3 Tips How To Wheelie Your Bike: The Ride Series MTB Skills Clinic Rich Drew

Alright kids, let me tell you a little story about that day which happened to be a Thursday back then, before all this manual business, the little horse was king and all I wanted to do was be as cool as my brother Willie in every way. our street. I learned pretty quickly what to do, but I also learned what not to do and now it's time for you to learn those things, you're ready guys, it's really time for the

wheelie

to be one of the best party tricks other than the manual, obviously, but the best. In my opinion about the

wheelie

it is simple and it is actually quite easy but stay with me you really have to analyze what is happening it is simple because all you need to do is find the balance point and stay at that balance point .

Okay, great, thank you very much. Excellent contribution now, how do we do it? Well first thing is the final location, okay, find a good location, a parking lot with a good upward slope, maybe even some grass, put

your

pedals flat, probably because what you're going to have to do is overcome that balance. So what's the first step when we put those things in order? Well the first step is to get the lift right and this is where a lot of people go wrong, they rely solely on their legs and power to make this happen so what?

What we're going to have to do is find the right equipment and that's equipment that's not too difficult but not too easy and just like in the lifting video, you're going to use the TRS standard and that is to close the angle of the elbow and use the torso. it's very powerful, so if I shoot my torso down, compress the suspension, and then shoot back that thing that will make the

bike

lift, I can now add just enough pedal power as needed for that given situation, so again , the first step is that lifting. so you want to use

your

torso like you're trying to lift an obstacle in the way and what this is going to do is help you shoot back and get to that balance point, now what you're going to have to do are you going to have to go too far to discover what that balance point is?

You go through it a few times and start to feel a little more comfortable with it. Once that happens, then you will go straight in. step two step two we're going to label the solution and nothing is broken what you're doing is trying to fix so many elements in your body so there's nothing else to deal with besides maintaining that point of balance so how do we do it ? Well, we have to go back to step one. When you shoot your torso back, you want to shoot your torso back with enough force to bring the

bike

to the balance point.

Now your arms are straight, so for that to happen. your arms straighten here is the key ready, listen to this, really pay attention, keep your arms straight. The biggest problem I would say is that people don't keep their arms straight when you pull them in, that's where things get very difficult because then you have no control you have this bike moving your arms are moving your torso is moving the What you want to do is shoot back keep your arms straight so think of it like this when the bike comes back my torso will stay behind with the bike almost the same as if I was riding on flat ground so when I pull back my arms are straight.

I want to try to keep my arms straight to help keep my hip crease fixed, that is, if I look at it from the side I'm on. It doesn't go like that, okay, this is the key, you really have to think about this because if you start to understand the dynamics and the physics involved, it makes a lot of sense. Now let's overlay this. We want to keep our arms straight. I want to keep my hip. Fix the crease, but I still need to stay relaxed, so this is where it gets a little difficult. You see some nuances starting to appear.

So why are we doing this or that? Because I'm going to answer the question you have in mind. now nice friend I keep falling from one side to the other why is this I would say that in part it is because you get super rigid with your arms with your torso with everything you have to stay relaxed so if you get up you get on the bike find that point of balance and you'll be in line where you should have done a good job so far, if maybe you get caught in a crosswind or something and the bike wants to lean from side to side if you stay relaxed what you can do is you can move your arms from side to side.

I want to keep them straight, but I can let the bike move from side to side. My hips will dictate what happens. Well, I like to look at philosophers who think very, very deeply when I get back to riding a bike. and one of the best said it very eloquently and said hips don't lie ok listen to Shakira she knows what she's talking about ok start with your hips on the bike leaning a little to the left maybe me moving my hip a little to the right I can also extend my knee a little as a rudder.

I can use all of these things, but I want to be very subtle with those entries my friend is making. Okay, now we've come to The final step is step three, step three is probably just as important now. The reason it is equally important is that I think this is also a very common problem and is right under not keeping your arm straight. Now I'm going to ask you a question and I want you to answer this you want to be honest with yourself ok you can lie to me don't lie to yourself are you using the power of the pedal to keep the front wheel up?

Turn on I think you could be? That's why you're seeing this. video don't use pedal force to keep the front up find the balance point once you find the balance point it is enough pedal input to keep the bike at the balance point this takes some time to understand and get comfortable with it, but believe me, you want it. To really impress your friends, you need to pull that super cool wheelie all over the greenway or all over your street, this is what will help you achieve it if you are trying to use all the power of the pedal to keep forward. up, that's hard, you'll get tired, you won't be able to hold it for long and it will be a little more dangerous.

What you want to do is be able to use just enough pedal. entry because then you will be able to control the speed, so I hope this makes sense. Well, these are all very important things. Now we have another element to add to this and it's not any particular step, but it's something key to maintain. you flat backed like an Orvis and that's the index finger now notice I've gotten a little smarter. I have two index fingers up because here in the United States we are using this one, but everywhere else you are using this one.

I think that's what they tell me so anyway index finger on the rear brake I always have my index finger on the rear brake because if something goes wrong I can grab the rear brake and put the front brake down again, this is something that takes time, okay, when you start doing this, you will grab a handful of the rear brake and, Byam, things will go back down as you get more comfortable, the brake input will be very, very small and that's what will help you to give you that subtle little bit of information to keep things stable at this point, we've gone through the three steps.

Now I think it's time to break it down and show you exactly how it's done. We're about to make movie history right here on video. Are you ready? Okay, so I choose the gear, but in the middle of the cassette seat, just over half the height, okay, now the first step, don't trust the torso of the legs, okay, so I start open your arms straight, shoot forward, shoot back, okay, see how it appears. The arms are going to lift you up, so forward, back, okay, like this, a little bit of pedaling makes sense now all the time.

I've got my right finger on the rear brake, so here we go forward, back, okay, and so you can see, I won. I don't even pedal once I'm up, so that just shows you that it's all about this right here use your torso, step one, okay, starting to feel more comfortable, step one, step two, fix your arms straight, fix the hip crease, so what it looks like is this we lift it up, okay, the arms are straight, so the arms are straight, the hip crease is fixed, so what I want to say is this here . I don't want that angle to change, okay, so I stay relaxed, my arms are loose but they're straight. and then I can start using that rudder, okay, I caught a little bit of crosswind, but I'll stick with it, okay, arm straight, hip tuck, knees locked like runners, okay, we've got step one, shoot towards back, get the list, step to fix the straight arm, step three is hold so once I lift it, I'm rolling, everything is fine, just enough input to continue, well, you'll notice I'm not relying on the strength of legs, what I'm doing is giving enough input to maintain balance now if my choice of equipment was wrong. or I start to increase the speed a little.

I could just change gears. Okay, I made it a little harder. I'm going downhill. I'm going to increase the speed a little. I have all these things under my control. Well, the arms. I start to use those knees as rudders, let's get a little closer if I want to move like this, okay, balance, I have to find a balance point, that's the most important part, find the balance point, just enter enough, the support what you will get. There I know it, I can feel it, I feel it in my little experiment to show you that it is the balance point and not the pedal, so let's go downhill.

I'll just try to slide with very little pedal pressure so I hardly use the pedals, all I'm doing is modulating the rear brake so what this shows you is that most find the balance point, not the power of the pedal. There you have it, the wheelie basically divided into three simple steps, now there are a few. There are nuances too, of course, but don't make it harder than necessary and don't lie to yourself. Okay, the key is to use your torso, not your legs, to get the bike to that balance point and once you find it. that balance point keep your arms straight and your legs just hold up it's all about the balance point it also takes time find a good spot you know find a good parking lot with a slight upward slope maybe even a grass field go too far you have to pull back hard to discover where that limit is and find that balance point.

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Okay, I'm going to derail you in the step before you ask it now, yeah, I really can do anything and so can your heart, completely stiff beer, man, whatever, it doesn't matter what bike it is, I'll really do it. So can you be okay? I hope it made sense. Remember the steps. Have fun. Practice. The only thing left is peace.