kaybs41282 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Slightly confused..., what is the deal with these bits of paper/card that you see between the spokes on some people's front wheels? I assumed that they were probably entry number for comps but I've seen a few that just have weird messages written on them and some were even train tickets. I thought the point was to be anal and save as much unnecessary weight as possible? Is it a "trend" thing? Should I be doing it? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) makes you a better rider, the extra weight in the front wheel makes it spin longer so when your on the back wheel you benefit from better balance from the gyroscopic effect edit: Edited May 5, 2011 by ogre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm pretty sure they're gay cards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlperkins Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 from competitions. says name and routes etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 from competitions. says name and routes etc. But occasionally spreads to people putting any random stuff in their spokes from rizla papers to chocolate wrappers and anything else you fancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Can't remember who it was, but i once saw a tube of pringles (still loaded) in someone's front wheel. How, i don't know; but it was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradJohnson Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 i've also saw this, i have saw people with tennis balls stuck in their front wheel i guessed it was just a random trend that was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaybs41282 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 It reminded me of this weird emo trend of writing little messages and words on your arm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlperkins Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 hahaha, i am now gonna put stuff in my front wheel. im gonna go all out though, get my nan to crochet/weave a black and white spinning effect in my wheels, like the austin powers time machine. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaybs41282 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm going to write a limerick about sidehops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Direske Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 There is a guy over here who has a stuffed animal in his backwheel. That's pretty much a feature of him since I can't remember him without it (I know him maybe 5 years or sth. lol). Also, I used to put a normal piece of paper into my frontwheel that used to emphasized the rotation of it. People could see you frontwheel spinning when tapping or bunnyhopping a wall without pulling your front brake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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