DailyCamera.com:

With two powerful pedal strokes, Matt Fisher brings his front wheel in the air. He glides along the sidewalk, pedaling easily, with a comic grace reminiscent of a unicyclist, as passersby crane their necks to watch him pass.

For most everyone who’s tried it, the wheelie — the quintessential bicycle trick — is nowhere near as easy as Fisher makes it look.

“I think there’s a wheelie gene, and you have to be born with it,” says Nick Martin, a Boulder cross-country racer who last year made a goal of perfecting the wheelie, but is still finding the balance point that makes it work.

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