sam briggs-price Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 hello people im got the hang of gap hopping but i would like to make it better more smooth any one got any tips !!!!!!!please helpSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 compress before take off, drop the front, land straight ish, and compress with your legs/body to suck up the shock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam briggs-price Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 thanks mate any other comments Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerz Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) I havn't realy got any tips as to be honest im not briliant at them myself i can do about 2 bike lenghts max, & im not as good as you (sam briggs-price) as like you just said on MSN "i can do 10ft gaps to front wheel normal 7ft gaps to bak wheel so wat else to learn and dropped off 13 ft and i do old skool stuff to like 360 of an 8 ft wall aswell !"So do you have any tips for me as i can't get that sort of distance? Edited January 29, 2007 by powerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26inch Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 mainly practise. Try to drop the front wheel 1st then explode up and forwards tucking the bars into you. then just push the back wheel down. The best thing to do is watch vids of tunnicliff nd cls etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Sequence:1. Get close to the edge.2. Drop the front, and start to crouch down/back.3. Preload - Start to kick the pedals, and move your weight forwards.4. Mid air - Tuck, and try and keep the bike up with you.5. Landing - Get the backwheel on the edge, and start to tuck down.6. Landed - Tuck down to absorb impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerz Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Sequence:1. Get close to the edge.2. Drop the front, and start to crouch down/back.3. Preload - Start to kick the pedals, and move your weight forwards.4. Mid air - Tuck, and try and keep the bike up with you.5. Landing - Get the backwheel on the edge, and start to tuck down.6. Landed - Tuck down to absorb impact. Good tips there, nice gap too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I do all of the following for effective gapping.Get close to the edge of the starting point (not on the very edge as you will not be able to kick as far), compress into the bike, let the front end drop a bit then pedal hop, exagerate the motion of throwing yourself forwards and upwards by bringing your knees upwards, let the back wheel sweep through underneath you, on landing extend your arms forward and crouch over onto the back wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 To add, give it all the effort you can and be as explosive as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 i can do about 2 bike lenghts maxYou do realise how massive that is especially considering the length of your bike in particualar so nots let get into a lengh comp! lolTo add, give it all the effort you can and be as explosive as possible.More to do with technique than anything! Im a pretty powerfull rider but a few 13 year olds round her can out gap me on pure skill!!!just practise and dont go for 8 foot gaps 1st time build it up nice and slowly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-liteboy Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 hahahahaha sam i can do it hahahahaha lol. keep trying just pedal and pull up and there you have it a gap hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 try and get hight as well as distance, imagin your landing a foot higher than you think, bring the bike under you then push it forwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 im not briliant at them myself i can do about 2 bike lenghts max,right, nice contradiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam briggs-price Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 thanks for all your help people you have really helped Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Owen. Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 some people rekon the further you drop your frount end the further you will gap. but ill leave that for you to decide. i rekon the easiest way to get better is just practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoie Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Dont know if any ones mentioned this? but me and alot of my friends use a slight angle when gapping? improves the amount u can lean (move body of center posistion) into the gap while lowering the front wheel. effective for extra grip too usually (not in all cases) a "lefty" will benefit from gapping too the right and "righty" too the left. A downside to this though can be if you run low tyre pressures the more likly you are of twisting the tyre off the rim? look closely on vids you should see what i meen.hope it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caeskoxx Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 im not sure, but i saw a post like this in otn and tra replys that the pedal motion is important but the most important thing is to really concentrate to jump, and this works for mewww.biketrialsmexico.cjb.net koxx, 24, koxx one, echo, zoo, czar, gu, adamant, btbikes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-liteboy Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 can you do it yet sam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Perkins Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 can you do it yet sam. Yer he can hes getting better!Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsychem Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Exagerate your Pedal Kick, start from further back. Its the technique not the effort!!! Hope that helps!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-liteboy Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Yer he can hes getting better!Tom cool jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-liteboy Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Yer he can hes getting better!Tom cool jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-liteboy Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Yer he can hes getting better!Tom cool jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-liteboy Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Yer he can hes getting better!Tom cool jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewMadden Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Four posts about the same thing, nice try and not get right on the edge so you canhave more of a roll then a hop. If you understand what i mean Lewis, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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