Yeah buddy, you shoulda saw the clips on my story when I did this, I was also almost getting tooth hop up and rails rides. But then I started landing like this ahahah
@@billy_bikes that’s so sick I forgot already commented on it 😂 can you do this constantly or is it a pain? I tried a bunch the other day reg over opposite but couldn’t figure it out.
Thanks for pointing that out bro! A lot of people think because its bmx that it isnt cycling and exercise isnt a key component of this stuff. Had some guy saying he tried a whole year and another guy saying strength had nothing to do with it. I'm like well it might lol. To some it may be the technique aspect but for a lot of beginners I think its a strength thing, unless they come from some kinda other back ground like say mma, there isnt an mma fighter that is legit that lacks the strength to bhop
@@billy_bikes haha definitely, bunny hopping is a technique but high hops come with strength built over time. I used to love impressing my friends hopping up the biggest thing possible. It definitely didn’t come over night. Mike Tyson doesn’t knock people out with just technique. Broc Railford, Ty Morrow, Bradd Simms are all jacked. Working a lot has made me realize how much harder it is to ride when I’ve been lazy for a few months.
Riding is a lot like driving a car, you dont really wanna pay too much mind to where you are looking (in the vehicle), you want to look around. I thought you were commenting on a rotation video, but this applies for everything. You wanna look around like a rotation you may look downward to spot the landing, on a tailwhip as you kick it over a jump you may look down quick to spot the pedal, for fakie you know in a car you turn around and look side to side to spot any obstacles its like that on a bike, so for the barspins you wanna be looking around as you compress and as you explode and throw, you may quickly glance to spot the bars to catch but you also wanna look forwards to spot the landing as its coming. Its like driving because you constantly have to be processing what is happening when you drive similarly to riding, if you are hoping onto rails you need to look at the rail to process height of rail and how much to hop then as you land you may be looking down to see how much you are leaning into the grind then at the ground to judge how far back to lean back to land manual, then you are looking at where to take it and what is occurring around you
my best advice bro is do all that stuff with high repetitions and you will gain much more in the process. Even learn that stuff and riding switch foot. You already are learning
@friendlyhoovygaming5 Hey man, go on my channel and search "how to manual" also check any related pieces of content. I have some articles on www.bmxgymrats.com
Life has been doing life things and it’s stopped me from riding for a bit now. Gotta get back to it. My bunny hops and manuals were finally coming along lol
I think you should focus on posture/hop. I've been riding a lot of switch foot lately and when I'll rotate I'll notice foot slippage and not implementing the tuck. I can rotate both ways reg foot and almost both ways oppo foot. But I think my videos/ website blogs on posture and how to hop will help you. If you learn correct posture and snap it correctly the feet should be secure to the pedals with tension in the legs, because you are compressing the weight into the pedal and as you explode your pulling the bike upward so the pedals should be compressed into your feet throughout
I prob ride a more neutral wrist position and I like to grip the bars with thumb around the bar like you would grab anything. its entirely up to you, do what feels right for you. Maybe we do a video on that
There's an old piece of exercise equipment that basically mimics the exact movement of a bunny hop, and I've only ever seen one in my whole life. You happen to know what I'm referring to? I've been looking for one of those things for years now..
I absolutely love this format and hearing the commentary! Incredible work, thank you !! I’m a total beginner (started riding a year ago at 41) - any chance you would “commentate” tricks too? Like your setup, where you are looking, what ur thinking about, etc etc.
try waxing that thing! We got Billy wax on the site! And videos on the channel showing to put it on the sides of the rail to reduce tire friction, some on the top of the rail never hurts!
@@billy_bikes Oppo tooth hop over double peg. Do you put weight over the rail when doing the tooth or something? I never even tried oppo tooth, but it would be sick to learn. Feebles have become impossible on my rnew ail! Either it's not waxed up and doesn't slide, or add a tiny bit of wax and my front tire feels like riding on soap.
check this article, barspin muscle memory is the same thing as throwing a ball per say. You can't expect to just pick it up and throw it. There is a learning process, muscle memory is 10,000 repetitions. If you afraid to let go, sample these is high repetitions and give it time. Dont even worry about hop bars, just get in your reps break it down, 10,000/30 that is 333.333 reps per day at one month, 10,000/60 is 166 more sustainable would be 90 days and 111 reps per day for 90 days. Then you hop bar and by then you wont even know what its like to not let go hahaha bmxgymrats.com/barspin-muscle-memory-for-bmx/
@@billy_bikes dude your amazing thank you so much I actually laughed reading this comment cuz it sounds so like duhh of course!! Much appreciated I will definitely put the time and work in!! Thanks brotha
I know that is a daunting factor in purchasing a bag like this, but the quality is superior I'm curious to see how it holds up to years of abuse hahaha
thx! looking to get into bmx and that bike looks like the perfect size. would you recommend it to a newcomer? looking to do some simple tricks and a bit of just cruising around.
