Wheelie School

Tom L · Post by **Tom L** » Sep 20th, '07, 17:37

its one of my friends birthdays soon and we're all chipping in to get him a day at a wheelie school. Im really struggling to find any locally and was wondering if anyone knew about one? in fact dosnt matter if its not local anything will do, getting him up on one wheel

tafflade · Post by **tafflade** » Sep 20th, '07, 18:37

http://www.southcoastwheelies.co.uk/index.html

http://www.thewheelieschool.co.uk/

there's two to get you started

Edited by Speedy

tafflade · Post by **tafflade** » Sep 20th, '07, 18:39

except they're not images, obviously

Benji Gixxer · Post by **Benji Gixxer** » Sep 20th, '07, 18:39

https://www.driversdreamdays.co.uk/product.asp?id=560

there you go mate. i did a supercar day with the people there and they were brilliant. it's a bit of a way away tho.

hope he has a blast!

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Sep 20th, '07, 21:37

We are!? I see.

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Sep 20th, '07, 21:37

We are!? I see.

Rab · Post by **Rab** » Sep 21st, '07, 08:53

I would give this one a miss

http://www.southcoastwheelies.co.uk/index.html

watters · Post by **watters** » Sep 21st, '07, 14:33

different school teach you different ways,some prefer off the power and some clutching it, id rather go to one where you learn to clutch it as it will come in more handy when your on the road and not just going at the same speed as they teach you, you can then clutch it in most gears at most speeds!

tafflade · Post by **tafflade** » Sep 21st, '07, 14:52

Rab wrote:I would give this one a miss

http://www.southcoastwheelies.co.uk/index.html

are the bikes the wrong colour for you?

you cant make a statement like that without quantifying it with your experiences.

why wouldn't you go there?

Rab · Post by **Rab** » Sep 21st, '07, 16:20

tafflade wrote:
Rab wrote:I would give this one a miss

http://www.southcoastwheelies.co.uk/index.html

are the bikes the wrong colour for you?

you cant make a statement like that without quantifying it with your experiences.

why wouldn't you go there?

Because I did go there and i would not recommend that one to anyone

and yeah the bikes were the wrong colour

roper · Post by **roper** » Sep 21st, '07, 17:36

After reading up alot on these type of things last year ,what i would say is try to avoid the one's that have bikes fitted with anti flip devices (electrical gadget) as surely this is stopping you from flipping it and so your not learning at what point to stop it yourself ,plus they then try to flog the gadget at the end of the day for something stupid like £130 if memory serves me correct.Just my 2p.

tafflade · Post by **tafflade** » Sep 21st, '07, 19:50

Rab wrote:
tafflade wrote:
Rab wrote:I would give this one a miss

http://www.southcoastwheelies.co.uk/index.html

are the bikes the wrong colour for you?

you cant make a statement like that without quantifying it with your experiences.

why wouldn't you go there?
Because I did go there and i would not recommend that one to anyone

and yeah the bikes were the wrong colour

why?

what are your reasons?

why wasn't it right for you and why wouldn't it be right for anyone else? please give reasons

Rab · Post by **Rab** » Sep 21st, '07, 22:07

tafflade wrote:
Rab wrote:
tafflade wrote:
are the bikes the wrong colour for you?

you cant make a statement like that without quantifying it with your experiences.

why wouldn't you go there?
Because I did go there and i would not recommend that one to anyone

and yeah the bikes were the wrong colour

why?

what are your reasons?

why wasn't it right for you and why wouldn't it be right for anyone else? please give reasons

i thought the training was not that good and i was not the only one on the day who thought that
i had to ask to get the anti flip devices adjusted so i could get the front wheel higher
i would have thought the instructor would be able to know this
basically i thought i could have spent the money on something more useful
i cannot comment on the other wheelie schools because i have not tried them
and i have done a few track days and wished i had spent the wheelie school money on a couple of track days
have you tried this wheelie school ????

tafflade · Post by **tafflade** » Sep 22nd, '07, 12:19

Rab wrote:
i thought the training was not that good and i was not the only one on the day who thought that
i had to ask to get the anti flip devices adjusted so i could get the front wheel higher
i would have thought the instructor would be able to know this
basically i thought i could have spent the money on something more useful
i cannot comment on the other wheelie schools because i have not tried them
and i have done a few track days and wished i had spent the wheelie school money on a couple of track days
have you tried this wheelie school ????

no I havn't tried it, (and I have absolutely no connection with them BTW).

I just get a little agitated by statements like your first post which only said 'dont go to these people', your opinion is valid and very welcome because it could save me £175 or help me to spend it in better places but you have to give reasons so that I can make the decisions for myself.

also remember a service provider cannot please 100% of their customers 100% of the time no matter how hard they try, the minority that are not happy will always bleat louder than the happy majority.

Rab · Post by **Rab** » Sep 22nd, '07, 23:11

some one ask so i gave my opinion if they act on it or not is up to them