Successful wheelies start with the right equipment. Touring and cruising bikes will always be difficult if not impossible to bring off the ground, simply because their large engines and robust frames ...

Second, the safety bike was almost brand new, and earlier bikes were probably too heavy to wheelie because of their wooden frames and metal tires. Finally, the same article mentions the Capitol ...

It's pegged as a high-performance bike for trick cycling, including the ability to ride on its back wheel alone in two of the five modes: Pure, Pedelec, eGrip, Power Wheelie, and Balanced Wheelie.