How to Jump a Log on a Mountain Bike
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Here are some basic tips on how to go over a log while riding single track. Mark, from Performance Bicycle, demonstrates several different methods to get you and your bike over trail obstacles, from just rolling over to a more advanced "bunny hop".
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good tips. he also says log 26 times
Nice skills Little Finger!
Do you have a follow up video where you backflip over the log? Great video. Love the slow motion shots.
I am 50 years old now and have the Trek 4500 Alum. (circa 2000) and relish your very informative video. Rock Steady Roll Easy.
Awesome video, good skills and well thought out.
Thanks so much for the demonstrations.
Having a hard time with this, almost broke my neck! Would black sox help?
Thanks a lot for the tips!!!
Thank you for posting this.
yeah. so far, this is the best tutorial. I've learned it a year ago but I've come to visit 'cause I would recommend this video to a friend. Any other videos are showing the whole bunny hop thing and it looks very easy. But as a beginner would try it. They just can do it and as a newbie(I when I was), it's very frustrating. This is the best because it comes with stages where a new learner can do the basics with ease. Thank you very much Performance Bicycle for creating this.
looks like Ann Springs Greenway in Ft. Mill near Charlotte. One of our favorite rides before moving to Utah. Thanks for the tip.
Mark looks like a Southern librarian....WHO SHREDS!!!! Excellent tutorial!!! Thumbs up, subbed.
thanks for the tips on jumping over logs really helped me thanks 😅😅
great plainly explained tips. thanks much!
Thanks for the tutorial! It's a lot harder, than it looks :)
Good info for beginners as well as intermediate.
great video! thanks
the last one helped me a lot . thanks
Great video. Thank you.
really helpful tutorial, big thanks! :)
WOW! great help so happy i saw this video, why not trying to go round the log aswell could be the next video!?
Thanks a lot.Good video.
Good video - thanks for posting it....and some great comments below. Just got a StumpJumper 29" - enjoying every day.
Simply exelent discription, make sure your pedals are held flat as well as you go over obstacle.
Very good tutorial ive been practiceing on my hardtail mtb and im getting there but i want to know how you get more hight on a bunny hop
Good tip. Thanks
do you need that mustache to jump the log?
Yes
THANKS!
Best. CZcams. Bike. Channel. EEVVVEEERRR!
Awesome man !
I have some issues bunny hopping . I was good when I had my bmx back in the days. The MTB however absorbs my compression but today ill be going clipless for the first time so im sure that will make a whole much bigger deal now that i can pull the bike up with me hard.
thanks
Great vid! I just started to ride a mountain bike today. Do you think that 52 is too old to start?
Just bought the Devinci Troy a few weeks ago and been killin PR's every ride! #devinci
Jack Ellis , that's awesome! So glad your Troy is working well for you.
a useful vid! Thanx!
Nice bunnyhopping skills man. Well done!!! Love the slow-mo.
thank you sir have a good ride sir and take care always
A nice demo! Ensure that the chainring has enough clearance for your jump. Some hardtails have very short ground clearance & you do not want to crunch the chainring into a log!
If you control your body position on the bike it's very easy to get throught obstacles, nice vid! I don't know but I'm so strange, I feel that I already know this and I do this (like you said on the video) and I never learned with no one. I feel that MTB is on my blood, it's awesome (:
awesome helped a lot
me thanks
Very useful, thanks alot :)
Great video. Especially for beginners. I would like to add, that it is always best if you can land on your rear wheel first. You will have more control over your bike as well as well as its better on the frame and suspension. The best way to practice is actually to draw a line on the ground next to a wall. Then set a ruler or yard stick (meter stick if metric) up against the wall. Now yoy can do one or the other depending on what you have or don't have available. That is take a camera and set it
Looks so easy, maybe i try that, thx
Thanks buddy....this info helps a lot...liked and subbed btw...
It's big it's heavy it's wood
It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good
Everyone wants a log
Ahh Ren & Stimpy!
Mark.. Is it ok to do these all mountain technics with Clipless pedals, or is it better with platforms? I understand the whole platform vs clipless talk, but i have many friends who would do all these stuff wilth Clipless pedals. I'm asking this cuz I'm a clipless pedal XC rider with some experience, moving to AM mountain biking...
thanx dude. I'm gonna practice
Thanks man!
Whats the model/year on that DeVinci?!?
... looks sleek!
thanks this is awsome
thanks and nice bike
You will do this same on the hardtail bike ?
Thank you very much. This helped a lot. Penguins
Are you using the cleated shoes to help you lift the back end up? I suppose it's easier that way than with normal shoes..
So, i can do this with my Hardtail or do i need a Fully?
I have a hardtail mtb is it okay to do this jump over the log or will the frame be over strained?
how do i take up the back wheel when the front has crosed the log
Thanks mate, I've never mastered this technique but ill keep trying now.
Have a good one :)
I'm wondering about the first technique which I do on pavement a lot. What impact could it have on my front wheels ????
Is it possible to do this on a bike that has front suspensions but no rear suspensions? i guess the rear suspensions is making it easier!
Thanks
Do it with flat pedals? I still can't figure out how to punch the back wheel up after I have lifted the front one..
Push your feet back and scoop the pedals up.
I'm assuming you know now, but you angle you're feet at a 45 degree angle and push backwards on the pedals
I'm just begining mountain biking and what's the easiest way to bunny hop on a steel and rear suspesion bike
When you mean 'push down' when do you do that? I am guessing when the front tire hits the log, and you maintain a position in the middle not leaning back or in the front?
what model of bike?
Nice vid ! What is a good bike that you recommend that wont hurt the pocket much.
Jesus Narez Depends on your budget and what kind of trails you are looking to ride.
Which bike have you got ?
Is it possible to do hops without pedal/clips
Kool vid. Im new to fullbor any suspension type bikes. IMO they make it harder to get off of the ground. Seems like the shocks SAP alot of energy on the way up. They also through off my timing and add alot of weight. But i can't believe so many people don't know how to do a bunny hop in general. Don't most ppl grow up on bmx style bikes? Anyway I'll give suspension bikes a summer while I try to adjust then its back to a hardtail for me!!
no shit huh. I had a few really nice bmx style bikes myself. A haro, a g.t. (which we were so young we really didn't know what G.T. even stood for. So we would joke and say it stood for "girl's t!+! €$" because you had to say something. LoL. I know now It stands for Grand Tour. I also had a legit "BMX" However my absolute favorite 20 inch bike I rode for years was a Mongoose I customized. (long before mongoose went full big box store lamo n sold out to Walmart n ToysRus) I just always remember the relationship I had with that particular bike. Even know I had 15-20 others that were lighter (my elf) and much more expensive (my specialized probably highest retail price I paid for a 20 in) But my Goose, just was rock solid! Dependable, predictable, and not real flashy. So I could set it down at the track and not be so stressed out about it getting stolen. Because their were at lease 10-15 other bikes that were much more likely to disappear before mine. I still love and prefer a 20 inch bmx when it's built right! And I'm 6'. I mean to ride out front n bunny hop my kids wagon or something. Their so much lighter, easier to manipulate, lower to the ground, less moving parts to fail and just so much more responsive then their much bigger brothers... The mountain bike. But obviously if I'm going any further then the front yard, I grab my trek! The shox, the gears, the larger tires, they just tear through the woods around here. I have even come to like the stupid handlebar bell that my bike shop owner talked me into. It let's my kids and other riders know exactly where I am on the trail. Great for the kids too. They get a lil far ahead sometimes and theirs 1 or 2 lil nasty cliffs that will dump u in the creek if u don't slow down b4 the turn. But biking is awsome. A great family activitie. Can't wait to get out this season with some more aggressive riders and see how far some of these ladies n gents will push it. Around here, Phila. The opportunity is endless. I have seen guys do down hills that I wouldn't try to walk down yet. ;-) but I have also seen a bunch of ppl show up in jerseys n shades wit 2 and 3 water bottles and protein bars, just to find out they don't intend to pass 3rd gear. Or go anywhere near a single track. :-0 Reguardless, I have fun every time I'm out. So do my kids. One popular spot I ride is penny pack park. Theirs a few nice single tracks bak there still. On the agenda this season though is *wissahickin spelled wrong. And theirs a high school near me that has a few events a year in the woods behind it. I think it's Oxford Valley h.s. Supposed to be some of the most intense trails in the area. Looking forward to that one. Then my buddy has some land (and a backhoe) that we are going to carve a few banks, down hills and jumps into. Should be fun. Well you guys can obviously tell how excited I am to get out there. If u live near me n just dealt with old man winter, I'm sure u feel the same. Be safe out there and don't forget to take a kid, nephew, neighbor out with ya a few times this season. Cause that's what it's all about! Passing on an epic, beautiful sport to someone else, so they can do the same.
is bunny hopping easier on a full suspension bike rather then a hardtail?
It is not really necessary to be using clip-ons with these technqiues is it?
In my opinion it is easier to learn how to bunny hop on a hardtail than on a full suspension bike as you don't have to compress the bike, but then when you switch to a full suspenion bike you might have to learn it again :)
Happy...welcome to. MTB cycle rider . I happy today.. very very technique MTB cycle riding..
can this be done with a rigid
this works when you're using clipless. nice video
nice!!!
I keep hitting my chain ring. any advice?
Sweet bike.
How heavy is this bike??
Can this be done with a hardtail?
Easily
bmx bikes can bunny hop...i'm sure it will work with a hardtail
what model bike in video used ?
Hey YxTu, it's a Devinci Dexter. We no longer carry the Dexter, but we do have a full line of Devincis in stock now. Check out the Spartan! It's just like this bike.
is it much more difficult/impossible to do this with a heavy ass cheap bike?
i had just try this but my pedal gets crashed with log, what i do , please help me
Just a quick question... what pedels are you using? Clipless or flats?... I've been struggling with my flats to do stuff like this and im thinking of getting clipless...?
Stickymicky25 He is using clipless. Using clipless for hopping is like using cheat codes...which is why I like it. It is possible to hope with flats. The key is pointing your toes down a bit and dragging your feet straight back. This gives you kind of a pressure fit between the pedals and the bars (like doing a chimney when climbing) and allows you to hop. I can get okay height on a stationary bunny hop, but clipless takes the thinking out of it and you just jump.
calvin2032 I've never ridden with clips my entire life,and I'm 36! Once you learn how to hop,your all good! Finding videos with guys who don't use clips to hop,is starting to look like finding Bigfoot!! LOL!! I'm scared to clip in!!LOL
im2tall1 I prefer being clipped in on the down. Foot is always in the right position and not going to get bounced off over rougher terrain. Not good for learning wheelies though.
He is pretty good!
thx man :P
No bumping into the log to use it as a ramp?
you are in the studio😌
He is outside not in a studio
leaves are not moving,that is imposible
He is outside
practice makes perfect
And if you don't have the shock on the back??
Cool this video is awesome
And i leard me jump over a log
Because i watch this video so
if you want to jump over a log watch this video!👍
It's not the bike, it's the rider.
~Mark
do you attach your feet to the pedals using a special type of cycle pedals or do you use the basic platform pedals that are available on all cycles? It seems it will be impossible to lift back-end of cycle with basic pedals.
5AMM0608 In this video Mark is using Clipless Mountain Bike peddles, but these techniques can be done with a good pair of BMX Style flat pedals as well. www.performancebike.com/bikes/SubCategory_10052_10551_400264_-1_400009_400048
Performance Bicycle HI ..thank you for replying back. Can you please explain the difference between CLIP pedals and CLIPLESS pedals.
5AMM0608
Cycling racing pedals used to be composed of a traditional pedal platform, with an attached “toe clip” that, combined with a strap, would hold a rider’s foot in place for greater efficiency. When the first clipless pedals were introduced, they were noted for being able to hold the rider’s foot on the pedal without a toe clip. Hence, clipless pedals.
whoa that pedal is more expensive than my bike.
Performance Bicycle
Holy low shock pressure Batman!
How do u do it without the clip shoes u r wearing?
Push your feet back into the pedals and scoop up the back end. Much easier with clip less pedals
Eoin Simpson To do it without clips, you first need to practice lifting the backend up while rolling. Simply point your toes downwards and push your feet down and back. This technique is called and endo. Practice going up a curb then endo'ing the rear over the curb so it doesn't touch. Wehn you mastered this technique, you are then ready to move onto what we used to call the "bronco" which is what now everyone calls a bunnyhop, where you lift your front tire, then the rear.
Thank you +Steven Young
What way to use if I don't have a rear suspension?
Please answer.
much easier
Anthony Varahidis Metalhead The techniques shown in this video can be done on any bike. Suspension may make jumping a log easier, but it isn’t needed. These same techniques are used in BXM parks and Cyclocross curses and those bikes are rigged.
Can I do this with the hero sprint next
+SRINIVASULU A this can be done on almost any bike... although there are more than a few it probably shouldn't be done on.
I liked the video but not the editing cuts for the multicam work towards the beginning!
is your shoes has a clip?
His shoes have a clip.
Is it possible to do it with an hardtrail bike?
The techniques shown in this video can be done on any bike. Suspension my make jumping a log easier it’ isn’t needed. These same techniques are used in BXM parks and Cyclocross curses and those bikes are rigged.
Performance Bicycle I actually find it harder to bunny hop on my full-suspension bike. When I first changed from riding a hard-tail to full-suspension, I was often pinch flatting the rear tube because I wasn't clearing obstacles properly when bunny hopping - logs, drainage channels, rocks etc... It's not just timing, with rear-suspension, as you push down to 'hop' up, the rear shock compresses. Maybe I just need more practise. Leonardo - you're definitely OK doing this on a hard-tail !
Leonardo Marino yes
Nope, it's impossible
yes, it's easier.
I find it hard to jump over things with a full suspension mtb
Could he do this again with a hard-tail? Nice bike, BTW.