Learn why it is important to be considerate to fellow riders and the damage you might be doing by grinding on particular objects in this free instructional video lesson on BMX grinding and peg tricks.
Garson Fields is 20 years old. He has been riding BMX and mountain bikes for seven years and shown many others how to as well. He represents Full Circle Bike Shop out of Florence, MA.
So you are out riding around with your friends out on a street ride and you see a really great looking cement ledge that you guys want to go and have a session on. Sure sounds good and everything but then all of a sudden somebody runs out screaming at you and threatening to call the police and you might be wondering why somebody would be getting so upset with you for riding a kids bike basically. One thing to keep in mind especially if you are going to be grinding stuff more than almost all the other tricks you can do on a BMX bike, is that you are almost always going to be doing at least a little bit of damage to the object you are riding. You know if you are in a skate park or some kind of area where you have permission or an area that is intended for that type of use, then that's really not a problem. But you should really keep in mind that if you are out riding the streets, to be considerate of the other people around you. Remember if you are riding out on someone else's property and your going grinding down someone's nice ledge in their front yard, you are probably doing a little bit more damage than you realize. The whole point of this is basically just to say all grinding and peg tricks and that stuff and bike riding in general is really fun. Just make sure you trying not have that fun at the expense of other people because nobody likes people who are jerks and if you are going to go around and be inconsiderate to other people's property and what not, that is exactly what you are doing.
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