hoots man Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 i am having trouble doing larger side hops. how far would you say, while on the back wheel, should the front wheel be from the wall. nearly touching or a half foot away for example. sometimes i can nail it and others not because i keep trying different methods. its getting on my tits. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Start off with your wheel quite close and pointing towards the object and do dort of half sidehps half up to fronts.Once you get that you should just progress from there till you are actually sidehopping.That is the round about way I did it.Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caswell_35 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 i am having trouble doing larger side hops. how far would you say, while on the back wheel, should the front wheel be from the wall. nearly touching or a half foot away for example. sometimes i can nail it and others not because i keep trying different methods. its getting on my tits. thanks.I find with my sidehopping, When i get my front wheel too close to the wall I get cramped and end up not making it, But when i give myself a foot or so room i generally nail it, I would suggest give youself a bit of room and see how it works, just experiment and see whats best for you. Dont just try something once, for example if you dont nail it try somthing else! Make sure you try a certain way for a while so you can give it a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Lets define some things first If you sidehop too close, thats fine for low stuff because your bars are going to be OVER the wall, even at compression. But as you go bigger, you'll be too close and your bars will hit/squash you fingers etc. So you need to be over half bar width away from the wallThat said, usually the closer you are the better, but again, as the wall height goes up, you need to start further away, because you're travelling for longer which means you need to clear the wall for a longer time Its all trial and error really, and what feels comfortable to you. As Mr Vandart suggested pointing your front wheel at the wall is pretty helpful, not too much though, its still a sidehop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo-Scott Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) What the guy above has said is very true, Ive squished my fingers once or twice because of being too close to the wall. Its really not a good feeling.What i do when im sidehopping though is, Have the front wheel close to the wall when setting up and the back wheel quite far. Then when i go to acctully sidehop, I pull my front wheel away from the wall and hop in a little closer with my back. Helps a shit load with the momentum and stuff. Watch some videos or other riders. Ive seen quite a few riders doing this and it really does work. Edited October 8, 2009 by Echo-Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Been said already really, the further away you can get without loosing height the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 I have the same problem and if i go further away i cant moove the bike over enough with my knees, sometimes i struggle when im close to the wall .I think that you should just keep practicing and youll get it, thats what im doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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