Eddbmxdude said:Hey dude!
Learning to hop with your seat out front (which is how i understood
your question) is really hard. Iv tried and failed many times. But in
answer to your question, try and compress the tire before you pull up
on the seat. (im assuming you have a handle) Its the same principle as
a bouncy castle. You would be suprised at how much it can help. Also,
practice hopping onto things rather than just seeing how high you can
hop into the air. i found trying to hop to a crank climb on really high
obstacles helped.
Hope this helps!
Actually, hopping SIF isn't so hard as it may seem. It took me maybe a
week to get quite proficient at riding SIF, and then maybe another week
to get a 50cm hop. I'm now up to 75cm hops, and my ultimate goal is
getting 90cm down.
Now, in answer to the topic-starter, higher hopping consists of two
parts. One, the tire compression. You want to push down as hard as you
can on that tire, to compress it. Two, the 'tuck'. Now, seat in has
much less tucking that seat out does, you might want to just look at a
few movies of good riders doing seat in hops. Basically, you want to
fold over forwards.
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