Video: Tips for Wheelies with the Drop & Roll Tour's Duncan Shaw

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darkcanuck (Mar 30, 2019 at 5:31)

While I certainly appreciate these videos and the effort people put into making them (thanks Duncan). What I really need is a “How NOT to wheelie” video to show me all the things people do wrong and how to correct them.

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olslash (Mar 30, 2019 at 10:44)

the only answer is "not practice long enough". I thought I would never learn, but what finally made it click wasn't youtube video #20, it was spending 20 hours in a damn parking lot failing over and over

try harder

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Geral01 (Mar 30, 2019 at 11:53)

@olslash: yeaaah same here, i used to go to university on a ss, then i built my mtb and started doing wheelies all the time from my house to uni, now i can do them a lot better. It's just practice.

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bohns (Mar 30, 2019 at 12:09)

@olslash: yep.. That really is the only way! Alot of the pb keyboard warriors would would have a hard time finding 20hrs to spare..

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takeiteasyridehard (Mar 30, 2019 at 14:49)

I learned wheelies and manuals by riding to work and trying to increase the number of sidewalk squares I could cover while doing each. Do it the whole way to work. After a week, you can do it almost as long as you want...

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bohns (Mar 31, 2019 at 3:15)

@takeiteasyridehard: a week? Wow u must be talented then.. I'm on year two for manuals and still can't even come close to "as long as I want".

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aljoburr FL (Mar 30, 2019 at 6:53)

Best way too learn wheelies is to tie a mattress too the back of your frame so that if you flip back you have something soft too land on?

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Billjohn6 (Apr 1, 2019 at 18:21)

$$$

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gnarterrorist (Mar 30, 2019 at 6:15)

He's hopeless - I can get my wheelie up and done in a few pedal strokes. He needs a whole lot of them to do his wheelies

Nice to see the mountain bike this time, makes us feel loved. Thanks Duncan - Big Hug.

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mpcremata (Mar 30, 2019 at 11:47)

is it important to have 12 ft of cable coming out the front of your bike?

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butters1996 (Mar 30, 2019 at 18:43)

Probably has it set up to do barspins

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djm35 (Mar 31, 2019 at 2:38)

an incline made it much easier for me to master as it helps with speed control if you don't like breaking when wheelieing.

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walkermatt (Mar 31, 2019 at 11:36)

Same here, I've learnt to wheelie properly over the last few years and an incline really helps as does getting over feeling silly about learning to wheelie at the age of 40 ????

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pakleni (Mar 30, 2019 at 4:43)

White men can't jump. I can't wheelie. And yes, the sea is salty.

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LouieGroves (Mar 31, 2019 at 12:37)

All the clips are in slow-mo because he can't even wheelie that far... what a dork

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zeeman FL (Mar 30, 2019 at 13:40)

What about one handed?

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dj100procentenduro (Mar 31, 2019 at 0:03)

Easy: same but with one hand off

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Kramz (Mar 30, 2019 at 18:53)

Can't wheelie standing up. Dropper posts are the best thing since sliced bread, but also cost like it.

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Layman (Apr 1, 2019 at 13:10)

Awesome that it's on an MTB. Thanks for hearing us!