Morning all,
Just wondering if anyone can tell me… what am I doing wrong - I’ve been trying to do some bigger hops, but can’t get past about 8 inches, is there something I’m missing or is it a matter of practice?
Anyway, here’s a random video of me hopping - badly…
Bob
Higher pressure I have tried, I found I couldn’t get quite as flowing a movement as with low pressure, I will try it again though.
I’ll have a go at hopping from a standstill
I discovered that it worked a lot better with the wheel 45° on today… I was trying some slightly bigger steps, the only problem I found then was I needed to be more accurate with my hops when I was onto the step, but hey, that’s a good thing, just makes me concentrate more.
Thanks a lot for the tips.
Bob
yea, standstills between hops are definitely the way to go. right now you are kinda using the uni like a pogo stick. its a bit more graceful/more in control to stop, get balanced, hop, stop get balanced, hop, etc. it feels better that way too. once you get used to that, try some seat out. the general concensus that i have heard is that it takes about 3 days of solid seat out practice for it to start feeling comfortable, so dont quit too soon once you reach that stage. but for now, focus on the standstills between hops. good luck on that stair hopping 
looks like fun!
-grant
I used to jump like that.
Stop jumping like it’s a pogo stick. You want to jump, do a short (very short) still stand, then do another jump. That will force you to actually jump instead of bounce. You’ll also get a lot more control and it will save energy.
As you prepare for the jump up a stair, pause (stop bouncing), bend the legs, bend at the waist, and then snap up. The jump should be like a snap. Quick. Then when you get up the stair, pause again, and prepare for the next jump.
To get a rebound from the tire you can do a pre hop. Then you do the big jump as the tire is rebounding.
Another technique to jump without the pre hop is to first stomp down on the pedals to compress the tire and then do the snap up for the jump. It’s a very quick action. Stomp down then snap up for the jump. It’s like two very very quick jumps right after each other. The first one is where you stomp down to compress the tire and the second one is where you snap up to do the jump.
Hopefully Andrew Carter will have some good video tutorials of this on the web site he’s working on.
When you’re doing stationary hops try not to jump so high. When I’m hopping on one spot my tire barely lifts off the ground.
David