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Sarah_A
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lol, your better then me tho, at least you know what you are doing 
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haggleman
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Mike_the_Hippy
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Joined: May 04, 2003
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Location: Wgtn, NZ
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| Posted: Sun 26/Oct/08 8:04pm Post subject: |
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From my expierince its a long road to success so you do need to practise regularly.
its also helpful to practise on a slight downhill gradient , longer the better.
E'g some days i ride home from the digs and practise on the way down the hill into town.
Are you after standing or sitting Manuals?
long coasters or short ones for getting over obsticles?
First thing you could do is to get your balance sorted ,track stands is a good one ,you know when your balancing at the lights ,it all helps and you can do it anywhere.
Then get used to sitting on the seat doing pedalling wheelies , then move onto coasting between pedals for longer and longer periods. this is where you will learn a lot about feathering rear breaking to bring the front down when you start falling backward. also try not to have any fingers on your front lever ,you dont need it and it will give you more strength to hold on.
From there get into standing up , this is where the other guys mention the whole pumping your legs thing. Its something ive not mastered yet and its really something you wont really be able to do until you have all the other skills nailed first.
Good luck hope to see manualling past me inthe not too distant future i hope 
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sircrashalot
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Joined: Jun 01, 2007
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Location: Palmy North
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| Posted: Sun 26/Oct/08 10:18pm Post subject: |
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pull up, leen back, pump and use ur brake when ur 2 far back, but jst use it a little o and practise. 
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shmoodiver
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Location: in the ak!
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| Posted: Wed 29/Oct/08 5:54pm Post subject: |
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nice short chain stays help too, your huffy should do the trick
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radiusq
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GloryDH0
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Joined: Jun 23, 2008
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Location: Palmy Nth
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| Posted: Fri 31/Oct/08 3:41pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I'm awful it at it. But oddly, I found it easier on my DH bike than a hardtail, I felt the balance point was more "flexible" with some travel, and I didn't have to precise.
But then, I can't manual further than my shadow |
Yeah same. On my glory the balance points way easier to find. I could still manual further on old hardtail though.
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