There’s an old joke. How do you know if a firefighter is at your party? He’ll tell you. So how do you know when a firefighter is writing your bike blog? Well, I’ll explain. See, I was mountain biking one day...and I had an epiphany. Something about hucking a carbon 29er at an awesome bike park with an awesome trick jump has allowed me to keep progressing as a fifty year-old dirt jumper. 2025 kicked off strong and I was starting to think about tricks I could dial in this year. I remembered that I used to have a decent bar spin, but I haven't done those since I had a bike with a Gyro. I stopped by my LBS and talked it over with the owner. To allow my bars to spin around he picked out an extra long brake line and added in a new extra long cable and housing. The parts would be about $75 and I could bring my bike in and he'd help me do the swap. I said I'd be back. That's when the epiphany happened, I thought, "Do I NEED to do bar spins?" I know I would get them. ...