How to Ride a Skinny on a Mountain Bike

Riding a skinny on a mountain bike is basically a trick where you ride your bike on something long and narrow, like a log. It can be challenging because it involves careful steering control and balance. The steps to riding a skinny on a mountain bike are fairly simple, but quite a bit of practice is required to perfect this trick.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Search for something to ride on. If you're offroading or in the woods, a long log will do. Practice at home using a 2 by 4 or 2 by 8 piece of wood. The benefit to practicing on a piece of wood is that it's close to the ground so that if you steer off of it, you don't have far to go.

2. Face the bike with the wheel lined up at the edge of the skinny, otherwise known as the log or wood. Since the skinny will be raised off the ground, you'll probably have to do a bunnyhop to get onto it. This bunnyhop just involves lifting the front end of your mountain bike with your upper body and the rear end with your legs.

3. Grip the handles firmly, hold your head down slightly and pedal until you reach the end of the skinny. This trick may take several tries since you might fall off after only a few pedals.

4. Make the trick more challenging as your skill level increases. Make the skinny longer, raising it while still keeping it level, or changing the level of it so it's slightly higher on one end than the other.

Tips & Warnings

• Head injuries are possible, especially if you're riding a skinny that's fairly high off the ground. Always wear a helmet. Other protective gear like elbow and knee pads are also a good idea.

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