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totaltrials Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 If your still in the position where your learning, I'd stick it out sidehopping to the right, once you can do it you will be decent at going both ways. But you want to sidehop away from your fave foot as you said, as you will get to the point where if you don't make a sidehop you can't take your feet off and your pedal get's in the way.Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan6061 Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I had exactly the same problem. Trying it to the right feels realy weird at first, and can be frustrating as you have to learn it all over again basically. I can sidehop onto things to the right, but tonight i've been sidehopping over a bar, and was doing it to the left. Will try it to the right though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 You should really learn them both ways anyway so have a go at going to the right, if you have never tried before it might feel more comfortable of the bat, or it will most likely feel odd. As your on a mod there are no worries about breaking things off so try both ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I think the whole "correct way" thing is complete shite. I spent years being shit at sidehops to the left (away from my lead foot), and now I've actually bothered to try going to the right, I am more comfortable and more accurate, at least with going to two wheels. As you said, Tunni goes towards his front foot and it hardly does him any harm. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for anyone else, really. Just do whatever is comfortable, and at least try it both ways to see which you prefer.I guess being able to take your back foot off if you're not going to make the up is easier, but it's not really a good reason to stick to one way, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) On high stuff it can also be argued that its easier to tuck your legs/bike up if your going towards your backfoot. I do the same and naturally go left towards my front foot but spent like a day doing it only to the right and that feels almost as natural now, just i have no confidence doing it onto anything highish incase i hit my mech.Its good to know how to go both ways. Edited January 1, 2006 by T-rex rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 being right footed and having you left foot as your front foot seems a bit weird to me, dont know if that would make a difference? a lot of people get to a point where they reach a 'wall' (excuse the pun) and cant get any higher or further, but just keeps practising and one day it will just click and you'll find it all easy and you'll start progressing again.regards to going away from your front foot, the idea is that its easier to remove your back foot and put it on the wall if your coming up short (i think) but i dont think that its gospel at all, i can hop just as high both ways but when i go to the right, my front foot, i find i cant go from the rear wheel.just keep practising, try both ways cause its always helpful but just go to which side feels most comfortable.cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MesaMan Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) Same as you dude, right handed and right footed, left foot forwards and only have any technique going to the left. Weird, I know I should be practicing to the right but I figure I'll improve technique more then learn bad side.Loads and loads of people have opposite chocolate foot to natural foot, loads of top riders too. But everyone does seem to go away from their good foot. Edited January 1, 2006 by MesaMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) I had the same thing the exact opposite way round. My main reason for starting to go to the left side was that i kept mashing my front pedal and chainring into walls when going right went wrong. Going left you can angle yourself toward the wall a bit more and get a little closer cos theres no pedal in the way (i need all the help i can get ).It could be a lot to with your natural spinning direction as well - i go from right to left if i have a choice so it makes sense that i sidehop that way.anyway - might as well learn both, thats what they're there for Edited January 1, 2006 by poopipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yer, what Tomm said, if your going to your fave foot, it's a lot harder to take off your foot if you dont make it probably more chance of falling on your bum bum also in comps if your not going to make a sidehop and you put your fave foot down, its harder to start off again on your wrong foot, unless you know the trick lol.but I don't think its much to worry about, try them both and see which one you get on with best, you will probably end up learning both ways in the end anyway once you have found your fave direction.Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 I started sidehopping to my right (my lead foot) got to about 5 brick and then just couldunt go any higher at all!Then I learnt to go to my left (back foot) and imeditly could do bigger makes it 100 times easyer to go to frount wheel on sidehops and everything. 3 and a bit weeks on still going to my left and am just carrying of progressing doing about 8-9 brick now.But I do find it hard to go from back wheel to wheels, which was easyer the other way but only on small things I suppose .Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 I had the same problem. Always sidehopped to the left with my left foot foward which resulted in a nasty crash if the rear wheel didn't get onto the obstacle. Because of that, I never progressed because of the fear of falling off (sometimes my bottom would hurt for many weeks or even months). After 4 years of sidehopping left, I started doing it to the right (when I realized that most of the pros do it oposite to the front foot) and it was great. I went bigger hights because I wasnt afraid of falling of. But still I have a problem with moving the rear onto the obstacle it feels kinda strange.... the same applies to pedalkicking up, better to do it the 'bad side'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.loves.boys Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 i used to sidehop to my left as im left footed..i find it way more comfy i can get right up over the wall ..when i go to the righ i find it akward and that im going to kind of miss the wall so to speek..but i feel i could go alot highter to the right(oposite way)but as i said it feels awkard and i just can't get the tuck and the right postion to go higher..i dunno its werid , sidehops are gay.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Im left foot forward and i use to sidehop to my left, but after seeing my mate do massive sidehops and after him persuading me to go to the right i thought i would learn. So for about a week or so it felt dam right awful then it started to feel ok and after about 1-2 months later i could sidehop alot higher and it felt alot more natural. I say go for it, because you will be pleased once you have learnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 (edited) First of all, being left / right footed / handed has nothing to do with which foot you ride with forward. There was a poll on here ages ago about which foot you rode with forward and it was near enough 50/50.Doing sidehops away from your forward foot looks very different from doing them towards your forward foot. It's quite a different technique.When you do them towards your forward foot (Which normally feels more comfortable) you tend to get the front wheel up first and then pull your back wheel up. It tends to me more accurate, but doesn’t look as good. The reason people feel more comfortable doing it that way is because when you push down on your forward foot to pedal kick, you bike and your bodyweight automatically move towards your forward foot, making it seem like the best way to sidehop.When you do them away from your forward foot it feels weird (at first) because your bike and bodyweight want to go the other way. The big main advantage of doing them this way is when you wrench your legs up you tuck your bike to the opposite side of whichever foot you have forward. This means when your sidehopping away from your forward foot, you are tucking the bike (and therefore moving it slightly) toward whatever your sidehopping up onto. This way also allows people to sidehop to crank arm if that’s what your into.This is why people tend to start sidehopping towards their forward foot, and then switch to sidehopping away from their forward foot. As when you start out, it feels more comfortable to do it towards the forward foot. But then when you get better and higher, you realize that when you start tucking the bike upwards, it naturally goes the wrong way. And therefore switch the way they sidehop to accommodate.I personally think the best way is going away from your forward foot. But just go with which ever way you feels that’s best, whichever way you can get the highest. It’s never a bad thing to be able to do it both ways either.And yes, I do know that there are many exceptions out there to what I just said. Edited January 2, 2006 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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