THIS vid!!! THE best for learning how to manual. Watch them all but this is the best place to start. He explains things well and in a way that I understand and connect with. So I keep coming back to this channel. Couple points: Finding balance point: that's the focus everything else is knowing what the 'job' of your body parts are body job: be over balance point zone, your center of gravity (prolly your gut) is behind the wheel and your butt is low and level with seat (most likely) arms: straight and maybe locked or maybe not quite (will depend). Arms straight back enables you to leverage your weight back without a jerky pull on your arms to get the front wheel up which is hard on the wrists (yeah, ouch) legs: keep them bent after that push out...otherwise, you can jump or push off if you loop out. Wear helmet, gloves and even some motorcycle body armor (on amazon). Worth it to keep in good shape while learning. Once you become a manual Jedi master, you can relax. but don't lock your legs, keep them bent. On looping out...best bit on looping out I've seen. I agree it's important...if you're not getting to where you're looping out, you're not in the zone to hit the manual and it means you're not committing. Follow his tips hear and learn. that's where I'm currently at. In fact, Sonny/Jacob, maybe do a full vid on how to loop out safely and skillfully? good luck out there and ride safe PS for the fellow physics nerds out there, the balance point is you where your weight will perfectly balance with the front of the bike over the pivot point of the back wheel. Your CG is like your gut and you push it back away from front and behind back wheel center to counter the front end wanting to be on the ground. The entire CG of the entire 'system' (you + bike) is somewhere over the rear tire axle, probably in the space in front of your gut. It would be cool if someone modeled BMX motion so you could see what is done to make it possible...cool to see and cool to help learn imo. yeah, nerd signing out
As a 40 year old that has never stopped riding bmx and only mastered a bunny hop this is the easiest to follow and best overall how to I've seen while trying to learn flatland this year
Dude i love your content, im 28 and recently built my first bmx and i have most fun with it, after 3 days of trying im slowly getting to it, most of tries are loop outs but i finna have the prosgress, cheers to you dude 🤘
Love the videos! but it seems while i have a headset on, i can only hear volume in my left ear. like its louder in left ear and bearly any sound in the right
Dude I am old, just got a 24 inch because I use to ride as a kid and I have the fever to learn tricks that I never learned before, manuals are hard and I loop out and end up on my duff. At 53 am I too old?? Seriously...
THIS vid!!! THE best for learning how to manual. Watch them all but this is the best place to start. He explains things well and in a way that I understand and connect with. So I keep coming back to this channel. Couple points:
Finding balance point: that's the focus everything else is knowing what the 'job' of your body parts are
body job: be over balance point zone, your center of gravity (prolly your gut) is behind the wheel and your butt is low and level with seat (most likely)
arms: straight and maybe locked or maybe not quite (will depend). Arms straight back enables you to leverage your weight back without a jerky pull on your arms to get the front wheel up which is hard on the wrists (yeah, ouch)
legs: keep them bent after that push out...otherwise, you can jump or push off if you loop out. Wear helmet, gloves and even some motorcycle body armor (on amazon). Worth it to keep in good shape while learning. Once you become a manual Jedi master, you can relax. but don't lock your legs, keep them bent.
On looping out...best bit on looping out I've seen. I agree it's important...if you're not getting to where you're looping out, you're not in the zone to hit the manual and it means you're not committing. Follow his tips hear and learn. that's where I'm currently at.
In fact, Sonny/Jacob, maybe do a full vid on how to loop out safely and skillfully?
good luck out there and ride safe
PS for the fellow physics nerds out there, the balance point is you where your weight will perfectly balance with the front of the bike over the pivot point of the back wheel. Your CG is like your gut and you push it back away from front and behind back wheel center to counter the front end wanting to be on the ground. The entire CG of the entire 'system' (you + bike) is somewhere over the rear tire axle, probably in the space in front of your gut. It would be cool if someone modeled BMX motion so you could see what is done to make it possible...cool to see and cool to help learn imo. yeah, nerd signing out
As a 40 year old that has never stopped riding bmx and only mastered a bunny hop this is the easiest to follow and best overall how to I've seen while trying to learn flatland this year
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Dude i love your content, im 28 and recently built my first bmx and i have most fun with it, after 3 days of trying im slowly getting to it, most of tries are loop outs but i finna have the prosgress, cheers to you dude 🤘
That's a nice Huffy boy
yeah, I was like is that a huffy? lol but if you can do on a huffy imagine on a custom build
This video helps me make the perfect tacos! Thank you guys so much for this.
Спасибо за ваши видео и такой хороший канал!!! Интересно смотреть!
Very helpful.. thanks bro...💪💪💪💪
Love the videos! but it seems while i have a headset on, i can only hear volume in my left ear. like its louder in left ear and bearly any sound in the right
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Dude I am old, just got a 24 inch because I use to ride as a kid and I have the fever to learn tricks that I never learned before, manuals are hard and I loop out and end up on my duff. At 53 am I too old?? Seriously...
You’re never too old. Keep trying it, and you’ll get it!
there are 48yo guys still doing pro flatland on a competitive stage. You're not too old to learn a manual