KARA'S MANUAL PROGRESSION USING THE MANUAL MACHINE!! 

Teachers used to tell me not balance on the chair with two legs, well whos laughing now Mrs Brown.

I'm 43 and I'm trying to learn this trick for first time. I'm at about the same progression as Kara. I've already looped it on the street. It hurt, but I'm not giving up. The grassy park is my new go to location. Manual or Death, which ever comes first.

What helped me was forcing myself to loop out at the start of every practice session. That way it was in my head that going over the back will be alright. Cheers!

It's great seeing a pro & a manual learner together because we see someone really learning. Kara is doing great & already way better than me. I am inspired to try harder!!

Tom, thank you very much for all you have taught me through your videos. Thank you so much for the great entertainment also. Most of all, thank you for Kara. Watching you teach her and watching Kara learn has taught me the most. She is so honest and real. She articulates her fears, her triumphs, her mistakes, and all her other feelings very well. As a beginner, I go through many of the same thoughts and emotions as Kara. I learn so much from listening to her thoughts and then listening to your advice to her. Both of you are wonderful together. Separately, you are both just as good. Bless you for helping her go on her own with her channel instead of having her be second fiddle on your channel. That says a lot about you. May God bless both you and Kara and all your endeavors. The next time you see Kara, please give her a kiss on the cheek for me and tell her that this 68-year-old man from the other side of the pond thinks she is the greatest thing since the invention of ice cream. Please tell her thanks for all she has taught me. Keep safe, mate.

Sick riding Tom!! And great progression Kara!! You guys have a great channel and really like the content and the chemistry between you both. Very genuine. Greetings from Canada!!

One thing I noticed her doing, and this was the same for me in the beginning was the T-Rex arms lol. Keep the arms straight. All her good ones you'll see the arms are straight and all the fails her arms bend and pull the bars to chest. Once I figured this out and that it's really legs and hips, not arm and and upper body pulling, it clicked. Great vid! P.S. Manuals are easier the faster you go!

"Tom Halp!" That was too funny but completely relatable. You two are lot's of fun to watch working together.

Top tips dude. I'll be trying these out for sure as my manuals suck! Great to see Kara progressing, she's doing amazing!! 🤘🔥

Great teamwork Tom and Kara! Kara's persistence has encouraged me to keep practicing. Sending a high-five from Aotearoa New Zealand.

You to are so good together having fun and passing skills on to others keep up the progression Kara and Tom you have been able to do that stuff nearly before you could walk amazing fella 👍👍👍👏👏

The term "manual" comes from skateboarding. We adopted in for BMX in the 80's when doing wheelies without pedaling. Brian Blyther was the manual king in the 80's! So now it's a common word used for doing wheelies without pedaling.

I've been riding a very long time and I've never been able to manual. I am going to knuckle down and learn. Thanks for the great tips in this video.

Wow, I'm pretty sure i'm missing the "sitting" part. Going to it out tonight, thanks!

That back brake feathering control is something to never ever forget.

kara you're a treasure! keep doing these

Great video showing good tips. Great work too Kara keep up the great work. Tom that manual at end was sick even going slower at end in all wind kept it going till end nice . 👍👌😀

I like your videos tom. Greeting from argentina! Gonna keep practicing my skills

I can manual for ages sitting down and wheelie basically as far as I want, or until my left hand gets tired from using the brake. God knows how you guys do it standing up I've never been able to master it! Keep up the sick videos Tom!!

Dropping my heels really helped me to get my front wheel up more easily. Go Kara!

Kara i appreciate your dedication good work

Sweet video! Very watchable!

Definitely a great team. Tom and Kara

You’re doing great April. One observation for you is that you need to Look Up. Remember, “where you look is where you will go” and you appear to be looking down at your front wheel and the ground. So head up and manual away April. Keep up the good work. Nice coaching Tom!

Fantastic video👏👏. That blue dirt bike is a beautiful too

That technique of lifting and setting really helped me before I watch this video I could not really manual but RU-vid helps a lot 😀😃😃😃🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻😸😸

Everytime she did one ''yes" "that was a good one" 😂

Short shorts and bikes! I guess I’ll watch!

You guys are awesome, love watching your channel. Sam, and my desire to manual, brought me here! Just an idea for Cara to learn mannies, might be better to get her learning wheelies first? Wheelies feel so much safer than mannies and they will teach her to feather the back brake...once that's more natural it's a natural progression to manuals, by which point Cara will already know what it feels like to find the balance point, and already be a pro with the back brake 👌😎 loved the manual machine vid from last year as well, thank you. Very keen to know where you got the one in this video though!

I've been wearing the wrong shorts all this time lol 😂😂😂😂

Your a lucky boy Tom 🤘🏻

Fantastic

Just repeating what some other commentors have said before me, but it's still very important nontheless. Fall off the back on purpose a couple of times, that way you firstly know how it feels, and secondly get a feeling for where the "end" of your manual angle is! That way you can get a feeling for when you need to pull the brake just a teensy tiny bit! :)

Good teacher

Good video! I lost my ACL doing this on my Trek Remedy 8!

I just got the Hopper Trainer. My balance/form not too good yet and actually pulled my quick release rear wheel off from moving side to side! Had to really tighten it down and have to try and only go up/down with minimal side movement. But it does seem to help with the learning and strengthening the proper muscles.

Classic riding spot, I was all over County Oak BITD, there's not a loading bay I've not fallen off.

massive progression

The term “Manual” came from Skateboarding. “Manual” became standard term for the moving-straight-forward two-wheel wheelie ~1986-88 ish (I think). It was adopted soon-after by BMX’ers for a moving-straight-forward wheelie where there was no pedaling - just balance.

First-time search, so I don't know who you are Mr Cardy, but it looks like you know what you are talking about! Cheers... I like your style... My name is Nigel I am 45, and I will do this!! 💪😲 Subscribed 👍🏆

Toms a good coach!

Where can you buy this contraption? Was thinking of building like your other one but curious about this one. I love watching Kara's progression. I love watching you two for inspiration while I learn to ride (just started last year). Keep up the awesome channel and thank you so much ❤️🤙

I don't care if she does a manual or not....im just enjoying watching her try.

Great coaching Tom & great progress Kara. I'm an old dog learning to MTB so in a similar position. My approach is focussing on learning to wheelie before really trying to manual as it seems easier with more rider input/control. How are your wheelies Kara? Keep up with the great content.

That Identiti is just beautiful

During lockdown I practice on my manual machine. After letting go of he back brake, another thing I found useful was to drop the chain off too as I found I was putting lots of tension on the chain. I feel this steps brings it a stage closer to a real manual. 👍🏽

Great!

I saw that when she started doing it on the flat ground she kinda brings her knees forward then goes straight back. Tell her to try a more down then back motion and it may help her direct the force better.

I've seen these manual machines before and it's very interesting. Coming from BMX we just learned on the street. Looking at this I wonder if it would be more efficient just to learn on the bike in a parking lot.

I also love caras bike its soo nice

Hi tom it's me the guy from S4p bike park on the 6 th of July u are really sick and thanks for fixing my bike

Built one of these using using lumber and deckers. Long story short, it's still hard :) I think the next step would be strapping an inflatable raft to your back so if you loop out, you just fall on that. Just keep sending it until you loop out then back off a smidge. It's also a killer workout yanking your body vertical.

A pair of the sickest jump bikes I’ve seen

I just realized that when you use your intro the music of it is actually from an Iron Maiden song, I knew it was super familiar,is it from 2 minutes to midnight?

nice one Mr.Tom

Great manuals you guys!! What is the Mic you are using? I'm a coach and want to try and use videos to help riders as well these days as it is easier to get the content out.

🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I lmao when she got stuck. I know the feeling.

I'm just starting to learn how to manual on my mountain bike I can see myself doing the same thing. Hope I can do this someday

Very cool Tom! Can I do the tricks/jumps you did at 9:17 using full suspension bike? The reason I asked is because I want to buy Vitus Mythique VRX 27.5. Awesome tutorial!

Nice

Wow 😮 good Skill 😱😱

Really great video. What is that manual machine you have there? I used to manual on my road bike when it was in the turbo trainer. 😂

Tem que dar muita prática!.

Sick Kara nice work Tom 🤘

As a manual noob my best manuals are the ones i do to get my frontwheel over a puddle or something. So having a distance goal helps me a lot. Might aso help you.

Its silly but one thing that helped me was to find a slight down hill on grass and wear a backpack with a pillow on my back. It just helped that mental block of looping out knowing I had a soft landing.

One way to work on the manual is to do seated wheelies and push through to standing up and stop peddling ...❤ your awesome riding abilities Cardy 👍👍🇺🇸🇩🇪🙂

I'm soon getting me levo back from the workshop, i really wanna build a machine like that. I can't manual but I can balance the front wheel etc enough to do a drop. It's my first bike in so many years ago before I knew what a manual was. I hope the weight on it does not make it so much more difficult. I have a feeling it might be easier while I first is in balance because have more weight, but slightly harder to lift

Awesome tips!! Cheers T&K! What PSI you running please?

Sickkk tom love the videos

Tom I’m trying to manual/bunny with my ebike and I’m beyond frustrated. I’ve learn the move really begin on the legs and hips not the torso, but still my brain is unable to order that move!

I am very happy to be able to do movements in cycling

Hey Tom, I was wondering if you've ever ridden at the FOD

I have a fear that I’m going to fall off when I try to do a manual or wheelie so ti need to get past that fear Good video guys 🤙

Who makes that balance stand? Pretty cool design!

Hi what is your take on attaching a chain or rope of sorts to the front wheel when you use the manual machine in order to stop the bike lifting too far back , wont that avoid the urge to grip the back brake while on the manual machine? your thought sand advice please Tom . shout out from Cape Town South Africa

I learned for my ATPL exams and i was so tired so i decided to switch from books to this video to take some rest .... and whole video is recorded in front of CAE building :D

8:05 lol she thought of something dirty xD

HI so good to see she is trying to Manual. But I can not find the video of she manual properly. I'm about her level and want to learn. Please kindly let me know. You guys are great.

The most important thing about learning to manual is to do it on rough pavement while wearing daisy duke shorts and a short sleeve shirt. Be sure not to wear any protective gear other than a helmet as it might otherwise prevent you from permanently scarring your body.

I can't tell the brand but I love that frame looks x small

New pump track been built in chopwell just outside Durham you should check it out bro its sick 💯💯💯💯

4:50 she broke the game :D

In a motorcycle wheely, you always "cover" the back brake, not holding it, but always ready to dab it & land the front, I do the same on my bike, but now wonder Is this holding me back instead of helping ?

I had been happily consoling myself with the idea that my MTB skills development was being hampered by not living in California or the rockies, but no all I have to do is drag my sorry ass up to Manor Royal 🥺. Great video thanks

I found my twin! I manual the same way she does ;) I'm going to build me a manual trainer!

How much damage can you do to your back rim with a manual machine? Would you suggest using a spare or bad back rim when you first start using a man machine

i have been trying to do manuals for years. finally feel like i can go for a short distance. but that is on my 20". trying it on my 26" DJ bike i cant even get the front wheel off the ground hardly. search "manual" on my page. manuals are so fun! thanks

Do you have instructions and/or reference to build a manual trainer like yours? This is a must have!

Do you need a specific style of mtb to manual like this or is it possible on a standard full suz?

Great vid!Where did you get that stand?

since i'm skinny af girls learning how to manual is really helpful since they are around the same weight and i see how far should i go also it looks way cooler when you lift front wheel so much

hi, can you use the peddle to get the front wheel up?

Since manuals spark confusion How bout a video on lookbacks/turndowns/unturns/unlocks/indowns

I learned nothing. But was entertained. 😋

All you kids with a manual machine out there, take your chain off if you can, makes a huge difference in making it more realistic.

what type of manual machine is this

nice on mate. I'm still struggling with these i can manual for 1.5 car park spaces then the front drops. how can i get the front up higher or even to loop out. I'm quite short and on a full suspension bike would this make it a lot harder as i just cant seem to get it to pop right up. can do it in a manual machine but not in a carpark.

That manual machine looks awesome, did you guys build it ?

It's so hard to manual on my full suspension.