Learn Quick: Back Hops

In this week's Learn Quick, I learned to back hop (rear wheel hop) on a trials bike. This is one of the most fundamental moves in trials. I set the milestone at 30 continuous seconds on the back wheel. If you enjoyed my venture into street trials, let me know in the comments and I'll do more.

BIO: My name is Mike Boyd and I make videos documenting my process of learning stuff really fast! Subscribe for more upcoming videos and feel free to tell me what you'd like me to learn next in the comments.

[oelejaern]

"there's no need to buy a trial bike"


"so here's my new trial bike I really hope it'll make me better"

[peteyboi]

Friend: "Hey Mike, you got any party tricks?"


Mike: "this is day one, hour zero"

[Zyneq]

When he's hopping backward on the bike, he looks like the Pixar lamp

[Zairow]

Skill to Learn: Back Hops

Problem Encountered: "Couldn't Stop Hopping Backwards"

[OffsideCrayon]

Mike trying to sell the bike: «Bike with almost never used front wheels»

[jakeholt]

I just watched a Scottish dude fumbling around on a bike for 10 minutes and I cant say I didnt enjoy it.

[mrcrown]

“Trial bikes wont make you better.”
“So this brand new trial bike i hope it makes me better with trials”

[saram]

I love how his wife is just as enthusiastic with his success as he is. That's a true life partner.

[borja_c]

*Plot twist: He's already known how to do all of these tricks since he was born. He's an alien*

[Hena]

Cool! But the real question is: how's that backflip training going?

[snarpie]

The world will come crashing down when he says “I’d don’t wanna learn that.”

[AnRoLo]

“Some times the best things is nothing at all so that’s what I did”

-Mike Boyd

[jobiwobiwaffles]

Mike: you don’t need a trials bike to learn the basics
Mike 3 seconds later: this is my new trials bike and hopefully it makes me better at trials.

[chelsiestafford]

4:27 lol he looks like the i in the pixar movies 😂

[badbunny]

Mike, you're insane. I've been watching your videos for quite a while now and I'm really speechless. The way you learn things so quick is mindblowing, and the fact that anyone can do this is even more crazy. One guy in the comments wrote "He's already known how to do all of these tricks since he was born". And part of that is actually true. You already know that you will do anything that you set your mind to before even attempting to do it. Over the years you gathered so much confidence in yourself, that you can learn pretty much anything you want insanely fast. And i trully believe that anyone can do this, if we, like many like to say "set our minds to it". The problem is that most of us don't know how to do it, including myself. Anyway, its 2:40am and im probably talking nonsense, but still i'd like to understand with what mentallity you approach each skill you want to learn.
If anyone actually read this, have a nice day. And for those who got annoyed by this comment, well, sorry but it's your fault not mine.

[MarkRoberts-omtm]

‘A trials bike won’t make you better, only practice will’ *proceeds to whip out brand new trials bike*

[Ilovekghimothy]

I just watched a man hop like the Pixar lamp for 10 minutes straight

[maindepth]

Mike: you dont need a trial specific bike

Also mike: here is my brand new trial bike

[andrew]

"First I want to start off by saying, you don't need a brand new trials bike"
"sO ThIS iS My BrANd nEw tRaILs biKe" 1:04

[zach.]

I'm so happy trials biking is becoming more mainstream