Is this even a bunny hop tho? 😀 This is my second MTB season and I’m literally just learning the basics. I’d like to get some advice from experienced riders to practice and build confidence
by EarthSont
Is this even a bunny hop tho? 😀 This is my second MTB season and I’m literally just learning the basics. I’d like to get some advice from experienced riders to practice and build confidence
by EarthSont
7 Comments
Watch any bhop tutorial on youtube
Looks like a good preload on your forks, but I can’t see much of an attempt to suck up the back end. That jump doesn’t look like it had a lot of lip so I’d say you got a decent amount of air from it even if you didn’t really bunny hop.
Hold the bike with your hands in front of you or on your shoulders. Jump as high as you can. Thats optimally the max bhop height you can get at your fitness level.
Technique only applies when you have the strength to execute the motions, which are very explosive. Most people who start out MTB may have decent holding strength, i.e you can hold your body up, but very little explosive strength, especially in their cores.
Until you develop this strength, no amount of technique is going to matter.
All of your fundamentals are there. Pop more aggressively through your legs and in a faster motion. Think of the same way you jump on a trampoline….push harder through your legs for more pop and get the timing right. The rest will follow.
You’re unweighting both wheels at once. You need to lift the front wheel first by getting your weight back, then straighten out your legs for the explosion which gets your rear wheel up. Your legs/feet need to be pushing though the transition and the lip of that jump. Front goes up first, then you keep pushing with your legs through the lip. Don’t make both wheels unweight at the same time as that will buck you on bigger jumps and steeper lips.
Upper body is a little leaned forward going off the lip. You wanna shift weight back a little more and keep your chest up a bit. This is a mellow lip so you need to do a lot more to get the front wheel up than you would on a real jump.
I think The Shred Academy on youtube breaks it down well in most of his videos on the subject.
practice just moving real slow, almost stopped, in a parking lot or field, you’ll know you got it when it feels like one fluid motion. you want to press into the suspension, pull and lean back, getting your front up, then press and “jump” with your legs and push the bike level/ land level, once you can do that smoothly try going off things and getting that same timing. speed makes it harder to time.