rolling hop problem

I used to have the same problem. just tell yourself to jump. It took me
a while though. what also causes that is the more distance away you
are, the more you want to get closer, so naturally you solve this with a
pre-hop. Its all about timing the pedals right. You also want to take
off at the same distance as it is high.

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Unless it is shorter than my tire, I always take off an equal distance
from the object as it is high. So on a 2' hop, I'll tke off from 2' or
more away.

Prehops kill your height in rolling hops. Personally, I think a rolling
hop isn't a rolling hop if it has a prehop. The power of a rolling hop
comes from you momentum. You don't need a prehop in this case to preload
you tire. The jump begins as your back pedal rises. You don't get any
power from this if you prehop.

Dubmuni's advice was good. Try approaching from close enough that you
can't prehop. On a 12" hop, if you take off with the center of your tire
12" from the object, there's no space to prehop. Try stuff like that,
and most importantly practice.

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When I was just learning them that normally meant I was going to fast.
Slow it down a bit. My rolling hop is 26" almost 27", but I have
different technique then everyone else it seems. I jump a lot closer to
the object with not a lot of bend, and with a much slower approach
speed. Its kinda like I jump straight up. If I could get that bend in
obviously I'd have way more potential for a high hop. But I could be
wrong and maybe I am just like everyone else but this is what I've
noticed. I'll have to get video and really analyse it. Sorry for the
rant. Does anyone else hop my way?

David

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Yes, I've done hops like that. I can only get about 28" best doing it,
though. If you can get 26" like that, then you should be able to easily
get 30" the normal way.

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