Trying to learn manuals for past 6months or so.
Still frustrated that am I not able to hold on to the manual.
I think my manual intiation is ok. (Pls comment it is not).
I am doing the butt swinging forward and back.
But still the front end drops or it flips out.
As per the previous advice I lowered my butt. Still no progress.
Kindly advice.
Need help with manuals( 30 yr old beginner )
byu/Interesting-Common52 inbmx
by Interesting-Common52
14 Comments
Faster, and your weight isn’t anywhere near far enough back, plus lower over the back wheel. You’re still quite rigid really. Keep at it, set some distance markers on the floor to aim for.
Go faster. Finding your balance point going so slow is going to be quite hard for anyone
Spppeeeeedddd
Speed and stop looking at your bike.
Been biking for 3 and still can get past 2nd parking spot, but try and loosen yourself up especially around the core and tighten up the arms and use a lil speed to get the manny started as it’ll be easier to balance when you roll at a decent speed. Good luck on getting the hang of em cheers🍻.
I am just ahead of you main my manualing journey! Hit a parking lot with some painted lines or a driveway where you can try holding the manny for set distances. If you can paint, throw some marks at 5’, 10’ etc.
Get 2 or 3 decent pedals for speed, then start popping and holding. It loooks to me like you are trying to stay within the front load of the balance to avaoid looping out backwards. This is going to stunt your mannys just like me. We both need to practice looping all the way out to become familiar with the backend balance. Back brakes are awesome for this, I’m almost to where I don’t jump off and can use the brake to get back forward and even closer to being to adjust my weight instead of the brakes!
It’s a little bit a mental game dialing the manual but you got this!!
More speed, keep your head up and looking forward, I’d also suggest 10-20 min of stretching before riding
Stop thinking about pulling ur bars and front wheel up, instead start by fully compressing down into the bike like your gonna hop, then slide yourself straight back until ur arms are fully locked straight and ur butt will be hanging over the back of the bike, this will naturally balance the front end of the bike instead of trying to pull it up into a happy spot and then balencing yourself after. As some others have mentioned practice looping out so you lose the fear of falling back and speed is key
U should be going faster
Go faster lean back more bend ur knees
Keep your arms locked straight, and then squat over the back tire slowly. The front end should naturally begin to lift before your ass gets hit by the back wheel. Looping out on purpose helps a lot too. The fear of falling backwards is hard-wired into your brain. If you can loop out and learn to catch yourself consistently, you’ll be much less worried about pushing it harder. Most of the “difficulty” of a manual is that mental block. The actual balancing part isn’t that difficult.
I feel like you might be closer than you think… get good at looping out but “controlled” with it and you’ll just about be there. Good progress dude!
You need a decent amount of speed, butt over the back wheel, bend and straighten your legs to balance. When you have balance sorted you can go slower. I have my ass a few inches over the back wheel.
go faster and look ahead, don’t look down at your front tire.