i have been bmxing for about 2 months and i can't do a very good manual, when i lift the front tire up i normally go off the bike backwards or can't keep it up for very long. PLEASE HELP!

Pull up , lean back find you balance point and flex your knees, thats about all you have to do.

i have been bmxing for about 2 months and i can't do a very good manual, when i lift the front tire up i normally go off the bike backwards or can't keep it up for very long. PLEASE HELP!

I'm not too good with them either. And I've been riding for like a year.

But I'm working on them. You ride brakes? Keep you finger on the lever... Stick your butt out...Try to find a comfortable balance point. If you feel your gonna flip back... just give your lever a squeeze, that should level you out.

Practice practice practice... thats all

When I was learning manuals I always had to have a certain distance that I was trying to do. For example, I when I tryed them in my street I found 2 cracks in my street that were the closest together and tryed to manual from one to the other. Then after I did the shortest gap I would look for a bigger one and so on. I don't know if it will work for you, but if I have easier small goals to acomplish it helps me learn faster.

Man i know what you mean...try them on a mountain bike its hard. I just learned how to do to it today (this may be diff cause im on a mtn bike) anyways what i do isyou lift up while leaning back over the seat with your arms straight and then bend your arms but dont go forwar youll want to keep your weight back and then use your back break if you go to far back.

Practice It won't come to you over night. The less movement you make the easier it is. If you feel yourself falling back bend your knees if you are going to fall foward pull up with your arms. Try manualing parking spaces and gradually increase.

bmxing?, but anyway as lunchbox stated is the best way to do it. brakes help this process alot if you run them if not you might want to look into them.

hey set your bars in a comfortable position, not too foward. lean back and pull up. keep your head and chest upright, shoulders relaxed, arms straight out and loose. let your bodyweight settle low. use your legs and butt to balance. i dont feather the brake. look for a smoothe flat surface to practice. dont pump your tires too hard. dont go too fast or too slow, just medium speed. i took 4 months to learn this, lemmie know if this helped you. joey143@hotmail.com

first you have to find a "sweet spot"..... then just keep practiceing....your sweet spot is the point where you are most comfortable in your manual and fell like you can hold it long......but practice is the best way....

Push with your arm.

leab back taking the bike with you and find the spot of least resistance then just hold it there and if you feel like you are going to loop out tap the brake a little but dont lock it up

Hmmm. You think in the 2 1/2 months since he started this thread he might have figured it out?

Hmmm. You think in the 2 1/2 months since he started this thread he might have figured it out?


you don't just figure out how to manual.

You're missing the point.

it takes more than 2 1/2 months to pull off decently long manuals

no i don't think he's missing the point, there is always gonna be some one that wants advice on how to do something better, in this case manuals, there will always be noobs that can use this advice and its better than a noob starting another thread about it, why not just revive this one every now and then if some one needs more help?, plain and simple you dont have to post on it if you dont want to nobody is forcing you, you can always just ignor it, personaly i like reading all the new things people have to post wether its usless to me or not

You're missing the point.


Exactly.

I'm not missing the point. I noticed the bump right away.

i dont know about that its all in the dedication to practice ive been practicing manuals for about 2 months and a few days ago i got a 400 foot one so its all in how much u practice

ok u guys, i can only pull a sketchy manual so i could still do with some help

i practice out the front of my house nearly every day after school for bout 2 hours and just ridin for bout 1 hour, on weekends i am nearly always on my bmx

What about bunnyhop manuals...becuase once i jump onto something i can only hold the manual for like 5 feet...do you guys have any tips...

go faster.

Lean back pull up...no brakes. You fall cry..and then ride. Word they are hard.

ave a look at this http://www.joeythebomb.com/videos/Joey%20Manual.mpg

That's a wheelie, not a manual; he was pedaling the whole way through.

Lean back pull up...no brakes. You fall cry..and then ride. Word they are hard.


i think jumping onto a ledge/rail to manual is easier than a plain manual. when i land on the ledge, i am at my balance point

Just Keep Your Arms Straight And Use Your Body Weight To Balance.

i have bin goin faster and it helps alot, i feel more stable goin faster.