Is this the best wheely-ing bike of all time?

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Did you know I post a new riding tutorial every month? These are ONLY posted to my Patreon page, so join now to see these rad videos! Here’s the full list of my riding tutorials posted through February 2023:
Berm line choice: / line-choices-for-82322348
How to ride like a pro (and not a squid): / how-to-ride-like-80864886
How to MANUAL: / how-to-manual-my-79363708
Wet weather riding tips: / wet-weather-tips-78055037
How to ride ROUGH corners: / how-to-ride-76582910
50 tips to be a better mountain biker: / 50-tips-to-be-75352100
How to land jumps: / how-to-land-74063598
How to ride steep trails: / how-to-ride-72705363
How to sprint without pedaling: / how-to-sprint-71580461
How to ride flat corners: / how-to-ride-flat-68552084
How to jump found gaps: / 67255256
How to stoppie turn: / 65842496
How to drop: / 64552391
How to LEAN in corners: / how-to-lean-in-63176556
How to Ride Light on the Bike: / how-to-ride-on-61941975
Riding technique differences between hardtails and full suspension: / 60435182
How to rut track: / 59366938
5 tips to make flat trails more fun: / 58058983
5 tips to improve bike control and balance: / 56839920
How to levitate out of corners: / 55607066
Three simple cornering tips: / 54371316
How (and when) to rock roll or drop: / 53126562
How to jump with fluidity- and not DEAD SAILER! / 51914476
How to Lanual: / 50695443
How to climb ledges without a bunny hop: / 49476021
Which brake to use when: / which-brake-to-48108425
Different bikes, different riding techniques: / 46925782
How to ride FLAT PEDALS through the ROCKS: / how-to-ride-flat-45662347
How to ride wet roots and steep chutes: / 44507851
How to ride with style: / how-to-ride-with-43349450
How to jump for height vs distance: / 42202183
Common manual questions answered: / 41006264
How to land jumps: / 39928153
My 3 favorite skills drills: / if-i-could-only-38809964
How to manual: / how-to-manual-37684861
Cutty: / 36579859
Manual a berm: / 35496772
How to ride in Sedona: / 34436065
Switchbacks: / 3-ways-to-33345804
Nosewheelie: / 32742504
Bump jump: / 31881231
Trials basics for trail riders: / 31145344
Tight berms: / 30389457
Aggressive braking: / 29579507
Confidence for mountain biking: / 28817411
Cornering: / 27981205
Flowing/pumping down the trail: / 27288868
Stoppie through turns: / 26296762
Technical climbing: / 25234847
Boost jumps: / 24161821
Bunnyhop: / 23396959
Utilizing the wheelie on the trail: / 23017910
How to wheelie: / 21879606

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks to LMNT for support in 2023! Head to www.DrinkLMNT.com/Jeff to get your free sample pack with any purchase.

[@Pozitivi]

Jeff! Well done buddy!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Poz!

[@Pozitivi]

@@JeffKendallWeed 🤘🤘

[@invisibleazn9330]

This could be the start of a cool mini series. Love watching wheelies and manuals.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks- hmmm, maybe a monthly impossible wheelie????

[@invisibleazn9330]

@@JeffKendallWeed Hells yeah!

[@KasperMTB]

It's actually amazing how good you can manual on a bike trail! On a flat road is one thing but up and down and over bumps 🤯🤯🤯

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Kaz- I'm a lot more interested in weird, tricky manuals than boring ones on the road!

[@Dream-season]

You are really on to something with this content .. riding relatable trails in a way all of us wish we could .. inspires me to ride every time.

[@jeffrogers2180]

You just skimmed over that Schrader valve thing pretty quickly... Were you being facetious?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

No, Schraeder is sweet. It's a shame our industry was too stuck up to admit it's a better design back in the 90s/2000s. Presta is garbage for our needs, but it's what we decided we preferred. Maybe another Pet Peeve video needs to happen!!!

[@jeffrogers2180]

@@JeffKendallWeed I never knew the reason... Thought maybe presta was lighter or something.

[@resistemptation4]

This is brilliant riding! Would love to see you manual a huge wheelbase bike to show everyone how it is (or isn't) possible. Wheelbases, bike weight, and rear centres are growing, all working against easy lifting of the front. Paul Aston is loving his 500mm chainstay bikes lately, but says he can't manual them, and I know he is good at manuals. Where is the limit? It seems too common for XL enduro bike riders to complain that their bikes don't manual well, and I know you can show what's definitely possible.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Hey there temptation, I have a Transition Spire here with fairly long (445mm) chainstays. I can manual it, but it's a LOT of work to manipulate it through turns and tight sections of trail. I'm not a fan of really long bikes. As someone small and light, I need to be able to steer around and avoid bumps- not charge right over them. Here in the USA, it's very rare for sanctioned trails to ever be steep enough that long stays provide more benefit than drawback.

[@resistemptation4]

Thanks for answering, Jeff! @@JeffKendallWeed

[@eriksdodges853]

Superior Schrader valve user here, I drill all of my wheels and run stans tubeless Schrader valves.....I don't know why anyone still uses presta.

[@jonny042]

Love all your videos, your enthusiasm is contagious and make me want to ride! Curious about the motivation to make the bike longer and slacker with the angle headset. Can you elaborate and define what you feel the improvement is/was?

[@mac92gli]

Now I want to try that frame and see how it compares to my #1 manual bike - the SC 5010 V3 with a 2.6 on a 35mm rim

[@Justin-Walsh]

Horseshoes & hand grenades

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Ahhhhhh that's the saying!

[@mrazteacher]

If a bike is really easy to wheelie isn't it hard to stay on top of when your climbing? Not for you but say an average human.

[@jeffdana9402]

I'm glad to hear you say "SHRADER VALVE IS SUPERIOR". I have a pair on every wheelset. Better, best. Period.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Yeah I wish it was easier to find good tubeless style schraeder valves. Reserve are a great 2nd choice!

[@davidcourcelle3461]

Jeff I keep saying to myself wow. Bravo

[@attilamaradi]

what is the frame size and your hight?

[@boblatkey7160]

My specialized turbo levo wheelies pretty good even though it is a 54 pound bicycle. I set the acceleration response to 100% so it pops up really easy and I think the weight of the bike actually helps me. My EMTB buddies think I'm a nut but any bicycle can be a good wheelie bicycle. Thank you for the inspiration! I'm 57 and I am finally getting it dialed. When I was young I simply thought I didn't have a good balance and no one told me that I have to practice practice practice. I love KZbin for all the learning you can do. When I do something sexy on the trails all my friends say oh geez Richie has been watching Jeff Kendall weed videos again!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Ahhhh yeah, it's all about the practice! Hahaha that's funny about your friends!!!!! Tell them Thanks for thinking of me!

[@leightonlkyle]

Hi Jeff! (@JeffKendallWeed), I've loved watching all your videos throughout the years! I'm going to be visiting Bellingham for the first time this October and I'm wondering what trail/s you'd recommend for an intermediate rider? I ride a Pivot 429.

[@playgroundchooser]

Thing I love about the internet: I never thought I would hear a guy make a CEO / Cayman Islands joke on a mountain biking channel; but I did, so now I'm a subscriber. 😂😂

[@laurynasjagelo5075]

During a manual, when youre controling the bike while turning, do you counterbalance with the outside handle (eg. right side), relative to where the bike is going / leaning (eg. left turn)?

[@MightyFireL]

You should try the Marin Rift Zone, short chainstays but bigger reach than the Kona, might be better balanced?

[@taol8258]

Jeff you look so tired I think you need some coffee bro.

[@rataflas]

Sorry Jeff but nothing wheelies like a fatbike... specifically the alrighty Fatback Skookum

[@JeffKendallWeed]

I've only ridden one fat bike, and yeah it did wheelie easy, but any off-the-ground stuff and the rebound killed it.

[@micheandmikey]

Nice, well I'm not the best at manual-ing or wheelies I can do them.....and honestly, my 2015 Specialized Enduro wheelies better than my Ripmo V2 (don't tell Ibis). Just ordered some LMNT too, I've been noticing I needed more than just water, even though I drink a ton of it! Thanks Jeff!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Mike! Glad you're enjoying the LMNT, that stuff is great. I like the way the Ripmo wheelies, same for the Stumpy, but the last Enduro I rode was an S4 and I SUCKED at wheelying it! Go figure! I'm pretty short so the S3 is a must.

[@SED9556]

How would a 150mm fork work on this bike? Could you go all the way up to a 160mm fork? Or would that change geometry too much? I've got a Pike with a 160mm air shaft I'd love to throw on this bike (could get a 150mm air shaft if that'd be better).

[@JeffKendallWeed]

I wish I had a 150mm air shaft, but I haven't found one in stock, and have enough bikes in the current rotation that I havent dove into the travel adjust yet!

[@finnyarnes1705]

has to be my favorite one of your videos. ONE WHEEL SAVES LIVES!!

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Hahaha thanks Finny!

[@HeidiFegles]

Wheelie a stingray bike. With the high bars. Banana seat. Those are epic for stand up wheelie and manuals.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Ah, like the intro to On Any Sunday, when a 5 year old Jeff Ward wheelies for like 8 city blocks!

[@BikeLife4Me]

Great video, Jeff. Hope you are doing okay. Would love to take your wheelie class.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks BikeLife!!!!

[@adamgroves2811]

Rally chopper was the best wheelie i ever had! It couldn't corner for sh*t though😂

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Rally chopper? The Schwinn Stingray?!

[@deslomator]

"A wheelie is a low cost form of meditation". Wise words, given a long enough wheelie.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

And a fun form of it too!!!

[@creekboi7]

The giant sensor box lol

[@HeidiFegles]

It’s the classic stingray with the high handle bars. I could wheelie for miles, it was like a trials bike. But that’s all it’s good for is wheelies haha.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Ah the Jeff Ward wheelie from the opening scene of On Any Sunday comes to mind!!!!

[@Louis-ut6sf]

What is the headset that you’re using for changing the HT angle?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

It's a works components -1° angle adjust headset. Feels great!

[@cobykluth1878]

Sweet tips and ridig! Been waiting on this one, too. Kona killed it with the 134 DL.❤

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Thanks Coby! Yeah the 134 is a lot of fun!!!

[@T10Ladders]

What's the green band on the left side of the bars for?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Glasses on the climbs- they don't get sweaty over there

[@GriffinMcMurray]

wheelieeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@mrpachuco696]

Hi✋

[@noonster55]

You ride better on one wheel than I do on two.

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Hahaha thanks Noon!

[@Paledrifter87]

What rc is on the red cabinet?

[@JeffKendallWeed]

Probably an old Slash 4x4, with a ProLine body. I also keep my Tekno SCT4.10 around, and that truck generally wears the original Slash body.

[@Dempsey222]

I tried to wheelie but I am just to big to do it.

[@itsquick817]

No not a excuse. It takes a lot of practice to do wheelies. It’s not a weight or hight thing.

[@Dempsey222]

@@itsquick817 Than what is the trick to doing wheelies.

[@FlexFactory]

@@Dempsey222be bigger

[@Diesel1Dain]

@@Dempsey222there is no trick man it’s just practice and determination, keep at it and you’ll get it

[@itsquick817]

@@Dempsey222 practice

[@hunkyheyward486]

I dont understand why you say that a bike with shorter chainstays is better for wheelies- i feel like while it might be tougher to get a bike with longer chainstays up, its always easier to balance because cg is further off the ground which allows for lees precision required to stay up Like balancing a yardstick on your finger vs. A toothbrush.

[@moose6790]

the short chainstays just make the bike more responsive in a wheelie overall, allows you to pop the front end up super quick and maneuver around the trail on one wheel easier. A super long bike will have a higher balance point in a wheelie and won't be as responsive, so it takes a lot more effort to keep it up on the back wheel.

[@jjcplays536]

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