Wheelying

BurtonM

Im not a beginner, however i feel like a beginner because i cannot wheeli for s**t. I can bunnyhop but thats only because i have clips. i wouldnt be able to do it on flatties.
Can somebody explain to me where wheelies are neccesary ?

supersonic

Manual is more useful.

Joe_Pineapples

I got my first bike at age 4, had various random bikes up until BMX hit the UK in the eighties, then made my way up to a Haro Master top end freestyle bmx. Then mountain bikes came along. Go my first one in '94. Fast forward to 2009 and I have a shed filled with four mountain bikes and a motorbike and I can't wheelie any of them, and to be honest, I've never felt I needed to. As Sonic says, being able to manual is much more useful, in fact the only place where being able to wheelie is handy is when you go past the chippie and want to impress the girls . . . . although it's been many years since girls were impressed by this. Nowadays they'd just point and say "Look, a fat old man has fallen from his bicycle. Quickly, we must run to him with our camera phones and Facebook the incident."

CanalRider

Nowadays they'd just point and say "Look, a fat old man has fallen from his bicycle!"

I know where you're coming from.

Anonymous

Joe pineapples, that's hysterical

Seriously though, the only use for a wheelie I can think of is that you can use the same basic technique to lift the front wheel over drops. It's like doing a small wheelie.

nwmlarge

BurtonM wrote:

Im not a beginner, however i feel like a beginner because i cannot wheeli for s**t. I can bunnyhop but thats only because i have clips. i wouldnt be able to do it on flatties.
Can somebody explain to me where wheelies are neccesary ?

impressing girls is the main reason.
apart from that it's more about bike control than anything else.

as sonic says learn how to manual and it helps you over loads of stuff like muddy puddles and small root's
if you learn to manual a decent amount you can then adapt it to an american bunny hop.
american bunnyhop is where you bring the front wheel up as high as possible then suck the back up to the same height.
you can clear much larger objects than a traditional straight up hop

naefearjustbeer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNLBKRpWt7w This will explain how to do it!

Joe_Pineapples

naefearjustbeer wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNLBKRpWt7w This will explain how to do it!

I'm amazed that the guy who made that film convinced Professor Stephen Hawking to do the voice over.

rudedog

naefearjustbeer wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNLBKRpWt7w This will explain how to do it!

"ride the willie"

delcol

if you want a big willy.

don't use spds...

been there done it to showing off to the ladies, clipped in got the willy up and at ballence point hit a bump and pulled the front brake, (note front brake does not work when wheel is in air ) needless to say i ended up going off backwards clipped in to the amusement of the ladies and to add to my :oops: :oops: i could not get up as i was still clipped in on the floor with bike on top of me... :roll:

willing

"I'm amazed that the guy who made that film convinced Professor Stephen Hawking to do the voice over."






Nig.

Zeroman_IR

willing wrote:

"I'm amazed that the guy who made that film convinced Professor Stephen Hawking to do the voice over."






Nig.

Now, don't knock the man. That's a really long willy.

Yukon Lad

lol

Its just helps your bike handling, manualling and helps you with lifting the front wheel out of the way of roots, rocks e.t.c.

Yukon Lad

Barrythebike

Joe_Pineapples wrote:

"Look, a fat old man has fallen from his bicycle. Quickly, we must run to him with our camera phones and Facebook the incident."

Haha very good, about right for a teenage girl

Joe_Pineapples

Or any teenager to be honest.

Barrythebike

true enough

Czenglish

I always wanted to know, but was too embarrassed to ask...

What's the difference between a wheelie and a manual?

Andy B

manual = no pedalling, or use of the pedals to kick the front end up (IIRC)