i cant bunnyhop,j-hop, or manual PLZ HELP

[nibbs]

Hi, ok i just started BMX ive had my bike for about 4 weeks but only rode it about 3 or 4 hours prolly but reguardless i have a huge problem, all my friends BMX and can bunny hop j hop nad manual at the least plus much more, my best friend matt told me if i got a new bike i would be able to prolly do sumthing.... so i went and looked ang got a specialized fuse 2 for street riding mainly.... i try and i try and i cant do any sort of hop at all.... i am doing everything right i lean back as far as i can after i pull up and still nothing...i have no idea why they try to help me but i still cant get it :(..... also i have bad posture / kinda scoliosis i donno f that would affect it but i dont think so because there is sum pro riders who have it.... i would greatly appreciate ANY help yall can tell me u can post here but also contact me on aim if u can at gimmieamcgriddle thanx alot

:wink:
<33 kevin

[oli_g86]

First off, dont worry about it. It takes longer for some people to learn how to hop etc. What you wanna do is watch some videos and see how the pros hop, and try to apply that to your practice.

Anyways, ive only been riding for 1.5 months but heres how i hop:

- Crouch, with left pedal foward
- Push down on the pedals, like i'm doing a jump on the ground. Whilst doing this i lift up the bars
- tuck knees

Tucking the knees is the hardest part for me, but the higher your pull up the higher your tuck. I think you are just failing on the tuck. Just grip your pedals and bent your knees towards your abdomen. GL.

[Lunchbox]

Lie the dude above me so elequantly put it, some people learn different than others.Here's how I do it.

-crouch slightly with right foot forward
-pull bars up about 1-2 feet
-tuck up my knees

Now go practice and kick the **** out of your friends for using th faggy-ass term "J-Hop"!

[FOL]

Dude, 3-4 hours of riding. If you are dissapointed already, you get dissapointed far worse in the fututre. Manuals take long to learn. 2+ feet bunnyhops usually take long to learn as well. Other tricks often requires a decent amount of practise. So you either should not be dissapointed and keep practising, or find another, easier, kind of sport/hobby

[Todd]

6 years from now you will have put in so much time money and pain into this and still only be able to hop a couple feet and do a few tricks. It takes a long time to go pro like you dream of.

[nibbs]

ya but i cant get off the ground at ALL i dont understand y is it cuz i have bad posture or what :O :cry: i mean i feel ill be so much more into it if i could do it just a few inchs i got my bike back today imma go prac in the morning

[Jamezz00]

When i first got my bmx i couldnt bunnyhop at all. Then once I read the posts on here i just practiced for abpout a week (A couple of hours a day) and then by the end of the week i could get about 2 inches of the ground.

Manauls Im still learning. They take ages to learn I can still only go about 5 metres

[nibbs]

yay thanx alot guys imma start practicng today

[el nombre]

where abouts are you in E susex Jamezz00

[reyesjr02]

uhh dude. you know what i found to be REALLY REALLY helpful? dig a hole in your yard. not too big. just like 10 inches deep, a foot wide. then try hoppin over that. thats how i first hopped. i was riding through a field, tried to hop the hole, i didnt want to eat shit, so i hopped it. from doin that, i learned the motion that i gotta do, and finally got it down......hope that helps.

[oli_g86]

^^^^^^^ yep what he said.

hopping onto and over things gives you a goal to tackle, and the fear of bailing makes you hop it. Its amazing what humans can do in times of peril (sorry if that sounds a bit too philosophical, but its true). Just practice, and enough of it. One day it'll click and you'll get air.

[Bladerboi2k4]

read sticky topics those really help

[Rasta04]

man, dont be worried if you cant hop after 3-4 hours of riding, it took me like 3 weeks to learn even a small bunnyhop. dont be disheartened. (i used a long word :D )

[$$]

^^^^^^^ yep what he said.

hopping onto and over things gives you a goal to tackle, and the fear of bailing makes you hop it. Its amazing what humans can do in times of peril (sorry if that sounds a bit too philosophical, but its true). Just practice, and enough of it. One day it'll click and you'll get air.


dont be disheartened. (i used a long word)

it seems we underestimate bmxers, that we think we are all handitards doesnt it? :hmm: just a thought

[Lunchbox]

I thought I was the only one who said handi-tard, weird! :lol:

[oli_g86]

im studying english in college so im expected to use long, multi-syllable words. It's even getting into the way I speak which is weird. If you ever have a conversation with me i'll suddently blurt out a complex word in the middle of a regular sentence.

[Lunchbox]

what an arcane abberation :hmm:

[Hann-es]

Thats's alright i learned to do bunnyhop about 3 months ;)

[nibbs]

AWSOME I CAN DO A LIL IDDY BIDDY ONE LIKE 1 inch TOPS YAY!!!!! here is a picture of my pimp diggity bike... its a fuse 2 stock by speacilized i cut down the handi bars :D

[Gear]

When i first got my bmx i couldnt bunnyhop at all. Then once I read the posts on here i just practiced for abpout a week (A couple of hours a day) and then by the end of the week i could get about 2 inches of the ground.

Manauls Im still learning. They take ages to learn I can still only go about 5 metres

I learned to bunnyhop on my BMX bike in one day but it may have helped that I could do it on my mountain bike before hand. I can only manual about 5 foot though.