Hopping Problems?

[kb_trialer]

hi all

i have learnt how to do a few hops on the back wheel but i become unbalanced, is there any advise you can give me to try and help balance myself?

many thanks

keith

[Da Bomb]

Keep practisin,that's what i did,You will eventually find your point of balance where you can hop for aslong as you want,practise practise practise!!! ! :turned:

[kb_trialer]

thanks i will carry on practicing!!!

keith

[AndyXtp]

and kieth iv seen u hop you go way to fast slow down a bit small controled hops a better than 1 big slopy hop

andy :turned:

[tomo]

I found that if you are falling to one side lets say to your left. Try and compensate it by delibritley falling to your right. Do this a few times untill you can fall to whatever side you want then give it another go and put all your effort into keeping it central. I know it might sound like a funny way to learn but it helps :turned:

[kb_trialer]

thanks for all your help!!!

keith

[Trials Dave]

just remember that PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT

[earsy104]

Hey i had the same problem as we all tend to, anyway i found that standing over my bike looking down at my handlebars helps me to balance alot. It would help if i had my maggie's on my bike though but hey yer anwya hope this helps.

:turned:

p.s practice makes perfect!

[poopipe]

practice practice practice..

im crap at hopping but i got a couple of tips recently that helped a lot.

1. bendy legs are good - you should find you can balance for quite a while without hopping by moving your body around on the bike. compressing on landing will reduce the shock through the bike and prevent it from pulling you where it wants to go rather than where you want to go.

2. lazy is good - only hop when you need to adjust your balance rather than hopping for the sake of it. little, relaxed hops are better than big hops cos you can control the forces when you land better

3. use the pedals to move the bike about - if you tend to move backwards while hopping , doing tiny little pedalkicks will keep you in the right place.

4. when you're in the air, release the back brake and level the pedals out - this puts you in the right body position for the next hop.

[Mc Lovin]

It's a bit like a pogo-stick when you feel yourself falling over to the right you will push the bottom of the pogo-stick further out to the right when you are in the air then land like that to balance yourself out it's pretty much the same with trials.

Try to use your legs more than your arms so push you up and keep bouncing, just small jumps is all you need. :turned:

[lankyri]

i practised loads mate, outside on you drive or road look for stones or stuff and try and hop on each thing, it helped me loads and also hoppin towards the edge of a curb just c how long you can keep it on the edge of a drop

hope this helps mate keep practisin :turned:

[joewhite]

hey

ive been riding about 4-5 weeks and i practise most nights and i have finally learnt to keep mt baance and im quite good

just keep practising

joe

[andypro1]

all i did was went out on my street and practiced practiced and practiced thats all u have to do practice and you'll get it (Y)