needy Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Hi All If you seen my other posts I am new to this....my lad got a trial bike for xmas but shhhhhh he don't know yet LOL Been watching Danny Mcaskill on youtube but need a question answered as its driving me nuts How can he wheelie forward and then wheelie backwards and then free wheel all on the same bike ? On my bmx back in the day (80s) you could only pedal forward and free wheel Hope somebody will answer me cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 He pedals backwards using the resistance of the cranks to "wheelie" backwards. Hope your son likes it! If that doesn't make much sense, basically he uses the backwards momentum from a move (generally 180s) and when you put a bit of pressure on the pedals it keeps the front end up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needy Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Not sure what you mean by that lol Ye think he will like it as hes bike mad.... always on bmx or scooter and hes into his 6th year racing motocross so all his spare time in on 2 wheels cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike_dummie Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Edited December 13, 2013 by bike_dummie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Oh.. Those special hubs, never seen them in trials haha f**k that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) If you push a bike backwards the cranks rotate, he's just slowing them down. That plus backward momentum forces the front wheel up, and he's using a lot of skill to control it Edited December 13, 2013 by f**megently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 If you push a bike backwards the cranks rotate, he's just slowing them down. That plus backward momentum forces the front wheel up, and he's using a lot of skill to control it I was thinking exactly the same as this but he meant freecoasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I was thinking exactly the same as this but he meant freecoasters.how do you know he meant those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needy Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Freecoasters lol............whats that ? see I have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterztrials123 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Freecoasters are a special hub which allows the bike to go backwards without having to pedal backwards and the freewheel engaging, danny pedals backwards he's doing backwards wheelies because if he didn't the freewheel engages and he'd fall on his arse. So if where to push a bike backwards the cranks will move but if you stop them moving the bike can't move back. On a freecoaster hub you if tried the same the cranks would stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsbikingnunn Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 freecoasters allow you to roll backwards without the cranks moving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterztrials123 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 freecoasters allow you to roll backwards without the cranks moving Which is what I meant in short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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