Once you have the technique push yourself to try steeper walls. The wall ride is an excellent trick to learn with more and more wallrides being added to bike parks across the UK.
#ENDO BIKE MANUAL#
Once you have the bike sat in the manual get used to pumping it along with your arms and legs, pushing the bike forwards and learning when to lay off the brake to increase your speed, and when to add some brake if it all starts getting out of shape. Sit on your bike stationary and put it on the rear wheel, raise the front end until you feel the back wheel wanting to roll out from underneath you – this is the sweet spot that your bike needs to be in to do the manual. Don’t grab at your brake – learn to feather it and only use it if you feel like you are going to loop out. The rear brake will always save you from looping out and lying on your back. When I manual I tend to have my hands in line with my shoulders and my feet always pushing forwards while balancing it out with the pull of my arms. The most important part of the manual is weight position and brake modulation – it’s a very fine balance. Remember the back brake is your best friend in this manoeuvre. The rear axle is your pivot point, so get behind that. When you feel you are at a comfortable speed focus ahead and give the front suspension a little bounce as you shift your weight back, while pulling up and back hard on the handlebars. The ideal place to learn the manual is an empty car park with a slight downhill slope as it makes the move easier once you’ve got yourself in the right position. Once it’s dialled you can manual for as long as you want given the right hill.Īpproach the manual at a medium speed, freewheeling, good foot forward, pedals level, fingers covering the rear brake. Learn it at different speeds and add it to you trail riding. The manual forms an important part of riding, be it over a puddle, roots, rocks and more. Absorb the landing with your arms and legs then lastly your bike’s suspension, focusing on the run-out. Slightly back wheel first helps if you are landing on flat ground. Now you want to start thinking about touch-down, adjusting your weight accordingly.Īs you come into land try to get both wheels to match whatever transition you’re landing on. Keep the bike level by adjusting your weight fore and aft, keeping a tucked position on the bike. Once you’re airborne focus on keeping the bike level in the air and looking at your landing for any hazards. Pointing your toes towards the ground helps with this. At the same time scoop down, back and upwards on your pedals to lift the rear wheel. Once you have found your bike’s ‘light’ spot you explode this movement upwards, by squatting down with your arms, legs and back, and uncoiling yourself like a spring by pulling hard upwards on the handlebars. And it looks damn cool too.As you near the object, start shifting your weight away from your front wheel while compressing your body using your arms legs and back – practise this by compressing your suspension and getting used to the rebound and the bike’s ‘light’ spot. When a corner or hairpin is super tight and it would be difficult to get around it the regular way, by doing an endo the rider can pull the rear of the bike around while it’s in the air, changing direction, then land the rear wheel ready to accelerate off. The difference between an endo and a stoppie though is that you don’t necessarily stop skilled riders can keep the front wheel rolling, essentially making it like a wheelie on the front wheel rather than the back.Įndos can also be really useful for endo turns. Essentially, it’s where you apply the front brake only so the rear wheel lifts, leaving you balancing on the front wheel. In the world of motorbikes and cycling, it’s also sometimes called a ‘stoppie’.
#ENDO BIKE HOW TO#
How to ride steep descents smoothly on a mountain bike.Understanding where that tipping point is, and working out how to control it when it goes too far, will give you loads of confidence to trust this technique while you are using it in context. Use it to navigate tight turns and hairpins when descending, or to understanding how far you can push your breaking on steep terrain.
The endo doesn’t just look cool it’s a next-level skill that has lots of applications.
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