petit_pablo Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 When side hopping i go to my left so the LHS chainstay takes any failed attempts. My mate side hops to the right though and the mech gets mashed fairly often. Do others suffer similar fates to their bike? Is there any clever way around it, other then going to the left, or is he doomed to smashing mechs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 sorry to say this but, DOOMED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petit_pablo Posted November 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Haha, id imagine theres alot of trashed mechs in the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPace Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 when first learning sidehops you go through a few mech hangers but once you get the hang of it you rarely bugger the mech cause you know when you ain't gonna make it up so you put your foot down. I sidehop right and haven't bought a new mech hanger for a year or so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhenoVenom Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 when first learning sidehops you go through a few mech hangers but once you get the hang of it you rarely bugger the mech cause you know when you ain't gonna make it up so you put your foot down. I think that it has something to do with what is your forward foot, for example I'm right foot forwards, when I sidehop to the left I put my left foot down automatically when I'm not going to make it, but when I sidehop to the right I find it much harder to put my chocolate foot down. The thing that WILL stop you from killing mech hangers is a freshproducts tensioner (Y) (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesb Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 You can also use a chainstay-mounted tensioner. No hangers at all then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 I have been right foot forward as long as I can remember and sidehopped to the right but asfter 3 years of trying found I could still only get bout 12 inches but afer trying to the left I found it harder at first then after bout 3 month i can get 26 inches. Moral of the story is try to change the way you ride even if you feel uncomfortable at first you may be suprised. A shorter version: Possibly doomed! Kieron :lol: *phew* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 they die ever so often. sidehopping to mech keeps it all interesting. can't beat the feeling of being 1/2" off a high sidehop, landing to mech and having to walk home.. good times. even if you start sidehopping to the left instead, you'll eventually want to learn to sidehop to the other side, so you might aswell learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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