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Lee09

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hi guys, needing some advise on how to pedal hop landing front wheel first. ive taken months to practise pedal kicks and side hops, now onto this and truthfully struggling. whats the best way to get round it without falling off all the time. Cheers Lee

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im not sure what sorts of heights you are jumping from/onto...and what sorts of things you are trying to land front wheel first...

but at a guess, id start with resting your front wheel on a small ledge (somthing you could easily ride up without knocking the bashring). then just work on pivoting on the front wheel and bringing the rear wheel up onto the ledge

when you are comfortable with this, find a ledge that is about level with your front wheel whilst you are hopping on the rear. with a small pedal hop (it may not even be needed but its to learn how the move should feel), try and repeat the move above.

it would be pretty hard to cause any injury or harm to yourself or the bike, so you can really move your body about to find out what works for you.

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hi guys, needing some advise on how to pedal hop landing front wheel first. ive taken months to practise pedal kicks and side hops, now onto this and truthfully struggling. whats the best way to get round it without falling off all the time. Cheers Lee

do you mean front wheel gaps mate ? watch this

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Basically, after pedal kicking towards the wall your going upto front on, extending the arms, leaning right over the bars while your looking down at the wall landing on. Once you have landed on the wall you still need to be in the same position leaning right over the bars, then use your body weight to bounce and swop to the rear wheel, you will also need to push with the legs and pull with the arms, this is like an upto front wheel swop as i can best describe it!

willis x

When I do an up to front, I prefer to do it from pedaling straight to front rather than hopping off the rear wheel.

Basicly, as your front wheel comes up, just before you put the main hop in, start moving your body weight forwards, you want to have your chest over the stem with your arms bent (like your trying to kiss the front wheel.

Land with your wheel just above the edge and let the rear wheel come up....just before the wheel is at its highest, let go of the front brake and push the bars forwards, your wheel should land where the front was.

you want to have your weight back while running up to the wall finally transfering your weight forward in the final stroke

This is how I learned them these guys know what they are on about.

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