Im starting to ride my bothers small mountain bike that has excellent back brakes but I'm standing up. Sometimes I sit down. The thing is, I cant reach my brakes, I put them as close as I could to me and still if one finger loses grip while in the air I'm off balance and flopping around everywhere and a second later I always come back down to the ground no matter how hard I try to straiten up and pull up again. Im starting to think now that brakes are very important for begginers. But im pulling so hard up with my arms i cant reach the brake.

This is pissing me off!!!!! Ive been wasting all my spare time for 4 months trying to do this annoying trick and wondering is it worth it? I love riding bikes but this is really hard!! I'm not saying I'm going to give this trick up but its stressing me out because i guess i just dont get it. I try to follow instructions though.

I can do a 6" bunnyhop, Endo, And do some tricks on my friends dirt jumps pretty well but the only thing i dont get is the wheelie.