JIX Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Im sure this has been asked before but times do change and improvements are made all the time. Last night I was trying to tap a 47inch wall and just not getting it. I was looking at the wall and thinking this is a pretty average tap these days. So my question is just whats the highest you have ever seen? What can you and your mates do? What hight have you seen the pro's get (fact not speculation) like kenny, coustelliers, you understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 i have done 53" twice, but my average is 51" that i can tap to back wheel and keep it., dw@hulltrials has done 54 :S :P but thats all i know of, i am sure i saw on a TRA video he did 58" but might have been a hook. meh ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 47inch :S how long you been riding because I would say that is big on todays standards I can tap 39inchs consistently but I know I can go bigger I think its all about getting that tap perfect to really bump you up the wall :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 tapping big is still somewhat of a black art.... 3 years ago nobody was tapping other than the pros.... then it started filtering down to us mere mortals.... there are people around who can tap perfectly well like me, and just slowly pregress getting an inch higher every few months.... then there are the monsters who can just 'do it' and are breaking the 50'' mark.... personally, my highest front tap to back wheel was 48'', and although i know i undoubtedly will go higher, right now i cant see how its possible :S but then again, in bristol rowan johns was consistently tapping a 4ft wall to backwheel, both, and into a manual :P so its obviously just a case of getting the technique perfect! steveS has done 51'' recently, then snapped his urbans :lol: porter has done 52'' or something really silly i think.... what ive found is, the way to get higher is to tap lower :lol: rowan was telling me in bristol, and now, if im trying a wall and not making it, i concentrate on hitting the front wheel low down, and it just shoots u up! but its scary.... tap tap tap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 47 is huge, I can do about 43 every time, but latley I have been pushing myself and I have gotten a couple of 47s and one 50" but the 50" one was a one off, I need to practise them more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwog Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I can tap about 41 inches everytime, and have done a couple of 43 inchers at a local wall :lol: I think TRA has done about ten pallets with a slope along the vertical side of them..... I also think the pallets where slightly smaller than the ones we are used to aswell.... Jack barnes can pedal-blunt 50" with out a tap :P :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Jack barnes can pedal-blunt 50" with out a tap :P :S ← pardon? thats as in not a rolling backwheel but a static hop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipus Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Yesterday i started training tap. It's all about hitting the front tire perfectly on the wall i found out. I made 35,43 inches. Iv'e been riding about 10 months. Is that normal? What can you others do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwog Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 pardon? thats as in not a rolling backwheel but a static hop? ← Noooooo...... rolling along and half pedal turn to back wheel, with no bump, just a normal blunt :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 ahh i thought you meant as in a pedal kick , i was about to phone australia for someone to pick up my jaw . but a 50" with no tap is still bloody impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD404 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Biggest I've pulled off was 46/47" over easter. For a while I could go no higher than bar height, but as said above I've started to tap a little lower and the extra height came pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colly Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 i can do 38 on a good day but my backwheeling consistency sucks, i might be able to do it 10 out of 10 one day next day not at all. :S" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavic Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I can tap about an inch over bar height at most at the moment :S . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I can get 7 pallets everytime, the blue ones, i think thats about 45"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTTY___ Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Well, I've started taps about a week ago as my 05Team 1040 Wheelbase is alittle long to bunnyhop. I've done about 41/42ish? but i cannot do them everytime. I have my good and bad days, as i'm still perfecting mt technique. Scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 on a really good day i can get around 38" inches i think, which is around my bar height. but i dont have really good days very often :S some days i can do it, some i can't... ahwell, it'l come :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I have can do 52" and 50"pretty consistently lately, Rossi has tapped 55" in Blackburn. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Its amazing what people can do these days. I need to practise them alot more thats for sure. Just out of interest, what do people think that the coustelliers have done and any of the big names in world trials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 i am shite at tapping :P i think around 38 is my best :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..johal.. Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 austin wright will have to back me up on this one but i'm quite sure he can tap 59" :S i was disgusted when he told me i can do about 43" :"> i'd say johal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Its amazing what people can do these days. I need to practise them alot more thats for sure. Just out of interest, what do people think that the coustelliers have done and any of the big names in world trials. ← I recon about 60+ Its all about technique, alothough in some uci sections, its require to tap 10pallets, as most uci riders dont bunny hop everywere. Austin cant tap 59" im sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 austin wright will have to back me up on this one but i'm quite sure he can tap 59"← If he can (to back wheel on a vertically faced wall/block), then that's pretty impressive, bearing in mind its just one inch of five whole feet. I'd have to see that to believe it. My taps aren't very good. I've done over 40 but it's not something I practice much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 phils done 59 up a slightly slanted wall hasent he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Probably. He did that wall in Crosby and the car in Preston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 phils done 59 up a slightly slanted wall hasent he. ← Yes, im pretty sure there was a clip of it in his rainbow vid, you can get it off le-trial.com. I can do around 40" but i am practising to get higher, there arent many walls where i live much higher than bar height though :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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