mikey23 Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Hey everyonerecently i have trying to learn front wheel hopshowever i can only ever manage to do about 3 or 4 can any of you give me some pointers how to improve them?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducko Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 want some good advice?dont do them fork snappers bad stylee!if not just find the balance point its just practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 To be honest matey, there isn't much point in practicing them, in the rear world of trials there isn't a need for such a move, it is pretty much usless for anything other than show boating.......Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 - use both your legs and arms to hop- practise endos to find the balamce point- learn to fall offi think front hops a good skill to learn, they help learning how your bike 'feels' on the front wheel which is good for wheelswaps and gaps to front wheel and stuff.plus you can do some neat trick on the front wheel too mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 It's a nice little trick to do, but to be honest, all it is is unneccessary damage to your forks/headtube. Just looking at the How To Front Hop vid on www.slctrials.com, the forks seem to flex like mad! Not too good for a set of forks like the Echo Easy for example . Even though I'm getting those forks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nafan Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 It's a cool trick to learn, you need to recognise where your balance point is before you can do loads, I found that using different bars/stem helps/doesn't help if you know what I mean.Basically, sometimes the balance point can be so small that they are nearly impossble, if you can't get them with practise, and your really really desperate to leanr them a different bar/stem set up might help...My advise is concentrate on stuff on your back wheel for now mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 want some good advice?dont do them fork snappers bad stylee!if not just find the balance point its just practice.haha err yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 The biggest piece of advice I could give is...You'll generally find the balance point is much more over the front than you think. If you're only on 3 or 4, you're probably not leaning forward enough. You'll feel like you're about to go over the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boon racoon Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 fork snappers...anyone on the forum hook then?! how? you'll need to be going over the bars more than a few times to get them dialled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I've never snapped forks in the way I've seen on the forums. But then I don't hook (I've never actually tried, looks like a lot of strain on the frame and forks). I don't think front hops will cause a lot of problems to your forks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I do loads of front hops, and the odd hook here and there, aslong as you have short forks (e.g. either on a mod, or short stock forks, so there is less leverage), and they are a strong pair, you should be fine to learn with them. Just dont fronthop too agressively!The way I found helped a lot while learning, is to TRY to fall over the bars when you do some fronthops. This'll "guts you up" and make you feel more confident/less scared of falling over the front, which is what the trick is about really.Just dont be scared of falling over the front, find that balance point!Even if you do find it, you might not be able to do many at first due to how tiring it is, but dont worry, after a while the right muscles develop and then it isnt tiring at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I do front hops and no hooks, and mine died when I did an up Search for the destruction thread in the pics section for more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street trials rider Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 the advice i was given off ashton at a bike show a few year back was to actually hop the bike underneath you.... (basically the same as how to back-hop from tricks and stunts) as yoru rear wheel starts to fall, hop and pull the bike under you more so the back comes back up.... after a while you'll get the hang of just finding yoru balance point and be able to hop on the spotanother trick i found that helps with finding your balance point on the front wheel is "switzerland squekers" (backwards stoppie)and on the subject of the stress on the front wheel... curtis frame + DMR trailblade forks no flex at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 the advice i was given off ashton at a bike show a few year back was to actually hop the bike underneath you.... (basically the same as how to back-hop from tricks and stunts) as yoru rear wheel starts to fall, hop and pull the bike under you more so the back comes back up....yeah thats what I wanted to say but im too tarded to think of itwell put Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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