What is it called when you ride around on your back wheel? What's it called when you pull a wheelie and hold it while you ride around on just the back wheel?  I learned the term as a kid and I think it started with "c", but I could be wrong or the term could be wrong.  It's been bugging me ever since I found this site and went through the glossary and Wikipedia's.

Edit: I'm specifically looking for something to distinguish riding on the back wheel from  stopping on it (a manual).  Both involve pulling up the front wheel (a wheelie). shufler's answer captures this distinction, so I'm just looking for other words for it at this point.
Balancing on your back wheel (with the front wheel in the air) while pedaling is called a catwalk.

(Sorry about the wikihow link, it was the only source I found other than youtube)

Edit: It seems the wikihow link is dead. As far as I can tell a manual is leaning back and raising the tire but not pedaling. I found a couple of other links that make reference to it being called a catwalk:

Basic Bike tricks and Skills, user Wesley666 comments:


  Not a Wheelie.  Its a Cat Walk.  A Wheelie you stay seated and ride on your back tire.  If I am correct you actually stand up and pedal up and keep pedaling, which is a Cat Walk.  


Learning how to catwalk wheelie -- this video is specific to a dirt bike.

It's very possible that catwalk is a regional term.