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to tell us about your longest wheelies
the current Guinness World Record
10.56 miles in an hour
i'm not going to be trying to beat that today
but I am going to give you some tips so that you can try
make sure your back brake is not just working but working really well
you can cheat a little bit
or at least help yourself
by adjusting your saddle height to a middle position
to keep your centre of gravity lower and help with your balance
make sure that use a low or easy gear
the lower the better in fact
begin at a slow or rolling speed and keep your weight central
Turn your cranks
or your pedals to a two o clock position push down hard on the pedal and simultaneously
pull up on the handle bars
it's going to take a few attempts to figure out exactly how quickly and easy the front end comes up
start off cautiously the last thing you want to do is fly off the back of the bike
as you get more confident try getting closer and closer to that balance point
you try to lift the front wheel to that point where it takes minimum effort to stay
balanced on the rear wheel
once you find this balance point the back break is your friend
put it on full and it will stop your back wheel dead
and bring the front end back down to the ground, eventually the aim is to get to that
balance point and keep it
by using a combination of dabbing the rear break and pedalling harder once you've begun to master the
forwards and rearward balance points
you will then need to control the side balance which you can do in two ways
firstly by using your knees, feet and overall body weight
secondly by turning the handlebars in the opposite direction
to that which you're falling, just make sure you can straighten the handlebars when you come back down to earth
and when you have finished your wheelie try not to hit the ground too hard with your front wheel
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