How to Pick up the Back Wheel on a BMX Bike

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Willie D. from the Aggro Alliance Trick Team on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment we're going to learn how to pick the back wheel up because you swing the back end around on the one layer rollback you should know how to pick up the back wheel and get comfortable with this part. A lot of people find this kind of a difficult part even though it looks relatively easy. Start up pedaling with moderate speed. You don't have to go too fast to learn how to lift up the back wheel. Shift your weight forward and bend your knees at the same time pushing on the handle bars. You're not using any brakes in this movement. You're just getting comfortable lifting up the back wheel, just straight. Once you get comfortable with this, now you're ready to learn how to swing the back end around one eighty position, and that's coming up in the next segment."