frankthetank

I've recentley attempted some wheelies on my Fuel EX7 (FS) and it seems like a good canidate for wheeling. I did one across a two lane highway--which seems a record for me right now. My problem is keeping her from leaning one way or the other.

I love wheelieing (whatever!) during flatter sections of a downhill i ride, and yes...if i could ride one for a 1/4 mile, i would get ALL the chicks.

WHat kind of bike is best for wheelies? SS or geared? hardtail or soft? Do i need one of those P series specialized or what?

rossp

walking to the subway the other day, passed by a guy on a walmart mtb riding along doing a one handed wheelie - perfectly under control.

This was midtown Manhattan - round taxis etc - he had it nailed!!! One hand all the way.....

WISHBONEjg

Yeah, I saw a bike messenger during the summer doing a 1-handed wheelie down Broadway!
Wonder if it was the same guy...

xshim_myx

i don't understand how people stay on wheelies for a long time...

if you guys seen New world disorder...Bobby Root does a wheelie at 75 mph and stays that way... ?!??!?!?!

if anyone of you guys know share the tips

Lamplight

Wheelies are tons of fun! I used to ride wheelies all the time when I was younger, but now I'm a little out of practice. I found that I had my best balance one handed and with the front wheel turned completely sideways. I never counted crank revolutions but I could ride a wheelie for a good 150 feet. Now it's more like 30 feet. I always thought the "power wheelie" looked so cool, but I'm a little scared of it.

justwitheraway

I can't wheelie worth junk. I have friends who wheelie forever. My problem is using the brake. I can't get myself to focus on feathering it when I feel like falling back. I can usually do about 3 cranks around on average... and maybe 5 every now and then . But I usually can't keep the front up.

MadMan2k

I can ride them for ~300 feet now, but I still almost always end up setting the front down because I spin too fast.

Braking is sort of hard to learn... I basically can't feather them, so if I use them it's usually the end of the wheelie

aroundoz

I forget the which issue but Bike magazine had an article about a guy who could ride wheelies w/ no hands for I forget how long. I will dig it up if anyone is interested. It's amazing.

MadMan2k

oh yeah, i have that one... would there be any copyright issues if i scanned it and uploaded?

FredDaHippy

Hi i just kinda cracked doing a wheelie but i can only do one from a stand still. can someone please tell me if there is a way how to do one on the move, thx


Peace out!!

dminor 

You'll know you've really arrived when you stop counting pedal cranks and start measuring in city blocks (or telephone poles if you are in the country) . Funny, I grew up in the era of Stingray bikes, so wheelies are something I tend to take for granted. Way to go, fastequalsfun! A good start . . . now practicepracticepractice.

FredDaHippy

i can only go wheelies from a stand still how do you do them on the move or can you??, thx

peace out!!

Maelstrom 

I take them for granted because everyone I know can manual. I can't do either very well, my goal was always to do them for 5 ft. If I could get to that point I knew I could wheelie drop anything. I just neverbothered to do it for much longer

BoBo

i hate when you come down and your front wheel twists and you go over the handlbars...that sucks, i did it yesterday, luckily i landed half on grass so only half of my body hurt

Pink_Ninja

If I do them from a slow start then I'm normaly in the second gear, but higher if I'm moving faster
Also, am I the only one who does a power wheelie and can't do normal ones?

JDP526

After you learn to wheelie while standing up try lifting the rear wheel up into the air while the front wheel is in the air, so you can learn to do a bunny hop. Probably need some clipless pedals to get rear wheel into the air.

Chone

I can do 6 strokes but I don't like doing wheelies, for some reason they are not fun to me, besides manuals are more useful, more fun and way cooler

Flak

I used to practise on a local cricket ground that was pretty smooth and cut fairly short. Made the mistakes less painful for me and my bike. Never did master it though. Could only wheelie for about 20-25 metres, manual for about 5.

Maelstrom 

If you need clipless you aren't doing it right

Jason222

Exactly. He(JDP526) obviously doesn't know about trials either.


I can sit and ride a wheelie for a while, we call that a catwalk here, but I can't do it for very long. Maybe 10 strokes at the most. I have a problem with falling to the sides, would this be because of my arms arn't holding the front strong enough? Just wondering why. I can manual a lot better than catwalk. I find it's easier.

Maelstrom 

Its likely your body isn't used to how you throw the center point around during a catwalk. A manual you center point is maintained by your legs and hips. Both of those are pumping when doing a catwalk

MadMan2k

Yeah, you really have to learn to move your weight around and to the sides to sit down and ride them.

Manuals are a good bit harder though, I can't do them for crap on my mountain bike but I can do them decently on my BMX.

If you can manual well, its just a matter of getting used to balancing sitting down. Make sure you do it without brakes when working on your balance (it's ok to pull them if you don't want to loop out I guess... I say just ignore them if you can though), and move to brakes when you're doing the wheelies through big parking lots and up/down hills and all that ;p

BoSoxYacht

When I was in 6th grade I could wheelie around for a long time ,turn down the street to my school and stop in front of everyone . Today I can go about 30-40 feet before I panic and crash . It's not nearly as impressive

CrashVector

I tried a wheelie in my lowest gear today...probably shouldn't have since its a brand new bike, and I had only been riding it for about 5 minutes...lol.

Anyhow, I didn't realize how much power that low gear has, and I ended up almost flipping the bike completely over....needless to say, I nearly landed flat on my back with the handlebars in my hand and the rear wheel on the ground. I'm normally good at stuff like this, but the low gear is so quick that it happened before I could even react..lol

The low gear on my Kona is SO low that if I sit on the saddle and give it a good push, I can lift the front wheel about 6 inches off the ground without even pulling up on the bars.....GREAT gear for climbing...not so great for pulling a wheelie.

I tried a few more times in various gears and found a good one that I could hold a wheelie for about 100 meters or so.

i dont know the technical name of the wheelies I do, but I start by leaning forward and up off the saddle...pull the bars up into the wheelie, then I sit back on the saddle while I pedal the bike.

mtnbiker66

I can wheelie for about 6 miles.To wheelie properly,one must clear the mind of all negetive energy. You must be uplifting to the front wheel and be well balanced.The wheelie is a simple move when one's focus is only on one thing............