Qweld wrote:

Any suggestions on how to learn to ride backwards?? or is it just
practice practice practice. Thanks. Qweld.



First off can you idle? Backwards is one of the few tricks I actually
put the time in to learning over a short period of time. I think the
best technique is to ride forward, stop and idle once then continue
fowards. Then try to turn that idle in to a single revolution
backwards, then ride out forward again. Increase the number of
backwards revolutions you can do before having to ride forward again to
regain balance. Once it's up to several turns then maybe switch to just
trying to start riding backwards from stationary.

As for hopping, pretty much what ivan saidput one hand flat on a wall,
stand up on the pedals and hole the saddle with the other hand. Take
your hand away from the wall before you try to hop. If the wall is
rough you might want to wear a glove on that hand because you'll end up
dragging your hand across the surface to stop yourself falling at some
point, a rough plaster wall can remove a lot of skin that way.


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