Back in January 2015, we ran a poll asking which trick you all wanted to learn the most, and the manual came in 14% ahead of any other item in the list, with 34% of the total vote. Phil Kmetz runs another YouTube channel we keep an eye on, and he just put out this really nice follow up to his original tutorial on how to manual.
(No video? Try this link).
Even without feedback from anyone else, videoing yourself trying stuff can be a really useful way to learn new things and improve, because there’s a lot of video out there to compare your footage to. The way your body feels when you’re trying a new thing on a bike will often tell a very different story to the way you actually look. While it’s not the same as time spent with a skills coach, Phil being willing to break attempts down and give feedback to viewers is an approach to YouTube tutorials we haven’t seen before.
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Watched a few of his vids and they seem excellent.
Have subscribed.
I might never learn to manual, but I like the style of his videos. Good fun!