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RotorHead

04-20-05, 09:12 PM

Take a look at this thing, and please tell me how they do that....

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=imgriff

Jaye

04-20-05, 09:18 PM

Pedal into a wheelie, bunnyhop, land on back tire and have exceptional balance.

Certainly not something I posses the skills to do.

Funkychicken

04-20-05, 09:29 PM

i shall always have the utmost respect for trials riders. amazing what they can pull off.

che_lives90

04-20-05, 09:35 PM

I shall alsow have the utmost respect!! That is so amazing...I can bunny hop but only about a 8 inches...

mozzie_marshall

04-20-05, 09:41 PM

yeah, i can do that. (and i'm alway really annoyed when someone ruins it by waking me)

RotorHead

04-20-05, 09:53 PM

How do you pull off a bunnyhop in a wheelie. I do wheelies, and have tried to bunnyhop in them without luck. Think I managed 1 inch once because I hit a bump. Is there a trick to do them?
I have these perfect 3-4 square blocks of concrete in line that are just 1-3 feet apart right where I live, and I want to be able to jump between them. They are just big enough to place a bike on top of them, so I need to learn something like that..

troie

04-20-05, 09:59 PM

Keep in mind trials bikes are specifically designed for these type of stunts. They are much lighter and the goemetry makes it easier than it does on regualr mtb's. Still, trials riders are hardcore, I could never do stuff like that.

MadMan2k

04-20-05, 10:06 PM

Rotorhead: You want to balance without pedaling first, if you weren't. After that, just compress down a bit, and hop back up. If you want to go forward, let the front drop down a little and then hop. (This is all theory, I can't do it for crap)
http://trials-online.com/trials-techniques.php - this is a great site for reading about that stuff, but the main thing is practice...

Those gaps are pretty effing huge in the vid. The last one looked crazy.

RotorHead

04-20-05, 11:00 PM

Thanks Madman.
That site has some great info. I have a couple of things to practice next time I'm at my "playground"

J-McKech

04-20-05, 11:18 PM

Those guys do some TOTALLY off the wall stuff. I had a completely different idea of trials, I thought it was some racing or something haha. A XC racer buddy of mine and do a bunch of that junk, I guess it doesn't hurt he's been biking forever.

dm_fuel100

04-21-05, 10:15 PM

Take a look at this thing, and please tell me how they do that....

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=imgriff

I think I have pretty good technical skills, but can't do that kind of stuff. I do, however, have an idea on how to do that. First, you practice! :eek: Second, you practice some more!
:rolleyes: Third, practice even more! ;) And if that doesn't work, keep practicing! :p

Karldar

04-22-05, 08:24 AM

Just think how many times that dude had to practice that particular area. Some bloopers might make it seem a little more doable. Anybody ever see the motorcycle trials riders? That's some really crazy, mad skills....

snakehunter

04-22-05, 09:00 AM

I could do that if I wanted to.,............I jsut dont have the desire, hahaha JK not my type of riding, Im too big of an oaf to have be able to manuever myself like that w/o breaking some parts.

SpiderMike

04-22-05, 09:03 AM

Karldar

04-22-05, 09:05 AM

Yeah trialriders are SICK, be it bike or motorcycle. Have yall see the "the colllective", especially where that kid rides the hand rail, then gets to next hand rail buy riding the chain stretch between the two? Now that was sick.
Wish I could find a link to that clip.

That's makin' me sick just reading about it, much less seeing it! :lol:

pnj

04-22-05, 11:38 AM

if you haven't seen modern flatland riding, you should check it out.

http://www.socalbmx.com/movies/jesse.wmv
http://www.socalbmx.com/movies/scbmxspring.wmv

just a few examples....

mgomez41

04-22-05, 11:54 AM

here try this link its a begginers article to bunnyhoping

http://www.bmxbasics.org/new/bmx1095.html

RotorHead

04-23-05, 07:42 PM

Yeah trialriders are SICK, be it bike or motorcycle. Have yall see the "the colllective", especially where that kid rides the hand rail, then gets to next hand rail buy riding the chain stretch between the two? Now that was sick.
Wish I could find a link to that clip.

http://www.foxracing.com/sport/videos.cfm?nav4=5&sportID=3
You'll se the move you talk about in this clip.. At least a few seconds of it.
And the kid that does that is called Ryan Leech.