Being able to easily and quickly lift your front wheel off the ground can help you avoid potholes, go up curbs, hop over logs, and generally navigate less-than-ideal road surfaces.
If you want to learn how to do a proper wheelie, we’ve broken it down into some easy steps for you:
STEP 1 // PICK A PRACTICE SPOT
Find a gentle incline to ride up – it’ll help slow you down. If you’re a beginner and worried about hurting yourself, look for a soft surface like short-cut grass; something you could roll on that isn’t concrete would be great.
This story is from the January/February 2023 edition of Bicycling South Africa.
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