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Mastering the Art of Bike Stunts
A careful overview of advanced bike stunts and flips: what professional riders train, the facilities and coaching involved, and safer skills to build first.
Tricks and Stunts
Flips and Big Stunts
What advanced stunts involve and why they need coaching.
How to Do a Front Flip on a Bike
What a front flip on a bike is and why it is one of the most dangerous tricks. This is not a how-to: it covers the risks and the trained, supervised setting it needs.
How to Perform a Backflip on a BMX Bike
How BMX riders typically progress toward backflips using foam pits, resi ramps and coaching, and why this is not a do-it-yourself skill to learn from an article.
How to Perform a Front Flip on a Single-Speed Bike
Why a single-speed commuter bike is unsuited to flips, what bikes and venues stunt riders really use, and how to choose a bike for the skills you want to learn.
How to Perform a Front Flip on a Track Bike
Why flipping a track bike is unrealistic and dangerous, what track bikes are designed for, and which velodrome skills are worth learning instead.
Mastering the Art of Bike Stunts and Tricks
A frank look at injury risk in bike stunts and tricks: what can go wrong, which protective gear helps, how to know your limits and why supervised venues matter.
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