour cause the roads were quite quiet. Check out the video below, I've cut it down to the most 'exciting' bits but had to take others bits out because of the crazy shaking...

...Secondly, I FINALLY nailed some backwards circles today, after weeks and weeks of trying them, watching videos on YouTube for technique tips and even dreaming that I could do them (yes I am that sad) I got 8 in the bag. I didn't get any on video but I did get Nigel to confirm that they happened.

Lastly, just after the successful execution of 3 circles a young lady and her friend wanted to be photographed with my bike. She seemed to want me sat on the saddle with her straddling my top tube but I wasn't 100% so I just let them do whatever they wanted cause I was so chuffed with my new skillz.

Oh, and I managed my first leg over and through the frame to trackstand and back combo :-D

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Backwards Circles with Roon

Sooooooo, I nearly bagged my first backwards circle yesterday, they were so close I could smell them. I got that camera out of my bag soooooo fast, documentation was essential, no backwards circle is real until it's on YouTube as you know. 17 minutes later I still hadn't got one and it was time to ride into the sunset. I have compressed the 17 minutes into just over 1 minute of pure backwards circle attempt madness, check it out...

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