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continue... He used a standard 20-in. BMX-style bicycle with a padded seat and 'fixed' wheel where the pedals pump backwards or forwards, like a uniccyle. Osburn made the journy in 50-mile stages around 10 Mph


that was under "The longest Bicycle Wheelie Journy"

Mines about 10 parking spaces

Woohoo. I just did a 220 footer.
I live on a 'farmett' (as my Dad calls it), so I just count the number of fence posts, the multiply it out. They are is 6 ft, apart.

Cool. That is a long way. I would think he would have gotten to tired to hold the wheel up after 5 hours.

I remember the bike...its was perfectly balanced for him, it wasn't THAT much work for him to do it.

I thought that I was the only one with that trick. :roflmao:

Floyd Landis on the USPS (Discovery) team did a 1/2 mi wheelie uphill on his roadbike FWI... I guess it was on a ride early on with the USPS team, or during a try out, and the coach got really pissed at him for showboating.

really? ok. but still

Yeah, the first quarter mile is always the hardest.

I was at a Mount Snow WC race in the early nineties and saw Brian Lopes (who was racing XC for fun the day before the DH) ride through the feed zone, take a water bottle, get a drink, change sunglasses, and continue up the climb mid-pack...wheelieing the whole time with a big grin on his face.

It's a matter of finding your balance point. Some bikes wheelie easier than others.

I can ride a decent distance, maybe a couple hundred yards. I can do turns and change direction. I can do one handers and my favorite is to do a no-footer wheelie. I can do it for about 5 feet.

i cant pull a wheelie, but i have a friend who can do one for a very long time, like 1-2 miles.

1/4 mile on a 20" bmx'r back in the eighties.
nowadays maybe ten ft.
like the saying goes, the older i get....the better i was...

I think I can wheelie for about 13 feet at my best. Give me some time and Iwill improve it.

Later,

Another MTBiker

Back when I was in high school, I built a bike just for wheelies.

Stingray frame, bannan seat, heavy duty (read heavy) BMX rear rim, smallest chinring i could get on the front (probably a 30) and the largest cog i could get on the back (probably an 18, but sure it was under 20)

Max speed on the thing was MATBE 5 MPH, but I could wheelie forever. Up hill, down hill, around corners.
I rode the two miles to school on one wheel, rode around the halls after school on one wheel (after the teachers had gone).

Can't say the longest, but it was as long as I wanted, once you learn the baance point, it's all easy. A little pedal, a little brake, a little lean, go anywhere you want.

I can go around 12 feet on a good run, but that's because I don't practice it much.

About the width of 3-4 parking spaces has been my max. I really wish I could wheelie better. I am practicing though.

Who cares how far you can wheelie. Its not like its a measure of how good a rider you are, its just some trick for impressing the ladies ;)

And no im not making an excuse for not being able to do them because i can.

not a wheelie, but i thought Steve Rominauk's front wheel manual was sick in the collective. any idea how long that was?

guess we'll have to throw out this one too...

I think I have skidded on my face longer than I have done a wheelie.

I tried for a while to master wheelies but I didn't get very far before I dedicated more of my time to bunnyhopping. But, I've got that down "enough" (a foot, maybe a foot and a half tops but that's more then enough for what I need. As long as I can get the rear wheel up, two wheels is a bonus of learning that :P) so I might go back to trying wheelies.

I'll report back if I make any progress :D

He meant to say that someone was at the end of the trail, taunting him with their ass showing.

Bare ass is a powerful motivator.

I bet that's a wicked-tight downhill run

I'd say about ten strokes in third gear. Felt like a success to me....and no one saw it.

Well over 2 miles. You need to pratice.

Brotha, holy old thread batman ;) :D

I wheelied to my school and back, uphill both ways and in the snow.

Best resurrection ever :)

As for me, about 20 feet. I used to able to do alright, but seems ive lost the touch. Kinda sucks....it was the one saving grace i had....now i got nothing :eek:

Damn, last time i posted I said only 12ft LOL. I think I can go over 200ft now.:D

About half a mile or so and about 50-60yrds one handed and 3-4ft no handed ! all depends on the bike and the terrain, nice smooth gentle uphill roads are perfect !!

How can you go uphill both ways? I only have about 30 feet right now.....

i can do a wheelie until my right hand.. the one which brakes gets tired.. but im not much into wheelies anymore.. kind of bored of them, now i search long downhill roads and do manual on them feels better than wheelie :P