I have been failing bunny hops for 2 weeks even with face-to-face coach from a friend who rides a dirt jumper. I could never get the back wheels off the ground even the slightest. Until I found you and your scooping technique, Aaron! Please keep the posting! I'd love to see your freestyle riding too!
This was a great instructional video. It was easy to follow and understand. You covered every detail and gave great tips. If there was an Instructor of the Year Award in the Trials world, you would surely win it.
The row + anti row at 10:27 is exactly the thing we were talking about on stream, that footage came out so well. Great job explaining all of the points!
@@SuperRiderTV they seem good. I didn't go over analysing the chapter marks, it was already way past bedtime when I saw the notification this was out. I'm sure there will be more feedback but at first watch these definitely seemed fine to me!
I was happy to hear that you are not telling the folks to get behind the back wheel axle as so many tutorials do. You are not mentioning the manual, which is good for the same reason. If you get behind the rear axle you won't have time to get the back wheel over the obstacle. I like the plane analogy! :)
Thank you I am going to get a hex figure it will make things easier although I can’t do much from watching your videos I realise I have a lot of the basic elements already I just need to practice and start putting stuff together I’m 57 never to late to learn
Right on! You're in the right place (and in good company!). There is a link to a Discord channel in the description of this video, which takes you to a forum where lots of other riders are learning and sharing information about riding. highly recommended!
Shiet just bought Inspired Element off of marketplace because of you. I had a brief exposure to trial when I was a teenager but coming back to is now at 38 will be interesting.
Brilliant tutorial . I can bunny Hop but this helps a lot with higher hops, lunges... dont attempt if your not fit. I got a muscle tear in my shoulder rotator :)
Dudeeee 10:40 every time I teach someone how to bunny hop I start by telling them to do this off the bike, and they always look at me like “that’s silly, of course I can do that!” But then it takes them a minute to figure it out, and when they go back to the bike… boom, bunny hops!
Mate! Your explanation Is so good! I just got back into trials, I used to be able to jump onto a picnic table. I'm struggling with much smaller stuff. I think your stuff will help x
Bunny hop onto something. Exactly what I wanted as a beginner bunny hopper. Thanks a lot. When I do it, I figure it has to be a pretty quick and explosive move (Phase 1 through 3). But I also see some riders seem to do it slower and relaxed way. How come the difference ?
Some riders come in with a little extra speed or take off earlier - that gives them the extra time to pop. That’s the only scenario I can think of where you’d get away with a slower movement. If you snap the movement faster, you could also hold the flatten phase longer - that’s how you’d execute a hop over a Bunnyhop bar.
This video has a segment around going UP - which should dramatically help that specific movement. Check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r5gfcBqbELQ.html
Great content.🤟 Anyway to demo on an FS E-mtb? I find my lighter analogue MTB a little easier than my heavier E-mtb to hop. I'm sure my technique suffers...probably "muscling it". 💪
Thanks so much! I made an ebike video a little while ago, so much fun to ride - although some stuff (like Bunnyhops) took a lot more effort to get the job done!
@@SuperRiderTV I couldn't find your E-mtb bunny hop vid on your channel. But check out this Brit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fyK58Alxv14.html. Interesting comparison between analog v. Light E-mtb v. Heavy E-mtb. Plus flats v. clipless.🍻
That's a great question - I'm super biased on this one, but I think street trials bikes are often a bit lighter and more forgiving than BMX bikes, so I'd recommend starting there if you can.
@@SuperRiderTV Thanks! That was my guess, but since they seem to be a little bigger in size, I thought they possibly would be a little harder to get up high in the first phase of the bunny hop. But I trust you completely, you know your shit. Thanks for answering!
@@linusprivatmejl Absolutely - and again, I'm biased, but I think you'll have the best luck to pick up these skills on a street trials setup. Have fun!
It feels like your explanation is skipping something between phase 1 and 2. In phase 1, you said you lift the front wheel, as if you're going for a manual, about thigh high. In phase two, you're pushing the bike up diagonally to give the pop. But as I observe your movements on the bike, in between these two moves, you're standing up and pulling the handlebars all the way towards you (and raising the front wheel much higher at that moment) before pushing them up. That's actually the part I'm particularly struggling with. It feels like it takes a lot of core strength to be able to go from that low position on the initial wheel lift all the way up to standing with the bars against your thighs. Hopefully I will get it with practice. You make it look so easy, it's frustrating! 🙂 Thanks for the tutorial.
Berm Peak calls this the "meerkat" position. The bike is acting like a lever to launch off the rear tire. Your bodyweight on the bottom bracket is the fulcrum. Since the Earth doesn't move (significantly 😅), the entire bike system is propelled upwards. Technique: After preloading and rocking back to get the front wheel up, you just perform a motion similar to a deadlift to bring the bar to your hips. You can practice this slowly until you get comfortable with the height. It feels very unnatural at first like you're going to fall. If your weight is too far back you will loop out. Just hop off the back. Make sure your seat is all the way down. Once you perfect this meerkat maneuver, all you have to do is perform it faster and the back wheel will come off the ground without any additional effort. At this point you push forward and scoop the rear to level the bike and raise the rear wheel even more. The rear wheel only go as high as you can get the front - more or less.
@@RobbyNowell Seth's video is the one that made me realize the importance of the meerkat position. Takes some practice, but I'm getting there slowly...
Same, it feels like bunnyhopping a road bike. The older 20” bikes used to have higher rise stems and you could go so high on them. Now with the longer front end, it’s a bit of a mission!
