gotta practice riding fakie. you’re on a cassette hub so if you don’t pedal backwards the bike will stop rolling as soon as the rear tire hits the ground.
find a small ramp/quarter pipe to roll up and back down. roll up, and at your apex begin pedaling backwards. stare at your stem to help you balance, and start your turn to whichever side feels most natural to you once you start rolling backwards. i turn the bars to my right, sending the bike left, and once I hit that middle 90 degree point from my line of entry, snap your head to the final direction you want to go, usually another 90, while slightly pulling up on the bars and apply forward pedal pressure. (finding the timing between switching from backwards to forwards pedaling is the key to fakies) I find this easier with just 0.5, 1.5, or 2.5 reverse cranks, so my back-foot is now forward when starting the turn and applying pressure, and i’m turning my head and body towards it as I stomp down on it and lift the bars.
not my best explanation but hopefully these videos of me practicing show what i’m talking about a little better: [fakie practice (imgur)](https://imgur.com/a/PnXTObo)
Cringelord1994 on
Lean back when you land. The pivot point out of a fakie is your rear wheel not your front. Unless you’re fairly experienced, if you land with your weight too far forward you will never be able to fakie out
vaustin89 on
Can you do a decent fakie? If no then work on fakies before trying 180s, it will fast track your progression with 180s.
SubaruHaver on
If you turn your bars after you land 180, the front end will come back around and you can smoothy out of that 180.
I didn’t listen to any of the video, but you can see this guy smoothy out of 180. Other people may call it something else. [https://youtu.be/U2f8qjbqhc4?si=d-8Sk1Nkq8WBZq4x&t=129](https://youtu.be/U2f8qjbqhc4?si=d-8Sk1Nkq8WBZq4x&t=129)
williamkothe on
i learned 180s and couldnt figure out how to ride out of them for like a year after. there are 2
main ways that you can ride out of a 180, either pivot on your back wheel or half cab out. I learned the half cab first which is pretty much just a 180 but from backwards to forwards although i learned it on a freecoaster so the pivot method mighg work better for you. to start i would recommend getting yourself rolling backwards off of a ramp or whatever method works for you and maybe do 1 or 2 backwards cranks riding fakie then try applying pressure to your pedals to loop out. Then I would say you should do the same first few steps and try looking over your shoulder as you apply pressure to the pedal to initiate a rotation. once you can rotate the whole way around you can try doing this after your 180s
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gotta practice riding fakie. you’re on a cassette hub so if you don’t pedal backwards the bike will stop rolling as soon as the rear tire hits the ground.
find a small ramp/quarter pipe to roll up and back down. roll up, and at your apex begin pedaling backwards. stare at your stem to help you balance, and start your turn to whichever side feels most natural to you once you start rolling backwards. i turn the bars to my right, sending the bike left, and once I hit that middle 90 degree point from my line of entry, snap your head to the final direction you want to go, usually another 90, while slightly pulling up on the bars and apply forward pedal pressure. (finding the timing between switching from backwards to forwards pedaling is the key to fakies) I find this easier with just 0.5, 1.5, or 2.5 reverse cranks, so my back-foot is now forward when starting the turn and applying pressure, and i’m turning my head and body towards it as I stomp down on it and lift the bars.
not my best explanation but hopefully these videos of me practicing show what i’m talking about a little better: [fakie practice (imgur)](https://imgur.com/a/PnXTObo)
Lean back when you land. The pivot point out of a fakie is your rear wheel not your front. Unless you’re fairly experienced, if you land with your weight too far forward you will never be able to fakie out
Can you do a decent fakie? If no then work on fakies before trying 180s, it will fast track your progression with 180s.
If you turn your bars after you land 180, the front end will come back around and you can smoothy out of that 180.
I didn’t listen to any of the video, but you can see this guy smoothy out of 180. Other people may call it something else. [https://youtu.be/U2f8qjbqhc4?si=d-8Sk1Nkq8WBZq4x&t=129](https://youtu.be/U2f8qjbqhc4?si=d-8Sk1Nkq8WBZq4x&t=129)
i learned 180s and couldnt figure out how to ride out of them for like a year after. there are 2
main ways that you can ride out of a 180, either pivot on your back wheel or half cab out. I learned the half cab first which is pretty much just a 180 but from backwards to forwards although i learned it on a freecoaster so the pivot method mighg work better for you. to start i would recommend getting yourself rolling backwards off of a ramp or whatever method works for you and maybe do 1 or 2 backwards cranks riding fakie then try applying pressure to your pedals to loop out. Then I would say you should do the same first few steps and try looking over your shoulder as you apply pressure to the pedal to initiate a rotation. once you can rotate the whole way around you can try doing this after your 180s