Getting close to endo 180. Any tips to finish it?
Getting close to endo 180. Any tips to finish it?
byu/not_so_perfect_buddy inMTB
by not_so_perfect_buddy
Getting close to endo 180. Any tips to finish it?
Getting close to endo 180. Any tips to finish it?
byu/not_so_perfect_buddy inMTB
by not_so_perfect_buddy
14 Comments
That was cool but it looked straight out of Looney Toons
That’s how I bend my rear rims
No but I’d love some tips to get to where you are lol
I’m stuck where you are lol. I learnt it years ago and gave up doing the 180. I’m just not sure how to turn the front wheel so much while up there. I did learn to do it both ways though. Sorry I got nothing to help haha.
Youre letting your legs do too much work. Use your hips to keep your weight a bit more centered and swing your shoulders around instead of from one side to the other
You are looking at your front wheel through the entire thing, as soon as you hit the front brake look over your shoulder at your rear wheel. This will bring your weight and momentum into it rather than trying to just muscle it around like you are now.
So roll in at your pace
Start a slight turn with the bars
Start looking over your shoulder at rear wheel
Hard front brake
Wheeeeee
Land it and ride away like a boss
Put your chin to your left shoulder and hold it there
Shoulders and head need to turn. Front wheel never moves once brakes are applied. Shoulders will force the front when around.
Body and bike follow your head. Look back at where you want to go.
Get more comfortable with the balance on your front end, you’re going back down immediately, not stall in place. Maybe try some stalls on grass if you’re comfortable tucking and rolling.
Don’t swing the rear end, spin your whole body, including the nose. That whip is just twisting the bike instead of pivoting and you’re going to taco a rim.
In the video you lose balance because your head and upper body reach way out away from the bike.
Keep your head and shoulders above the stem and use your lower body/legs to control your balance as you let the momentum from your setup pivot you around.
Turn your shoulders
Try less height and more rotation. If you watch the video, halfway through your pivot, you actually counter-rotate (as in starting to point your body in the other direction…). Some of the energy that you save from not lifting the rear wheel is high can be put into your rotation and help you get it all the way around.
That was a ballsy hold, hell yeah brother. And then straight into the wheelie.
Straight up hoonin
Carve more. Turn the front wheel basically 90 right before you do the endo. Be more deliberate and aggressive with how much you turn and how you throw your weight forward and twist.
You may go OTB a couple times before you get used to how the bike handles at those extremes. Grass is great.