Hackskb Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Iv been riding my 20' Onza for about a Month now, but the one thing im struggling with is getting on the back Wheel and doing peddle gaps, Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Are you comfortable just hopping stationary on the back wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackskb Posted November 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 16 hours ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said: Are you comfortable just hopping stationary on the back wheel? Im getting there back_hop.mp4 backhop.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Looks good . One big change I found when first learning was stopping having locked brakes so that I was effectively 'rocking' up onto the back wheel. The way to do it is to start in a balanced track stand (or small correction hops or front/rear wheel shifts) and then release the back brake and put a bit of power through the cranks to raise the front wheel and basically drive the rear wheel forwards to bring it beneath your centre of gravity in order to get into the backhop position. By doing it that way you're in full control and using the motion of the wheel to maintain balance. If you just rock up with locked brakes you're locked into judging where you end up by where your weight ends up and also fighting the left/right momentum that will throw you off balance. The timing is critical for releasing the rear brake, inputting some power into the cranks, pulling up with your arms and then finding the balance point and then applying the back brake ready to start hopping as needed. Trying to stay more relaxed also helps as being stiff will make it far harder to maintain balance and also tires you out far faster. Once you're happy with that technique it's only a small step to repeat the 'brake off, crank impulse, brake on' which is required to start forward pedal kicks. I think the important thing there is that you will want to allow the front wheel to drop just a little as a sort of preload so that when you put the pedal kick in the rear wheel is accelerated back underneath you and back beneath your centre of gravity. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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