Technique Of Pedal Ups

[Dušan]

Hey all

I have a question about pedal ups.Ive been riding mod for 4,5 months.I bought stock and started to practice pedal up.Actually i can do it on 2 pallets.Somtimes when iam lucky and brake has good mood i get on 3 pallets.

How did you practice it?or is it same like with pedal kicks?practice pracitce and more practice?Btw mz riding mates are doing pedalups different.only me and one of them are doing it this way: Badfoot at 1 o clock i start to pedal and when iam already on left foot i kick to it and swing the bike up(left foot is my good foot).My mates do it like this:good foot on 3 o clock,than they start to pedal till good foot is in front and kick to it and swing the bike up.I prefer my method cause i dont need that much space ,but in their method i have better balance.

Dušan

[Drop C]

From what ive heard pedal ups and taps can be quite tricky on Mods.

Just bunnyhop the f**ker and have done with it.

[Arran]

What are mods, becuase I ride an Onza Bird 09 no new parts, so does that make it an stock or mod?? When i do pedal ups I just pedal towards the bench and then kick the good foot and push up with my handle bars. ( even if I can't do it! )

[Ben John-Hynes]

From what ive heard pedal ups and taps can be quite tricky on Mods.

Just bunnyhop the f**ker and have done with it.

Listen to him! Don't try tapping mods.

What are mods, becuase I ride an Onza Bird 09 no new parts, so does that make it an stock or mod?? When i do pedal ups I just pedal towards the bench and then kick the good foot and push up with my handle bars. ( even if I can't do it! )

Mod and Stock refer to the wheel size of the bike. Mod is 20", stock is 26".

[PeanuckleJive]

Us mod riders don't need these fancy pedal ups and taps that stock riders do, Just throw yourself up! sorted

[matthew_coggan]

i ride stock and i can only pedal kick up 5 blue pallets is start with my left foot forward half a turn with it and kick with my right for power and pull up.

[bikeperson45]

What foot you start pedalling with depends on the run up, if you want to start with your good foot you'll obviously have to be further away.

Obviously in that video the heights ridiculous, but his technique is exaggerated so good to learn from

[Trials-master]

Hi,

Could you ride directly towards the object you want to get up and then pull your front wheel up then pull your back wheel up and then your up. By the way would a onza bird be ok for natural trials riding and a bit of street?

Josh

[bikeperson45]

Could you ride directly towards the object you want to get up and then pull your front wheel up then pull your back wheel up and then your up. By the way would a onza bird be ok for natural trials riding and a bit of street?

Yes. Watch this, really helps with learning all of the basics - http://vimeo.com/3619353

[Sam Styles]

Us mod riders don't need these fancy pedal ups and taps that stock riders do, Just throw yourself up! sorted

i ride a mod and i tap sometimes

[Borat]

I ride mod and I tap/pedal up loads!

[Matt Vandart]

I ride mod and I tap/pedal up loads!

+1

[Lewis Gething]

A mod bike is a 20inch wheel and a stock is 26inch

[thispartisrequired]

Just a quick one here, what do you guys mean when you say pedal up or tap? I probably do it but just don't know it.

[Jay*]

Just throw yourself up, just practice and practice untill you nail it!

[Ashes]

I find that there is a simple and effective way that resembles pedal ups but yet is rarely used.

For me i find the best way is to start by facing the obsticle i want to conquere with my weak foot facing forward, Do half a rotation with the pedal lifting the bike at the same time when your strong foot reaches a position where you feel comfortable that you can pedal kick, jam on the back brake. As the front starts to lower onto the obstacle do one big pedal kick pulling up on the front end of your bike up as you do so. Also bringing the bike up into your body also gains you that little bit more hight which can make all the difference.

This methid of pedal ups requires alot less speed therefore once making it onto the top of the obstacle it is much easyer to keep your bike on the rear wheel and ready for the next obstacle.

Hope this helps and please let me know if it works for you.

[Matt Vandart]

Hey all

I have a question about pedal ups.Ive been riding mod for 4,5 months.I bought stock and started to practice pedal up.Actually i can do it on 2 pallets.Somtimes when iam lucky and brake has good mood i get on 3 pallets.

How did you practice it?or is it same like with pedal kicks?practice pracitce and more practice?Btw mz riding mates are doing pedalups different.only me and one of them are doing it this way: Badfoot at 1 o clock i start to pedal and when iam already on left foot i kick to it and swing the bike up(left foot is my good foot).My mates do it like this:good foot on 3 o clock,than they start to pedal till good foot is in front and kick to it and swing the bike up.I prefer my method cause i dont need that much space ,but in their method i have better balance.

Dušan

LOL

I find that there is a simple and effective way that resembles pedal ups but yet is rarely used.

For me i find the best way is to start by facing the obsticle i want to conquere with my weak foot facing forward, Do half a rotation with the pedal lifting the bike at the same time when your strong foot reaches a position where you feel comfortable that you can pedal kick, jam on the back brake. As the front starts to lower onto the obstacle do one big pedal kick pulling up on the front end of your bike up as you do so. Also bringing the bike up into your body also gains you that little bit more hight which can make all the difference.

This methid of pedal ups requires alot less speed therefore once making it onto the top of the obstacle it is much easyer to keep your bike on the rear wheel and ready for the next obstacle.

Hope this helps and please let me know if it works for you.

I'm sorry this makes so little sense I thought you were non uk, please wxplain the highlighted bit for me.

[isitafox]

I approach whatever I'm jumping up quite slowly with bad pedal forward, push down on that to gain momentum lifting the front wheel then give my good foot a kick to backhop up if you understand what I mean?!

There's a vid of me doin it on youtube if you wanna have a look, not sure if you'll be able to see clearly but may be worth a try, have a search for diddyb bathtub. Other than that look in the video section for the links in a post I started!

[Tux07]

get your hands on ryan leech's how to dvd, it's a lil patronising but can really help

i have never really been good at trials, i ride mine like an old pre '65 moto-trials bike, but i am starting to grasp the basics from the mentioned dvd

[pogo]

Give it some pasty

[Tux07]

Give it some pasty

will a gingsters be ok

[pogo]

will a gingsters be ok

f**k yh

Hungry now

Edited April 26, 2010 by pogo

[Tux07]

f**k yh

Hungry now

damn now i am

[Frizee Rascal]

The more experienced members on here will probably give you all the advice you need, but speaking personally, I was always cranking my bad foot too fast. When I was learning I made a concious effort to do the first part of the rotation slowly (to get the front wheel off the ground) then I gave it all my power with my good foot to get the back wheel up.

I hope that makes sense. I'm not trying to state the obvious but it was the sticking point for me when I was learning, I just gave it full power for the full rotation and it always left my good foot underpowered. I find the slower I crank the first part then the more power I can get for the launch.

Again, I hope I'm not stating stuff that is a given. But I learned back in the days when "Getta Grip" was the raddest bike vid around, so good tutorials were hard to come by and simple tips made a big difference.

[superjay]

so from what i read on a mod bike you don't do pedal ups you just bunny hop up, thats what i been doing if its high cause i cant do the pedal ups as high as i can bunny hop.