Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
The way I've learned it, it's more of a whole body movement than an arm thing. If you push with your feet some and move your body back with a hip snap, that completes the motion. The compress and pull up with your arms thing never worked for me.
I have been working on this way, the true wheelie, which people say is more about the power stroke than hopping the front wheel (loading/unloading, whatever). I don't know... I haven't gotten it yet. I know I need it, not just for log jumping but for wheelie drops off of steps. It is frustrating, though.

DH says, "didn't you ever do wheelies when you were a kid?" Ahhh, no! First of all, my bike had a banana seat and streamers on the handlebars. Second, I don't have any big brothers. Third, I don't know what I was doing when I was twelve (maybe rollerskating?) but it wasn't impressing the girls with my BMX moves.

Keep trying, trying!