Originally Posted by
mtb_addict
yes, pedals! you know what i mean.
Yeah, sadly I did. Just couldn't resist. <grin> Feel free to goad me for similar things.
I'm just not sure where the problem is. Maybe it's because I learned wheelies when young and stupid. I just don't remember them being hard to learn, but some bikes are harder than others to do a wheelie on. My Schwinn Varsity used to do wheelies very well and I did them into my fifties on it riding for long periods on the back wheel. My Paramount and Raleigh where really hard to pull up so I quit doing them. My Tarmac seems like it wants to. Now that you've brought it up, I might go try next time I ride.
But once you find the bike out of the many I think you have that the front wheel comes up easy, then as long as you have a road bike type saddle, it should be easy just to put your legs down on the ground and stop with the bike in front of you. A cruiser type saddle that is really wide might present a problem dismounting like that.