Sam Jones Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 HI, I can get onto the back wheel occasionally now and when i am, i dont know what to do afterwards. Any advice. Cheers Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Try Booning first. Just hopping with the back brake jammed on, to learn a balance point. Thats how I learned 16 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Try Booning BACKWARDS first. Booning forwards takes a LONG time to learn and gapping is much much easier. What you have to do is compress your body ready to jump and then: Release the brake -> Jump up and pedal kick -> (Propel forwards) -> Rewind your pedals -> Grab the back brake -> Land Unfortunatly that all happens pretty damn quickly and it takes a while to get the co-ordination/timing perfect. But you really have to persist and it does come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Jones Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 kk cheers will try this when weather is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiremesh Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hi, do you mean rear wheel hopping on the spot? There is a sweet spot in which you would learn to aim your front wheel to. Once you find that point, try hopping 2-4 times, slowly as you get better you will be able to hop more. Remember the lower the front wheel, the lower your butt should be. Once you've found your sweet spot, and sorta master rear wheel hopping, you can den try to hop forward, backwards and sideways. Hops are useful when you have little space for even the tiniest pedal kicks. They also give you momentum from the bounce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubuntu_user Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 I learned to hop backward first and then I figured out how to push the handlebars forward and jump with my calves and that kept me in the same place instead of always going back and then it wasn't hard to figure out the timing of pedalkicks! just keep practicing... it will get so that its more natural and you don't waste all of your strength in one jump:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neomember Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Booning forwards takes a LONG time to learn and gapping is much much easier. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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