so nice to see another tutorial from you jball, tbh no one in my city knows how to ride fakie well even though you said it's relatively simple I can't wait to put your tutorial into practice!
This was awesome. I've fallen in love with the fixies after binging hotline videos and buying a road bike (been on MTB city commuters for decades). waiting on some bars and then I'm flippin the rear to fixed! excited to go out and practice this 👍
You can also do tricks on a 48-17 gear ratio, most people here in colombia use this gear reatio, however, is better to use gear ratios like the ones mentioned by jball for care your knees, and dont suffer after, KEEP PEDALING
Nice breakdown…1 question about difficulty learning on a grassy surface (or at least unpaved or cushy like playground rubber) as opposed to pavement? Ive ridden fixed for 10+ yrs so basic balance stopping trackstands are 2nd nature but due to ACL reconstructs to L/R knees i am deathly afraid of anything where my feet might suddenly hit the ground off-balanced or land weirdly from reverse momentum. IOW, i would prefer simply falling over on something softer while staying strapped in (but want to avoid roadrash) as opposed to accidentally twisting or re-tearing something trying to stop a fall. Also IYO, what’s usually easier for learning, 700 or 26” ? I got a 26 w/ 27x9 fgfs drive (w/ few bigger chainrings, 33t, 39t, 44t) and a conventional trackish 700 running 49x15… Keep up the fine work, definitely like how your video are always no frills, just the goods.
I think that learning on a grass type surface isnt impossible, but will definitely make it harder to actually apply pressure to your pedals. Not impossible though, go for it Personally I think that both wheel sizes are easy enough to learn on as long as your saddle is tall enough for you to comfortably sit down
Thanks for this tutorial :) Really hope it will motivate a few to learn this really stisfying skill. Do you know if there is a world record about the longest distance going batckward ? I recently learned how to do it and I would really like to try to beat this record. I think going in a straing line and changing to specific dirrection is the most difficult part to learn as your body need to start falling to allow you to correct the direction. Have an awesome day. Dan
However there is some secret sauce to ride on a straight line. The handlebar correction you teach would make it difficult to go on a straight line. What’s the trick?
Thanks for the tutorial! I'm having problems with getting out of riding in a circle - any advice on that? Note that I don't know how to constantly ride a backwards circle :P
4 months later... but if you havent figured it out by now, I would try to force your body to go onto the other side. It wont feel natural but you have to break the cycle of just accepting being leaned to one side
@@Suckmycog 4 months later... and I still didn't figure it out :P. I'll try that, thanks. Btw. do you have any advice on riding in circle? My bike has a tendency to initiating riding in a very tight circle, to get out of it by steering I often run my front wheel 90 degrees to frame. Is it common?
@@Suckmycog yes! But when Im going straight backwards My whole bike just leans to one side making me fall and turning the bar seems to be making me fall faster
