Wheelie time
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Wheelie time
So I was riding, and I realized I had my new camera, so I set it on top of a mailbox and took a video. I got 3 minutes of stuff, but this was the best part...
https://jonbuder.com/videos/long_wheelie.wmv
It's not super good, but hell. Anyone with some better wheelies so I can feel worthless?
https://jonbuder.com/videos/long_wheelie.wmv
It's not super good, but hell. Anyone with some better wheelies so I can feel worthless?
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Sorry, but I could almost manual that far. If only I could get someone with a helmet came so we could film me wheelie-ing (sp). My friend and I both chat while we are wheelie-ing. Its kinda funny
With a 32t ring, I would probably be in 5th or 6th gear during a wheelie. Its perfect for a nice cruise wheelie.
With a 32t ring, I would probably be in 5th or 6th gear during a wheelie. Its perfect for a nice cruise wheelie.
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Should have phrased it differently...
Originally Posted by MadMan2k
Anyone with some videos of better wheelies so I can feel worthless?
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Originally Posted by MadMan2k
So I was riding, and I realized I had my new camera, so I set it on top of a mailbox and took a video. I got 3 minutes of stuff, but this was the best part...
https://jonbuder.com/videos/long_wheelie.wmv
It's not super good, but hell. Anyone with some better wheelies so I can feel worthless?
https://jonbuder.com/videos/long_wheelie.wmv
It's not super good, but hell. Anyone with some better wheelies so I can feel worthless?
but the birds were laughing and talking smack!
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I don't wheelie or manual. I shoudl play more but once I got the wheelie down to 5 ft and the manual to the same, it turns into a show boat move. (although a manual in the rough stuff would be nice so I still practice it sometimes) I wheelie long enough to be 100% sure I can do wheelie drops, past that, I just stop.
Funny story. I was riding behind this guy who could manual everything, roughest sections longest time and damn smooth. He even manualled the whoops like the best bikerX guy around. We get to the bottom and I keep watching him (I love manuals) and the guy couldn't bunnyhop 6 inches. He wouldn't lift his rear wheel. On a bikecross course he kicked ass with speed but had no pop off the jumps. I finally figured out way.
Funny story. I was riding behind this guy who could manual everything, roughest sections longest time and damn smooth. He even manualled the whoops like the best bikerX guy around. We get to the bottom and I keep watching him (I love manuals) and the guy couldn't bunnyhop 6 inches. He wouldn't lift his rear wheel. On a bikecross course he kicked ass with speed but had no pop off the jumps. I finally figured out way.
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
I don't wheelie or manual. I shoudl play more but once I got the wheelie down to 5 ft and the manual to the same, it turns into a show boat move. (although a manual in the rough stuff would be nice so I still practice it sometimes) I wheelie long enough to be 100% sure I can do wheelie drops, past that, I just stop.
Funny story. I was riding behind this guy who could manual everything, roughest sections longest time and damn smooth. He even manualled the whoops like the best bikerX guy around. We get to the bottom and I keep watching him (I love manuals) and the guy couldn't bunnyhop 6 inches. He wouldn't lift his rear wheel. On a bikecross course he kicked ass with speed but had no pop off the jumps. I finally figured out way.
Funny story. I was riding behind this guy who could manual everything, roughest sections longest time and damn smooth. He even manualled the whoops like the best bikerX guy around. We get to the bottom and I keep watching him (I love manuals) and the guy couldn't bunnyhop 6 inches. He wouldn't lift his rear wheel. On a bikecross course he kicked ass with speed but had no pop off the jumps. I finally figured out way.
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
I shoudl play more but once I got the wheelie down to 5 ft and the manual to the same, it turns into a show boat move.
2) You say 'show boat' like it's a bad thing...just think how boring jumps would be if people did nothing but straight air after straight air. Get out there and practice.
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I love manuals/wheelies.
someone once said, "show off..." to me as I started to manual down a section of trail. I didn't take offense, I wasn't doing it for anyone but myself. I ride the same weather I'm riding with someone or alone. they just feel good.
someone once said, "show off..." to me as I started to manual down a section of trail. I didn't take offense, I wasn't doing it for anyone but myself. I ride the same weather I'm riding with someone or alone. they just feel good.
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Originally Posted by MadMan2k
Anyone with some better wheelies so I can feel worthless?
I am currently working on a rockstar manual (no feet, one hand), but so far I can only get about 25 feet before I have to put my hand back on.
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i'm with gastro on this even though it appears to have no apparent reason to do it, getting good and wheelies and manuals is all a matter of using your balance, and when you get good with balance your feel on your bike is much better, thats just how it worked for me.
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Yeah I LOVE to wheelie, most of the time it is just for my pleasure, but on the commutes to work I wheelie accross intersections if traffic causes me to stop at the path before I cross, otherwise I just blast past....... But when I do wheelie accross the intersection I can feel the eyes on me... and me likes it