Ben Beckett Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 did you keep your front wheel on Dan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-Walker Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 did you keep your front wheel on Dan?yeah i did, although it doesent look like it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hehe look at Dan's bumcrack, it's well spread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 think im starting to get it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Swindlehurst Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 just be4 i fuked my back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t33zr Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) Edited July 28, 2007 by t33zr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 By all means shoot me down here... but I'm starting to thinking that learning the tuck is actually counter-productive.I agree, besides the fact it looks crap, i find it much more impressive when somebody can sidehop a stock very high and not tuck. It just shows the guy actually has some power... I mean more than half of the people who posted pics up in this thread probably couldn't even sidehop 6 pallets without tucking along the side of the bike. It might allow you to go bigger but frankly speaking i don't think trials is about going big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_b Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I think people tuck because they think it looks good when they dont actually need to, it's pretty evident that thats whats happening in half of these pics, surely you would rather look like your pissing up something than struggeling and maxed out?? The top riders in the world tuck when they sidehop/tap/backwheel because they have to as not because it looks good. You'll only see them tucked on stuff thats pushing their limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Yes but you NEED to tuck on big sides, i agree tucking on small stuff is stupid, but on the big stupid stuff u dont have a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_b Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Yes but you NEED to tuck on big sides, i agree tucking on small stuff is stupid, but on the big stupid stuff u dont have a choice.yer agreed, like i was saying alot of pics in this thread are sooo over exagerated but alot are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoNnY__Mc Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 haha mint!!!!! wer funnier at the time now i can just see myself getting a slating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 hahaha hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) I agree, besides the fact it looks crap, i find it much more impressive when somebody can sidehop a stock very high and not tuck. It just shows the guy actually has some power... I mean more than half of the people who posted pics up in this thread probably couldn't even sidehop 6 pallets without tucking along the side of the bike. It might allow you to go bigger but frankly speaking i don't think trials is about going big.It blantantly is, but not soleley I couldnt ride small walls for more than a few hours or soI'td make moves too easy Edited July 28, 2007 by afroman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) People have different limits? some people cant sidehop 40 inch without tooking, because some people arnt as good as others....Deary me..Big gay bash head, kept it though.. 3 timimmmmesssssssssssssMatx Edited July 28, 2007 by Mat Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Yeah, I agree about different standards meaning tucking at different heights.Someone might have to give 100% to sidehop say 35" so they need to tuck, whereas CLS or Tunni really dont do they! (until they are at 100%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynio Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 i agree with "hasanyoneseenmyshoe" if a learner is "just" able to sidehop 33 and then sidehops 36 with a tuck, leave them be they are pushing their limits and boundaries.its fair comment that people maybe blatantly going out and "practising" tucking as opposed to sidehopping, but more fool them, you learn quicker and better learning the technique as opposed to learning to do something that isnt really beneficial? Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Tucking can be beneficial though cant it?Bringing the bike up closer to your body means that you are bring the bike higher.Aslong as the tuck isnt the rider going towards the bike but the rider bring the bike towards their body then its beneficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 The true pro's of our sport - hermance, benito, beleay, etc, the best riders in the world, tuck on sidehops, on taps, on everything, surely it cannot be counter productive if these boys are doing it. Whatever style you ride, streety, uci, TGS, then you will always be trying to go bigger, or better, and in many cases, moving your body around the bike helps do this.counter productive my butt crak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Aslong as the tuck isnt the rider going towards the bike but the rider bring the bike towards their body then its beneficial.I think thats the best point in this thread.I've seen countless people going out on rides and trying to tuck rather than trying to sidehop and having to tuck, purely because they think it shows they are pushing themselves. I'm pretty sure that at around 30-35 inches theres no need to tuck at all because you body is quite capable of doing that extension (except really short people or younglings) without a tuck. But people continue to go out and try tucking at that size so they fit in with this "trend" and pull themselves into the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-Walker Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 a mate of mine tucking init. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 The true pro's of our sport - hermance, benito, beleay, etc, the best riders in the world, tuck on sidehops, on taps, on everything, surely it cannot be counter productive if these boys are doing it. Whatever style you ride, streety, uci, TGS, then you will always be trying to go bigger, or better, and in many cases, moving your body around the bike helps do this.Yeah, but they tuck because they have to in order to go bigger. The point is that many riders just land on the wall and then tuck which is pointless. If it looks good to them (and it probably does seeing as this thread has got a huge amount of replies) that's fine. Small moves that looks good are always better than huge riding which looks shit. And the pros seem to have been learning this move very gradually. I'd like to know how high TRA would sidehop if he learned to tuck like Matt Awkward (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 I think thats the best point in this thread.I've seen countless people going out on rides and trying to tuck rather than trying to sidehop and having to tuck, purely because they think it shows they are pushing themselves. I'm pretty sure that at around 30-35 inches theres no need to tuck at all because you body is quite capable of doing that extension (except really short people or younglings) without a tuck. But people continue to go out and try tucking at that size so they fit in with this "trend" and pull themselves into the bike.You summed it up nicely there.A tuck is a natural extension to good technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Tucking = not having to lift the BODY as high as not tucking = saving energy?I dunno. Looks ok, but an effortless non-tucked sidehop ala dani comas is cooler.I tuck sometimes. I don't really sidehop much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sex_on_wheels Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 a mate of mine tucking init.nice one, whre abouts is that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_travis Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) if anyone manages to beat this tuckage then ill be impressed. Edited July 31, 2007 by ben_travis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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