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BMX Manual Tips - (Dougsterbob X Danscomp Q&A)
Sep 27, 2022
Here are a few pointers for a manual from our friend over at @Dans Comp. Thanks for the tips Mike! Super helpful info. Don't forget the check out Bike School to become a better bike rider: https://learn.schoolofbikes.com/p/bike-school Also we will have Mike on the Q&A this friday so don't forget to drop in and ask your questions!
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This question. Hey, Doug, been struggling to learn BMX tricks, been trying to manual for a month
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and still can't. I'm thinking about quitting BMX. Any advice on BMX and manual? I want your
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opinion, but I'm going to jump real quick and say, dude, if you're going to quit already
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it's probably not for you. And with all due respect, it's a hard sport. I think I tried
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tail whips for two to three years before I actually got it. Same with bar spins. It's hard
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And you got to have more love for it. You got to love the process of actually learning the tricks and the process of the progression
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and not necessarily just want to be really good really fast because you're going to hate
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yourself and you're going to hate the sport for it. But what do you think? Manuals is actually the next trick how to that we're working on
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So I guess be on the lookout for that. Manuals, man, that was a trick
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any balancing trick is super difficult to learn. That why it flatland in general is just insane Like those guys are just insane The amount of fuel that takes because anything that takes balance especially on a bike that you not it not like walking you know
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like your body's not used to anything, like trying to balance on anything other than just you walking or running or whatever
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You're trying to balance on one wheel on a bike that is completely unnatural
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from what your body's used to. so it's really difficult and it's it is one of those tricks though that you can learn anywhere
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and how long did he say he was doing doing it two months like only one month oh so yeah you're not
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it's going to be like probably a year like no joke before you got it like that you know what i mean
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um it is one of those tricks that i would practice all the time so going from spot to spot
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I would almost like try to manual every single time. So getting
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putting something in front of you. So you have a goal of um parking spaces parking spaces are perfect Yeah But I feel like that kind of universally known It like go for five spaces go for 10 go for you know maybe just one
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Yeah. So you'll get to the point where you can actually balance forward and back, like learn how
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to use your legs going forward and back. And then you'll start tilting side to side. And then it's
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that's a whole other thing is learning how to actually, you know, you're
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you've got this motion down the up and down motion, but now you're starting to lean over
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turn to the left and still keep that motion. Yeah. It's a complex trick. Yeah. It's a hard trick to learn
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It's not something you're going to get, but the good thing about it is it's easy to practice
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So if you've only been doing it for, yeah, if you've only been doing it for a month or two
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just keep with it because you are eventually going to get it one day for me
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it literally just clicked. I don't know what it was. Same thing with hang fives
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Like I struggled and struggled and I would like do certain amount of parking
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spaces or whatever Um and then one day my body it just like something just clicked and I had it It was a completely weird scenario for both those tricks hang fives and manuals of one
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day I couldn't do them. The next day I could do them. I don't know what it was
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It's like my body just kind of like, ah, okay, there's the secret right there
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Yeah. But it's going to take a long time. The last tip for that, just cause it brought up a funny story, just because you go super
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fast, it doesn't like you can manual more spaces really fast, but it doesn't count
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Make sure it's controlled. And the reason I say that is cause I do the same thing as you like manual from spot to spot
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And we were, we were bombing a hill, right? So, so my dumb ass thought it was a good idea to try a manual and you loop out, right
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If you loop out that fast, you'll realize it's not a good idea. Uh, cause you can't run that fast
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and it was terrible. So yeah, controlled, work your way up to it, but don't quit either
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I mean, just love the process. You know what I mean? Yeah
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So that's pretty much all on YouTube
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