MOUNTAIN BIKE SKILLS FOR OVER 40 | HOW TO WHEELIE | Can Lee get his Wheelie on?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2024
- In "Mountain Bike Skills For Over 40 | How To Wheelie", I'm joined by Lee from LeeLikesBikes.com who wrote the bestselling book on how to mountain bike. Yet somehow this MTB racer, shredder and teacher hasn't learned how to wheelie. He even has a chapter in his mountain bike book on wheelies but he had to get a friend to be in the photos. But it's actually not odd at all. We all pick up different skills and usually spend time focusing on what we're best at. Still it bothered Lee not to wheelie his mountain bike and he has tried many times in the past to fill this whole in his MTB skills. It's time to try again and this time to bring to bear everything Lee has learned about hacking our brains and our emotions to get more rewire our brains and keep the MTB progression.
We're running this experiment on Lee himself and the results and the insights should help anybody learning wheelies or really anything on a bike.
Share the Stoke,
Alex
0:00 INTRO
0:42 LEE PUTS IT ON THE LINE
1:30 BIKE SETUP
2:40 STEPPING OFF SAFELY
3:35 LEE ATTEMPTS STEPPING OFF
4:48 THE PARTS OF A WHEELIE
6:55 LEE TRIES TO WHEELIE
9:55 LEE HEARS ANGELS
10:55 LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE PLEASE
Check out Lee and get some coaching at leelikesbikes.com
I’m 41 I’ve and never tried/done a wheelie ever before.
So after watching this video I tried to do a wheelie today and I managed to do it!!
Good job, well explained.
Fantastic!!!
@@JoyOfBike I tried (47) no success yet... the front wheel goes up but not good enough to say it was a wheelie lol. I'll practice more this week.
@@GhislainLeduc Did you practice stepping off the back? More of that will help you feel that balance point and up your confidence.
@@JoyOfBike I found that to be true, too! Getting rid of the fear is most important and to do that, you need to learn how to bail confidently. Also it improves your body control and reflexes in general massively. :)
Well done 👍
Guys I'm stoked. It's finally happened. At the age of 58 after six weeks on and off practicing (2nd day I looped badly and broke 2 rids), I can wheelie. I mean really wheelie! Your video got me there. Thanks. I really appreciate your excellent tuition.
That is so cooL I wish our vid had come out before the Loop out. Still smart to work on stepping off. Way to push through the injury and the psychic barrier!!!!
my still not getting my willies it makes me frustrated every single time I do it
I'm 69 yrs. old, I raced for about 10 years in my 30's and I'm still riding simply because it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Love your channel because of your positive attitude and excellent teaching skills. I would watch your channel even if I didn't ride!
"...with your clothes on." Brilliant one, mate! XD XD XD
I turned 60, 2 weeks ago, and always say, I am not a day over 17 when riding my bike.
I always ridden, but not much in to stunts etc. A few wheelies as a kid, but now I am going to wheelie and jump this year. - Cheers
Tell me you haven't rode a motorcycle without telling me you haven't ridden a motorcycle. You went first
I'm 70 and I want to learn how to do this. So, carry on, young fellows. Your elders are watching :)
For the longest time I believed the "wheelie gene" was real. Finally, I got so frustrated I decided to practice every day until I could do it. I didn't realize until then, that my practice was never consistent and focused, and once it was the improvements started to happen. It took about two months of very focused daily practice but finally at 40 years old I can wheelie pretty much forever. It took me a lot longer than some people, and maybe faster than others, but once I got it who cares how long it took!
Yes! This.
dude.. I thought the same thing about the 'you have it or you don' t' thing.. its partially true.. but if you really practice like you did (i did the same this year, took about two months as well practicing at any time, anywhere, during rides, after rides, etc) and nailed it. Congrats man. I am also in my early 40's and it feels amazing when kids go 'woooooooooaaaaa' hahahahaha
all the steos you went through are exactly what i felt when practicing! RIGHT ON
Isn’t that fun. Especially like really little kids. It’s so weird how knowing nothing at all about riding they stop and point at a wheelie. They’re cool on some primal level!!
That's awesome. I've practiced a bunch (25 years worth!) but randomly. New MTB on order. I think I'll throw flats on the outgoing bike and give your plan a go!
His excitement about feeling the balance point legendary..
45 yr old here, new to the sport. Absolutely love this channel, great content, delivered perfectly. If people like me are your target audience, you're really nailing the brief. Keep up the good work!
Welcome to the crew my friend.
This kind of tutorial is amazing. No cheap talking, just the important things. I'm over 40, and learning to wheelie and looking for learning manuals, someday. My wheelies sucks. BUT, one day I was pedalling over tall grass and could keep a wheelie for several meters, because of the high rolling resistance of the grass. That was a special moment! When YOU have the experience that IT EXISTS and CAN BE DONE, it's a mind blowing thing. I use this idea when teach young kids learning to ride their bikes without those tiny baby wheels: I talk about "finding the balance point", center them on the bike and drop the bike for 1 or 2 seconds, so they FEEL that there is really a point that the bike could keep itself up, flying over the balance point. Their minds then open and now they believe. Same when you're 40... cheers :)
Appreciate you!!
OMG! Yesterday Alex and I were filming after I was off the bike for weeks, with no wheelie practice but lots of thinking about that sweet balance point. He asked me to try one and ... boom! It was there!
Best one ever!
So awesome that you both keep pushing the learning curve and taking us along for the ride.
I am 60 years old and about a year ago I tried to learn to wheelie, but kind of gave up because it was taking too long and cutting into my trail time. I don't have great balance and figured like Lee that I didn't have the gene. After watching this video I am stoked to give it another try. I guess I have to find the stoke in it for the lessons to stick. Thanks Lee and Alex for another geat video!!
I think a key is to only practice getting to the balance point. So you don’t spend time on power wheelies. Have fun!!
I love This channel. Like becoming 12 again for an old 49:er geezer like me. Now I am stoked on wheelies.
I started mountain biking about 5 years ago with my (then) 12 year old son. I was so much better than him... for the first month. He's been pulling wheelies, manuals, crazy jumps and going down all the gnarliest lines now for the last 4 years. Now I'm 45 and I thought it was too late for me, but then I found these videos. Can't wait to get out at the weekend and start learning to wheelie! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these vids - by far the best mtb vids for us older beginners that I have seen.
Have fun and I hope you and your son are still riding together!
@@JoyOfBike Yes, we are. I'm now going to sneak out and learn wheelies + manuals and then surprise him. I'll post back... Thanks again!
@@macitect I love this plan!!
45 is young man!!! Im in my mid 50's and still seek out the gnarly stuff although it hurts a lot more when I crash. That's why I love these videos. Keep it up.
Same boat here. Getting back into it at 55 with my 19 year old son. Twenty five years off the trails...advancements in equipment compensating somewhat for the decline in the body. So much fun!!
Lee, about 7 years ago in one of your classes, you told me that recessive-wheelie-gene line. I want my money back!
Kidding man!! I’m 48 now and gonna keep progressing too!
Sitting in my living room celebrating with you guys! Gives me so much confidence to get it!
Thanks Harvey. keep the stoke!
Your Videos are awesome and rad, Alex!!!!!
Appreciate it!
You guys are on a really good vibe!
Keep Us in touch with Lee's wheelies progression!
We made this a week ago so I'm wondering too!
I do mountain bike now as it is more fun, and the local roads are lethal for road cycling. However, if you watch the end of a road race, especially sprint everyone congratulates the winner not just his team. Rant over, now I need to find a morning with no kids and no rain and I'll try and crack wheelies in my 40's. Thanks for the tips.
Dudes I'm 62 and just getting into mountain biking your advise is excellent ,you really stoke me thank you
Nice. Pass that stoke on!!!
You’re killing every video. The style and content are great. Keep them coming.
Thanks Doug!
Im doin wheelies during my teenage years now that im on my 40's i hope i could regain that confident to try doin it again... Thanks guys for this inspiring video.
I bet you can!
@@JoyOfBike thanks men.. I will start practicing in my spare time...
This is the BEST how to I have seen so far. The step off tip at the beginning is perfection! I wish someone had told me that before. I'm 53 and spent last summer and now this summer working in lifts. I told myself I didn't want to do a wheelie and I was too old to bother. I was so glad to hear you guys echo the same. I just nailed my 1st two baby wheelies the other night and it was so much of what you said here (I had not seen this video at the time). Going back to practice today and I'm going to warm up with the step off. I'm sure it will be a game changer! Thanks so much from this old lady!
Great video in general; the real gem is "the extreme sports all have a culture of celebration". So true!
Brilliant concept and execution!!! Teach LLB, the guy who is so good at teaching others, a skill. I have taken a clinic with him and study his book often and he is exceptional at what he does. So, to see him struggle at first and then see the stoke develop and then the wheelies was really inspirational. Also, I loved that you pointed out how people involved with extreme sports are so supportive. I love that about MTB. I am a lot older than you, Alex, and I am practicing wheelies every time I ride now. 2021 is the year I am going to get it! Thanks for this.
You guys crack me up! Love it! I've been struggling with wheelies for a while. Watched a ton of these videos. I think you guys have some real wisdom to share. Gratitude!
Thank you Jeremy! Have fun out there.
"look up" - 100%, but the game changer for me was when I realised (by accident) that if I ALSO actively pushed my head backwards over my shoulders at the same time maintaining the balance point was much easier (~7kg's, ~2inches(~50mm here in New Zealand) back, makes sense, right? :-) ). I love the way you guys take a different approach to things that have been covered a million times on TH-cam, great stuff!!
Interesting. I can see how that would be helpful. Thanks!!
Ha! I’m 49 and started riding a unicycle just so I could learn to ride a wheelie. I have the unicycle down, now just need to nail the wheelie. Thanks for the vid and back story👍
Thanks again, Alex !... I've gotten probably up to 4 pedal strokes in a wheelie. This video solidifies exactly what I need to do & work on ! (and I love the emotional connection and I'm 53)
Fantastic to see a guy like Lee who can do almost anything with a bike still get so excited to learn a new skill. Thanks again for the great content!
It's cool he doesn't feel the need to act like he has it all figured out. Our sport has so many aspects that there's always something new!
Love your videos. As a guy in his 50's that's trying to rediscover mtn biking, it's great to see that us old dogs can still learn this stuff..
deanito1968 Learning new things is not only possible - it also has great side effects for brain health and mood!!
Love you guys- I’m 50 and have never been able to wheelie, on MTB or even MX. I’ve just followed your advice and done a 4 pedlar at the balance point. Stoaked Thankyou 😍
Just found you guys. Loved this one. Promised myself a 50 pedal wheelie by my 50th birthday. Been half-arsed trying for 40 years. Finally nailed it. And yes, I wheelie every time I can now. ✊
I've made that exact promise, just need to practice more.
I'd think it pretty cool seeing old guys pulling wheelies
Really appreciate this channel. 53 and still determined to become a 'Wheelie Bastard', stay stoked from the wet N'West of England.
Cheers from CO
I'm 63 I am going to do a wheelie all most there. Thanks Guys your Videos Inspire my Joy of Biking back to 21.
Im only 15 but the tutorials you do, especially this and the jump one, have been the best and easiest tutorials to follow, your channel is amazing. Thank you
Much appreciated!!
OMG I have to learn this! I'm 52 and rode a unicycle for years as a kid but could never wheelie myself either wtf. After watching this I'm getting some flats for my other bike and am so doing this! You guys crack me up, love this channel!
Yes! I’m now encouraged to keep trying because I’m pretty new to MTB at 37, so it’s all new and wheelies are soooo frustrating for me. The step off to learn was super helpful. Now the list of stuff to learn: drops, manuals (also frustrating), and gnarly steep descents. Thanks for this video!
This channel is such a great find!
There’s a huge difference between learning these things as a kid who wants to, and learning them as a kid who’s afraid to… 30 years later!
No doubt!!
I learned to wheelie at 49, very satisfying. I ran into Lee a couple times out playing on my trials bike. Was definitely him at the pumptrack, think it was him at the skatepark. If it was him at the skatepark, hard to believe he couldn't wheelie because he schooled me in trials!
Sounds like a different guy. Lee doesn’t do trials stuff.
He does shred pumptrack so that probably was him.
More great stuff! Riding wheelies is one of the only things that I can do that I can do decently, but teaching it is a whole other thing. You guys nailed it! Thanks!
Right on!
I always find it interesting when people are great at jumping but don't know how to wheelie. I feel like it's the first thing everyone learns to some degree. Great video mate!!
Ummm because wheelies are fun but otherwise rather limited in use? I mean it sure trains your balance but otherwise?
@@msch6524 only manual is a useful skill
Yeah. It's fun to go back and pick up some of those missed skills.
The power of stoke!! Great video. I just got my first mountain at 40... More of a water sports guy but these videos speak to me! Thanks!
Right on!!! Be careful when you really start to shred the bikes gonna remind you of surfing. : )
The best wheelie tutorial on TH-cam. I have watched other ones and they don’t go into depth like you do. I am already doing wheelies after only an hour of practicing. They are not perfect but way better than where I was before!!!!
"I heard the angels they are playing enter sandman on harps" :D
Dude, I gonna lend me that one!
Stumbled over your channel after getting a MTB and looking for some tips. And wow, ”Joy of bike” indeed! Your enthusiasm is contagious! Thank’s for all the tips and wisdom 😊👌
I'm so happy to read this. It's been a tough week and I didn't feel all that good when we made this and I was sort of worried my worries would bleed through but the bike really does something positive and the joy shows up!!
40 years ago i watched 11yos older than me wheelie for days, and it pissed me off to no end that i was missing the gene. Finally i recently realized that the buttshift back is the game changer.
You two are quite the duo! You are helping me along earning my bike goals this year. Keep up the amazing vids. Thanks!
Our pleasure!
I'm really digging this channel. I don't bike anymore, but find the tips absolutely apex! You and Lee are great together.
This channel is gold, so much resonates from the whole deal of physically earning new skills to the perceptive commentary on motivation for normal humans to keep going.
Thank you sir. Bikes have all the feelings mixed up in them and that’s why we love em
I love this channel, best "how to mtb videos" around. I love Lee's reaction when he first lingered! I've watched it a few times when I'm having an off day just to laugh. My wife thinks I'm crazy. Keep up the great work!
It was an awesome moment. Check out his wheelie at the end of the bunny hop vid!!
This is so reassuring to see a grandmaster like Lee having the same issues wheeling that I have. Gave me hope that someday I'll be doing those long wheelies too. (and that I'm not the only old MTB, not wheeling). Love your channel!
EVERYBODY has areas that need improvement. EVERYBODY. Thats what makes the sport so great. There is no end.
I'm 65 andjust Rode for the first time last Spring. I'm going to learn to Wheely, do Jumps and Drops this year.
I'll be using your Videos.
Thank You for the quality instruction.
This video inspired me to seriously start practicing wheelies. Right this moment, I was just about to fall asleep when it struck me, I just nailed the challenge! Earlier today I did my longest wheelie, just under a minute long, and I'm 43 so that's all it takes I guess. I couldn't even do a split second the first week of practice. I'm so stoked. Thanks for the inspiration and the awesome tutorial!
You two offer the best insight, understanding, and inspiration for MTB skills on TH-cam without a doubt!
Thanks brother!
I smiled the whole time I watched your video. I am about to start my journey. I have made it my goal at 50...I WILL RIDE A WHEELIE!!!!! Thanks guys...Keep on spreading the Joy!
You will indeed
I wish I could "like" this channel more than once. Best MTB channel EVAR!
I’ve been consistently riding for the past year now, attempted to wheelie and landed on my back once and gave up. I’ve been anxious to keep trying and after watching this I want to go for it again.
I just love these videos! You guys are so stoked on learning, it is infectious!!!
Thanks!!
I am sitting here in winter wonderland (Norway) and cheering on you guys. No fancy stuff, just real things that everyone have been through, or practing on. Inspiration and motivation!
Spring will be here soon!!
Nice thing about this channel, the old guys with all the experience have stuff really really dialed. Being an older rider myself with little mountain experience, this channel is ramping up my stoke to a level I didn’t think would be possible at my age. Thank you.
Welcome aboard!
Yoo this video make me smile a lot.. i could manual with skateboard over 100ft. But couldn't even do a wheelie on a bike. Guess I've learn a lot from you guys. Thanks
Great info! I get so pumped watching your videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
3 things I have now put in as focus on my practice is : arms straight, head up (chin up and looking forward)....and breathe. I found myself holding my breathe a lot. I am 50 now and it's baby steps but I am actually seeing results. Great video guys
Love Lee’s stoke when he gets it! Now this 49er is committed to getting that balance point!!! Thx for the motivation guys! Keep posting stoke vids.
Will do. You got this!
This is a great channel! I'll be 63 in a couple of months and I'm psyched to knuckle down and learn how to bunny hop and improve my wheelies. Thanks for the fun lessons!
I have learned more here than any other channel, can’t stop watching your vids! Awesome job guys.
I am 36 and i never stopped cycling since i was 10. Now, i think i am rediscovering the joy of cycling. Thank you. Subscribing now...
Jay B. Welcome to the crew!
Hi I just want to say that your videos are great Im 56 and just barely started mountain biking a year and half im just a beginner so your videos are very helpfull thanks Frank
I've watched your videos aver and over again. Thank you for teaching this old dog some new tricks. Please keep it going. You guys rule.
We will!
Cheers!!
I love the emotion part of learning that you taught us! I need to keep it fun and celebrate!
I’m pretty sure that’s the most important thing.
DUDES!! My bike finally got delivered and today is my first day riding with Alex and Lee in my ears. I just listened over and over again while practicing looping out and getting over my fear of finding the balance point. Super stoked! Thanks again boys
Love it!!
Love your series. I am not going to do wheelies tomorrow, but I will happily rewatch this again when I'm ready to take on wheelies.
Veevee Archer love it. No rush. Wheelies aren’t going anywhere!!
Hey, thank you so much...
I watched the video, got in my backyard and 10min later could do 3 pedal turns of wheelie...😱😁
this is awesome!
You got a subscriber from France.
As a 53 year old, I love watching you guys learning new skills together. I have learned so much while also being entertained. So funny but still educational 😂
Thanks Lonnie!!
I love your channel and there's synergy; I ride a unicycle, road and mountain bike. I'm mountain biking more because I took a car strike 7/9/23 while mending from a broken tibular plateau ski racing 1/9/23. I'm watching all your videos, of course, and I'll be riding a wheelie and popping some of my drops, thank you.
Love the stoke and the wisdom about celebration and fun factor to overcome fear and keep trying! So meta! This video is relevant for any teaching/learning. Period. No matter the skill or content.
Thanks so much. That's what we always strive for.
I watched a bunch of other wheelie videos and didn't get much of them.. Then saw this one, started to practice and I am almost there! Thanks for great content!!!
You’ll get it!!
Oh man I love you guys, I just entered my 40’s and due to you I know now that my bike career ain’t over now. Just bought a free rider and I started to learn how to shred and manual it the right way :) All the best from Germany
Cheers from CO
Greetings from the Czech Republic. I have to say, that this video is great. I am 45 years old and thank you Alex Bogusky to gives me motivation.
Hello!!! My family is from Bratislava but I’ve never been. Greetings from Colorado!!
I never thought there was a difference between manuals and wheelies. Now I know! The fact you called these delicous really has me stoked to learn these. Yall rock, thanks!
Yeah people confuse them a lot but they are very different but both fun!!
YES!!!!! congrats Lee!!! Alex was able to teach the master a few things on this episode!!!! See you guys next Thurs. Love this channel!!!
Thank you Mark!
See you soon!
Found my binge watch of the week! Inspiring positivity from you two!
Nice!!! Welcome to the channel!
This motivates me so much to try wheelies again. Love this.
Great video thanks guys! Look forward to my next round using these techniques.
I love your videos! I too have been riding a unicycle since my pre-teens, and have been trying to wheelie for as long, with limited success. I still feel like I’m cheating, although I’ve now found my balance point on my fat bike. I think the wide tires and support of the sidewalls really helps. Your video has inspired me to try on my “skinny” tire mtb.
Keep up the good work, and thank you!
You guys are awesome.
I learned by eyes up, always eyes up.
Primarily leg power with slight lean back and slow for me as I found I was jerking the bike and that had less control and hurt a bit. Plenty of power in the legs at low speeds.
My brakes are not a smooth so using them usually meant loosing the wheelie.
Digging your channel guys I can wheelie pretty good can’t manual for shit love how you explain what you need to do and what you should do . Damn if both my shoulders weren’t blown out I would shred better than I do but hey at 58 I still can hit the trails and jump a little and I bet all of us that are over 50 these are the bikes we were dreaming of as kid jumping in that corner lot
So sick!! I feel on the older side to learn new things and I want to learn to wheelie! This gave me hopes!!! Thank you for this great video.
Student becomes teacher! Awesome tips and great to see Lee's excitement learning new skills.
LOL. Who wants a teacher that’s stopped learning?
Thank you! Love it! Gona learn how to wheelie wheelie do it this time!! 😍😍
You got this!
i have been working hard on wheelie-ing for some time now. My biggest fear is that "float zone" where you are either going to float or go over. It really is scary. My wife asked me (at 50 years old...me not her) why I want to do that anyway?? My response "because I can't...therefore I must!!". I am 100% determined to do this.
Oh my gosh! You guys are phreakin' phenomenal!
Thank you!!!!
Started with wheelies in the 60's a Stingray. Now 63 relearning is fun,thanks!
I'm 52 and damn it... I'm gonna wheelie...
Lee... Alex... I love you guys...
This is the video I've been looking for ! I'm 56 and been riding my whole life without deliberately riding a wheelie on demand - gonna change that!!
Just found your channel and vids,... And LOVE it! Authentic and pure magic. Thanks guys, really good stuff that has me pump'd and out here learning
Welcome aboard!
DUUUUUUDE AWESOME! I actually had goosebumps when he nailed it, because I did too about two weeks ago at age 38.
I must say: with your video, I would have done it not in two years but more in two weeks! Exceptionally good narrative and explanation! The age and experience that comes with that shows in a good way! Subscribed. :)
I've been trying forever too. This video gave me the inspiration to keep trying! You guys are the best.
You will get it. Smaller hops with the right motion lead to bigger hops.
you guys are hilarious....happy I found this. This is the year of my wheelie... :)
Hell yeah boys! Inspiring to this ole dude
Yinzer great. Stumbled upon this and wow. Practiced for 45 minutes and I think I’ve got it down. Appreciate the info this got me over the edge 🤙🏼
Nice work!
You guys are the best. Loving the vibes and the confidence you are re-instilling in my brain. Keep it up gents.
Yes! So pumped to read this. Confidence is so important.