hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Does it exist?If so, please post links to videos of it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerz Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 (edited) Does it exist?If so, please post links to videos of it, thanks.Have you got a description of the trick?is it the one were you scooter on the front wheel backwards ifso i do have alil footage of me doing it.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vWcttsG60rI @ 35 seconds Edited July 14, 2007 by powerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 ok, I am a divvy, it turns out that it is called a squeaker, not squealer.Still though, does anyone have a video of one being done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=147...h&plindex=0at 2:30 that is a switzerland squeaker!Most addictive trick ever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 haha i thought you pressed L instead of K, as they're next to each other!!!It's just an endo, then you scuff the tyre backwards with your foot to roll backwards on your front wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 It's just an endo, then you scuff the tyre backwards with your foot to roll backwards on your front wheel.Easy as that Hours/days of practice for me ended in many many times falling over the handlebars, and not much else. Never 'got it' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 2 years in the making, still cant get more than 4 squeaks lolgoto a flatland (bmx) website and find videos there. They're pretty good at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Easy as that Hours/days of practice for me ended in many many times falling over the handlebars, and not much else. Never 'got it' I seen someone on a bmx do them and tried myself and could get them straight away. Can go for however long i want usually... my only problem is reversing into stuff/people :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerz Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 I can do that reasonable well but cant get the one were you roll back then flick the backwheel in the air and go along without scootering the wheel. iv'e seen alic do it in his vids manytimes but can never quiet find the balance point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Yeah it's difficult to get the habit of braking when you're going over the bars. I think that's the most difficult part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider_01 Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 squeakers are the best learnt them myself and there the best you can link it with any style of rideing and easy to do once you get the feel for being over the barssean(Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy d Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Anyone know why it has that name?http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=147...h&plindex=0at 2:30 that is a switzerland squeaker!Most addictive trick ever!!!Good work for choosing pretty much the best video ever as your example... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Easy as that Hours/days of practice for me ended in many many times falling over the handlebars, and not much else. Never 'got it' Haha, nah, i gave a simple explanation, but i can't f**kin do them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Anyone know why it has that name?http://www.23mag.com/tricks/flat.htm RL Osborn, BMX Action september 1985 : I started wheel-walkin' about a year ago, but I was standing on the front pegs. It was a variation for front wheel hops. Then, I saw Martin Aparijo and Eddie Fiola doin' it the same way. All three of us were attempting to perfect it using the front fork pegs. Then while I was in Switzerland (in May), I tried doing it with my left foot on the pedal and I got it dialed. I haven't seen Eddie or Martin since I got back, so I don't know if they learned it this way yet. Yup, it helped me a lot doing those shows in Switzerland.Gork, BMX Action september 1985 : With the recorder goin' full bore and RL scooting backwards tons of times for the camera, I intensely quizzed the Rad Lad for every detail I could get on how to do this maneuver. Imagine my surprise back at the office when the last word I heard was "Switzerland" and then a "squeak... squeak... squeak!" of RL 's front brakes when he would push the wheel. Not one word was left from there on -only the squeaking of brakes drowning out all the taped info. After playing it over a few times for Steve, a little 60 watt light bulb appeared above his head. "That's what we'll call it, The SWITZERLAND SQUEAKER!" I thought that was kinda dumb at first, but after a few minutes of saying it, I began liking it The Switzerland Squeaker it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 I've been trying to do them lately, whilst wearing shorts and having a front brake clamp bolt with a washer, bascially a sticking out thin sharp circular thing, caught my knee and it was nice and deep, about 2-3mm and stuff, bled halfway down my shin.Yeah, i think it's best to keep endoing and finding the balance on the front wheel first, and hopping on the front wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny@phatworks Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 For me it depends how I do them, I can go for however long I want to really if I just continually do small scuffs on the front wheel with my foot. However if I pause in between scuffs (stop/starting) and do harder scuffs to get more roll then it is much more difficult.Its just practice and learning your balance point, the same way as manuels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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