El Cristoff Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 hi all,i have 3 n00bie questions for you all.1. what is a 'tap'?2. what is a 'hook'?3. whats the difference between the two?i should probably know them but i don't :$ cheers,Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengsmelly Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Well ill answer one which i know ithat a hook is where you have your front wheelhooked over anything a wall, fence e.c then you throw yourself up on to it. Hope you got it. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrturner08 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 a 'TAP' is where you just hit the front wheel into the top egde of a wall and it spring's you up more. its better if the object is higher than bar hight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumplestiltskin Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 (edited) A hook is usually used to get up an obstacle too large for any other kind of hop. You jump up the wall as if you're going to hit it vertically, going high enough for your front wheel to 'hook' over the top of the wall. Your bike will then be effectively hanging vertically on the wall with the front wheel over the top. As your front wheel hooks over the wall, your back wheel'll hit the wall; you have push it away instantly using spring from your legs, and by pulling on the bars to lunge your weight up and over the front wheel. You've then basically got to lunge forward enough to roll the bike onto the wall. These two movements are pretty much simultaneous, the aim being to use the bike as a lever against the wall to generate the force to get up it. Check out Neil Tunnicliffe and Damon Watson's vids for hook examples and (hopefully) you should get what I'm on about!A tap is for fairly big obstacles ( but smaller than hooks) that can't just be pedal hopped (say maybe anything over bar height depending on what your pedal hop limit is). You approach the wall at a fairly quick speed, bring the front wheel up, and as you do, bump it against the edge of the wall, lunging the bike upwards simultaneously, using the rebound from the impact to throw you up. As the obstcales get bigger, you might eventually have to hit the wheel below the edge, on the vertical surface of the wall, but the technique is pretty much the same. Taps'll be in pretty much most trials vids, but I think a lot of Stan Shaws vids (on the Tartybikes website) have them in. Strath. Edited April 6, 2007 by Rumplestiltskin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Man above me needs validating, spot on answer there.NM, take note from that guys post (content, grammar, spelling etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Man above me needs validating, spot on answer there.NM, take note from that guys post (content, grammar, spelling etc)thats exactly what i was going to say. cheers for your help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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