Top 3 Reasons People Can't Wheelie A Bike // How to Wheelie a Bike

Okay, okay, let me guess, you've watched a bunch of these videos, you've tried to do a

wheelie

, you've seriously worked on it, and you still can't do it. I've seen a lot of

people

try it and here are my top three.

reasons

why you still can't

wheelie

Hey guys Josh, I'm a daily mountain

bike

r and we're back with another wheelie video. Some of you may not know that I actually made a video of how we like Li, an assistant, you can find it. Right here and a lot of

people

saw that and yet I still know a lot of people who still can't do wheelies successfully, so instead of telling you how to do it, I want to cover the three main

reasons

why I see that people can still do it.

Not really, so let's get into it, the number one reason is that people still don't have the right way to lift the front wheel. The most important part of doing a wheelie is actually lifting the front wheel off the ground and the key to doing it. that's making sure you have proper form on your

bike

. I talked about what you have to do is sit on the saddle with it a little bit higher, you have to lower your chest to the bars and then with a single pedal movement. fathoms perfectly at the moment when you have to step back and tilt your shoulders back very often.

What I see people making the mistake is that they don't preload or lower their chest to the bars, but they just take a single pedal and go from a sort of upright position to a more back position and that just doesn't work, you have to get a very good pop to be able to lift the front wheel off the ground and people don't realize that you have to do good wheelies to do the long ones. to get that wheel so far back that it reaches the balance point, now it's important to know that when you do this, make sure your finger is on the rear brake, this is like your safety when you feel like you're going too far forward when you make a successful pop If you feel like you're going to fall backwards, just hit the brake and you'll quickly slam the front wheel down, so tip number one for why you probably can't work on lifting the front wheel. up in the air now reason number two as to why you still can't do a wheelie and this is probably the one I see the most and that is that you haven't backed off your wheelie position enough to find your balance point.

I noticed that a lot of people know how to lift their front wheel off the ground, but once they get back in the air they feel like if their back gets too close to the ground, it's like a moment of panic, they hit the brake and instead From that, go back down, what you need to do is trust your body position, if your saddles are at the right height, if your shoulders are back, carry your weight back, you will find the balance point, Now other times people just pedal like crazy. to keep the front wheel up and it's actually the pedaling that makes them do wheelies, not their weight, so how do you know when you've found the balance point?

Well, here's my trick, after a couple of pedaling where you feel pretty comfortable, stop. When pedaling, keep your body position the same and see if your front wheel still stays up. If your front wheel goes down quickly, you probably haven't reached the balance point, but it's only once you pedal and lift the front wheel high enough. where you're almost a little uncomfortable but you have your finger on the rear brake and if you stop pedaling you'll keep going a little bit and then eventually the front wheel will go down, that's your sign that you found the balance point, which is the sweet spot and the best thing about this is that once you find your balance point, you will know because you can pedal as slow as I'm showing you here and stay in a wheelie and the reason is that it is possible because you are at the balance point.

People tell me all the time, Josh, you're awfully good at doing wheelies and I tell them no. I just found my balance point. It's not that he's the best balancer in the world. I've just ridden a bike enough and done it enough to be able to find it and the third reason, although you still can't do a wheelie, and besides the second one, this is by far the most important, is that you just haven't practiced enough. I know I stayed. all the time on the canal, like go outside, ride your bike, make sure you do it every day, but seriously, I learned that wheelie thing because I literally rode my bike in my neighborhood every day and I rode like 15 to 20 minutes a day. and practicing my wheelies, my manuals, and my stoppies on my front wheel pivots and doing them every day for a few weeks is what finally got me to the point of being comfortable enough to do a wheelie on demand on almost any trail. situation, if you do it well once you can't stop there, you have to keep practicing and if that sounds like you just don't have enough time or it just seems too difficult, then you will never end up doing wheelies.

Those are the three main reasons I found, but the truth is, you may have another reason why you can't do wheelies and that's why I really practice, the more time you spend on your bike, the more reps go into wheel positioning. how to do it. wheelie and the better you will get it done and eventually no matter how many videos you watch you will learn how to successfully wheelie the way you can so here's my encouragement stop making excuses get out. and practice and I promise you'll be able to do the wheelie, it just depends on how bad you want it, okay that's it for me Josh, I'm sorry I gave you a hard time, but I promise you you can do the wheelie. and it's the most fun thing you can do and show off to your friends and it feels great to know what time it is and see this guy on YouTube talking way too much about all the reasons why you can't do a wheelie but go out and ride your bike.

Do it every day and be sure to practice your wheelie so you can pick them up along the way. See you.