I remember Ryan when he was living at home, his entire front yard was all set up about one foot off the ground with balance bars everywhere and no one else could even ride it, but he would spend hours and hours and hours plunking around his front yard without even touching the grass. He's putting a lot back into the sport that can be shared, not just with trials riders, but can be shared with any rider. He's a great guy. I'm honoured to still work with him. I'm honoured to have signed him 20 years ago. And I'm stoked he's still with us. And I wish him all the best for another 20 years. - Pete Stace-Smith |
The relationship with Norco and Pete has really shaped who I am. And Pete has been a mentor of mine throughout the entire process, and I've learned so much from him. Just so, so grateful to have had that first signing 20 years ago because that has been my life, so for Pete to see that potential in me, and for Robin Coope, who was in the video. It's never one person. We all fall into our roles, and the role I fell into has been quite a special adventure, and I am just so grateful for that. - Ryan Leech during his acceptance speech. |
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He was the pioneer of the smooth style (eliminating correctional hops) that Danny Mac and Chris Akrigg have since run with.
I feel old too, but then I was watching Hans Rey in 1988!
The lack of interest resides with the difficulty & the risk that results from that difficulty.
The best thing about his courses is that they are divided in steps for steady and solid progression. Everyone knows that to do a wheelie you have to pull on bars, pedal to keep wheel up and brake to stop leaning backwards. It ain't that simple. same with manual, just pull the front wheel buddy, stretch your legs to lean back, bend to lean forward. Not so easy for guys with no BMX/Street past.
Yeah, the progressions are really good. I think for people like me who come to mountain biking with only some road / casual biking background they're especially invaluable. I can understand the movements involved in wheelie, manual and bunny hops easily enough, but to put them all together Ryan's approach is great. Still working on all of them and only about a month behind me I've made decent progress.
So yeah, another happy customer here.
Coming from a bmx/Street background everything is about rolling and bitch-cranks are eternaly bad style while in an trail environment they are a must have. So getting detailed instuctions on 3/4 and 1/4 crank technique has been a real eye opener. Sure I can bunnyhop whaterver with speed but in the tight stuff you need those bitch-cranks and cleaning slow tech stuff is a lot more fun than walking even when uphill is only a transport to the downhill.
All this is quite obvious but old habits die hard. Be humble about your percieved skillset and surely Ryan's tutorials will make you a better rider.
vimeo.com/142633633#t=17s I only had to stop because the parking lot stopped.
A link for the interview if any of you are interested:
www.chinabike.net/html/show-43-2894.html
Is he running a fvcking V-brake on the back of that bike?!!! Ô.o