How I learned crankflips in 30 seconds

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This week I discuss how I learned crankflips on a mountain bike so quickly.
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My name is Mike Boyd and I make videos documenting my process of learning stuff really fast. Subscribe for more upcoming videos and feel free to tell me what you'd like me to learn next in the comments.
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[@whitk034]

That element of fear is exactly what stopped you from learning to backflip. Going full "dork" mode to protect yourself and take away that fear would be awesome to see if you finally complete that goal 4-5 years on!

[@Koala019]

@Angelina L 👇💋 among us

[@Jetaru]

Been watching mike for a long time now, and I've always wondered if he was going to go back to this like he said he was, and I really hope he does!

[@meneermankepoot]

@@Jetaru I think he did try again, but then didnt feel it and said he wouldnt do it again. Might be wrong because as said, it has been a while

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

lets appreciate how a bike is prob overpriced because of a useless extra chain pulley on it ! more things to go wrong and service and lube up on a weekly basis ,no wonder its scottish

[@meneermankepoot]

@@girlsdrinkfeck what does this have to do with doing a backflip? lol

[@vitoravila9908]

"Learning is hard enough as it is, and there are no extra points for being a hero, and there absolutely no extra points for looking cool" Words of wisdon!!!

[@Hidegety1]

Now that is just wrong. Of course there are extra points for being cool. Just ask your girl.

[@vitoravila9908]

@@Hidegety1 1 - BEING cool is one thing...LOOKING coll is another 2 - My wife cares more about what I'm actually able to do than how I look while doing or learning how to do it

[@Hidegety1]

@@vitoravila9908 Oh, a wordplay. All right then, it is hard to argue with that.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

totally. absolutely right

[@CaffeinatedTech]

You don't get to look cool until you nail the skill.

[@athena1491]

ive never gotten the "wow youre wearing shin guards, what a dork" mentality, like.... dude is wearing body armour, thats badass, like god damn bicycle batman,

[@Johnny-tw5pr]

No he doesn't 🤣 but honestly I wish I had shin guards too

[@jackrobertson8732]

@@Johnny-tw5pr they're like £2😂

[@Johnny-tw5pr]

@@jackrobertson8732 yeah but I don't bike enough to justify buying them

[@miholis]

Mike, after all these years that have passed... I think it's your time to get back to that backflip and nail it once and for all.

[@brownjh91]

This is such important advice for learning -- separating practice and performance -- practice has to be consequence free.

[@markkalsbeek5883]

This is such an elegant way of phrasing it!

[@chicken_punk_pie]

I think that inhibits a lot of young people from picking up musical instruments. If their family won't work with them and let them make all those terrible no good noises, they can't get better.

[@noahclouse1830]

@@chicken_punk_pie EXACTLY, also children in America are not taught how to build skills, processes, or learn to grow. If only we learned how to learn and demystified natural talent, EVERYTHING WE DO could be entirely ameliorated.

[@Badge9987]

My dude made a video about learning something in 30 seconds, and it actually just turned out to be more of a life lesson. This actually could have just been a non-video because it wasn't anything that was process, but he found a way to teach us all something afterall. Amazing work Mike, love what you do.

[@MILFSLAYER6969]

honestly this concept is pretty close to how backflips work. They are pretty easy (assuming you are at a descent level of health and fitness). They aren't too hard to do in a technical sense, but its scary to first start trying to go over your own head.

[@limo-swine6537]

I guess I got unlucky after crossing the fear barrier. Landed on my head 3 times consecutively so I gave up. xD

[@dylanelliott9589]

As a child I (unofficially) beat the Guinness world record (from the printed book of whatever year it was) for most consecutive back flips in a row off the hop you land on. The record was probably from the ground, but I was young and did it on the trampoline lol. Anyways, needless to say, I was very good at back flips, would do them off cliffs into the water and off of things at school, but one day on the trampoline I overshot a jump, and back flipped myself between the springs smack into my manhood.. From that day on, I haven't been able to straight back flip, and can only do back flip 180's, or full back flip 360's. So the fear has become a part of my DNA now unfortunately.

[@atch300]

@@dylanelliott9589 that’ll do it lol

[@scubasteve3183]

Tell that to my ACL😂😂

[@jonathanclark7444]

@@limo-swine6537 you probably hesitated halfway through

[@razorclaw7776]

Honestly you’ve really been a huge inspiration and showed me how to set goals I’m currently on day three of learning a card spring thanks to you

[@DannySullivanMusic]

you're absolutely right!

[@Sandalwoodrk]

had to relearn this lesson a couple of times as a juggler especially with low spinning clubs the hardest part was always being afraid of the props and it makes it feel impossible but once I put some safety measures in place the skill actually came easily

[@Timooooooooooooooo]

What safety measures can you use for that?

[@Sandalwoodrk]

@@Timooooooooooooooo well for me it was just covering my feet cause they were what were in danger of getting hit

[@VictorFang]

How long did it take you to learn to juggle clubs?

[@Sandalwoodrk]

@@VictorFang I can barely remember it's been a while. but just doing a basic cascade took less than a week. but I already juggled balls very well at that point so the learning curve was small.

[@AJ_UK_LIVE]

I was super scared when learning clubs. I kept smacking myself in the face. Those things hurt haha

[@depresseanxd]

I'm gonna be honest, the helmet looks pretty cool to me.

[@grimsoul0]

I was thinking the same thing. I think it looks better than a regular bike helmet.

[@TheBreaded]

Yeah, I didn't even notice it being a trials helmet. Regular bike helmets are pretty dorky and we've gotten used to them, I think the trials helmet looks more like a helmet than a dumb foam hat.

[@chrisburn7178]

@@TheBreaded It's not even a trials helmet, it's a Giro Switchblade regular mtb lid which has a removable chin bar as well. I've had one for years and completely agree with him about the feeling of extra protection.

[@ThePaulRayner]

I had the same thing when learning to snowboard. I learnt at about 28, but learned as fast as teenagers because I wore wrist guards, kneepads and impact shorts. A friend, who doesn't use safety gear, once proudly told me he'd spent a morning on green slopes and only fallen over a couple of times. I said I'd fallen more than that as I bombed down reds! Often you've got to make mistakes to learn, so it's good to remove the pain from the mistakes.

[@DrMillF]

I know exactly what you're talking about! When I first started out riding Downhill, I didn't have much money and rode with nearly to zero protection (would not recommend that to anyone by the way) and crashed quite often with not much progress. As soon as I got a good set of protectors my progress skyrocketed! - I still would not call me anything near to pro though... The fear alone made me do stupid and unnecessary mistakes and also - due to the lack of protection - I got unnecessarily hurt (nothing really bad though). I would recommend everyone to prefer looking like a dork - also people who really know their stuff won't (in almost all cases) ridicule you for it because they know what protection is good for. Those looking down on you are typically the ones who aren't any good themselves!

[@Rockstarrred]

I had the EXACT same thing snowboarding... First few weeks I wasn't hitting stuff as hard as I wanted to, so I bought a helmet and instantly, overnight just started decimating the mountain.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

agreed! 1000% right

[@fmga]

I’ve always worn a helmet after I cracked my first one on a rail… totally had the “what if the helmet wasn’t there” mentality

[@joeyvandenoort3660]

Helmets on a snowboard are the best way to stomp tricks easier man it saved me 100x shooting some new tricks on a 20m+ kicker. What helped me a lot is a amplify backprotector man that thing saved my back from breaking.

[@Ktulu789]

I truly think that helmet looks freaking cool!! And yes, wearing appropriate protection gear makes a whole world of difference. No doubt about it. I'm an inline skates hockey player. When I was a beginner at it I arrived at the court with my skating protections, I proceeded to change my knee gear for the shin and knee hockey protection. Someone comes and tells me to quickly go with him to get some beverages from nearby, "Yeah, let's go" I then proceed to fall on the floor with my full body weight on my knee. It was ten terrible minutes of painful agony. The normal thing was that I wouldn't feel anything at all when wearing the knee protection. Even after one hour my knee was still sore. And as I mentioned the first ten minutes it was agonizing pain. Wear protection! Friendly reminder xD And about using the smart way to learn, I also agree!

[@hunterG60k]

It's really great to hear you talk about this aspect of learning, which especially applies when learning as an adult. I'm a horse trainer and it's interesting how I can see the parallels; one of the most important principles when teaching a horse something new is to always ask "yes" questions. In other words, set them up to succeed. Whether it's going back a step or breaking things down into smaller chunks to make it easier, it's so important for building confidence, and I think it applies exactly the same way to humans. Great video as always, dude

[@denniskara6196]

Now do a bunnyhop crankflip, that'd be dope!

[@briggsolson3542]

Yeah his are fake crank flips, easiest thing ever

[@danieloosthuizen8870]

@@briggsolson3542 technically what he’s doing is a lazer flip (lazy crankflip)

[@willwhite9647]

@@danieloosthuizen8870 pure waffle you

[@sulo868]

thats actually what i consider a crankflip, what he did is kind of the exercise for the crankflip

[@dante3546]

You've been a huge inspiration to me for the past 3 years , mad respect for speaking up on safe and proper learning.

[@blackoutjoker8696]

Hell yea Mike boyd is becoming so good at everything he'll become god soon enough

[@thomasdubouchet]

As an avid mountain biker myself, I am so stoked to see you with such an amazing bike and really getting in mtb riding! I can also vouch for how simple-looking and scary that trick can be! 🙌

[@bobowiththedodo8155]

I was questioning why you would make a 30 second trick into an 8 minute video. Definitely learned something really useful

[@perpendiccular7680]

I have been always inspired by your content but never has achieved anything.its unbelievable that you could do that without being tired

[@Ryaninja]

Fear is probably the biggest opponent for learning a new physical skill. I'm a snowboard and ski instructor and I've seen people's fear cripple their ability to learn or progress in a skill, it's incredibly common. On top of having to fight your fear, when your body is tense you lose a fair amount of fine muscle control you're more likely to fail. It results in a self perpetuating downward spiral where your fear causes you to mess up, which in physical activities often causes you pain, which causes more fear, so your body becomes even less responsive and more of your brain's CPU cycles are taken up with thinking about the fear and consequences if you fail, which simply leads to more failure. Finding a way around that fear is key, so good job on doing that and sharing the knowledge for all your viewers! :)

[@eeeeric1966]

I couldn't agree more! Back when I learned crankflips I raised my saddle super high and wore shin pads to make fails less painful and allow myself to get over the fear. You can also easily practice them while rolling and staying seated! The next step up is a bunnyhop crankflip, a bit more scary as you really want to get the catching of the pedals down... but then the sky is the limit! I've done bunnyhop double crankflips on my canyon spectral (trail bike)... at some point it just becomes a "hop, flick and pray" haha Wonderful video! It would also be awesome if you could learn backwheel hops with Danny MacAskill! Cheers :)

[@procyclingclips]

Ive been trying to master the crankflip for a long time, thanks for this video im gonna try it with shin pads now.

[@jobfernandez9274]

I love how in the intro he says "this trick is called a crankflip" and proceeds to show himself doing it even though when he said the line he probably didn't know how to crankflip and had full confidence that he will learn it

[@SeraphimCramer]

He'd probably already shot the rest of the video.

[@Cimlite]

30 seconds to learn the skill, and yet this is the most educational video I've seen on this channel to date. Well done.

[@jakob_cubing]

wow thanks for this. I learned how to solve Rubiks cubes whilst juggling on a unicycle this year, and the biggest problem was the anxiety of dropping my Rubiks cube onto some hard tarmac. it is so much easier if you do the exact same thing on some soft pavement where the chance of the cube getting obliteratet is much lower.

[@littlefrank90]

For a short period of time back in 2010 I had the world record for solving a Rubik's cube on a unicycle (12.4 seconds) it was pretty cool but I believe it's two separate skills that don't really blend that well, it's pretty easy when you know how to ride a unicycle well enough.

[@nikopencil2847]

@@littlefrank90 he was juggling too!

[@dragon-zq9vs]

Since you know how to bunny hop too, i would love to see you learn how to do a good long fakie on a bike (including getting out of the fakie, into forwards again) ! Cheers mate, and keep up the awesome work ! p.s. If you can do some stuff on a bmx bike that would be awesome too

[@tahiraslamm]

You're the reason I started learning how to solve Rubik's Cube, it took me few hours but I felt so good.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

I totally agree that with the right protection, you can clear your head of any worries and fully concentrate on the task. For example, if you split wood without gloves or just thin ones, you will always have to be considerate of splinters, scratches and so on, but when you wear thick gloves, you can just blast through a bunch of work. When you constantly have to worry about risks that you unneccessarily expose yourself to, that gives you second thoughts about every move, it puts a time penalty on everything you do.

[@jamescanjuggle]

xD removing the fear is exactly how i learned to juggle while riding a bike of course everyone stared all the time, whether i was on a streak or i was falling, but the goal was all the same, no matter how i got there

[@TheBluemindedGod]

5:50 I think that helmet looks sick. Looks very sci-fi, which is cool.

[@sallah27]

This video was so much more than just you learning the trick. Thank you!

[@skyeg5330]

One counterpoint is the idea that becoming comfortable with a skill in high-stakes environments can be beneficial to quality and long-term retention of a skill (if you can succeed when the pressure is at its highest, then can probably do so under any other circumstance). Probably the ideal balance is to start by doing what you talked about in this video (removing fear as much as possible), but as soon as you prove to yourself that you CAN do it, graduate to a real-world environment. Theoretically, that gives you the best of both worlds.

[@tempest_dawn]

Yeah having the skill to be comfortable with higher stakes definitely comes faster if you learn first in lower stakes, but once you're there it's great.

[@xsagaming3376]

I love how this video was more of a lesson than a standard Mike Boyd video

[@blossomnessstudios4446]

This!!! It's totally true. I've always picked up experience faster in horseriding especially when I'm working in a soft dirt arena with a helmet on and a horse I trust to keep me safe. It suddenly doesn't matter if I fall, so I can test out more methods that I would normally avoid.

[@daylightsensor8695]

I love Cathro's series, this collab is all I ever needed

[@GeekyGarden]

The lack of the element of fear can be a dangerous thing. As a dumb kid in the 80s, I was riding my bike to the local pond to go for a swim in nothing but shorts. This included no shoes. I was flying down a hill that had a turn at the bottom. Leaning over in the turn, my rear tire hit a rock. 35 years later that moment is still fresh. Me sliding along the pavement and into the gravel along the road at 20 mph, the blood, picking gravel from under my skin, and the insane burn of the Merthiolate my grandma put on the cuts. .... A typical Saturday for any Gen-Xer or Xennial. 😂

[@jo3ywils0n39]

A video about crankflips that has bigger messages about actively assessing risks in what you're doing, and mitigating them as a responsible learner. 10/10

[@chinesename8417]

Mike a crank flip is when you bunny hop and flip the cranks. What you are doing however is known as a lazer flip or a Luc-E flip

[@marktalii]

getting a BMX in a few days, videos like this will surely help me!

[@hardtailhenry1405]

Hey mike you should try bunnyhop and wheelie crankflips they a bit confusing at first but once you get them you have them down

[@bartmaas5850]

Love the more frequent uploads man! Good to see more from you!

[@ewan_young]

your helmet, the giro switch blade 2 in 1 is a really good and cool looking in a way to!

[@GØÄT_MÄN_0526]

Confidence takes humans so much further than they every thought was imaginable. Do/wear whatever gives you confidence and you will progress so much further and faster than you ever thought.

[@annoyniket]

Please make more stuff with MTBs or cycling in general. I think it's the greatest invention by man.

[@ExiledQ]

That might just be the most beautiful mountain bike I’ve ever seen

[@dazzleps3345]

I love that you‘re doing so much mtb stuff

[@qw-rp4hw]

Yo I was rewatching your old bike videos yesterday

[@Kovalchuk65446]

who ever says your helmet is not fashionable don't mind them because I LOVE your helmets and your vids.

[@tcat3315]

My buddies kid was going out to ride the dirt bike we just brought back from the grave. We noticed he had shorts and shoes on. We waited till he was fixing to kick it and we all yelled “HEY GUY WHAT ARE DOING” he came over and asked what the problem was. We told him he was making horrible life choices. We could see he was puzzled then unscripted 5 guys standing around catching up (we deployed together) lifted our pant legs to show the wicked scars we had from kickstarting crap with shoes and shorts on where we raked the peg down our shins. You could visually see the lightbulb turn on as he walked inside to get boots and pants on 🤣🤣🤣 I actually really like that helmet in all honesty

[@emac1657]

You should try the crank flip on your unicycle

[@BadgerBarnes]

My new favorite channel. Thanks for the videos!

[@sinder_78]

I’ve been trying to learn to crank flip without shin pads and my shins were covered in blood yesterday. I think I’m going to get some shin pads lol

[@Autoskip]

I've got a pair of challenges for you (sort of one challenge split up into component parts) - learn to bunnyhop a unicycle (I can jump up a kerb, which seems like a good goal), and learn to crank flip on a unicycle (admittedly, I haven't learnt this one, but I've seen people do it - and the bunnyhop is an importaint step).

[@plasmacarrot6863]

I had this with batting and thigh guards. Really helped me be confident enough to step out to the ball.

[@SeanHollis]

Please take this message and reattempt learning a backflip! Been waiting for a part 2

[@keithreay]

A big YES to giving yourself a break when it comes to learning things in an easier, less stressful way!

[@edvinhaglund]

This video motivates me to go and learn it on my bike right now!

[@If_Only_I_Knew_Why]

That safety segment reminds me of Tony Hawk. You should do another collaboration with him. Even the topic of safety would be a cool thing to cover.

[@NotTheRealURL]

Honestly you can pull a lot out of this advice, not just for learning better, but also how you do something could be effecting your performance in general, even with something you might be great at already.

[@qwertyTRiG]

You're reminding me of Hampton from Hybrid Calisthenics. He's wonderful at taking the ego out of fitness.

[@hunterb412]

Take this videos lesson and attempt back flips again. You got this Mike

[@aidanm6914]

In bmx, when you crank flip you typically would crank flip while bunny hopping. I would love to see you do this

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

Very wise words indeed, I will take them by heart. Thank you for reminding me!

[@kelpsie]

This is how the skateboarding scene has become completely crazy compared to the past. Better and better safety measures have allowed skaters to push the sport to crazy levels. Gymnastics might be an even better example, though I don't know for certain that improved safety measures were the cause.

[@MoritzvonSchweinitz]

This video is urprisingly deep, and apllicable to almost everyhting.

[@AJ_UK_LIVE]

I said the word fear before you did! You are 100% correct. It's one of the reasons we learn faster when we are young. Kids have very little fear and they bounce easier. Therefore, they get stuck in and work things out, whereas the older among us hang back, in fear of hurting ourselves. We have become very aware of our mortality!

[@leithbowman2766]

I just came in from learning pick up bar spins on my Dirt Jumper and I am quite stoked. I reckon it'd be a sick trick for you to learn.

[@Spartan0430]

as a soccer player i tell you what, shin guards are life savers. I forgot to bring them to practice ONCE and it was an immediate disaster that knocked me out for the rest of the day.

[@paulsaalfeld9844]

Thats exactly the same for skateboarding! Wearing a helmet and also pads sometimes makes me feel way more safe and give me more confidence! Still stuff can happen, but its not as bad as without helmet and pads! Wear protection and you will probably progress better, because there is less fear!

[@MrKaboom315710]

Yah back flip man you got this no pain no fear just learning

[@tintinsmith]

Love you Mike, you are one of my first KZbin inspirations! A major reason why I started my channel

[@tristanalderton1415]

Very interesting turn in this video, great lesson mike

[@tripleeyeemoji2685]

That bike is GORGEOUS

[@sethusk]

100% agree with this video. There aren't any Learning Police that are going to come and find you for learning faster.

[@danieloosthuizen8870]

Technically from my bmx experience a crankflip is when you flip the cranks and both wheels are in the air And when you flip them with wheels on the ground its called a lazer flip But big ups to you , still love seeing all your progress 🙌🏼

[@mrED123]

If safety is the number one rule then you’d think people would care about it, great video.

[@zakgautier2906]

Hey Mike, in regards to your helmet don't stress. Wearing it is the best thing you can be doing every time you get on a bike. I came off my bike over eight months ago without a helmet and hit my head extremely hard. I had amnesia, I currently have post concussion syndrome and haven't been right since. I'm constantly in and out the Dr's. Now would you rather have to deal with that or just wear the helmet. Besides, your helmet looks cool. Keep up the good work and I'm glad you do wear a helmet.

[@Ericliaoo]

Waiting for the day when Mike goes over the fear of back flipping

[@gautamkryadav]

I'm your big fan and I am watching your videos since 2017 but I have lost my phone and my new Gmail account has nothing and I have not remember your name properly so it took me 2 months to find your KZbin channel after visiting many foreign channels. I'm so happy to see you again 😍😍😍 Love from India 🇮🇳 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@JumpMasterJef]

Great video and great message, and for the record, I think the helmet looks cool.

[@antanis]

I can confirm that looking like a dork is 100% better than breaking your nose learning to wheelie. I went face first into concrete a few years back after coming down from a wheelie wrong, and my face bounced. If i hadnt been wearing a helmet i would have broken my nose and smashed my forhead into the concrete. I always wear a helmet even for casual stuff because of it. Other people not being willing to put saftey over style isnt my problem.

[@Flyingpapaya]

Hey Mike, G-form brand foam pads. They offer some excellent shin guards that I've worn for years with my Onewheel.

[@Boost00130]

I have the same thing with snowboarding. I wear padded shorts and because of that extra confidence, I don't fall anywhere near as much

[@kruks]

This is such a wonderful video. It's not even that interesting of a trick to learn, but the wisdom given is so essential and it's too bad more people don't care less about their image and would care more about what they're trying to accomplish.

[@Budooby]

Idk if you changed cameras or editing techniques, but WOW this video is so beautiful aesthetically!

[@James_XXIY_crafts]

I fully get this feeling, with the vast majority, if not all skills, there is one trick that will make you immediately go "oh so that's how" and then it's just about repetition and further mastery. A great example is drawing, I've been trying to learn how to draw for years and haven't been able to go further than a stick figure, but because of one artist that are annoyed so much by not being able to do it, that she broke down how she actually saw things when she was drawing them, I was immediately capable of producing something relatively realistic, now I have gotten another artist to tell me how to use basic shapes and it is not like every tutorial tell you, it's just a measuring stick, it would only hurt you if you draw a three dimensional shape, stop overcomplicating things and start learning by doing it the simplest way possible, the advanced techniques you can learn later, when you know what you're doing.

[@BenCathro]

Orrrrr, just maybe, you’re actually quite good at learning new things 😂 Looking forward to getting embarrassed again soon! 👏

[@Timooooooooooooooo]

Or both!

[@danieldey]

This is brilliant advice

[@keenansutherland7690]

Mike's trials helmet is the coolest thing in the world

[@Antsapantsa]

The trial helmet actually looks dope as hell imo

[@EverythingTechTime]

Mike, it's time to learn the backflip. You got it this time!

[@justin4723]

Mike Boyd uploading regularly? The world is definitely changing.

[@johngill5175]

I think I've seen every video. This is one of if not the best video you've made! This is such a great point, and don't we all do it!!! haha Thanks for making!

[@thannilol5793]

Slowly but surely you are becoming a pro

[@svenpixa]

Really like your content! I highly recommend shortening the zip tie of your number plate. You don't want your eyes to meet that thing when crashing or handling the bike.

[@MrMccarthycdxx]

I agree, the backflip is the only one to get the better of you. It is definitely time to see it conquered. Maybe a new years resolution for 2022?

[@cloudfox3217]

in my opinion this helmet fits you perfect. looks realy good on you.

[@RC-fp1tl]

Idk what people are saying about your helmet, it looks pretty darn cool!