trials rules Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I have read as many tutorials etc as possible and i think i have the technique to sidehop, but when ever i get in the air or just land, i always put my left foot down. ( i hop to the left). I conciously try and keep my foot on the pedal but cant help it. Is this just one of those things i have to get out of the habit of doing or is my technique flawed in someway so i lose balance or something?Thanks for help as im getting a bit peeved now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 ok, its the british champs, your riding elite, its the last round and your winning by one point, ben slinger has just got up the sidehop and has finnished the comp, if you get up the wall clean you have wone the champs.Thats what I often think and I find it helps.Also pretend your foot is glued to the pedal with REALLY strong glue, you cant take it off.MIND OVER MATTER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben@LeicesterTrials Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I used to do that all the time, I started to make a habit out of it and it started to piss me right of becuase it was taking me like 10 attemps at a sidehop but all the time I would take my foot off the pedals. I don't do it no more though just stopped doing it after I was doing them all the time like ever day I would go out and just trying them non stop.You'll pack doing it soon, Just keep going at them. I know how anoying it is though it Used to piss me right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTF Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 ok, its the british champs, your riding elite, its the last round and your winning by one point, ben slinger has just got up the sidehop and has finnished the comp, if you get up the wall clean you have wone the champs.Thats what I often think and I find it helps.Also pretend your foot is glued to the pedal with REALLY strong glue, you cant take it off.MIND OVER MATTERThats a good way to say it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 i do this alot (no confidence ***) it's just a case of building up my sidehops gradually throughout rides. just practise on small things to build up your confidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I really like ali's analogy, must try it some time on some mondo huge things.It helps me to remind myself my monty frame is only £150 and if I do f**k it totally I can easily buy another one using the 'contingency fund' (ie money for Uni :$ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 hmm gonna try ali's ''technique'' out sooni have the same problem.. i sidehop to my left, which is also my forward footso when i don't make it i don't land on my pedal since thats too low and have a pretty bad fall each i miss..but oh well my own fault for learning it the wrong way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 This is random but ive just been able to visualize myself being able to sidehop to the left (I always go right) I really feel like trying it right now argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 This is random but ive just been able to visualize myself being able to sidehop to the left (I always go right) I really feel like trying it right now argh!whats stopping you?go out and try it before you lose the vision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Sidehopping is all about commitment, If you do not commit yourself enough to the sidehop you aint getting up.Just put all your thought into the move and just think that your feet are glued to the pedals.Works for me.Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMAyaRKay Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Crash and Learn! Just dont take you foot off - you'll prob mess up and fall off 1st time, then go 'oh wait that wasn't to hard if only i'd commited'. You'll do it right next time!Mistakes and learning from them is human nature. Apply to trials (or anything else in life) and you'll be sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Neal Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 Ali's technique works. Either that or you'll just get so fed up with it you'll fully commit and do it. Just get really hyped up, it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 i find this is quite a big problem too!i was trying a sidehop around 42-43 inches yesterday, and it just wasnt happening, apparently i was making the height easily, and taking my foot off after making the height i then went to a smaller sidehop just to practise the technique a bit, and i was so conditioned to taking my foot off at the top, that i started doing it on the tiny easy sidehop as well!!!!!AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
python_man Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 Clip on pedals anyone ever done that???.the seeing myself up there always helps for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim-p Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 if you keep putting your foot down you should practice going to pedal and that will get you into the motion of it and you should stop putting your foot down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials rules Posted December 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 (edited) Thanks for all the help - i'll go and give it a razz!Not too sure about the clip in pedals though! Although it's got to be tried and filmed on some big stuff. Any volunteers?! Edited December 7, 2006 by trials rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 practise sidehopping to bash it'll give you the confidence to sidehop to both wheels and if your rear wheel slips you'll just land on your bash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolty Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Practise makes perfect Bolty........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerider Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 cable ties are your friend .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 when i was sidehoping to the same side as my forward foot i was having this issue, one day i was doing 6 pallets, then i could not do 5 as i was taking my foot off, i thought oh well i ent exactly good at sidehoping, so i just started to learn it again to the correct side, now after about 2 months or so i am doing more than what i was befor, after years of doing it to the wrong side.so my advice would be to go out get some pallets and try to learn to the correct side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelistic Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 when i was sidehoping to the same side as my forward foot i was having this issue, one day i was doing 6 pallets, then i could not do 5 as i was taking my foot off, i thought oh well i ent exactly good at sidehoping, so i just started to learn it again to the correct side, now after about 2 months or so i am doing more than what i was befor, after years of doing it to the wrong side.so my advice would be to go out get some pallets and try to learn to the correct side. Hmmm, I'l have to give that a try as I sidehop to the 'wrong' side and I'm not very good at it. It feels awkward to side hop to my right though (left foot foward).Does hopping to your back foot side really make it that much easier?Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Hmmm, I'l have to give that a try as I sidehop to the 'wrong' side and I'm not very good at it. It feels awkward to side hop to my right though (left foot foward).Does hopping to your back foot side really make it that much easier?Cheers well i will be honist it feels odd at first, but stick with it and it will get better, like i said i can go higher than befor, but my balance still needs some work.go out try it and stick with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 you'll soon realise that if you mess up you slip to pedal, and if you've got a bit of tuckage and bike-lean going on, you'll slide down via the sidewall of the tyre = quiet and slow.commitment is everything, but everyone's said that already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckett Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 I have read as many tutorials etc as possible and i think i have the technique to sidehop, but when ever i get in the air or just land, i always put my left foot down. ( i hop to the left). I conciously try and keep my foot on the pedal but cant help it. Is this just one of those things i have to get out of the habit of doing or is my technique flawed in someway so i lose balance or something?Thanks for help as im getting a bit peeved now! i use to do it most sidehops.........i found that if you do loads of smaller walls then you don't tend to put your foot down, just do this for 30 odd sidehops and it should have you in the rythem of it staying on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsking 55 Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 its just a case of getting confident in your sidehops. your only going to put your foot down if you think your going to fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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