Concussion Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'm looking for some tips on hopping to front wheel, just on a kerb etc. I find this move very un-natural, (scared of going over the front / snapping my Onza lite-guy forks, and anything else I can think off to put me off!), and don't seem to be able to commit to landing on the front wheel at all.I'm locked into pulling endos with my arms very straight and my legs tucked, but when I watch vids it seems like a slightly different technique that I just can't seem to adjust to.So any advice / is this a hard move which takes a while to get into? (I'm studying Trashzen's tut's... just want a bit of rider input)Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 it used to scare crap out of me....practice rolling bunnyhops into nose manuals up curbs first. it's less frightening cos you're much more likely to drop the back rather than shoot over the bars - that gets you used to the movements involved . once you can do that at speed you'll have no worries about going up to front sideways with the brake on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 sorry to steal thread but, I'm just tyring to get endhops at the moment and i can land one but i don't know how/where i'm meant to put my weight as i land/get ready to hop again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concussion Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) Thanks poo man! Yeah` just looking for little tricks or techniques people have found to help them with this move. (pretty useless topic I know, but I'm desperate to improve!).... right, I'm off out to try again. Will post pics of my smashed face when I get back! .... no worries Ogre, more info regarding the front the better!edit: JESUS, the rain stops and I've just taken a chunk of skin off my brake finger fixing the bumper on my car. f**k sake! Edited January 16, 2007 by Concussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgun_Donor Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Erm i find its best to aim for trying to go over the front, you should then find a natural balance between being scared of face planting and trying to face plant.... some people call it the balance point.Its good to just practice up a curb or some small wall with no drop behind it. When you land try and get your weight over the front so you wheel sticks and you back risers, then you can let the brake of a little and roll to flat or attempt to huck the bike underneath you, and switch to back.As for hopping on the front. Again you need to be right over the front, and try and find the balance point, so you can hop using your legs to get the bike up, and your arms to place the bike. the higher you go, the easier it is, but also more chance of going over(which generally doesnt hurt as mucha s you would of thought). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil H Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hey dude. I actually just learnt to do this like last week I was chuffed Basically I practised with a pallet and a curb and changing the distance. Anyway the technique, having only just learnt this im not the best person to be giving pointers but I think its all about getting the confidence to throw your weight forward. Start off with like a small gap so if you put the front down you front wheel would be well on the curb. Then just practise practise. Hardest thing I found was getting a good wheelswitch in after but I have now perfected that .Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26inch Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 lean forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneNew Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Right I'm really struggling with this! I keep trying from flat up a curb and it doesn't seem to want to workI a little hop then preload and hop again throwing my weight forward and putting the front wheel where I want it to go and manage to get my rear wheel onto the curb, but in doing this my rear wheel never seems to leave the ground. it feels like I'm just rolling along then flicking myself up the curb!I just don't seem to be able to commit the back and the front end at the same time what am I doing wrong?Any help would be ace!!ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerider Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Agreed I also struggle with this.I can do it sort of, but can't get this front to back method nailed...I always end up just stalling on the front and can't swing the back onand after watching Doney do it on Saturday, he made it look sooo easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Just go as far as you can/want to on the front, then roll+hop to back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concussion Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I a little hop then preload and hop again throwing my weight forward and putting the front wheel where I want it to go and manage to get my rear wheel onto the curb, but in doing this my rear wheel never seems to leave the ground. it feels like I'm just rolling along then flicking myself up the curb!I just don't seem to be able to commit the back and the front end at the same timeYeah` that's exactly how I feel, I don't know why, but I think hopping to something a little higher may be easier? Say 12" .... meh I can't explain it! Like it's less comitment / going over the bars etc. Would look better too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneNew Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I have tried something that was higher but it didn't make much difference Might have to try from further away when it stops snowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneNew Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Does anyone have a video of them doing it from flat up a curb? I just want to see what the rear wheel does!I can do the switch fine just the first bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on-a-mission Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 iv only just started to learn this move to f wheel but i find it helps sooo much more if you learn on an object higher than a curb. when gaping to a curb as its so low you have to go over the front more, which is scarier and harder to commit. if you are higher then you dont go over the front as much. also i learnt it by learning sidehops to front wheel from my back wheel. i then started getting further back, i find it less scarry if your not at 90degrees to the wall etc, if you start off sidehopping and gradually get further back and facing more forward. should helptom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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