I see a lot a crew practicing doing wheelies on bikes that all seem to be of similar construction. Some of them can go for hundreds of metres, one dude is practicing doing down hill wheelies in front of our house.

Is this just a Bunvegas thing or is it more wide spread?

Down hill its called a Manual, been a thing for years

Love a manual, sorts the riders from the wannabes and gunnas. Been on a bike all my days . I'm mid 40's now and still froth mountain biking . I enjoy giving tips to all the local kids on balance points , shifting weight and rear brake drag . It's cool to come home from work and watch them practicing, bunny hop , wheeling and jumping from home made ramps . Takes me back
I miss my 20" bmx .

Nothing drops panties quicker than a good wheelie

It's always been a thing..

Bogan mating display.

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knot board said..
Nothing drops panties quicker than a good wheelie

Wow, things are different up there in Qld.

A good Mono, seperates the boys from the girls.

My son has nailed them on a mtb. I need a motor 360 vid so click and drag around.

Sounds like a lot of effort on a mountain bike ??

there's a local bogan/derro/houso who can mono like an absolute wizard.
No front teeth or anything, but he'll ride one wheel for kms, down the main street alongside parked cars, in and out of pedestrians and over zebra crossings. Puts the lycra latte crowd to shame.

This is on his mountainbike mind you
I gave him a nod one day as he passed, appreciating his skill and we are virtual besties now.

^^^ There's a kid getting around my community who's always one one wheel to the point I had to ask him one day if he was aware his bike had two wheels

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knot board said..
Nothing drops panties quicker than a good wheelie

Nothing like a good wheelie to put you on your ass if you dont know what your doing! When i was 16-17 at a mates farm i decided to try and rip a wheelie in front of everyone. Well that didnt go to plan, i stacking it in front of about 10 people and ended up on crutches for 12 weeks. 13 years later and havent tried to wheelie since
Wheelie safely kids.

Using a motor vehicle of some kind as a penis/ego extension I feel will be around for a long time yet.

Unfortunately the ****s that engage in such activity have no regard for the other people whom their behavior affects.

Whoops sorry. You are talking about mountain downhill bikes here.

Carry on.

^^^^^^^
cisco can't wheelie

Sorry guys and gals I'm talking about wheelies on push bikes, ones that appear to be specialized for wheelies.

JetSkie wheelies are not really what I was talking about, but whatever floats your boat

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Flatty said..

knot board said..
Nothing drops panties quicker than a good wheelie

Nothing like a good wheelie to put you on your ass if you dont know what your doing! When i was 16-17 at a mates farm i decided to try and rip a wheelie in front of everyone. Well that didnt go to plan, i stacking it in front of about 10 people and ended up on crutches for 12 weeks. 13 years later and havent tried to wheelie since
Wheelie safely kids.

So that's not you tinny bashin your avatar then ?

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Flatty said..

knot board said..
Nothing drops panties quicker than a good wheelie

Nothing like a good wheelie to put you on your ass if you dont know what your doing! When i was 16-17 at a mates farm i decided to try and rip a wheelie in front of everyone. Well that didnt go to plan, i stacking it in front of about 10 people and ended up on crutches for 12 weeks. 13 years later and havent tried to wheelie since
Wheelie safely kids.

Ha. By the time I got my first clipless (cleat) pedals at uni I already had many years of wheelie practice. Unfortunately I had zero experience at detaching my feet from my pedals, so on the very first day with the pedals I managed to overbalance over the back and go down hard on my tail instead of getting my feet to the ground in time. There I was lying on the road in some discomfort and the first car that came along (appeared to be full of tourists) just drove around me and kept going. I thought that was pretty poor form. [generational rant] It's probably just what you'd expect these days [/generational rant].

Back when I was a lad we used to count the number of pedal strokes to measure how good our mono's were.
I had a mate who could mono his 10 speed racer till the front wheel stopped turning.... You don't have to count pedals after that.
We all wanted to be like him

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GWatto said..
Back when I was a lad we used to count the number of pedal strokes to measure how good our mono's were.
I had a mate who could mono his 10 speed racer till the front wheel stopped turning.... You don't have to count pedals after that.
We all wanted to be like him

similar experiences, 10 speed racers and banana seat 20" dragsters, wheelies where performed from the seat, and power poles where the measure.

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HotBodMon said..

Flatty said..

knot board said..
Nothing drops panties quicker than a good wheelie

Nothing like a good wheelie to put you on your ass if you dont know what your doing! When i was 16-17 at a mates farm i decided to try and rip a wheelie in front of everyone. Well that didnt go to plan, i stacking it in front of about 10 people and ended up on crutches for 12 weeks. 13 years later and havent tried to wheelie since
Wheelie safely kids.

So that's not you tinny bashin your avatar then ?

I wish i could womp that good with someone taking a photo! Thats just the tinny bashing facebook page photo. Are you a tinny basher yourself?

There's a Dude along the Northern Perth beaches, perhaps still, but certainly long ago, had a small bucket of sand slung under the seat/sissybar thing and would just cruise the coast, up and down inclines, big smile on his dial, and I can't say that I had ever seen his front wheel down.
Did I imagine that I saw him last year after decades?

yeah and then our dragsters were outdone by the intro of bmx's.
Anyone with a decent layback now had 1/2 a chance.
if you could mono the Cyclops 10 speed, you were a winner in my book.
Extra points if you could change gear midway..

If monos are cool monos all the time must be cooler.

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GasHazard said..
If monos are cool monos all the time must be cooler.

This statement at 0:47 made me smile..... "It's a very, very inefficient way to get around the woods".

I remember longest powerslides being a thing.
backpedal brakes were the go.

No handed foot jam endos, rock walks.

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DavidJohn said..

Brilliant !

And he's standing up.

What show was that DJ ?

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shoodbegood said..

DavidJohn said..

Brilliant !

And he's standing up.

What show was that DJ ?

I recognize it from the start of a classic motorcyling doco from 1971 called "On any Sunday" - full version is on YouTube.