What does it mean to "manual off"? Also Ca7erham refers to "lightly lifting the rear wheel", how does one do that?
Manual - balancing on your rear tire (standing and off the saddle), with the front wheel up, usually with no pedal motion. Old-school fogeys call it a "wheelie" but that's with pedaling on the saddle.
Looooong manual this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OprLCJtChwM
Manual Off - lift the front wheel just before an obstacle, or drop, or ledge, or ravine, or cliff, or ten storey building.
Endo/Stoppie - is like a manual in reverse sometimes called a nose-manual, balancing on the front wheel while braking with the rear wheel up in the air. Those that have mastered this can actually "de-weight" and lift the rear wheel without braking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNT6R-VkiPI&NR=1
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