why cant i manual?

Felix-da-house-mouse

hi, i really really want to be able to manual but i just cant keep the front wheel up. what am i doing wrong? does anyone have any tips? what are the basics to doing it etc etc

dhxcme

Drop into a low gear and pedal whilst leaning back.

LordBanks

You wanna manual a racer??

ddraver

dhxcme wrote:

Drop into a low gear and pedal whilst leaning back.

Tried that - does nt work

We ll have to get together and pay a 12 year old to teach us Felix :P

edit - curse my broken keyboard!!

Anonymous

dhxcme wrote:

Drop into a low gear and pedal whilst leaning back.

that's not manualing though, that;'s wheeling, right?

Felix-da-house-mouse

yeehaamcgee wrote:

dhxcme wrote:

Drop into a low gear and pedal whilst leaning back.

that's not manualing though, that;'s wheeling, right?

correct, manual is where you stand up and heave the front wheel up and keep it there by feathering the rear brake but i'm buggered if i can do it.

Felix-da-house-mouse

LordBanks wrote:

You wanna manual a racer??

do i even have to answer this? oh and its a road bike

Anonymous

Well, to be fair, Felix, you still only have the picture of the road bike in your sig.

oh, and if you want to change the name of the image link, by the way, what you do is put
[url=
link to your picture followed by ]
then, put in whatever name you want for the link, such as Felix's bike, then close the tag bu putting in [/url]
like this...
Felix's bike

Maybe it's clearer if I mis-spell url, to LRU just to explain....
[LRU=http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z63/felix-da-house-mouse/?action=view&current=DSC00172.jpg]Felix's Bike[/LRU]

Felix-da-house-mouse

cheers yeehaa

Anonymous

not quite there yet felix!
ok, try this... BUT put it all one one line.

felix's bike

icedmind

lower your seat at first place, go on decent speed(fast works better)
then lean back and pull up as much as you can
but its really hard on a poper xc bike so i guess its even harder on a rb with such thin tyre
good luck lol

icedmind

lower your seat at first place, go on decent speed(fast works better)
then lean back and pull up as much as you can
but its really hard on a poper xc bike so i guess its even harder on a rb with such thin tyre
good luck lol

rob cole

correct, manual is where you stand up and heave the front wheel up and keep it there by feathering the rear brake but i'm buggered if i can do it.

if you manual by feathering your rear brake you are using the wrong technique and will never learn to manual properly

the correct technique is to lean back, pull up hard and get into a balance where your arms are straight, and then control your fore / aft balance by pumping your legs

the rear brake is just used as a "saver" if you lose your aft balance and the bike starts to flip

its much easier to learn on a BMX because the manual is done much flatter, often with the front wheel only inches off the ground, on a mountain bike with 26" wheels you need to get the front wheel quite high to find the balance point

once you get it dialled and can manual round corners, its a sweet feeling trick

LordBanks

Road bike/Racer, samething.

Anonymous

ah, thanks for the tip, Rob. I'd always thought you feathered the brake, like in a wheelie.
I'm glad somebody's read the manual

da da boom tish!
thangyouverrymuch!

tompjg

Try giving a strong pedal stroke with your stronger foot as you pull up on the bars....

big_southern_jesse

yeehaamcgee wrote:

I'm glad somebody's read the manual

da da boom tish!
thangyouverrymuch!

:shock: Exactly how long have you been waiting to use that one?

I've never got the hang of manualling, but I don't suppose being my size, and trying with a MTB with a 23.5 inch frame is the way to start. Imagine I'll have to lift the front wheel 3 feet to get my weight over the back axle! :?

rob cole

a good way to find your balance point is to sit on your bike and lean against a wall, pull it up into a wheelie whilst stationary and use the wall to support you whilst your work out your balance point

this is also used in BMX to find the front balance point for nose manuals :shock: