TrialsMan Dan Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Ive been struggling to nail tyre/wheel swaps and i wonder if anyone can give me some advice on how its done. Like at 1:03 in the video below.BIU Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Been so long since I learnt this its a little hard for me to explain, but I'll try You wanna be nice and central over the bike when on the front wheel, with your weight over the front axle.At the peak of your 'endo', Before your back end drops to the ground you wanna compress into the forks.You then want to release the front brake while pushing forwards with your arms and legs, simultaneously pulling up and aiming for your rear tyre to land ontop of the wall.Its more of a knack than anything else, the more you do it the smoother you'll be able to do it and it'll look and feel much better and more controlled.Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 The easiest way to learn it is to roll upp to like 4 pallets or something (That you easy come up to) And lock the frontbrake so you stand och the front wheel on the pallets.You should keep the rearwheel spinning and then try to drop the rearwheel at the same time as you push the bike forwards. Try to drop the rearwheel as smooth as you can, this will make it alot easier. If you look closely at the guy in the movie you see how he does. After you manage to do that you can practise to use as less "swap area" as possible.I hope you understand this, my English is abit...Anyway, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Thibeau Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 just learned these today, excacly what N.WOOD said, to me they feel like a front to rear, but very fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsMan Dan Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Okay, thanks guys i'll plug away at it tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Try and keep your rear brake off as you swing the back wheel through as well. I made the mistake for ages of having my back brake on. Tried it without one day and it was 100x smoother using possibly a little less room to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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