Learn how to wheelie, with Anna Glowinski

Posted by Christine V Thomas on February 14th, 2021

So you want to learn how to wheelie a bike? You've gone to the perfect place.

There's a sound practical reason for what reason you'd want to learn how to wheelie: it causes you maneuver the bike over-top obstacles. Be that as it may, perhaps more importantly in many individuals' eyes, it's old fashioned cool.

In this video, Anna Glowinski talks you through the basics, from getting into the correct starting position and the right gear, at that point leaning back to locate the correct balance point, and keeping the bike moving easily with sensible dabs of pedals and rear brake.

From that point, it's practice, practice, and more practice – before you know it you'll be riding wherever on one wheel. Maybe.

How to wheelie a mountain bike

Stage 1: Get into a low gear

It's also useful to discover somewhat of an upslope because that will assist with springing up the front wheel. Flat grass is ideal, and flat pedals will allow you to bail out if necessary.

Select the small ring at the front, and a gear three or four down from easiest at the back. Pedal along at walking pace while tenderly dragging the two brakes.

Stage 2: Place your strongest foot near the top of the pedal turn

You may be believing that this is where you "heave" up the front wheel with your arms. Actually you don't – the motion comes from your legs driving the cranks round.

As your lead foot comes over the top of a pedal stroke (see picture underneath), abruptly flood down on this pedal and release the brakes.

Stage 3: Push down as hard as you can on the pedal

You're aiming for the same inclination you get when you pedal hard on a tough ascension and the front wheel helps because of how hard you're driving the pedals. When your foot gets to the bottom of the stroke, your wheel ought to be in the air.

On the off chance that you can't get the wheel in the air, you could be in too hard a gear, making it too hard to out of nowhere increase your cadence and drive the wheel up. Or then again maybe you're accelerating gradually rather than with one brisk, snappy flood.

Stage 4: Utilize your weight to lean back

Straighten your arms out (yet don't bolt them) and hold your weight over the back wheel. In the event that you're turning the bars aside, at that point you may be depending too much on a draw up, rather than a pedal stroke lift.

The push through the pedal stroke is getting through the focal point of the bike so it's naturally more stable than a pull on the bars. Have a go at sitting higher and more upstanding so your weight is further back, and let the bars come up delicately with your hands rather than pulling them.

Stage 5: Discover the balancing point, and continue to look forward

Presently it's simply an issue of time and practice to discover the balance between pedaling adequately hard to keep the wheel up (and your force going), and going too far backwards…

Keep in mind – don't peer down at your front wheel! On the off chance that the bike starts to fall to the side, you can toss out the contrary knee to counterbalance and keep you upstanding. This is the way to control when you wheelie.

Stage 6: Cover the back brake (to be safe)

That is correct it can sting to go over backwards all the way. Keep that from happening by keeping your back brake covered: it only takes a slight dab to return you to the correct position.