Getting Higher bunny hops?

1mancity2
1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
edited July 2012 in MTB general
Been practising these for a while now but, I am now stuck and can't seem to get any further,

I can easily get 2ft of the ground when rolling on the flat, but how do you get higher? is it a different technique or just more power?
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  • One 80
    One 80 Posts: 62
    2 feet high on a mtb sounds high to me. i can prob get roughly same height but to get higher i would need a bmx or lighter jump bike. most people cant get the back wheel off the ground so your doing ok i think
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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    I can do about a foot tops lol. But then I only ride a DH bike so that doesn't help
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    should be another 6" there i think

    practice bump jumping the bike into a curb, but get the bike as vert as possible before the bump jump

    try that for a little while and go back to trying bunny hops

    as a rule you can only get the rear wheel as high as the front was at lift off

    so its a mix of front flick (letting the bike get as vert as possible) and a bit of pedal stamp to get it up there
  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    estampida wrote:
    as a rule you can only get the rear wheel as high as the front was at lift off

    my mate was trying to show me how to bunnyhop.. He got it a bit wrong and ended up going head over heels, ie front flip with the bike, this was after his front wheel was a good foot or so off the ground. Don't know how the hell he did it but god it was funny :lol:
  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    I've no idea what height i can get, i'd wager about a foot though. I more try to see what distance i can bunny hop which is about the length of a cable tv street cover :lol:
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Pracitcing on a curb is a bad idea, get it wrong and you risk at best a snake bite, at worst a new wheel.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    bennett_346 wrote:
    I've no idea what height i can get, i'd wager about a foot though. I more try to see what distance i can bunny hop which is about the length of a cable tv street cover :lol:

    I can bunny hop about the height and width of a TV cable. Which is handy if someone has left wire on the trail..
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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    cooldad wrote:
    bennett_346 wrote:
    I've no idea what height i can get, i'd wager about a foot though. I more try to see what distance i can bunny hop which is about the length of a cable tv street cover :lol:

    I can bunny hop about the height and width of a TV cable. Which is handy if someone has left wire on the trail..
    What about this kind of wire?

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Very nasty.
    Some serious farking cnuts out there
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  • spr wheelie
    spr wheelie Posts: 110
    dont even try bunnyhops after my first day of trying. far to painfull falling from about a centimeter
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    cooldad wrote:
    Very nasty.
    Some serious farking cnuts out there
    People* have been putting barbed wire between trees, at head height, on trails in the Wyre Forest. :evil:



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  • Emphursis
    Emphursis Posts: 124
    bails87 wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Very nasty.
    Some serious farking cnuts out there
    People* have been putting barbed wire between trees, at head height, on trails in the Wyre Forest. :evil:



    *Badger-humping cnuts.


    Hmm, I was planning on heading down there in the next few days, thanks for the heads up.
  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    People doing that need to be caught and preferably wrapped in their own barbed wired, maybe they'd see the error of their ways then.
  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    cooldad wrote:
    Very nasty.
    Some serious farking cnuts out there


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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Majski wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Very nasty.
    Some serious farking cnuts out there


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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    edited July 2012
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  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    Didn't realise toy soldiers was one of your other hobbies..
  • Red.Devil.Ghost
    Red.Devil.Ghost Posts: 185
    I can't do bunny hops at all. That back wheel just doesn't want to leave the ground. I can get a bit of height of I bounce off a curb when rolling but that's it.

    I love watching all the trick stuff but I have no skill at it so I prefer just XC stuff.
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Tried to bunny hop a root today at Gisburn. Didnt go well when I landed on the next root and the front wheel went left and I went right. My right thumb is stiff and swollen will have to practise left handed winking for a week or so.
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  • Shylock
    Shylock Posts: 98
    stubs wrote:
    Tried to bunny hop a root today at Gisburn. Didnt go well when I landed on the next root and the front wheel went left and I went right. My right thumb is stiff and swollen will have to practise left handed winking for a week or so.

    Winking with your left hand.....now that is a trick. Slight harder than writing!

    Damn auto complete!

    Bunny hops- Never really been shown how to do them, any good hints?
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Shylock wrote:

    Bunny hops- Never really been shown how to do them, any good hints?

    Have a look on youtube there are a some instruction videos all for BMX but the technique is the same. Start your jumping on some grass though because you will fall off :lol:
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  • Shylock
    Shylock Posts: 98
    Thanks!

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