hopping higher

have you tried seat out? watch ryan atkins and try to emulate him.

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I am having the SAME problem. I can't get much height (even when I
switch tires - so let's not address that here).

What baffles me is how Dan Heaton "effortlessly" hops up onto 7
pallets.
Bar 7, I can't get 3 (I'd probably struggle with 2 - I haven't tried).

WHAT can I do to get a higher hop? What is the "breakthrough"or trick to
get past whimpy 6" hops?

(I am only talking seat in here, I feel the seat out trick)

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i guess you mean rolling hops. i am no expert in the matter but i am
working on rolling hops also. find a wall that seems a little higher
than you feel comfortable with. line up the pedals and go for it. if
you miss, you can bail pretty easily, i have only had one bad fall as
the result of a bail gone awry. just keep doing this and increase the
height until you feel you cant go any higher. then, work on altering
the techniqur to give extra height. work on snapping the tire and
shifting your weight so that you can bring the wheel higher and higher
in front of you.

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when practicing rolling hops i found that my height improved if i
practiced jumping as far as i could, on flat ground.
and in general practicing helped too.

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For my normal hop I use left foot back, and at first did that for
rolling hops. Tried to line it up so I'd have left foot back when I
needed to hop. This wasn't working. But I found out I need my left foot
forward because I was moving and it would already be on its way down. So
try leading (not the whole way, just at the end when your gonna hop)
with your opposite foot. Thats what I discovered, you probably
discovered a while ago.

My two cents.

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