Catwalks
06-27-06 | 07:22 PM
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Catwalks
I have just started working on my catwalks. The most full rotations I have gotten with the pedals are 5-6 times around. Sometimes I can do them, other times I can't. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do catwalks well and repeatedly?
06-27-06 | 07:38 PM
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i think it is "riding a wheelie"
in connecticut, where i grew up, we called it riding a wheelie.
in connecticut, where i grew up, we called it riding a wheelie.
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06-27-06 | 07:40 PM
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From: eau claire, wi
Bikes: XC: PUSS; Winter Beater: GT avalanche SS; Jump: Transition Trail or Park; Fixie: Steamroller
If a catwalk is a wheelie:
I find the most important thing is to pull the bars up really high on the first rotation, and just keep em there.
I find the most important thing is to pull the bars up really high on the first rotation, and just keep em there.
06-27-06 | 11:41 PM
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Oh, a wheelie you say... another one of these mysterious things I am yet learn... now, where did I loose this "sweet spot", can't seem to find it, just gotta... oh I'm going to bed now... 
06-28-06 | 09:09 AM
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I think a catwalk is a wheelie while standing up...correct me if I'm wrong...damn kids these days with there fancy talk eh?
06-28-06 | 01:36 PM
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From: O'Fallon, Misery
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Catwalk huh? Georgia huh? always fancy with the southern talk
we call it a party, you call it a ball
we call it a party, you call it a ball
06-28-06 | 02:09 PM
#18
We used to call it a "mono" back in Sydney as kids.
06-28-06 | 10:45 PM
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Hahaha this is great, still not one piece of advice, I love it!
Man c'mon just search the forums there must be atleast 50 threads on wheelies.
Man c'mon just search the forums there must be atleast 50 threads on wheelies.
06-28-06 | 10:48 PM
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From: O'Fallon, Misery
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he probably search cat walk and found a thread about a guy trying to walk his cat while riding his bike and he ended up dragging the cat for 20 yards, I SEEN IT, not pretty
so he did this instead, and now we're informed in the different dialects of MOUNTAIN BIKEANESE
so he did this instead, and now we're informed in the different dialects of MOUNTAIN BIKEANESE
06-29-06 | 12:49 AM
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From: Lower Mainland, BC
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Yeah I sometimes call them a cat-walk, or manuals. But it just takes practice.
06-29-06 | 12:22 PM
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wheelie - sitting down, pedalling to control balance
catwalk - standing up, pedalling to control balance
manual - standing up, humping to control balance
seated manual - sitting, using brake to control balance... can also be done with legs hanging off bike for balance.
To offer advice.. work on manualling.
Catwalking is played.
Manualling looks much cooler=D
catwalk - standing up, pedalling to control balance
manual - standing up, humping to control balance
seated manual - sitting, using brake to control balance... can also be done with legs hanging off bike for balance.
To offer advice.. work on manualling.
Catwalking is played.
Manualling looks much cooler=D