barspins

[Butter_Nutts]

im gonna try out barspins at my park tomorrow, any tips?

[mtn]

yea spin the bars

[Diluted_Acid]

^haha

Yeah try bunnyhop barspins before, and half barspins too. You may find it easier learning them into a soft landing to, lets say grass. I can pull them but can't catch them very well. Throwing them is easy but catching them in the air i find hard. Couple of things you should do is get air, then pinch seat and throw bars as your about to land, but throw quickly and lean over them as if you got punched in the stomach. Goodluck!

[samisawigga]

i can manual half barspin and bunnyhop half barpin but when i go for a full spin i neveseem to be able to catch

[xupnofooter]

whenever i try to barspin on flat I just fall backwards and my bike lunges forwards any tips?

[Sparky360]

go up, lean back and pinch your seat, spin and concentrate.

or just geuss and get lucky, like me :roll:

[Thisalreadyexists]

i HATED barspins when I was learning. Its all about learning that point where u find your balance while spinning them. I always would push to forward and my bars would hit my leg. I learned bunnyhop barspins first they seemed easier.

[dirtbag7]

My tip would be to put some shin guards on

[Snake Lizard]

Today I learned them. This is what I do: Lift front wheel, pinch seat then throw my bars.
Sometimes I even wait 1 sec. before throwing them, but I just need some practise.

[Haro_Revo]

I actually just yeasterday landed my first barspin. My advice is try half-spins first and get those down. It will help a lot.

[DanJackson]

think about manuals picture it in your head.

now grab your seat with your knees when you have just started your manual and throw the bars. Don't keep manualling cos we are not talking about manual barspins.

once thrown the opposite hand to the hand you throw the bars with needs to be kept in the same place and is your catching hand.

do it right and your bars will spin and land right back in your hands and be smooth as lubrication. In all ways.

[Logan]

ok, like everybody said, leanback pinch the seat etc. etc. though some might find pinching the seat hard when thei are trend fags and got their seat slammed, my tip: set your seat higher, high enough that you can pinch it, get barspins dailed that way and then slam the seat again if you find that comfortable

[2adpr]

do most people find bar spins easiest when they do them in a bunny hop or find it easier in a manual?

[milky harris]

i learnt barspins earlier today i found that just getting a real good grip with my knees meant i could throw the bars and retain alot of the control, even once the bars were back on the ground.
you definately need to be confident with the spin and catch.
i rode along at a slow pace got a grip on my seat, then pulled up and threw the bars hard, i tend to cross my arms as i spin them, some people use the one hand instead.
be prepared to get hurt, i killed my nuts and knees today.

[cmexx]

do most people find bar spins easiest when they do them in a bunny hop or find it easier in a manual?

trust me -barspin from manual is nothing comparing to bunnyhop!
it took me months of practice to do them pretty clean from bunnyhop and i learned barspin from manual in 15 min

[Az_Dirt_101]

^^^^same here i learned them in like half hour, yet i am still tring to get down bunnyhop barspins :(

[DanJackson]

bunnyhop barspins are harder because when you hop you lean forwards and to grab your seat with your knees you need to be leaning backwards so you have to hop and push your bike out so that you can grab the seat and then throw and catch the bars, all in one hop.

[dirkadirka]

I still have no idea how you guys pinch the seat, my seat is slammed to the clamp and do bars like nothing

i just cant get b-hop bars, im getting close, i just dont feel like falling

just ride, lean back, throw with one hand, push with the other, watch the bars is one of the keys so the bars can just come back into the cup of your hand.

peace

[nObOdY1]

ive landed them a feew times without pinching the seat. i dont like to pick my seat though because it hurts my knees. just get good height lock your knees and hurl the bars when you reach you peak.

[remy g]

go up, lean back and pinch your seat, spin and concentrate.

or just geuss and get lucky, like me :roll:

what do you mean by pinch your seat?

[NewUserName]

remy when you pinch your seat it means you squeze the seat with both your knees like your doing a knee head lock and throw your body back and your front will lift.

[Dirt1st]

i cant pinch my seat, its slammed.
how the hell do i get around this? lol

[zzzzzzz]

I'm reading a lot of people say to lean back. That's not entirely correct. You push your butt out and lock your knees so you bars don't hit them, but you bend at the waist so your upper body is forward. You want your head over your bars. This levels you out and keeps you from looping out when you land. Just google "bar spins" and look at the images. Everyone has their head over their bars.

[smithrcing17]

spin half way, catch enough to find bar with one hand, spin next half, catch. or you can just throw it and pray you find it when it comes back around haha

[Razorsoul921]

Hop, stand over your bars like you got punched in the stomach, throw, catch, done. :D

[Borat]

i cut my seat pole and my seat is low so i cant pinch it : (

[BMXJunkie12]

You dont have to pich the seat. If you dont have a seat to pinch, then pinch your cranks with your feet.

One thing that messed me up when learning barspin is that I throw them into my back foot. So by the time that my bars were halfway around, my front foot was floating so much that it hit the tire and stopped the rotation of the bars. The only way I can do barspins is if I switch my feet up and ride right-foot-forward. It may seem awkward at first, but if you throw them into your back leg and cant get the rotation, itll help.