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    How can I get more pop and jump higher? What am I doing wrong?

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    2. norecoil2012 on

      That looks like a semi race scrub, which keeps you going faster. You’re coming in pretty fast so no need for more air to clear. But if you want more height you have to pump harder on the ramp.

      Personally I like going faster, height is just… height.

    3. PayFlashy6936 on

      By the looks of it you pull down your body right before the jump and release it mid air. That’s not a good way to do it. You can try just letting it go by itself which I don’t recommend and try bunny hopping right of the lip of the jump which should help you massively.

    4. FartAssButtButt on

      This looks great but if you’re looking for more height, then it looks like after the front tire goes over the lip you are bending your knees and absorbing some of the feedback when the rear tire hits the lip. The jump isn’t over when your front tire clears the lip, there’s still a lot of bike behind you. Keep knees straighter so that the suspension pushes into the ground instead of your knees at the lip and keep posture straight through the takeoff.

    5. MeSmokemPeacePipe on

      Hard to tell with this angle but it looks like you are absorbing the lip and not really pushing through it. Practicing bunny hops helped me a lot with this 

    7. PrimeIntellect on

      Try going way slower – you’re coming in fast as fuck so you are scrubbing the pop because you’re scared and it’s unnecessary because you would overshoot like mad. Come in at like half that speed and try to pop the hell out of it and use the boost to clear instead of speed.

    9. reddit_xq on

      Well you’re doing fine if speed is what you want. If height is what you want practice at slower speeds. Check out youtube, lots of good jumping technique videos there. The jump you’re doing isn’t very steeped/lipped so you can fly over it like you did, but to get height you have to really jump on it.

    10. Narrow_Limit2293 on

      Your back need to be vertical not bent over. Try this, in your feet jump up with your back bent over then jump with you back straight and vertical you’ll understand the difference

    13. Talllbrah on

      If you wanna boost a jump, you need to bunnyhop when you reach the end of the lip. All you currently do is standing up to the jump. You need to unweight the front wheel as soon as it leaves the lip by pulling your hips back. Then push with you legs until the rear wheel leaves the jumps.

      The mistake so many people here do is not staying in the attack position when they enter the transition. You unweight all the bike at the bottom of the jump, you’re just absorbing it doing that.

      It will take a lot of practice to get the right pull and the right timing.

    14. ExpertRedditUserHere on

      I didn’t see you preload your shocks much. Also, make sure your rebound damper isn’t set too slow. If your rebound is too slow, it’ll suck up all your pop.

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