A stoppie on a recumbent!!!

[ak-tux]

Just one word, wow!

 

[ElyDave]

I know soem very experienced recumbent riders who have tried those and given up in 200m

 

[ak-tux]

Looks safer with under-seat steering.

 

[bladderhead]

His wheel comes back down really gently. I think that takes perfect timing and pressure on the front brake.

I have seen a picture of a HPVelotechnik Street Machine doing it. That is USS.

 

[DavidCH]

Probably easier to bunny hop on one wheel instead of two

 

[ScottRadliff]

It's a recumbent unicycle!

 

[Pollock]

There is our solution to standing on the pedals during a climb!

 

[dtseng]

There is our solution to standing on the pedals during a climb!

That is front wheel drive wheelie.

 

[onmyback]

I've done it accidentally on a 20/26 SWB and on my Q45, but I usually just want to get the back wheel back on the ground. Never thought about trying to sustain it.

 

[Rod Butler]

Just one word, wow!

just too cool for words

 

[hurri47]

His wheel comes back down really gently.

That's how I know it was faked. I can buy the sustained wheelie, but not the gentle landing.

-Dan

 

[Balor]

That's how I know it was faked. I can buy the sustained wheelie, but not the gentle landing.

-Dan

And how can one fake it? CGI? Magic?
He used brakes to slow down his 'fall' - the frame has to rotate in relation to the wheel, so braking hard can slow it down or stop entirely. You can even maintain it indefinetely, provided you don't fall to the side .

 

[Rampa]

I've done that for a couple feet, by accident/necessity a few times. Soft landing is normal. Note that the landing is not really super-soft in the video either. He is bouncing a bit.

 

[hurri47]

OK, I can't do a wheelie either.

-Dan