Just started riding myself and I feel like I’m in the same spot as you, I know from watching my clips back and from tips videos I need to straighten my back and stand up more when I raise the bars to my waist, be less hunched when I jump and slow it down too, same things might help you as well
the_hipocritter on
You look like you’re jumping off the bike and pulling it up by the handlebars. Your lift is gonna come from hopping off the back wheel.
Pull up the front wheel while having your knees preloaded over the rear wheel, similar to pulling up a manual. As you leverage the handlebars toward your chest, hop off the rear wheel and push the bars forward to even the bike. You’ll get a feel for how much ‘lever’ to pull before following through with the hop.
daminwalt on
You’re pulling up and jumping at the same time and it’s limiting your height. Pull up until you’re almost in like a pogo stick position and then jump and push your arms forward to level out at the peak. I posted a slow mo hop clip not long ago that may help you visualize what I’m trying to say. And slow down! No need to be going that fast. It’s just going to mess you up if you’re just starting out
klayawesome on
practice manuals. get comfortable pulling the front wheel up.
julian_vdm on
First and foremost, slow down. Both with regards to your riding speed and how you’re approaching the hop. Break it down into steps: get down with your knees bent and arms straight, get over the back of the bike lifting the front in the process (manual-like but almost with the intention of looping out), and then jump up into the hop and bending your legs as the back wheel comes up.
jazzadelic on
Freeze the frame where your rear tire is over the first red line. You’ll see that your weight is over the bars. Now scrub the video in slow-mo and you’ll see that from here the front half of your body is falling down against the bike that you’re trying to pull up. You would never jump like that. Instead, pop straight up as if you were under a basket ball hoop trying to jump up and touch the net/rim- but with the top of your head as opposed to reaching with your arms.
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Just started riding myself and I feel like I’m in the same spot as you, I know from watching my clips back and from tips videos I need to straighten my back and stand up more when I raise the bars to my waist, be less hunched when I jump and slow it down too, same things might help you as well
You look like you’re jumping off the bike and pulling it up by the handlebars. Your lift is gonna come from hopping off the back wheel.
Pull up the front wheel while having your knees preloaded over the rear wheel, similar to pulling up a manual. As you leverage the handlebars toward your chest, hop off the rear wheel and push the bars forward to even the bike. You’ll get a feel for how much ‘lever’ to pull before following through with the hop.
You’re pulling up and jumping at the same time and it’s limiting your height. Pull up until you’re almost in like a pogo stick position and then jump and push your arms forward to level out at the peak. I posted a slow mo hop clip not long ago that may help you visualize what I’m trying to say. And slow down! No need to be going that fast. It’s just going to mess you up if you’re just starting out
practice manuals. get comfortable pulling the front wheel up.
First and foremost, slow down. Both with regards to your riding speed and how you’re approaching the hop. Break it down into steps: get down with your knees bent and arms straight, get over the back of the bike lifting the front in the process (manual-like but almost with the intention of looping out), and then jump up into the hop and bending your legs as the back wheel comes up.
Freeze the frame where your rear tire is over the first red line. You’ll see that your weight is over the bars. Now scrub the video in slow-mo and you’ll see that from here the front half of your body is falling down against the bike that you’re trying to pull up. You would never jump like that. Instead, pop straight up as if you were under a basket ball hoop trying to jump up and touch the net/rim- but with the top of your head as opposed to reaching with your arms.
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