WAKIdesigns
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Male / 30
Member Since: Apr 20, 2009
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Bike I ride: Custom Santa Cruz Nomad
Favorite Trails: SE-Delsjon,Anggarden PL-WPN,Czarna Gora
About Me: I like pudding
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WAKIdesigns commented under samminett's photo ( 2 hours ago )
quotes How did it go btw?

WAKIdesigns commented under samminett's photo ( 2 hours ago )
quotes Aaa ok :)

WAKIdesigns commented under samminett's photo ( 13 hours ago )
quotes Fullface helmet and knee protection maybe? ;)

WAKIdesigns commented under kovaldesign's photo ( Jan 27, 2012 at 6:41 )
quotes podobnie jak 99,999999% maratonczykow biega po asfalcie w butach i skarzy sie na urazy, ktorych ci na biegajacy "bosaka" nie maja :) No dobra ci w butach nie rozcinaja sobie stop na szkle tak czesto :P Zeby to byl jeden gosciu to pol biedy, ale goscie twierdzacy ze platfusy nie sa w niczym gorsze wychodza jak grzyby po deszczu, wliczajac szosowcow :) glownie dzieki coraz czestszemu odkrywaniu ze "krecenie kolek" pedalami i ciagniecie w gore to bullshit, ktory istnieje tylko w laboratorium. Juz tarczowki wlaza w oczy szosowcom, podobnie jak plaskie kiery do CX - platfusy tez wejda :) z reszta ide niedlugo na test wydolnosciowy w 5.10 zobaczymy jak wypadne w stosunku do baletek. Co do balansu to chodzi o stanie na pedalach tak samo jak na ziemi i uzywanie wszystkich wewnetrznych miesni do balansowani ktore w sztywnym bucie sa unieruchomione. Szerokie platformy SPD i buty ala 5.10 hellcat koryguja to naturalnie. No ciagle wietrze konspiracje producentow butow i pedalow SPD ;) No i niezalezny guru zawsze lepszy od marketing department :D Spoko, gdyby nie SPD i pewnosc jaka mi dawaly przez 5 lat to nie umialbym tyle ile umiem dzisiaj, z drugiej strony zmienilem bo czuje ze juz nic mi nie daja tylko trzymaja w postepie

WAKIdesigns commented under mikelevy's blog ( Jan 27, 2012 at 5:46 )
quotes Well it depends how "green"? Organic food is "greener" and more effective than industrial. Eating good food is more efficient economicaly than eating sht, because of health costs. Mountain biking is not green at all in current form so it is hipocrysy to talk about it at all here. On the contrary actually. It would be "green" only if mountain bikers created local communities that would contribute to protection of nature by fighting for its rights. However at the moment it is hard enough to get people to work to maintain the trails so they give back what they took. In general "energy" is not the only thing. Global Warming is a fact, however even if we raise the temperature faster than nature can, temperature alone wouldn't probably hurt life on earth that much, as volcanoes and metheors have been doing it more violently in the past. What we are pioneers at is that we put toxins into environment at scale that even a super volcano can't. So it dos make a difference HOW you manufacture stuff. The biggest part of the story is probably WHERE. That is because in western countries it is much harder to put aside externalities like waste handling. If you empty a tank of chemicals into someones backyard in China, there will be calmer reaction than in Belgium or Sweden isn't it? It's all about handling externalities: who takes their consequences and when. We all do, question is when - when you see egzem on your grand child? or when your children loose fertility due to exposure to toxins that floated in in air and water from Asia? So you won't get grand children at all. So you can always make something "greener", when I athink about it it should be "a bit less filthy" rather than "green" :)
WAKIdesigns commented under kovaldesign's photo ( Jan 27, 2012 at 3:51 )
quotes Lepiej uderz w platfusy do wszystkiego, niz w baletkach jezdzic, i to jeszcze na pedalach z niemal zerowym oparciem dla stopy - rownowaga to wszystko :D

WAKIdesigns commented under WAKIdesigns's photo ( Jan 27, 2012 at 3:17 )
quotes http://betterride.net/blog/2011/how-to-descend-a-steep-section-mountain-bike-body-position/ I recommend to listen to what these guys have to say it will change your riding :) Focusing on riding in balance and on vision is the thing that blown me last year. However body position is useless without hip stability, so you need to train. And well you don't need a tail to do it (watch Lee here, he doesn't and he's CoG is still around "over BB" area! http://www.leelikesbikes.com/wp-content/061110pstumpypump.jpg) Just get of the chair or whatever you do now and do a proper squat. Strain your back, and move your ass back as you would to make a proper deadlift. Then put your hands forward - I think you could ride with 800mm ETT and 150 stem and still be able to have all your weight on pedals and steer :) Balance... just do a standing "jazda bez trzymanki" and ride over small bumps, and notice how smooth it went. Then go bigger and bigger, no matter what bike are you on. Effects (or punishments) will be better seen on the drop off. In general it is easy to say, but to apply it on a DH track you need lower back/glute strength to hinge at hip not at lower back. So: http://betterride.net/blog/2011/how-to-mtb-video-using-strength-training-for-better-body-position/ Lee's take: http://www.leelikesbikes.com/attack-position-success-story.html And who wouldn't trust SAM http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5924660/ http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5626815/ http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5904265/

WAKIdesigns commented under mikelevy's blog ( Jan 27, 2012 at 1:10 )
quotes I like Bontrager for steping into "environmentaly friendly" tyres. I hope they made more of these. This tyre looks more or less like Rocket Ron, they had some minion looking like something as well. WHy not make "eco" versions of most popular tyres, since they nearly "copy" all of them?
WAKIdesigns commented under WAKIdesigns's photo ( Jan 26, 2012 at 5:57 )
quotes Riders CoG in a proper neutral position is over the BB, which means neither pushing on the bars nor hanging off of them. 405CS it shall be :) Now I need to pick a suspension system - I don't get them at all... Lapierre's system seems most tempting. How about me sitting and doing it alone vs. a proper bike company that aside CAD work spends tens of thousands on testing equipment, several prototypes and engineers doing bracketing with shims having 10 shocks and switchig them all the time - sweet ha?

WAKIdesigns commented under WAKIdesigns's photo ( Jan 26, 2012 at 3:31 )
quotes In general you should be always neutral, having nearly all weight on pedals as a point of departure to perform different actions. Sure some designs promote certain weight shift direction, but no matter what - neutral is the way it's done, no matter the geometry. I would say I want short CS to be able to move weight back quick and to move bikes "turning point" forward in relation to my CoG, so I can manouver better at slower speeds, and to keep the front wheel off the ground easier when I want it. It is a sort of thesis. Then off course there is a counter-thesis which says: that will make the bike less stable at higher speeds (unless there is HA compensation - slacker less control on uphills = no way around it wthout travel adjustable fork) and that will make the bike do wheelies on steeper uphills. You know I want to do something in a way: that's how this works - let's celebrate pros and live with cons! It should promote the way I like to ride my XC trails: tech particular about line choices on uphills to be effective and as much time off the ground as possible on the downhills. Some stuff is really tight in here, you either jump over it or go around it like snake. I also like steeeps :D

WAKIdesigns commented under ZachHurtPhotography's photo ( Jan 26, 2012 at 1:00 )
quotes Riding with baby-wookie?

WAKIdesigns commented under sacredridesmtb's blog ( Jan 26, 2012 at 0:45 )
quotes Well most of the media are on your side, including international, at least they are supporting the "business as usual" kind of approach. I find your policy scary but can't help myself being fascinated a bit. In many ways such use of energy to control fossil fuels supply is like going for the best case scenario - pollution, cooking the planet, fkng up people in Asia, using money for military not social care in your own country bladi bla - will it fk us up one day - we don't know but we hope noooot. What do we have Nasa for? But at the same time it is also like being prepared for the worst case scenario. The middle sucks but not many countries are as prepared for the worst case as you guys are... I like it in Sweden, though the best choice would be Switzerland - if there will ever be a global nuclear war, they would be the only country going: "Vat vaz zat noize? - zon't know Claus, I need zu water ze flowers"
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bnegative wrote
Jan 5, 2012 at 3:46
Rower jaki mam taki mam - dbam o niego ile mogę, ale też nie oszczędzam go. Jakiś czas temu wyszedłem z założenia, że wolę wnukom opowiadać jak w błocie czy w śniegu coś zniszczyłem, niż o tym, że w zimie lub w deszcz siedziałem w domu. A części jak padną to wlecą noweSmile (ostatnio tak załatwiłem stery i tylną piastę Nuke Proof, że musiałem wymienić większość łożysk). Zabawa w dobrym towarzystwie przede wszystkim. Tereny na Roztoczu są świetne, nie jest bardzo wysoko, ale można znaleźć takie miejsca, że szczęka opada - mini górySmile Pozdrawiam!

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bnegative wrote
Jan 4, 2012 at 9:27
Mam nauczycielskie zboczenie co do nauki języka. Życie wszystko weryfikuje jak widaćSmile Pozdrawiam i czekam na kolejne foty w galeriach. PZDR

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bnegative wrote
Jan 4, 2012 at 5:01
Świetna galeria - dawn patrol to klawy pomysłSmile Do tego gratuluję angielskiej erudycji. Widać, że są ludzie, którzy mają jakieś pojęcie o tym języku i nie przesypiali większości lekcji w szkole. Szkoda, że nie ma więcej takich Polaków na PB. Szacunek. PZDR

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Philler wrote
Nov 28, 2011 at 18:01
Seems like you have a lots of unforgettable Moments in your Life... Lots of so good Photos!

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iamamodel wrote
Sep 22, 2011 at 20:11
Ta. (that is Australian for 'Thank you'. It is a contraction taught to infants that remains with use to adulthood.

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iamamodel wrote
Sep 21, 2011 at 20:35
...Lee McCormack's BOOK...

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iamamodel wrote
Sep 21, 2011 at 20:35
i wrote a review of Lee MacCormack's on my blog. Could you check it out and tell me what you think. I've sent it to the PB editors and we'll see if it is fit to publish on the front page.

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bigburd wrote
Sep 15, 2011 at 11:41
No worries

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