Hey folks.
Learning bunny hop. Analyzing a lot of footages of myself and comparing them to tutorials.
One of them I really liked and wanted to see at the moves in more details. Decided to do a simple (oh, boy, it's not really – spent the whole evening to finish that) rotoscoping and see if that would give me some insights.
I think this is helpful because it's super simplistic so you can see the moves without distraction to the spot, rider's appearance etc. Also I aligned the bike vertically, to distill moves even more.
So what I found useful for myself is that in the first phase you mostly use your upper body and straightening arms and almost don't go up with a butt to get a momentum to pull the bars. I'm still really afraid of doing that cause I'm afraid of looping out. And also I'm straightening legs before arms, so it doesn't work for me now. Yet!
What issues I will meet after the phase 1 – I don't know)) Will continue practicing and see. It looks more and more clear for me the more I analyze. Maybe it would help to someone else also.
The clip I used is here at 4:00 https://youtu.be/nTEWDBU-FSY?si=zWjY-5bA0pkIqonS&t=240
by xeviltimx
4 Comments
Nice animation man! And using Joy of Bike is a reference is solid too… They do a great job explaining the mechanics of things for newbies that experienced riders take for granted sometimes
Pretty good animation
This is actually really good!! Shockingly accurate for someone still learning, you’ve clearly got the science down. Saving this to share with newbies, should honestly be a subreddit resource
Are you the joy of bike guy?