Learning to wheelie MTB

KEY breakthrough point for me: Come to complete stop(just about almost), use brakes before you pop for wheelie.

I practiced a good bit before, but failed to get pedal push to pop front wheel up. I think due to ... saddle height, timing, posture.

Watched this again today. Essentials:
https://youtu.be/NrvUmfCrhdE

5 steps to wheelie by daily MTB rider

* bike setup, saddle, which gear

* preload and pop

* shoulders back(and arms straight), eyes forward

* pedal brake hips

* practice practice practice

Proper setup saddle height(quite high but not very high), 

Gear not too small/big.
Slight uphill helps.
Head up look forward. (Sometimes catch self looking at wheel or pulling front wheel to side)
Dip doesn't have to be too much, not down to handlebars, just bunch dip a maybe 8"or so then arms straight, look up/forward.



Sandyford ind est, 16:20ish getting initial pop front wheel high sometimes. Whee. Straight down though almost every time. Stop, hup drill. 

Try to get left leg pedal stroke.
.... myeh. Left leg really bad at that.

Phooopf. Feel it in shoulders a bit now.


You don't have to preload.
I wasn't preloading earlier.

But I discovered preloading . . .

You can have a little bit more speed at start with preload. Preload pop(arms and pedal) are very fast. Down up. Preload is a hard push down. Bang-pop.

I managed to get almost one two three pedals a couple of times.


Practicing pops just before up kerb and down also.

https://strava.app.link/eZhQroGRSab