How To 180 On A Mountain Bike

This is a full breakdown of how to 180 a mountain bike, something that will help you on the trail when you need to quickly change directions, readjust your rear wheel placement, and ride tight switchbacks.

This skill plays in to so many other elements of your mountain bike riding, and will help you overall with your rear wheel movement and bike handling ability. Having confidence to move that rear wheel where you want it to go will be a huge factor when it comes to holding lines on technical trails, and this entire technique is easy to practice anywhere.

I mentioned this briefly in my Parking Lot Tricks video, and this video is a complete rundown of every nuance and detail that you can work on to totally master this skill.

Don't sweat it if you can't immediately do the 180 rotation, either - most of the time you'll only need a small rotation - but as you practice, you'll slowly get the back wheel further and further around.