Jonnie129129 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 How do I do pedal kicks completely stuck any advice would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 first, do backwheel hops stable before you jump, little bit drop the front, but not too much release the brake, and quickly pedal, then jump forward After press the brake again and practice practice practice practice practice practice practice you need to get a feel for it, but eventually you will www.trashzen.com, this guy can explain really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinfor Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUs6j6DoBkI And I would recomend watching their other tutorials aswell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitbat Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 and practice practice practice practice practice practice practice This is the key word, lots of it. I remember when I first started trials about 16 years ago, took me forever to learn to do this but the hardest thing to do before that was hold it on the back wheel without hopping backwards. Learn to find your balance point so that you can balance on the rear wheel and hop on the spot as this is key, if you can't do this then practice it first. Then as Hippy has said lower your front end a bit and start slowly kicking your pedal, I seem to remember I found it easier to roll a little bit, like a wheely from static but only a few inches, then eventually started adding the hops onto low kerbs .etc., over time get bigger and bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 for me pedalling up helped a lot. It is basically you start to roll and do a pedal kick and jumping up something, I found it much easier to do than the pedal kicks first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hahaha. I remember this stage as if it was yesterday. Oh wait, it almost was yesterday. I watched thinkbikes as well until I was told that trashzen.com is way better and it's true. Just have a look at their tutorials. Nico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Brake control is the main thing, learning to let off the brake and pull it on again at the right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Pedalling and braking and pedalling and braking and pedalling and braking............. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I found it easier to learn 1-2ft wheelies (with a half/quarter kick), then try and repeat those till I could control them and felt confident, throw a hop in and your about there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Pedalling and braking and pedalling and braking and pedalling and braking............. its just like youre waiting to pull that out everytime again haha but was kind of helpful to me too back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Pull it out everytime because it works. Everything in that dvd is still relevant to riders today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 was meant in a jokingly way though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 It's so strange how difficult the pedal kick is when you start, eventually you can do it without even thinking you're moving your legs/fingers. Practice and be prepared to stack it a lot. Just keep trying to pedal kick up that curb, as you have to do it in 3 or 4 kicks, and try and do it in a straight line. Advanced pedal manoeuvres here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Pull it out everytime because it works. Everything in that dvd is still relevant to riders today *VHS :wink2: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niconj Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 It's so strange how difficult the pedal kick is when you start True, but it comes eventually and doesn't take too much time I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 I havnt managed to ride much the last few months, so I'm still struggling with this myself. So the brake thing... I get why you pull it before, I don't get why you pull it after ?? From my bmx days, while in the air if the back wheel is rotaitng it keeps it up, pull the brake and the wheel drops. Is that effect important to a pedal kick? Its a hard habbit to brake (pun) but I only brake when the wheel is going to touch ground, sounds like I should be hitting it sooner? And the body position pre load... when I pedal, its about quarter revolution of the cranks, putting my lead foot lower than the other, one leg is then less loaded than the other if that makes sence, causing me to be off balance, and the sudden forward motion when i push the pedal eaves my body weight behind the bike while it moves forward, when I'm technically falling backwards at that point, how do I compress and spring forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 I don't really understand the 2nd half of what you said there but basically the reason you pull it after the kick is to stop the bike from moving underneath you. Otherwise it will just loop out and you'll be on your arse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Epiphany (I think) So the pedal kick is just for the forward motion, once moving forward (basically a manual) hit the brake and hop?? That being the case the second half of what I said is irrelevant, as I was doing it wrongly in the first place :l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Have you watched the vid? The manual and brake thing is to get you into the mindframe of pedalling and braking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Yeah, you pulled that bad boy out for me a while back I just never got that you brake then hop, I thought you broke after hopping, which is shagging hard! Peadl=making the bike want to loop Brake=throwing your body weight forward, alowing you to preload and hop!! How did that escape me before!? See I was trying to hop during the 'bike wants to loop' bit, which was what I was babbling about in the first post I made that made no sence.. guess it wouldn't, I was being a twat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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