highest hoppers

Keep in mind, when Peck said that, pretty much no one (maybe KH?) was
hopping SIF. He was in his 50's getting about 24" or so if I remember
correctly? He was way ahead of his time just making a wild stab about
what he thought was possible.

gerblefranklin said:

Learn some patience and basic search button useage, Max. I'm not your
wench.

SIF=Seat In Front, happy now?

Peck meant 50", he even went so far as to say 50-60". It's in RTU which
is an extra on universe two. When you watch it you'll see he definitely
said 50 inches.

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Over a bar, Seat in : 22"
SIF: 12" What am I doing wrong?

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maxisback said:

Answer Me ! Sif = Sit In Front Right ?

yes thats right, but any ways my highest is about 8"..dont laugh, im
working on it😄 :o 😄 :o

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Ryan and I both have done around 42 inches onto somthing. I've done a
meter over a bar.

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ColDawG said:

He probably meant 50 cm at the time
because 50" is not just any good jumper...
that's like impossible!!!

no im sure he said 50" or more makes a good hopper,but thats too high!
I dont know anyone who can do that. Anyway George is crazy!

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I hit 16.5 first try then struggled to hit 19 inches. I'm not shour, i
may have hit 19 the problem is unless I hit the dead center on my
recycling ben on top of 8 bricks it slides out and i land on my @ss
prity hard. I think I am geting close to 20 inches but i need the
confidense/ I cant be worrying about my obsitical sliding out form
under me.

Edit: all Seat under my but/ no pre hop

I can hop SIF but I never pratice it and i cant pre hop very well

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I dono I think that SIF is more scryer over a bar then onto something..
thata probly why some ppl have a lower SIF then just normal hop..

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In riding hundreds of single tracks on my Muni I've never HAD to hop
higher than 20 inches to get down any trail--and even then it's usually
to gap something I don't have the sac (courage) to try and roll down.
When I first started I thought Jordonesque hopping was going to help
with grim Muniing, but it hasn't worked out that way for me (riding
mostly in Santa Barbara).

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i can hop rolling in front 45 cm

static seat in about 35 cm and same sif

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seat in 14 inches. seat out: N/A. oh well...

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I can only hop about a foot (12" or 30cm), bearing in mind I only do
side hopping, with my seat under me. But I've seen people hop sideways,
and forwards a metre (3'😉 or more - but this is doing it SIF.

Rolling hop over a bar = 80cm

Rolling hop onto something = 88cm ish

Seat in static = 65-70

SiF static = 55

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I realise this is a USA dominated forum but can we just use CM like
normal people? If you need a reason, it's for increased accuracy.

Rolling hop - 65cm

SIF sidehop - 60cm (I can't do prehops at all)

Seat in sidehop - 60cm

These numbers haven't changed for me in about 13 months of
practicing... I think maybe I need to watch a video of myself so I can
see where I'm going wrong.

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And Joe I'm gonna go measure ur 88 ish one today and see what the
unofficial NZ record really is 🙂

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pete66 said:

I realise this is a USA dominated forum but can we just use CM like
normal people? If you need a reason, it's for increased accuracy.

Rolling hop - 65cm

SIF sidehop - 60cm (I can't do prehops at all)

Seat in sidehop - 60cm

These numbers haven't changed for me in about 13 months of
practicing... I think maybe I need to watch a video of myself so I can
see where I'm going wrong.

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Me and Joe have some new numbers but we don't know what they are. If
you're thinking of buying a new unicycle but you're considering getting
something [censored] like... anything that isn't an 05 KH20, DON'T.

I bought this unicycle last night and took it on its maiden voyage
tonight with Joe and not only did it make me better, it made Joe better
too! I landed something like a 70cm rolling hop:

Security guard: Sorry guys I have to ask you to move on now.
Me: No way man, this is my best hop.
Security guard: What?
Me: This will be the biggest jump I've ever done, give me one more go!
Security guard: *pause to think* OK, one more.
Security guard (on the radio to his mate who was presumably watching us
on a camera): Yo, are you watching this?
Me: *start rolling towards the ledge that looks waaay too high for me*
Me: *thinking I'm not gonna make it*
Me: *thinking I'll never make it if I'm thinking I'm not gonna make
it!*
Me: *thinking the ledge is coming up fast, get ready to jump*
Me: *clears it easy and is stoked for the rest of the night*

Usually the unicycles have to stay out in the boot of the car but just
for tonight I'm letting the new KH20 stay in my bedroom, don't think
the KH24 really likes the idea of getting relegated to "capturer of
cobwebs" but that's the way it is until somebody bothers organising a
MUni ride that I bother coming on.

Joe was pulling off some nice S.I.F. hops, I guess it must've been
something like 65cm which is still a bit out of kilter with the size of
his rolling hops but any personal best is good, right?

So tired, 5hrs sleep since Wednesday (Sat morning here). Buy a KH20,
you know you want to. I also got the Roger Davies designed gel seat
instead of the low profile KH fusion seat, one bolt disappeared off it
already which is a bit of a letdown, I bet nobody can guess which
cobweb capturer I vandilised to replace the missing bolt?

Cheers
Pete

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So far, my best sidehop (SIF) was 70 cm, or about 28", but I've only
recently begun to stand still before jumping, before that I used to
hop, hop, hop, hop, jump. This was very tireing for one, but it also
made me lose concentration. It's weird though, my pedal grabs are way
higher then my normal jumps, even taking into consideration that you
don't land on the bottom of your wheel, I've landed pedal grabs as high
as 1.20m, so, in theory, I should be able to do 90 cm SIF sidehops...
But despite my best efforts, I almost always seem to prefer my feet on
solid ground, then on my pedals. (I just get off my pedals in mid-air,
and step onto the object)

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I can (or rather, HAVE) rolling hopped 26 inches, and SIF with prehop
maybe...24 inches.

I'm guessing....69 and 60 centimeters?

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I can do 80cm rolling... but there's nothing else near my house that is
a little bit higher, so I've been at 80cm for around 6-12 months... I'd
rather practise other things anyway.

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