Re: Just a quick question re hopping

Keep trying, unless you have a uni made of lead. 😄

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no, just together me & the uni are pretty heavy.
Cathy

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Don't get discouraged, just keep practicing, and give it time.🙂

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I'm just learning how to hop too...I'm trying it on an old 24" Schwinn
that I have hopes of destroying in order to get a nicer Muni. Could it
be that your seat is in a higher position in relation to your cranks on
your 24? Seems to me that I need to have the seat lower than I normally
ride in order to have a hope of some hopping......just a thought.

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Practice.

Kris Holm(and lots others,of course)namely,does insane trials hopping on
a 24",Its generally pretty easy.I think theres old videos of him doing
trials on a 26".

I learned how to hop on a 24",it wasnt until a year later that i got a
20" uni,and i personally dont think that weight matters unless your
pushing yourself to the limit,then a lighter uni would help you to be
able to "refine" the hop and get that last 2 extra inches in,or
whatever.

As for learning to hop,get better and more efficent at hoppping the
20",then you'll be more efficent at the 24".

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I can jump my coker. You should be able to jump a 24.

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As some have mentioned, Kris Holm does great on the 24". I myself
reached around 30" on my 15-16lb 24, which is plenty for the vast
majority of things found in and around trails. Just practice on the 24
and you'll get better, and even better, it'll improve your skills on the
20" as well.

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my freaking biceps are all sore from practice hopping my 24" nimbus
muni... sucker is heavy :-) good thing it's not a 26...

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Hopping in it's early stages is all about the timing, and all in the
ankles. All it needs is a quick flick that's timed correctly to use the
wheel's spring back to your advantage (this comes with practise) and
you'll be hopping with the greatest of ease. If you're hopping to
simply stay in the one spot and aren't trying to get over anything all
you need is 5 or 10mm clearance off the ground. A common mistake of
most people when learning to hop is to bend at the knees too much and
keep the ankles rigid. You should spend some time developing the little
flicks of the ankles, and hopping will become much more effective and
much less tiring. Picture doing small quick hops on the spot without
the unicycle. Most people use mainly their ankles for this and that's
what you should be doing on the unicycle...until you need to go for any
real height, in which case the use of the ankles is still very
important.

That's what I think anyway.

Good luck.

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Thanks for your comments.
Full of enthusiasm following your encouragement, I have been practicing
and am now getting there. Phew. not time to go on a diet or buy a new
unicycle (yet).
Cathy

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I learnt to hop on someone elses 20, and it was a while before I could
hop on my own 24 or my own 20, the 20 got easier once I put a fatter
tyre on it. I'm still not very good at hopping the 26, but I don;t try
very often.
SArah

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'm sure

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Absolutely Sarah!
Dancing, hockey, there'll be no stopping me next year. Hang
about...trails?? Actually I don't think I'll manage that.
But I've been greatly inspired by BUC. I've acutally learnt to sit DOWN
in my seat. Now I feel like I'm riding my uni instead of fighting it.
I even managed some hopping on the 24" this morning.
What's the next trick to aim for? Idling? Jumping? I have a very long
list of the things I want to learn NOW after BUC.
Great fun, and lovely to meet everybody. It's strange coming back to a
world where nearly everybody doesn't ride a uni.
Cathy

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Awesome, i've been practicing hopping over a growing stack of 2x4s as
training, and now after a couple of days of practice my vertical hop is
up from 2" to 9" on my 24x3 :-D

I was missing a lot of height due to not using my torso momentum as
effectively as possible, and indeed, the ankles are key. I just think of
myself as a big worm, trying to squirm upwards and tuck the uni up under
me as high as I can... timing is crucial, or you won't have it pulled up
100% as you hit the apex... and don't lose confidence, or you won't
stick the landing :-)

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