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    Sponge
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    Hi there, I'm thinking of switching the side I sidehop and the hand I
    hold my saddle with. One reason is because I've had a strain on my
    right wrist, and after a solid day's worth of trials'in a small bit of
    soreness arises, which can't be good for the long term recovery.

    I normally hold the saddle with my right hand, left foot forward,
    sidehop left. I'm reasonably good at trials this way, but wondering if
    it's possible to switch hands and sidehop sides with a bit of practice.
    I ride biketrials as well, so it'd be best if I can sidehop both ways by
    learning them to the right on my uni.

    So what's your take on this? Is it a perfectly doable thing like
    learning a new trick which just takes getting used to? Or is it an
    impossibly perfectable thing that can never be 100% fluent like
    writing wrong handed or speaking a foreign language?

    I'm certainly not going to just switch to my left hand and still
    sidehop left, because I'm not a fan of Yoggi style sidehops to the
    'busy hand side'. So it's really either I sidehop left with my right
    hand, or sidheop right with my left.

    Dammmm I sound like a beginner. 😄

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    Currently learning: switching to opposite hand, and switching sidehops
    sides.

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  2. ivan
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    I can sidehop with any hand, any foot forward, to any side in any
    combination. I alternate hands every day because my hand usually gets
    sore after extensive sidehopping, so I give it a rest for a day and use
    the other one. I say, just practice and you'll be as good with your left
    as you're with your right. Btw, I'm not ambidextrous. And I am working
    on my foreign language. All it takes is practice.

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    Ducttape said:

    I think something got flipped because that was just one post and his
    post that I am quoting isn't a sad face....... it's weird.....


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  3. Sponge
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    thanks for the reply ivan.

    I can sidehop with my opposite hand and opposite side, but just not
    with great height or finesse quite yet.

    Do you find you can get every single combination equally 'amazing
    feeling'? as well as getting decent and relatively equal height with
    all of your sidehop combinations, ivan?

    If what I think you're capable of is true ivan, then that's certainly a
    morale boost for my learning! :p

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    Currently learning: switching to opposite hand, and switching sidehops
    sides.

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  4. ivan
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    Hmm, you have my name written three times in your post and every time it
    starts with a lower case letter. Oh well.
    I can generally hop a little bit higher with my right hand because it's
    stronger, but other than that it doesn't matter too much. I've only been
    riding for about three months, mind you. Still, I can hop about 30 cm
    high. And I mostly practice freestyle.

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    I think something got flipped because that was just one post and his
    post that I am quoting isn't a sad face....... it's weird.....


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  5. UNIquelyCanadian
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    When I had my wrist splined 2 years ago I changed sidehop directions and
    hopping hands.

    My friend also just switched hands after doing trials for a few
    months.

    It is really odd at first but two years later I don't notice the
    difference. My friend is totally switched over in just a few weeks.

    This being said, when I'm doing MUni and I ride up a steep slope I
    subconsciously grab onto the saddle with the old hand. The switch is
    still having some affect.

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  6. swarbrim
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    ivan said:

    Hmm, you have my name written three times in your post and every time it
    starts with a lower case letter. Oh well.

    Your username is *-ivan-*, think about it.

    Go for it Sponge, what can go wrong?

    Mike

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  7. ivan
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    I thought about. The thing is, I can't change it.
    You live in Devon, do you know Amanda?

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    I think something got flipped because that was just one post and his
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  8. Probailer2
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    ivan said:

    I thought about. The thing is, I can't change it.
    You live in Devon, do you know Amanda?

    Everybody knows Amanda🙂

    PM

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    john_childs said:

    Mmmmm... Sexy welds.

    musketman said:

    Kris Holm owns death

    abbabibble said:

    cody bent his koxx.

    he was working it pretty hard.


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  9. manon1wheel
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    are you going to reverse your crank position too?

    you also might have a problem with crank grabbing on your left/ right
    side, wich ever you use most.

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