Talk:Hole shot

Proposed merger
I think this article and Holeshot should be merged. DH85868993 10:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree, but a) what spelling and b) really should be at wiktionary rather than wikipedia. Pickle 06:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

We called them Hole Shots when I raced BMX. I was pretty good at it. (Its also a pretty good way to win the race:)

The terminolgy of hitting the first turn first is not one that I am familiar with. Although it would follow from the way that I am familiar with a hole shot. Its when you get off the gate first and run with it.

On bicycles a good way to do it having a great torque. I built my own bike when I raced. The big key was the Profile crank system. The Profile crank system was great. I used the longest ones available. They practically touched the ground when the bike was verticle. They were sealed bearing in the crank shaft.

The gear ratio is pretty important as well. Between heats we would change that stuff. There was a graphite gearwheel that some folks used.

I would run that one when I was doing freestyle but not for racing. The dirt would actually screw up that gearwheel.

It was fun and pretty crazy. I mainly raced at Rockville Maryland.

My bike was freewheel.

So the hand brakes had to be tuned before a race. The bike was usually in pretty bad condition after a racing event. I used Z wheels. Those were zylon rimmed spoke wheels. The so called Tuff wheels would lead to a broken frame... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhavlicek (talk • contribs) 21:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * They definitely need to be merged. Here's an article in American Snowmobiler Magazine that talks a bit about the importance of holeshots (their spelling) that I found while researcing snocross.  Royal broil  05:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)