unipsychogirl said:*When I rolling hop up stuff, say curbs, and I don't want to have to
take the time to line up the pedals, I just ride up to the curb at a
bit of a slant/angle. Er, I dunno how to say it, but I do something in
between riding sideways (parallel) to the curb (as if I were getting
ready to do a side hop) and riding staight up forwards, perpendicular
to it. This way, I can still have my speed up pretty good, like in a
forward rolling hop, rather than less speed with a side hop. The
technique is pretty much the same as a forward rolling hop, but, if
you're not gonna line your pedals up, itz less scary than riding
straight up to the curb. I find that itz easier to be riding up to a
curb diagonally and then have to turn, curve and swerve a little to
make the pedals line up right, than to curve while riding straight
toward it.~Sara Chastain *
The problem with side-rolling hops is that you can't jump as high. Also,
you have a harder time jumping onto skinnies.
I almost always measure. When I don't it's ehtier cuz the rolling hop's
not that big or I just don't care and am just trying to do a quick
demonstration of the moves on a uni.
My question for Dan:
How do you get so much speed fo those huge close-together rolling hops
in U2. I was practicing a 3' drop followed about 5' away by a 2' rolling
hop, and I just couldn't build up enough speed to get the hop. How do
you do such a quick setup for you rolling hops? I usually like to have
about 12'-20' of setup space to arrange myself and build up maximum
speed. You seem to need as little as 8'. I just don't get it.
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