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Did I mention it? There is actually a difference in muscles. There are fast twitch muscle fibres which are good for jumping sprinting etc. and there are slow twitch muscle fibres which are for running long distances. I've basically trained the fast twitch ones doing squats and dead lifts and a loooooot of plyometrics (too bad I wasn't really talented in playing basketball. ). I think that it comes down to learning the right technique. I also think that I lack a strong pedal kick at jumping.

Maybe 30 years ago. Now it's more like 8th grade. 70 cm standing was like 90% of my basketball team in 2000 in high school.

Cool. Thanks. Would be interesting for me to ride such a bike having only ridden high BB bikes.

I've seen a frame and was wondering if anyone of you guys knows its Geo:

I did in my first post. http://videos.mtb-ne...e/40814/sidehop My standing vertical is around 90cm. Running it's around 1.10cm.

Will try that as well even though I think there isn't one perfect technique for everyone but slight variations of it. I could probably sidehop to 90cm now but am afraid of the wall on the side of me.

Thanks. I wasn't saying that I want to focus on plyos to get higher, I was just wondering how much strength plays a role. I think at jumping I am a lot better than the average trials rider, having specialized in this all my basketball "career". It's the technique I think I have to improve. What made me think about the initial question was whether the guys I see in those videos are much better at jumping than I am as they get up way higher or if it's basically the technique. You get what I mean?

So what's the best way to improve this technique? Just by doing sidehops? I pretty much train alone and the only resort I have is my videos.

Thanks. This is not the first time I hear this. Bersha doesn't really preload on the sequence shown though but I guess he's a little different anyways. About the technique... after the pedal kick, do I get higher pulling the handlebars up as far as possible? I'v noticed that this is one thing I pretty much lack on all my moves; pedal up, static hop, sidehop...

Hello guys, I've been trying to master this technique for a while now and have made some progress already. I am wondering about a thing though. With perfect technique it all comes down to strength. While I lack a lot of the first, I've got some of the last having focused on plyometrics pretty much all my life. What I ask myself is, how much improvement the technique brings over strength. I have seen quite some videos over the time and am always impressed by how easy it looks when some guys do sidehops to rear on a 1.20m wall or even higher. When looking at these videos... is it really the technique that lets you guys sidehop that high or are you very strong? Also, is the jump from bersha in the pics a sidehop or do you call it differently? And how much of his jump is technique and how much strength. Thanks, Nico. All I can manage so far is this: http://videos.mtb-news.de/40814/sidehop

Haven't done bench for about 5 years. Back then my personal best was 125kg. I don't think I can manage 80kg once now. Just haven't got the time to properly train. It's either weight training or trials riding and I choose the latter. Once you are married with children things aren't really the same....

Yes.

Abbreviation for something isn't it?

Aren't all snail cams 3mm wide?

Someone like you calling another rider sick; I was expecting sth. incredible and he really is.

Cratoni Bullet. Very lightweight.

Would love to see this in slomo.

Because I wanted to try it but I went back for the Trialtech Carbon. No improvement whatsoever, I'd even go as far as to say that with the Trialtech there's more braking power.

Where (or better when) can I get one of those (at Tarty)? Would really like to ride those 175mm cranks I thought would fit.

How can you run those cranks without them hitting the chain stays let alone the Magura Slaves? With my GU the only cranks that I can run are the ECHO ones as they have enough offset.

I'd go naked having these skills.

Back to front disc... Gu1 by niconj, auf Flickr Gu2 by niconj, auf Flickr

Have you never played horse (basketball). It's a game where you make a trick shot and the other has to do the exact same thing, if he doesn't he gets the letter "h". The game is played until someone has "horse" and thus loses the game. Here are Larry Bird and Michael Jordan playing it.

Flip vs. James Damon vs. Bersha Wanna see a Basketball Horse like battle.