bmx

my new, stock kink curb, straight off of ebay.  full build on velospace (but I’m telling you, it’s stock, haha!).  it came in the mail on monday.

I’ve wanted a bmx for a while now, decided to get one finally.  all I want to do with it is work on my hops (think, plyometrics), balance, and have a good time on a cheap, beatable bike.  it’s definitely the complete opposite of the cannondales, but has it’s own place in the grand scheme of things.  my shoulders and back have been burning for the last 2 days.  I’m hoping it’ll also improve my endurance on the other bikes, since you’re standing most of the time.  the short wheelbase makes the bike squirrelly at speed, but the ride is hilariously fun.  definitely keeping the back brake on there, it makes descending hills much easier.  so far, my ability to hop is none-existent.  however, I’ve only had the bike for not even a week, so I’m still optimistic, ha!  I’m going to keep riding the bike in hopes that it’ll make me stronger in ways that a track and road bike could not.  lung capacity seems to be at the forefront of these things…might seem like it’d be the issue with the other bikes, however I find myself resting more on the bmx than my other bikes – I think this is because the effort exerted to pedal a bike without sitting down is more intensive for numerous reasons: you’re standing and moving your legs in a circular motion, your arms are torquing the bike side to side, and the gear inches available are limited considering the bike only has 1 gear.  the drivetrain on the kink is currently 36×16, roughly 42 gear inches.  it’s not bad, but don’t expect anything above 14mph flatland speed.  it seems counter-intuitive to ride this bike in the street, you’d think.  it is quite the workout though, and just plain fun.

and in the end, that’s all that matters.