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I know the "how to" of wheelies. It doesn't mean I could apply it.
I'm no good at holding the balance point. I was into it though, I once had the most realistic dream of holding a manual all the way down my street. It felt so real and I was so fucking annoyed when I woke up and it turned out to be a dream.
hippy
This is why you use your rear brake.
I grew up doing MTB trials, so spent half my childhood on the rear wheel. I'm having to relearn them on my current MTB because the front wheel is about a mile in front of me, and the chainstays put the back wheel somewhere in the next county