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What is it called when you ride around on your front wheel?

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I know a wheelie is when the front wheel is in the air but does it have a different name for when the back wheel is in the air?

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  On a BMX it's called a nose manual. You've tagged road-bike though, so I'm not sure what you'd call it on a road bike... I can't imagine doing it on anything other than a BMX or perhaps a trials bike.
  
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  @DavidRicherby True, if you want it badly enough, I guess. I still can't imagine doing anything like that on anything but a BMX. I'm old fashioned, I suppose :)
  
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I know a wheelie is when the front wheel is in the air but does it have a different name for when the back wheel is in the air?

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  On a BMX it's called a nose manual. You've tagged road-bike though, so I'm not sure what you'd call it on a road bike... I can't imagine doing it on anything other than a BMX or perhaps a trials bike.
  
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I know a wheelie is when the front wheel is in the air but does it have a different name for when the back wheel is in the air?

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Rolling along balancing on the front wheel is called a "nose manual".
If it's braking to a stop while balancing on the wheel it's a "stoppie".
If it's braking to a stop suddenly with the rear wheel lifting and no front wheel rolling it's called an "endo".

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  Isn’t it an endo only if the rider’s center of gravity goes forward beyond the center axis of the stationary front tire while the rider has forward momentum to spare? Otherwise it could still be a stoppie.
  
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  I'm with RoboKaren. Endo is short for end-over-end. It's a crash, or as RoboKaren eloquently puts it "forward momentum to spare"
  
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  I've always seen endo used as the trick where you balance your weight over the front wheel, even 20 years ago, from many sources. It's commonly used as a dedicated move or part of other tricks like 180° pivots on the front wheel. Even if the origin is from uncontrolled spills, endo is definitely not exclusive to crashing.
  
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it's called an Indo when you ride around on just your front tire.

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Rolling along balancing on the front wheel is called a "nose manual".
If it's braking to a stop while balancing on the wheel it's a "stoppie".
If it's braking to a stop suddenly with the rear wheel lifting and no front wheel rolling it's called an "endo".

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  Isn’t it an endo only if the rider’s center of gravity goes forward beyond the center axis of the stationary front tire while the rider has forward momentum to spare? Otherwise it could still be a stoppie.
  
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  I'm with RoboKaren. Endo is short for end-over-end. It's a crash, or as RoboKaren eloquently puts it "forward momentum to spare"
  
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  I've always seen endo used as the trick where you balance your weight over the front wheel, even 20 years ago, from many sources. It's commonly used as a dedicated move or part of other tricks like 180° pivots on the front wheel. Even if the origin is from uncontrolled spills, endo is definitely not exclusive to crashing.
  
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Rolling along balancing on the front wheel is called a "nose manual".
If it's braking to a stop while balancing on the wheel it's a "stoppie".
If it's braking to a stop suddenly with the rear wheel lifting and no front wheel rolling it's called an "endo".

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  Isn’t it an endo only if the rider’s center of gravity goes forward beyond the center axis of the stationary front tire while the rider has forward momentum to spare? Otherwise it could still be a stoppie.
  
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  I'm with RoboKaren. Endo is short for end-over-end. It's a crash, or as RoboKaren eloquently puts it "forward momentum to spare"
  
  – David D
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  I've always seen endo used as the trick where you balance your weight over the front wheel, even 20 years ago, from many sources. It's commonly used as a dedicated move or part of other tricks like 180° pivots on the front wheel. Even if the origin is from uncontrolled spills, endo is definitely not exclusive to crashing.
  
  – Gabriel C.
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Rolling along balancing on the front wheel is called a "nose manual".
If it's braking to a stop while balancing on the wheel it's a "stoppie".
If it's braking to a stop suddenly with the rear wheel lifting and no front wheel rolling it's called an "endo".

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it's called an Indo when you ride around on just your front tire.

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it's called an Indo when you ride around on just your front tire.

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it's called an Indo when you ride around on just your front tire.

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