Still Can't Bunny Hop? Watch This!
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Learning how to bunnyhop on a bike is a really important MTB skill and a neat trick you can incorporate into your Moutain Bike riding! Join Neil Donoghue as he runs you through some simple tips & tricks on how to bunnyhop like a pro!
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
0:00 - Intro
1:51 - The front wheel lift
3:26 - The most common mistakes
5:52 - The rear wheel lift
8:21 - Practice
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2:26am im bought to go practice this outside😂
How's the west coast?
Best tutorial on bunny hop that I have seen, slowly getting better thanks to this 😊
this might well be the best bunny hop tutorial on the entire channel!
Thanks very much!
As a matter of fact one of two the best tutorials, there is another one also good and similar where Martyn Ashton is teaching Ann (I believe, from gmbn tech) , so this one ! and this by Martyn are the best tutorials, thanks Neil 👍
Great tutorial, learned to BH when I was a kid but its easy to forget how hard it is if you’re just learning it. Top tip - film your self/get someone to film you doing it. Watching it back in slow-mo will really help you identify which part of the motion needs tweaking.
Adding a stick really does help. Having a target makes it feel more natural and you know if you clear or touch the stick. You can add a second stick just after it you gradually move further to work on distance.
Thanks Neil - this is by far THE clearest, best illustrated tutorial I’ve seen for proper bunny hop technique! (Now to get some shin pads! I ride clipped in always, and dread the ‘shinner’!)
Cool, thanks
U don't get shinners clipped in🤷♂️ flat peddles u do he's just said that ffs
@@jamiesmith4352 Poorly written, my bad. I dread the shinners when I do try to ride with flats.
Thanks so much for this video! It finally made it click for me and I'm bunny-hopping after years of struggling (i've been lifting the front wheel really well for a while but kind of got stuck there for ages). It's amazing how you actually feel like you're mimicking a rabbit (bars for paws) when you finally get the move 😂
The worst part of this is that the technique itself is really easy. I always feel embarrassed practicing this in public alone as a 32 year old male
Just think that all that embarrassment is countered with the stoke for when you actually practically implement that big ol' hop.. 🤘😜✨.. get it brah!!
Embarrassed.. I'm 64 out practicing my bunnyhops with all the 12 year old neighbourhood kids, they think I'm the cool old guy that lives down the street... still can't bunnyhop but I'm having fun.
Don't be embarrassed dude, bunny hop is really easy to learn but quite hard to master, it takes time :)
Luckily hardly anyone rides in my neighbourhood so doing shitty hops is actually impressive to ppl..or I'm just in a positive vibe
Im 59 still trying and also take my back pack hopper ramp to the pak😊
Best tutorial I've seen on bunny hops. Coincidentally, my shin guards just came in today, so maybe now I can finally get my bunny hop game on point.
Get after it!
That was the best bunny hop tutorial i have seen nice one Neil!
I keep watching .. I keep tryin!! Not there yet! This technique is the most important on MTBs and I imagine how enjoyable that would be on trails when I get technique right everytime I ride..!! Great fan of all from this channel !!
How are you doing, have you managed to bunny hop yet?
after thirty years of riding clipped in my technique was non existent. I persevered for a year on flats with proper shoes and I can now get over a stick! Gaps here I come! Thanks Neil.
Great video, it really helped me to better understand the mechanics of doing a bunny hop
Hard doing bhops this helped alot
Wow easily the best video on bunnyhops... i gonna try it out. Thank!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful
Nice video, I will have to try this.
This is a great vid, i am new to flats having ridden clipless for a lifetime. The explanation of how to scoop with the pedals makes me think I can do this!! thanks
Glad it was helpful David!
Excellent video, Neil! Thank you.
Glad you liked it Randal! Was it useful for you?
@@gmbn Absolutely! It tied up some loose ends for me, technique-wise.
Used to be able to bunny hop my bmx super high and easy. This mtb thing is a whole new world
Best explaination/tuition yet. Great stuff Neil.
Obrigado pelas dicas!
Great video. I'm struggling with the timing and I can see some approaches I can try now. Thank you Neil :)
Cool, let us know how you get on
How are you doing, have you managed to bunny hop yet?
Nice job
I got good at bunny hopping when I was young doing trials. If you can hop up sideways on a bench translating that motion when riding down hill is easy. This is why everyone should try doing some trials. I think this is a skill that isn't practiced by people that much anymore.
Love this, but I'm still trying to learn how to manual. I'm a very confident rider, but wheelies manual the endo thing where you spin the back round and bunny hops I can't do but keep practising. I'll get it all dialled in one day
I love the orbea frames, might be biased because I own a H20 LT myself though😅
Right! That does it! I'm going to dedicate a month to bunny hopping. I've tried on and off before without success. If I can't do it by the end of the month, well, that's probably never going to happen and I'll stop wasting my time... (until the next time I see someone do one, of course)!
After three months; how are you doing, have you managed to bunny hop yet?
Always watching your video gmbn 🤘🔥
how many millimeters rise up handlebar he use in the video? i think 15mm? rise up he used
@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701 maybe bro
I'm 65 years young with a Hardtail. Would love to see a video on that. Great videos GMBN!
Hey! We've got an older video about bunny hopping on a hardtail here: gmbn.eu/hardtailbunnyhop - it's an older video, but the technique remains the same!
My new hardtail is the hardest bike I have ever hopped. Modern geo is strange to get use too. New 2022 my last bike was in 2014.
Do lightweight and shorter riders have to pay more efford for bunny hop beacuse of the ratio of body weight to bicycle weight is much smaller? @gmbn
@gmbn i found that on a small bike of suspension mtb, i can do it, not perfectly but it pops but on the gravel without dropper, it is impossible, between the long chain stay and saddle, I struggle to shift the weight on the back wheel.
Any advices over than fitting a dropper or go for a smaller frame?
Do you guys mind doing a still can’t manual watch this? This would help lots. Thanks GMBN
We'll give it a go!
Круто 👍🏻 ребята, давай сделаем этот баник 👍🏻💪🏻😎
These were called frog hops back in the day of bmx.
Both wheels off the ground was a bunny hop.
Then you had a cross hop, which was two wheels but then you kind of twisted the bike in the air.
Then frog hop.. Front wheel first then pop the rear
Great video, I went from a 120 fork to a 170mm fork and now really struggle with lifting the front end up. My old bike was a small and my new one with the bigger fork also has a longer chainstay. I built a manual machine to work on technique and strength but out in the field with the bike rolling I can not get a good front end lift. Any advice?
Hey Linda, thanks for commenting! Practice makes perfect essentially, but with longer travel forks a good preload will definitely help! Try focusing instead on making sure you push into the suspension enough to then take advantage of that rebound instead of the pulling motion.
i have a 26" of a not quite top of the line family. it has become a bit wobbly over normal use. previously i would just break the axle (because i had a freewheel). is it possible that i wreck my bike trying to do learn this? im a ¬85kg rider...
team gmbn.. I ride an older specialized hardrock, still a great bike, but wanted your thoughts on something if you have time.. Im a mtb single track rider, who loves to corner , downhill, hop, and jump (still working on some of those).. could you possibly suggest a bike that might be best for the things Id like to do on the trail? Im somewhat new to the game, but its got a hold of me and im riding untill the good Lord takes me..bit much.. your thoughts on a bike? thanks team gmbn, you all kick ass
How to do it on XC bike without a dropper? Is it possible with a saddle way up there
For me, the only way to get the back wheel off the ground with flat pedals was simultaneously unweighing the feet and pushing the handlebar forwards. With only scooping I haven't had much luck.
I was never able to bunny hop on command, but on a trail etc I had no issues clearing stuff, but, trying to actively hop? Not a chance lol
Every bunny hop video is kinda wrong on this channel. You don’t need to scoop your pedals or practice your rear wheel lifting. You just have to stand up into a meerkat position, explosively, after lifting the wrong wheel and when your handlebars somewhere near your waist just push the bars forward and THAT will lift or level your back wheel with the front one. This is the only approach that helped me to learn bunny hop basics.
That’s it. Then just practice a lot and try not to be scared.
There are a lot of different techniques for a solid hop. The one shown in the video and the one you speak of are fine, different but neither better nor worse than the other.
The technique in the video is good because it incorporates a lot of step techniques that can be implemented individually also..
If you can practice the back wheel lift then you're somewhat into the process for learning nose bonks for instance..
Plus the one displayed in the video is arguably a better technique for transfering the skill set onto steeper jumps, boostier jumps and doubles.. that really defined front up, level out, nose in.
🤝
I am 160 cm tall, struggling to lift the front tire (manual) with small size bike from polygon T series. any suggestion?
Short riders and large diameter wheels is a hard combination. Maybe practice on a bike with 26" wheels? Get the feel and build your strength. Then go back to your 27.5" polygon.
Sad point is, I have a hardtail and it just doesn't help jumping as much as fs...
literally like the 5th time gmbn has made this video. good work guys very creative content
I spy galfer rotors. Very cool to see someone else running them 👍
They're stock on a lot of Orbea's these days! There's a partnership between the two brands for the enduro team :)
So, would the technique bn be the same for a hardtail?
Sure will be! Here's a vid: gmbn.eu/hardtailbunnyhop
Additionally, can you post a video on how to bunnyhop a 30er (NOT 29er)?
how many millimeters rise up handlebar he use in the video? i think 15mm? rise up i like the looks of enduro bike that use mid rise bar rather rise up handle bar
What do you class as mid ride?
I know that this could be a stupid question, but how much would frame geometry and suspension stiffness have an effect for bhops? I've always had way too soft suspension on the rear because i just couldn't get a new spring / it wasn't as high on my priorities as other stuff. Gonna get one soon
Getting the proper spring weight will make the bike feel much better and will help with this. I know they were hard to find during the pandemic but I think there is more available now from retailers or you can look on Pinkbike.
@@fademasterfade227 it's more of a budget issue than availability, a friend of mine will sell me a 550 for cheap, wich is a large improovement over my 450 but it's still not enough for a 200lb chonk like me on a DH bike. At least i won't bottom out with small jumps anymore
@Javier Perez the improvement that you can afford, is better than the perfect that you can't
Adding compression damping can also help.
@@JulianKent i only have pro pedal, bottom out, and rebound on my Fox DHX5.0, so no real bump damping, just the first bit of travel to reduce power loss on pedalling, it goes further when shifting the weight than the damper threshold and it ends up not being too usefull, so i don't keep it too high in order to keep the suspension response quick. I have maxed out the rebound air tank so it helps a bit with the compression.
Great video 😃 I'm still on the level of a Bunny flop ☹️☹️
Thanks Anita! Keep practicing, you'll get there
Bro when I am about to lift my back wheel then my front wheel lift I can't lift my rear wheel what can i do😢
The hardest part for me is still transitioning from the front wheel lift to the rear wheel lift (moving hips forward). Anyone has a suggestion to make this as one fluid move?
Yeah, me too. Phil Kmetz did a very good explanation for it, but still, it's hard
Film yourself. Watching it back in slow motion and compare it to a clip of someone who can do it. It will hopefully show which part of the technique you need to tweak.
I can do it it’s just pretty small
Can you bunnyhop? At eighteen I could bunnyhop a bin on its side on a BMX. At forty trying to hop my steel full Susser is like trying to pull Bismarck out of the mud.
Техника применима к хартейлу?) 👋🏻☺️
just remember - STICK IS LAVA
The Don- who learned at the feet of the Master- tells you what's whut. LISTEN!!!
(Note: here in the States, we have Lopes- who wrote a book and is pretty credible hisself.)😉
I can't do it! 😕 I got my stick out. Couldn't not touch it.
My brain has an automatic crash prevention that stops me doing most of this 😂
"Nowhere to stand up from". Yep, that's me.
Apparently I practiced the right way..I just don't like the heavy nose dive to flat. I rather level out so I have more control at speed. But I'm a noob that just thinks he's doing it the right way..might be wrong ofc
I 100% get you as a fellow noob lol, everything feels so exagerated despite not being that bad. It's all about trust and practice, you need the trust to do it, and the practice to fail and see where the limits are, but it's not as easy to do as it is to say
You don't lift your back wheel with your feet if you want to do it properly. All the lifting is done by the arms. You only use your legs to gain upwards momentum.
There's a reason it's possible to do no footed bunny hops, but you can't do a no handed bunny hop (or atleast you can't take your hands off the bars before you reach the apex of the jump)
That's a proper color for a man's helmet. Anything but pink.
Those Ergon saddles always look 🔥, but I can never find them. I checked the whole catalogue lmao..
I think it is the "SM Enduro Comp Men- Oil-Slick" and the big "ERGON" on the side is just for sponsored people so you see it in videos and stuff
@@olik136 thanks! I think the branding looks cool, surprises me it is not available. Although looks are very unimportant when choosing a saddle obviously;)
I can't bunnyhop unless I remove the saddle ( ridding 30er), which is not practical!
I have watched many videos on this, I still do not "get" how you lift the rear wheel with flat pedals?!? I do not get the physics of it. No one has explained this in a way I understand.
From all videos that I've see about learning bunnyhop, I'm almost conviced that it is not possible to do it properly on XC bike without dropper seatpost. Am I the only one who would like to see a good tutorial made for XC riders?
Depends on your definition of XC. If XC to you is super high locked seat post with a super low stem and gooseneck to put your weight as far up as possible like a racing XC setup then absolutely, you are not going to see one because such setups make it impossible to hop because your knees are prevented from bending much. The act of bunny hopping involves actually bending the knees and jumping up. If you don't have room to jump, you cannot bunny hop. So yes, you are correct you would need a dropper post. A gooseneck and a low stem will also make it very hard because the point of a gooseneck is to stretch your body forward to put weight on the front tire. If this is your definition of XC, you will unlikely never see a bunny hop tutorial. However, if XC to you is just a lighter bike with geometries for efficient climbing with a dropper post for efficiency, then yes, someone could do a tutorial on it. A bunny hop requires you to literally jump up. With no way to bend your knees to allow you to jump up, there's no way anyone's going to be able to do much of a bunny hop. Hence, a dropper post as you correctly surmised would absolutely help.
Can I bunnyhop with my hardtail?
You can bunny hop on any bike
Yes
It's arguably easier on a hardtail..
@@ViorelSnap Is it possible without lowering saddle?
@@rcloko908 How? Im struggling on my hardtail without dropper post... Its difficult to put weight enough back.
i forgot to breathe when doing this maybe i should be more relaxed
Can these techniques be used on a 50lb+ eBike? I doubt it....
Sure you can. Gotta work a little (more likely a lot) harder and really compress the suspension to get a good pop.
Exactly what Jekyll Rider said! Regardless of the weight, every bike can be bunny-hopped!
I remember being told physical strength isn't that important for bunnyhopping, but it most certainly is important to have some physical strength. Especially with a heavier trail bike.
I am tryng to learn on a DH bike. I don't think it's happening too soon even with how large i am.
the dude from bearm peak inflated his tires with water and it made little to no difference in the quality of his bunny hops
@@vittocrazi Cause he's strong, some have to work at it though.
Was here to learn Cs Go Bunny Hop, oh well
Greetings from across the pond . That doesn't look like any bunny hop I've seen or learned .
That's how we do them on this side of the water (UK)
Brian Lopes wrote a book- him and 'The Don' agree.
Ok that makes sense. Here in the states a bunny hop is a totally different trick . Just one of those things that's different from the U.S.
No matter what you call it it's still pretty cool .
Yep, still can't!
Practice.. don't expect for it to be immediate
i can lift my rear but not my front for real
I wish you'd have done this with a hardtail. I would presume, that this is mostly transferable but the pivot movement does kinda throw me off a little bit, tbh.
It's literally exactly the same process..
Doesn't matter what bike you ride; 20" BMX, dirt jumps, enduro, downhill, trials or road.. the basic principles remain the same
@@OLI-vx1md Yeah, however I tried pulling up the wheel with this movement but it doesn't move even a centimeter. I usually learn these things by imitation and when I got the exact movement down at least once I can work with that. But unfortunately almost everyone on youtube does it with a Fully where the pivot movement just throws me off. However I can still do a small bunnyhop sometimes, even with flats - just not very high or reliably. I learned it without the separate movements.
@@CaptainShiny5000 most likely you're doing the first step wrong, try doing it with a lower seat and don't be afraid to hit the rear wheel, you need the trust to get it right, once you've done it a couple times try using it on specific situations so you can practice for when you need it and not when you want to do it, that way it becomes more instinctive and it can become a usefull skill.
You didn't cover the most important part of getting better.
The struggle of finding time to practice, bettwen work, kids and other projects lol
Truth! Even just physical capacity. I wanted to learn to hop last year but my body was too busy trying to recover from adjusting to my new active transportation lifestyle. I'm hoping that "winter miles mean summer smiles" applies to hopping this year. Winter slop means better hops? Dunno.
I'm absolutely useless, I've tried for years!
Not bunny hopping does not equal a person being absolutely useless
Lol
@@timjacob991 how many millimeters rise up handlebar he use in the video? i think 15mm? rise up
Ride a pump track. Learn to pump. Learn to manual... Only then try again.
@@vslacorreia oh, crap, i'm a long way back XD
Well…I come here as a roadie…. I feel like my seat height makes this useless… maybe I’m wrong.
Watch Armstrong avoiding Beloki's downhill Tour crash way back in (???) and tell me again.
@@floydblandston108 no need to be so defensive.. I even stated.. I may be wrong.. and worded the sentence in a pondering way.. showing uncertainty.. and seeming open to someone correcting me.. so I do appreciate the first part.. as for the last part… well.. not much of a f to give for u here..
@@AverageReviewsYT - poor, delicate little roadie. If you take what I wrote as harsh or 'defensive', you need to find a new 'men's' club ride to join.
@@floydblandston108 didn’t say offended.. smart one.. just wasn’t sure why u was defensive. 😆😆😆. Lol.. typical keyboard warrior.
12 year old me......that's a BARREL HOP 🙄
😂 ❓what
What.. no new video everyday? Shocking! Seriously you guys upload too much & it's repetitive, upload every other day or so.
The more he keeps talking the more confused I get.
If you cant bunny hop with clipless pedals, then rather give up.
I'm sorry but the lift mechanism, the physics behind it, for the rearlift and for the lifting of the rear during a bunny hop are not one in the same. The idea that the bunny hop is the sum of these two motions, something this channel keeps promoting, is just wrong. When one bunny hops, the physics is totally different. If you are struggling, a big reason for it is precisely because you are trying to combine these two motions. Honestly, ignore these videos and learn from others who teach it correctly like Jeff Lenosky and Jeff Kendell-Weed. Learn from J & J and you'll soon be hopping. You can practice these two skills for months and never be able to hop. Give J & J a go and you'll be hopping in a matter of hours, albeit not too high. Regardless, the fact is you'll be bunny hopping instead of front and rear wheel lifting.
Meh
PRACTICE ON A 20” BMX BIKE…!!!!
THEN start using that technique on your MTB.
man you got old :( where is this yout lad