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Yo, Welcome to my site. This site is all about biking tricks, tips, pics and basic bike maintanance. Below you will find a list of many tricks which are catagorized by style and descend from easy to hard.  

 


 

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Flatland Tricks

First Well Start Off With A Really Easy Trick That Will Get You Ready For Better Looking And Harder Tricks.

Curb Endo: Basically, the name is self-explanitory. All you do is ride up to a curb at a slow walking pace. When your front tire hits the curb, throw your weight forward, un-weighting the back of your bike. The back tire will come off the ground, hold it in that position for as long as you can, then put your weight towards the back of the bike, bringing you to the ground.

Now a slightly more complicated trick.

180 Barspin: Do this trick while rolling in a large circle, counter-clockwise. rolls ar a slow walking pace, and when you're ready, put your right hand, backwards, on your left grip. And, as fast as possible, spin the bars 180 degrees counterclockwise using your right hand. Then repeat the process so that they are facing forward again. it is incredibly important that you spin the bars fast. If you get timid, and slow the spin, you'll wipe out.

This one is pretty hard.

Handlebar Ride: This trick takes a lot of balance. Roll forward at a slow pace. Put your right foot over the handlebars and onto the right front peg. Here's the really tricky part. Grip the seat with your left hand, keeping your weight back. swing your left foot over the nadle bars and onto the left front peg. To get out of this, reverse the process.

Sounds really complicated...but it isn't.

Pogo: Hopping tricks are a good way to learn how to balance on one wheel. To do a pogo, get rolling forward at a slow walking pace. Stand on your front pegs, then slam on the brakes, doing a slam endo. Imediatly put on the back brakes and pull back on the handle bars, so that the bike is almost vertical. Now start hopping. Remeber to hop in the direction that you are learning. Just ride out like an endo.

Squeaker: To do a squeaker, start with your feet on the front peg. Your right foot can either be on the right pedal, or on the right back peg, which ever is most comfortable for you. Do an  endo by slamming on the front brakes. Quickly move your right foot onto the front tire. Then release the brakes, push the tire backwards with your foot, and quickly apply the brakes again. Do this aslong as possible.

 

 



Down Hill / Trail

The Bunny Hop: This isn't a real trick, its a bloody necessity. Get this down to a fine art, and you'll never smash another rear wheel on a log that you though you could lift the front tire over. To do this you need to ride slowly at a walking pace and try to lift the front of the bike off the ground, the front comes up when you pull on the bars. Try to pull the bike up and not push yourself down cause that won't work. Getting the back up is a bit more tricky. Practice by holding the bike on the front brake, then pull up and back on the pedals. Push forward on the bars at the same time if your having difficulties, it may just help. Once you get this down, try it when rolling. Practice lifting the front tire then the back, a full bunny hop is a fluid combination of the two movements, or a simple lift of your body dead centre ove the bike, pulling on the bars and pedals at the same time.

The 180 Endo: Start off like you normally would for a normal endo, but twist your body slightly in the opposite direction of where you want the back to go. This gets your momentum up. Apply the front brakes and use them as an anchor when your back tire leaves the ground, shift your weight and turn the front wheel so that its 90 degrees through the turn and wait for the back to catch up. If you have given yourself enough of a flick, then you should make the full 180 ( once you can get up the the 90, the rest comes easy). Watch you dont lean to far in the direction that you're travelling or your going to topple over on the landing. Practice, makes you bloody hot.

The 360 Endo: Exact same deal as the trick above this one, only once you do the 180, you do the same thing again only in the opposite direction.

More Air Time: Before attempting this trick, you have to remember that being in the air can't hurt you, it's the ground that causes the pain. So aim to stay in the air as long as possible. To get more air time when you approach a jump, hit it with some kick, you can get the bike laid over into a semi table-top with the back end high, before tweaking the front end back away for the landing. Work at this one because it can look really styled and relaxed.

Nac-Nac: A nac-nac is a jump move where you get one foot off the pedal and bring it back over the rear wheel and extended out behind the bike.

Can-Can: This is a straight forward jump, except remove one foot and stick your leg over the top tube. The tricky part is getting your back leg where it should be before hitting the hard stuff (ground).

Superman: Start practicing the good-ol no-footer, but begin to get your feet back behind the pedals and out towards the back wheel. You'll look like Clark Kent in no time.

 

 

 



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