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@Dammit
I watched a bunch of "how to manual" videos on YouTube yesterday, what interested me is that MTB vids all advised feathering the rear brake to trim your position - which strikes me as in some way cheating. The BMX vids (who didn't have rear, or indeed any, brakes) of course just use balance.
The other thing I noticed was that the MTB manual machine vids all had the chain on, so were largely using pressure on the chain and the rear brake (to a greater or lesser degree) to stay upright.