Why would anyone want to do an Elbow Glide? Is there anything that you can do from one of these things? How about Hitchhikers! Elbow Glides are one of the easier rolling tricks- and while they may not offer a huge amount of linkability they do give you a comfortable way to get used to rolling on the front wheel with the frame of your bike on the same side of the handlebars as you are on... Maybe this trick should be listed as a prerequisite to the Hang-5? It is what appears in the hitchhiker how-to as the way to ride in though.

What is described here is how to do a switch-sided elbow glide.

• Begin by rolling at a medium pace with your left foot on the front left peg and your right foot on the left rear peg. Your pedals should be level... maybe have your right pedal back.
• As with a whiplash, weave slightly to the right then to the left. As soon as you weave left lean forward, pulling the front wheel underneath of you and getting the back wheel off the ground.
• At the same time push the frame around to the right so it begins to go around the bike (similar to a tailwhip).
• Do NOT switch feet. Leave your left foot on the front left peg and as the frame gets about 270 degrees around the bars drop your hips and lean the frame forward.
• By doing this you push the frame back about 20 more degrees and have dropped your body low enough that you can reach your left elbow out and hook it over the bicycle seat.
• Roll as long as you can with your seat under your left elbow and your left foot on the left peg and your right foot out for balance. This is a good thing to learn how to do prior to learning how to ride into the trick.
• To ride out, lift your elbow up so the frame falls away from you and spins BACK around the opposite direction from which you kicked it originally.
• The frame can be dropped in front of you and you can Smoothie out or you can let it go all the way around and ride out similar to how you would for a Whiplash.

This trick is more complicated to explain than it is difficult. If you are touching your foot down every time you try to ride in then you are not pushing the bars forward enough and keeping your weight centered over the bike. Lean forwards more! If you can't coast an elbow glide more than a couple of feet, practice just doing the elbow glide without riding in. As with Dump Trucks and Funky Chickens it is possible to practice the middle of the trick without doing the ride in or the ride out.