Manual wheel standing?

[richo]

I love wheelying (sp?) and i would love to know how to do manuals anyone got any ideas?

This is what i mean
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[Shonky]

No idea here, whenever I try it I feel like I'm about a nanosecond away from cracking my skull open.

[norbs]

A lot depends on your bike set up. See that guy just sitting and rolling means he has a sweet spot where he can just balance the bike. I grew up with a kid that could do the same on my bike with the seat raised.

I always found it easier to mono up a slight incline. But I was crap at it.

Peter Sagan is the current mono king in the peloton.

No hands.

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And no feet down a ramp.

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Robbie McEwen was well know for doing them as well.

And this is the winner for mine.

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[richo]

I can do it one handed riding the same way as he is but for no where as far and downhill??

[smithcorp]

I used to be able to, then I took a pedal to the knee.

I remember watching someone (McEwan, or Evans?) do mono hops in the middle of a pack of media! Crazy good!

[CLP]

i'm usually pretty damn pleased with myself if i can pop the front wheel up an inch or so to clear an obstacle.. Doing a mono is a little beyond my skill set!

[Enforcer-J]

It's all about trial and error and finding the balance point on your bike. Unfortunately the error part of the equation has scary consequences when clipped in so I never really muck around trying it. However when I'm out on the mtb trails I find myself doing small manuals over rollers in order to jump the next roller without really thinking about it.

One thing I'm getting closer to mastering is trackstands, I think both skills go along way to improving your balance and core strength and therefore becoming a better rider.

[CLP]

One thing I'm getting closer to mastering is trackstands, I think both skills go along way to improving your balance and core strength and therefore becoming a better rider.

Ah.. trackstanding.. now *that* is something i can do

[Pinger$]

I remember when I was about 15 measuring mine... hit just over 400m I was proud of that at the time :P
Can still do okay ones, but no where near the balance I had back then. I struggle to manual... need to pedal

Hats off to Robbie McEwen for no hands on a roadie.

[Hz-Lab]

I can manual bmx's quite easy, it's just practise and balance, a lot of pumping with the legs. Messing about on mates bmx bikes recently I'm good for about maybe 20 metres, I used to be able to do blocks at a time.

Mountain bikes are another thing all together, I can get about 5 metres if that, and it's only about a 10% success rate, the bigger the bike the harder it is. And rear suspension makes it worse. There is no secret though, it's all practise. Maybe get a bmx and learn on that 1st because its a lot easier, especially on real short end freestyle type bikes

[Pinger$]

The right bike definitely helps... some have an awkward balance point, where others just sit there, no worries.

[wobblysauce]

Been watching some of the riders down here for the weekend.

Already seen two dropped Ducati's so far..

[NeilPearson]

Wrong bikes wobbleton

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[wobblysauce]

Ah true true..

But I added another one to the list... a poor Ninja.