salty road

But I can't seem to get the hold of wheelies. Could it be my gargantuan frame size of 64? I can lift up standing still with and without hands. Whats the trick to wheelies eh?

667

Mistawes

I think it depends alot on the geometry of a frame.. I wheeleh everything I can (habit at this stage) but I find most racing styled frames much harder to get to balance point, whereas on my MTB it's no problem at all! All depends where it's Centre Of Gravity is..

tall&lanky

wheelie tips!

1.raise your seat.
2.don't use your hands to pop up, use your cranks.
3.lean back
4.lean back more than you did in step 3
5.ride that junk out.

salty road

Really cause I see conceited dickheads everywhere.

go cog

+1 ^

667

What makes you think I'm conceited?

warsaw

your conceited dickhead face

Coolwhip-GA

The OP asked for tips on riding wheelies, if you weren't going to help him why waste everyones time even posting?

Especially just to insult him, I am sorry you aren't happy with your own life but that isn't going to fix anything.

667

Ok, I was being a dick... I'm sorry OP...


But Learn how to do one on a freewheel bike first - not on a huge fixed gear.
And it's not rocket science, you practice that $hit. The OP's not a 5 year old, he's riding a 64cm bike...that's a big boy... and there-in-lies an even greater difficulty factor.

unless we are dealing with Baby Huey...

..kidding.

Practice going up-hill.

Check this out...

https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Wheelie

I cant stand how handsome I am.

StephenH

Would lower gearing help?

Thetank

Lower gearing makes it easier to pop the front of the bike up yes but as long as you figure out your balance point it doesn't matter what gear you're pushing.

darksiderising

You haven't been here long enough, n00b.

lollerskatez

salty ur a tool

miahmiah

if the bike is too large for you, it will make it pretty hard to balance right. but if you can pop it up in the air around 40 degrees or so doesn't seem like the frame is the problem, perhaps your fear of leaning back while going forward?

on the frame topic, if it is longer then you will have more weight on the forward half of the bike simply because you are laying flatter along the top tube. if it is shorter than you can raise the seat higher and your body shape gives the center of gravity an easier starting point to lift up the front wheel and lean back.

salty road

Ive been practicing up hill and I either slip out or just dont pop it at all really. I'm just gonna keep practicing then.

j3ffr3y

its not too hard if you learn when going over a bump. My street has a bump from a tree root, that's how I learned.

I_meant2do_that

Salty, if it is a crashing thing....sorry, you're gonna crash. There's only two kinds of wheeliers. Ones that have crashed and ones that are gonna crash.

Tips you could try
Try a wheelie on freewheel bike (smaller bike), place a pedal at 1pm and then push down and let the bars come up in your hand, then just let the rear wheel go out from under you while standing up. This will help you find out how much pressure to apply to get the wheel up.

Then, next phase, try backing off as you feel the front end get to the balance point and try pedaling softly to keep it going. You will either flip it over backwards or the front will come back down.

Some people prefer standing while wheelieing, I prefer sitting. And like anything, just do it every chance you get. Also, going up hills is much easier when starting...and when you can wheelie down, you will be a master