How To Drift On A Bike
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How To Drift On A Bike
BMX riding is one of the world's most popular bicycle sports- and drifting is essential technique for any aspiring rider. Learn the basics of drifting a BMX with pro rider Gareth Wilson, of Felt Bicycles.
How to drift on a bike:
Traveling faster than walking pace, turn swiftly, and just pull your back brake, then turn and that will kick your back end out. Again, faster than walking pace, as you turn, just pull your back brake, and it'll start sliding your back end out.
Step two: Once you've started the skid in step one, use your inside leg and throw it out, which will make your back end skid further sideways, more like a drift.
So that's again, inside leg, throw it out, just to kick your back end out wide. And that's step two.
Step three: Now that we're in the skid, lean slightly forward, and lay off the brake.
This will start the back wheel spinning, correcting the drift motion. So again, when you're in the skid, lean slightly forward, brake off. And that's step three.
Okay, so just a recap: To keep that skid and angle, is to push your inside leg, just throw it out a bit; just to kick, sort of fishtail the back end out, and that's going to keep you in the skid. The harder you do it, the more sideways you're going to go.
And that's how to drift on a bike. .
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