How To Feeble Grind
How To Feeble Grind
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Mastered the bunny hop on your bmx? Then it's time to step it up a gear and learn the feeble grind. Professional bmxer Gareth Wilson is here to show you how.
In this video we're going to learn how to do a Feeble Grind on a bmx on a ledge. If you've not tried this before the basics of it is the bunny hop so if you've not learned the bunny hop already go and see the video labelled "How to bunny hop on a bmx bike." Ok, so again travelling at walking pace the first step is going to be the bunny hop.
So step one on there as you can see was the pulling up of the bike, which is the bunny hop which you can see in "how to bunny hop on a bmx bike." Step two, once you've pulled up on the bike try and aim the front wheel on the edge and you'll barely have to hop the back end because your peg is actually lower than the bottom of the tyre so it'll be fairly easy to get your back peg on. Just make sure the front tyre is following the edge so it's nice and straight, otherwise you'll spin off sideways and destroy your chain.
So step three, now once we're on the ledge you've got to hold it there. Now obviously the weight of you on the bike is going to try and pull it over to the left so obviously that's what your handlebars are for. Once you're on the ledge just pull a little bit on the left hand side if your pegs are on the right, obviously it's the opposite way around if your pegs are on the left, and when you're on just lean your body away over to the side of your pegs a little bit while pulling on the side of the bar that you need to and that way your peg is going to be angled slightly into the ledge and that way as you hit it your pegs are not going to just slide straight off and end up in a crash.
Ok, so, again hop onto it, hold it in position, and off. So the last step is going to be again involving a bunny hop. So the last step we're going to be hopping off the ledge we've just got on to, you're going to be moving, depending on how slippy the object is that you're grinding on, you're going to be moving a little slower, a little more friction compared to just rolling your wheels and doing a hop.
So just be careful not to lean too far forward otherwise it'll kick you over. So as you hop off it your body weight has got to go from the peg side slightly left, so then that way we're going from here we're hopping off to the side and then that way you'll land clear of the box you're grinding on. So the final step, once you're on, then hop off to the side exactly like the bunny hop you've just been learning.
And that's how to feeble grind on a bmx bike.