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  12. Sidehop technique/strength question

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    you're bent on making fun of me, aren't you? please go on....

    i'm surprised by this because i thought that i'd jump higher. but as niconj mentioned somewhere before, there really seems to be a difference between quick muscle release and slower.

    how am i making fun of you in any way? :geek:

  14. Sidehop technique/strength question

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    i think i'm on the right path. keeping the back vertical seems the crucial part.

    things i'm focusing on right now:

    - keep ass above back hub

    - keep back (what feels like) vertical

    - tuck

    if you lean back while crouching before the jump, at a certain point you feel wedged in on the bike, a certain force that goes from your legs to the pedals. at first it feels weird, but i think it's the right thing. in your video you seem to be hunched too far forward too.

    also: handlebar rotation!

    i didn't not expect to have arcseconds make this much of a difference. a tiny amount more back and it feels cramped and like pulling at a wrong angle. at bit more forward and i can't properly grip the bars (middle finger feels too distant to bars). now i got it right and it feels super comfortable again on the back wheel.

    i think personally this is a common mistake yunno, people think cos a bikes better on back wheel it naturally does moves better.

    think of it this way, yeh i agree with bars forward the bikes feel better on rear wheel, BUT, why do you think its hard to do anything to rear with the bars this way? cos all your weight is biased towards to front, a sidehop you should be behind or just above the bottom bracket, not infront, with the bars back you have a larger reach effectively, you can push the front forwards more.... ALLLLLLLL of this is my 50 pence worth anyway

    i think alot of people have the wrong idea with trials to be honest, in regards to bike setup, iv actually gone a step further with mine now. i ran a few months ago an echo cnc 158 x 30 on my curve, bars upwards, but now i run the oldschool trialtech 130 x 25, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better. can land off 6 million foot and still keep front end up cos of it :) stems and bars have gone stupid these past few years, and thats whats ruining peoples style.

    also Bersha is still is stylish young man (A)

  22. vid request tgs?

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    trying to find a video, its from about 2007, a dude called vlad some thing or other, rode a high bb adamant, from ukraine i think, was sick as f**k

    tgs'er

    anybody know his name? need some inspiration for tomroow (A)

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