I fee a bit daft asking and perhaps a bit old now but when I was a young lad I always wondered how people did wheelies, there was this kid down the road who was forever wheelieing 🙂 and I always thought wow that was cool! If I had a bike as a kid (1-2-3 boohoo) I would've given it a go. 25 years later I think maybe on a quiet morning down a park I could kill a morning or myself possibly.
Oh yes how the hell do you do it :-s .... pah I'm too old for that lark. I must stop straying over the x-treme sports channels they give me silly ideas, next I will want to do the superman lol.
Actually I saw something a bit scary a few months ago a motorbike looked very sporty and pwoerful went on the wrong sideo f the road and wheelied past everyone stuck in the traffic, made me stick my head dout to watch while most people were shaking there head in dis-belief.
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
It's a question of brake and pedal control. Keep a finger over the rear brake.
Find a big clear space (grass might help your confidence, but an empty car park is easier)
Lowish gear - push hard with your weaker leg as you pull back on the bars the front will come up, if it feels like it's going over backwards keep pedaling but just "dab" your back brake. Keep pedaling and "dabbing", don't worry about steering, that just happens naturally.
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
It's a question of brake and pedal control. Keep a finger over the rear brake.
Find a big clear space (grass might help your confidence, but an empty car park is easier)
Lowish gear - push hard with your weaker leg as you pull back on the bars the front will come up, if it feels like it's going over backwards keep pedaling but just "dab" your back brake. Keep pedaling and "dabbing", don't worry about steering, that just happens naturally.
I find it easier to drag the rear brake very lightly to start with, so that when you're up you dont have to dab, im more uncontrolled with my dabbing and it makes it very jerky- not good for my balance. Just another take on it, everyone finds their own way. -- J __________________________________________ http://www.jbuckle.homeip.net << My personal site http://www.aoskc.com << Ainsdale Kitesurf Club
Lowish gear - push hard with your weaker leg as you pull back on the bars the front will come up, if it feels like it's going over backwards keep pedaling but just "dab" your back brake. Keep pedaling and "dabbing", don't worry about steering, that just happens naturally.
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I find it easier to drag the rear brake very lightly to start with, so that when you're up you dont have to dab, im more uncontrolled with my dabbing and it makes it very jerky- not good for my balance. Just another take on it, everyone finds their own way.
The fact that we all had bikes with coaster brakes probably explains why wheelies didn't feature much in my childhood. I think I will have to try this now!
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I fee a bit daft asking and perhaps a bit old now but when I was a young lad I always wondered how people did wheelies, there was this kid down the road who was forever wheelieing 🙂 and I always thought wow that was cool! If I had a bike as a kid (1-2-3 boohoo) I would've given it a go. 25 years later I think maybe on a quiet morning down a park I could kill a morning or myself possibly.
Oh yes how the hell do you do it :-s .... pah I'm too old for that lark. I must stop straying over the x-treme sports channels they give me silly ideas, next I will want to do the superman lol.
Actually I saw something a bit scary a few months ago a motorbike looked very sporty and pwoerful went on the wrong sideo f the road and wheelied past everyone stuck in the traffic, made me stick my head dout to watch while most people were shaking there head in dis-belief.
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
Get someone to hold the front wheel up. Get your balance first.
Oh yes how the hell do you do it :-s .... pah I'm too old for that lark. I must stop straying over the x-treme sports channels they give me silly ideas, next I will want to do the superman lol.
Actually I saw something a bit scary a few months ago a motorbike looked very sporty and pwoerful went on the wrong sideo f the road and wheelied past everyone stuck in the traffic, made me stick my head dout to watch while most people were shaking there head in dis-belief.
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
A word of caution.
When I was MUCH younger (about 9? 10?) I pulled a wheelie on a child's bike and pulled the whole front off. There is no delicate way of landing with two separate portions of bike!
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
into low gear, push down on the lead pedal while pulling up on the bars, keep your weight to the rear. To make life easier, take a short wheelbase bike with an upright riding position: the Brompton is *ideal* (when told "bet you can't do a wheelie on that!" by a Yoof as I sat by a red light, I thought "Hah!, I'll prove him wrong!", and was so successful that I actually ended up standing behind the vertical bike...)
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
go on then tell me how 🙂 ... if I break any bones I'm suing you.
into low gear, push down on the lead pedal while pulling up on the bars, keep your weight to the rear. To make life easier, take a short wheelbase bike with an upright riding position: the Brompton is *ideal* (when told "bet you can't do a wheelie on that!" by a Yoof as I sat by a red light, I thought "Hah!, I'll prove him wrong!", and was so successful that I actually ended up standing behind the vertical bike...)
I can wheelie (sort of) our Pino. Only when riding it solo though.
I can wheelie (sort of) our Pino. Only when riding it solo though.
I'm sure any potential stokers are pleased about that last part. Though I suppose it would be a good way of getting rid of any stokers who'd annoyed you (the cager behind you might be, err, impressed as well!). -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ...
I can wheelie (sort of) our Pino. Only when riding it solo though.
I'm sure any potential stokers are pleased about that last part. Though I suppose it would be a good way of getting rid of any stokers who'd annoyed you (the cager behind you might be, err, impressed as well!).
The Pino looks more like it should have a sort of James Bond Thunderball-esque launch system where the stoker is shot forwards, possibly after deploying glider wings! ;-)
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
The fact that we all had bikes with coaster brakes probably explains why wheelies didn't feature much in my childhood. I think I will have to try this now!
