jeff costello Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 i notice that too all the time. when i start out, first try is often pretty good. then i can feel my brain going "what? we're doing that again? no way" and it's all downhill from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted August 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, jeff costello said: i notice that too all the time. when i start out, first try is often pretty good. then i can feel my brain going "what? we're doing that again? no way" and it's all downhill from there. Couldn't have described it any better. @AndyT: Rolling the bars up more doesn't feel right to me. Edit: Next video will be lean and ripped but stiff nonetheless. Edited August 23, 2016 by niconj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnia Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Well... Step one, get rid of that mustache aka "schnörres" step two Chill! your more stiff then a french Competition Rider. you Need To Be more relaxed... back straight and more flexible in your knees. all in all it is way too forced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted August 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 11 hours ago, insomnia said: Well... Step one, get rid of that mustache aka "schnörres" step two Chill! your more stiff then a french Competition Rider. you Need To Be more relaxed... back straight and more flexible in your knees. all in all it is way too forced. Easier said than done. I don't feel tense before doing a sidehop. I'm just stiff as f**k and can't get myself to do more stretching than 5 minutes. P.s.: I don't have a mustache. I just haven't shaved in days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hey guys, I'm having a nightmare trying to squeeze any more height using my current technique, getting an extra few inch seems impossible as if I'm going about it completely wrong, the idea behind tucking makes complete sense to me, but when i put it in to practice i get no where, its as if I'm made of glass.. have a look, any pointers will really help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 On 6.9.2016 at 9:30 PM, Davetrials said: have a look, any pointers will really help! More preload? @AndyT As promised I lost some weight. Here's my newest video. As @insomnia pointed out, I paid attention to a straight back. The "be more flexible" part is the hardest though. I still made some progress I think even though the wall isn't any higher. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbertlemon102 Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) I had a massive, massive breakthrough with sidehops today. Turns out it is ALL in my head, and not my technique... I usually practice on a wall near my house, and 2 years of crashing on the higher part of that wall gives me a mental block that I didn't really know I had. went to another wall, brain switched off, mind on other things, and blasted out a sidehop a couple inches higher than a bit if the wall I never try because I'm too scared- and went far over it. I may be brakeless, but the technique is the same. Only thing I have to worry about that you don't- is my front wheel. I can't lock the brake and hold it on an edge- if it's on an edge, it's rolling off that edge very quickly indeed. (Because the wheel is turned sideways a fair amount) And back straight and throwing the arms seems to help me a lot. went back to the bit if the wall I could never do, brain switched off, did it first go, kept going until I'd done it 30 times and was too tired. It's not big- probably around 40" but a milestone in my head. Especially as I'm a good 4 inches over it in the air. Edited September 13, 2016 by Herbertlemon102 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted September 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 My problem is this mental block. I get higher and higher on the wall I've jumped on half a year ago already. If I try a higher wall, not as high as my wheels are in the air on the lower wall, I don't even jump right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbertlemon102 Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 8 hours ago, niconj said: My problem is this mental block. I get higher and higher on the wall I've jumped on half a year ago already. If I try a higher wall, not as high as my wheels are in the air on the lower wall, I don't even jump right. i do the exact same thing. i dont take off properly if im scared. need to train my brain to turn off.. when i crash nothing bad happens, just hit my chainstay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted September 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 13 hours ago, Herbertlemon102 said: when i crash nothing bad happens, just hit my chainstay. Yeah! This! Nothing happens when I crash but I'm still afraid. The 80cm wall is starting to bore me but I'm still afraid to go on to 1m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMatt Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 (edited) @Davetrials preload more, get loose, keep your spine straight and drop it in line with your rear axle then POWERRRR and to everyone else, anything within 3" of bar height is pure mindgames, don't overthink it too much. Edited September 16, 2016 by ItsMatt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff costello Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) i've been struggling with sidehops for months... it never felt right, really shitty heights and never landing on the backwheel, always very uncomfortably on both wheels. i thought i just needed more training and some working on my technique, so i went on. there was a little progress, but barely. two days ago i rolled my bars back, because i felt like maybe trying some new stuff and bam! sidehops are back. after months of struggling i really feel like a weight came off my shoulders. and i didn't even have the bars excessively rolled forwards, just a bit. now they are a tiny bit more forward than vertical. the positioning of the bars seems to have a huge influence on my posture / ass-positioning on the bike. Edited October 30, 2016 by jeff costello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted October 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 And I haven't been sidehopping since I got the new bike. It's become really difficult with a 24'' street bike. I will have to practice them though. The only downside is, that I jump to the left and I have already smashed a rotor doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) I have another, somehow related question. Since I left pure trials I'haven't been doing any sidehops as I am afraid of hitting my rear rotor. Anyways... After a lot of improvement (Bunny Hops etc.) over the last couple of months on my Inspired, I started to try some gapping and was perplexed as to how hard it is on a street bike. I never felt so weak. Where I could gap the length of my pure trials 26'' and a bit more, I can now barely gap the length of my 24''. Since I have the same strength I had when I left my Rockman in the cellar, I should think that it comes down to the technique only. Is there a different technique on gapping a 24'' street bike in comparison to a 26'' pure trials bike? I see lots of you doing huge gaps on a street rig making it look easy. I dunno what to think or I may not be as strong as I thought I am. Edited February 18, 2017 by niconj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Any pure trials bike is like a huge lever that makes large gaps instantly possible. My gu makes unheard of gaps possible... I won't even attempt the same ones on my hex, which is set up in a street configuration. If I put a long and low stem on the hex it would be a bit better... I have no experience on a 24", but Ali can gap far as fuuuuuu on his- in sure he's just a good rider and would be able to go hilariously huge on a comp "cheater" bike. main thing is just riding your bike a lot and trying to gap a lot of you want to get better! Good for you for realizing that sidehops are the worst thing in the world early on in your trials career...don't get too into labeling it street or competition, just ride your bike up and over stuff and have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 yeah, streety bikes are waaaay harder to gap and sidehop! As Andy said you just don't get the leverage or the room to move your body like you do on a longer bike...plus the harder tyre pressure makes it more difficult too. I used to static gap around 9ft on my comp bike, now I struggle on things past 6ft and my sidehops have lost nearly a foot too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Ali C said: yeah, streety bikes are waaaay harder to gap and sidehop! As Andy said you just don't get the leverage or the room to move your body like you do on a longer bike...plus the harder tyre pressure makes it more difficult too. I used to static gap around 9ft on my comp bike, now I struggle on things past 6ft and my sidehops have lost nearly a foot too. Thanks to both of you. I guess I'll have to practice gaps a bit more to be able to get some distance covered. What bothers me though is that I have done plyometrics and strength training (mainly for playing basketball) my entire life but it doesn't seem to help at all. It's a stupid comparison I know but you Ali, weigh only 70kgs. and jump so much higher and further than I do, weighing 90kgs (not being fat apparently). There must be something very wrong with my technique because I don't think that I lack strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMatt Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 30 minutes ago, niconj said: It's a stupid comparison I know but you Ali, weigh only 70kgs. and jump so much higher and further than I do, weighing 90kgs (not being fat apparently). There must be something very wrong with my technique because I don't think that I lack strength. Strength and power is all relative,It's all about that power to weight ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Check Zhao Xuan, then check Damon Watson i don't think weight is a factor, its all technique and power. a decent grasp of plyometric's probably does you a few favours to.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff costello Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 i'm still struggling with sidehops a bit... i just can't seem to get the proper techique down. i've just watched some slo-mos and a tutorial on youtube and i've suddenly realized something weird. i'm a strange sidehopper anyway (right foot forward and hop towards the right too, jumping left is a big struggle for me). standing on the back wheel one usually tilts the bars towards one side for stability. guy in the video said "pull bars towards your back foot" and i've always done it the opposite way. pulling bars a bit towards my front foot feels a lot more natural too me. is this something i should try to re-learn the other way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Start practicing strato dabbing, you can weasel your way to a win at the next competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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