BMX - picking your back wheel up when bunny hopping

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racer102
09-14-05, 03:14 PM
I dont understand how to get your back wheel up when you are bunny hopping. Any advice?

mude
09-14-05, 04:07 PM
make your toes point to the ground that try kicking your butt with your feet while keeping them on the pedals
mude
09-14-05, 04:08 PM
try working on curb-endos first

BMXrider1255
09-14-05, 04:56 PM
this might be a j hop or what i call a horsey hop because in Grosse pointe we are kind of slow with names buti always push foward on a hop when my front tire is in the air
mob
09-15-05, 08:22 AM
pull up more... your frame is only so long, eventually the back end will lift if you go high enough with your front.

try off of a lip on a sidewalk or use a sloped curb.
gingerbread
09-15-05, 08:44 AM
i started this thred a couple of days ago, it should help: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=137998
irishmcmorgan
09-15-05, 09:00 AM
yeah, practice practice practice, and point your toes toward the ground, what i do is i kinda grab the inside o' my shoe with my toes and i dont know it feels bette and it works so try it............mostly pull up the front really high
CMcMahon
09-15-05, 03:41 PM
Push with your arm.