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Pulled one of my midschool flatland rigs down from the rafters in the basement today, put some fresh goodies on it and tuned it up, and practiced Decades in the driveway for a little bit. Surprised about feeling a little better today...
2003 Haro M6 Master
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It seems like the classic “freecoaster rider” is more or less gone. When I say that I mean a style that was pioneered by the likes Ian Schwartz and Bruce Crisman where freecoasting became a dominate aspect of their riding. Their progression was almost primarily freecoaster based and fakie tricks were at times the only real aspect of their riding that separated themselves from everyone else.
Something like this isn’t completely unheard of. People like Lino Gonzalez and Vinnie Sammon did very much the same thing with four pegs in earlier generation. They utilize a single aspect of their bike setup and create a whole style after that. When freecoasting became a thing in street it was at first a very niche style of riding like four pegs used to be. The first generation who were directly influenced by Ian Schwartz really took upon his riding and became “freecoaster riders”. These early generations abandoned almost every aspect of other types of riding and became more or less clones of Ian and Bruce down to their bike style. It was kind of understandable cause freecoasting was very unreliable tech wise. Prone to blown bearings and all sorts of issues that the flatland based freecoasters that people were using were ill equipped to handle on street. Pedal pressure was to be minimized cause if you used it too much the freecoaster’s bearings to explode. Pegs were taken out. The extra stress a heavy grind would produce would often lead to the freecoaster’s bearings to explode. It was baby steps to figuring out what was possible and how best to implement things. At the time freecoasting was still a very niche weird thing in BMX. Something limited to the very few who can modify a Poverty freecoaster.
It was only after KHE worked on the whole Geisha hub system for a bit and the mechanics became more user friendly and h the durability increasing that the second wave of freecoaster riders arrived. Riders like Bob Scerbo, Dan Cox and many more donned them and experimented with this new system. Some sticking with it, others moving away. But they made the distinction of using freecoaster just as part of the repertoire of what they already have, not it’s entirety. Freecoasting was moving away from being the niche it was and becoming a part that was there to use when applicable and not the focus. It was a still very interesting thing to have and people were still mystified by this new/old revolutionary product. It was like being the a four peg rider like Edwin. He did opposite stuff but it wasn’t ever what his riding was about.
Today freecoasters are everywhere. Plenty of people have it, some who don’t even utilize it one bit and just enjoy the general feeling of no back pedal fakie. The success probably comes from the durability of the hub that has increased drastically since the beginning. With that riders are more daring in the tricks they do, truly taking advantage of the fakie more than ever. Still there is a distinction in style between the freeocoaster riders of yesterday and riders who use the freecoaster today. Back when it was more a niche thing, the fakie was something that people truly wanted to master in and out. Leading up to fakie would be a long rollback while todays riders tend to opt out for the quick 180 to fakie spin out to bypass control. The niche style of being completely fakie based is gone. Freecoasters are used a lot but they lack the feeling of being truly mastered like the riders who brought it to the mainstream. It just seems like the guy who has 4th peg in the back cause he doesn’t like riding three but wants to do crookeds. A lot of it also has to do with riders who utilize it extensively being multi talented someone like Devon Smilie who is amazingly progressional with the freecoaster but it becomes overshadowed by how well rounded he is in general. The rider who is solely based on the fakie is a dying or maybe even extinct breed. Maybe cause the basics are all figured out now but there is always more.
I wanna say this Josh Alderete section in Cult “Small Talk” back in 2013 was one of the last real freecoaster sections. You can really tell he utilizes it fully to the extent his riding can’t be imagined without it. He shows real control with his backwards manuels and how he weaves backwards effortlessly and the last trick is something so simple that shows his mastery over the coaster. No quick 180 or anything. Just control.
Josh Alderete
Call Me In The Day by La Luz
Cult - Small Talk (2013)
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