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

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

Just think that all that embarrassment is countered with the stoke for when you actually practically implement that big ol' hop.. 🤘😜✨.. get it brah!!

@wyatberp3611

Жыл бұрын

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.

@monoPRD

Жыл бұрын

Don't be embarrassed dude, bunny hop is really easy to learn but quite hard to master, it takes time :)

@X41N3

Жыл бұрын

Luckily hardly anyone rides in my neighbourhood so doing shitty hops is actually impressive to ppl..or I'm just in a positive vibe

@adjjackson9331

Жыл бұрын

Im 59 still trying and also take my back pack hopper ramp to the pak😊

2:26am im bought to go practice this outside😂

@CatWith-AHat

Жыл бұрын

How's the west coast?

this might well be the best bunny hop tutorial on the entire channel!

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

@kowioutdoortv

Жыл бұрын

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 👍

Best tutorial on bunny hop that I have seen, slowly getting better thanks to this 😊

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.

That was the best bunny hop tutorial i have seen nice one Neil!

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 😂

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.

Great video, it really helped me to better understand the mechanics of doing a bunny hop

Wow easily the best video on bunnyhops... i gonna try it out. Thank!

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful

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

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful David!

Used to be able to bunny hop my bmx super high and easy. This mtb thing is a whole new world

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’!)

@christerflisand7874

Жыл бұрын

@neildonoghue2399

Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks

@jamiesmith4352

Жыл бұрын

U don't get shinners clipped in🤷‍♂️ flat peddles u do he's just said that ffs

@Milessongs

Жыл бұрын

@@jamiesmith4352 Poorly written, my bad. I dread the shinners when I do try to ride with flats.

Best explaination/tuition yet. Great stuff Neil.

Excellent video, Neil! Thank you.

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Randal! Was it useful for you?

@Randy_Johnson

Жыл бұрын

@@gmbn Absolutely! It tied up some loose ends for me, technique-wise.

Hard doing bhops this helped alot

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.

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Get after it!

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.

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 !!

@josephfarrugia2350

11 ай бұрын

How are you doing, have you managed to bunny hop yet?

Nice video, I will have to try this.

Obrigado pelas dicas!

Great video. I'm struggling with the timing and I can see some approaches I can try now. Thank you Neil :)

@neildonoghue2399

Жыл бұрын

Cool, let us know how you get on

@josephfarrugia2350

11 ай бұрын

How are you doing, have you managed to bunny hop yet?

Nice job

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😅

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.

Always watching your video gmbn 🤘🔥

@jasonpatrickdeleon4701

Жыл бұрын

how many millimeters rise up handlebar he use in the video? i think 15mm? rise up he used

@YONICO666

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701 maybe bro

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

I'm 65 years young with a Hardtail. Would love to see a video on that. Great videos GMBN!

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

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!

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)!

@josephfarrugia2350

11 ай бұрын

After three months; how are you doing, have you managed to bunny hop yet?

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.

Круто 👍🏻 ребята, давай сделаем этот баник 👍🏻💪🏻😎

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.

@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?

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

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 👍

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

They're stock on a lot of Orbea's these days! There's a partnership between the two brands for the enduro team :)

Do you guys mind doing a still can’t manual watch this? This would help lots. Thanks GMBN

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

We'll give it a go!

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

My brain has an automatic crash prevention that stops me doing most of this 😂

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?

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

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

Additionally, can you post a video on how to bunnyhop a 30er (NOT 29er)?

How to do it on XC bike without a dropper? Is it possible with a saddle way up there

just remember - STICK IS LAVA

Great video 😃 I'm still on the level of a Bunny flop ☹️☹️

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anita! Keep practicing, you'll get there

Sad point is, I have a hardtail and it just doesn't help jumping as much as fs...

🤝

I can't do it! 😕 I got my stick out. Couldn't not touch it.

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.

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

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..

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

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 can do it it’s just pretty small

"Nowhere to stand up from". Yep, that's me.

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😢

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.

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?

@HarlieFebrilliant

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too. Phil Kmetz did a very good explanation for it, but still, it's hard

@Thirteen31Music

11 ай бұрын

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.

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

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

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

@fademasterfade227

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@Dlawler

Жыл бұрын

@Javier Perez the improvement that you can afford, is better than the perfect that you can't

@JulianKent

Жыл бұрын

Adding compression damping can also help.

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.)😉

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)

I am 160 cm tall, struggling to lift the front tire (manual) with small size bike from polygon T series. any suggestion?

@barkingmadman1169

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

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

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?

@vangmountain

6 ай бұрын

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.

So, would the technique bn be the same for a hardtail?

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Sure will be! Here's a vid: gmbn.eu/hardtailbunnyhop

Those Ergon saddles always look 🔥, but I can never find them. I checked the whole catalogue lmao..

@olik136

Жыл бұрын

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

@tr4nnel752

Жыл бұрын

@@olik136 thanks! I think the branding looks cool, surprises me it is not available. Although looks are very unimportant when choosing a saddle obviously;)

Техника применима к хартейлу?) 👋🏻☺️

i forgot to breathe when doing this maybe i should be more relaxed

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.

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

I am tryng to learn on a DH bike. I don't think it's happening too soon even with how large i am.

@vittocrazi

Жыл бұрын

the dude from bearm peak inflated his tires with water and it made little to no difference in the quality of his bunny hops

@bengonzales1182

Жыл бұрын

@@vittocrazi Cause he's strong, some have to work at it though.

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.

That's a proper color for a man's helmet. Anything but pink.

I can't bunnyhop unless I remove the saddle ( ridding 30er), which is not practical!

Can these techniques be used on a 50lb+ eBike? I doubt it....

@jekyllrider9320

Жыл бұрын

Sure you can. Gotta work a little (more likely a lot) harder and really compress the suspension to get a good pop.

@gmbn

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what Jekyll Rider said! Regardless of the weight, every bike can be bunny-hopped!

Can I bunnyhop with my hardtail?

@ViorelSnap

Жыл бұрын

You can bunny hop on any bike

@aliens1990990

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

It's arguably easier on a hardtail..

@ivansemanco6976

Жыл бұрын

@@ViorelSnap Is it possible without lowering saddle?

@ivansemanco6976

Жыл бұрын

@@rcloko908 How? Im struggling on my hardtail without dropper post... Its difficult to put weight enough back.

Greetings from across the pond . That doesn't look like any bunny hop I've seen or learned .

@mjdunn84

Жыл бұрын

That's how we do them on this side of the water (UK)

@floydblandston108

Жыл бұрын

Brian Lopes wrote a book- him and 'The Don' agree.

@jtsoutdoorsandmore8136

Жыл бұрын

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 .

i can lift my rear but not my front for real

Yep, still can't!

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

Practice.. don't expect for it to be immediate

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

@garretteverett2613

Жыл бұрын

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!

@timjacob991

Жыл бұрын

Not bunny hopping does not equal a person being absolutely useless Lol

@jasonpatrickdeleon4701

Жыл бұрын

@@timjacob991 how many millimeters rise up handlebar he use in the video? i think 15mm? rise up

@vslacorreia

Жыл бұрын

Ride a pump track. Learn to pump. Learn to manual... Only then try again.

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

@@vslacorreia oh, crap, i'm a long way back XD

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.

@OLI-vx1md

Жыл бұрын

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

@CaptainShiny5000

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Ferrari255GTO

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

Well…I come here as a roadie…. I feel like my seat height makes this useless… maybe I’m wrong.

@floydblandston108

Жыл бұрын

Watch Armstrong avoiding Beloki's downhill Tour crash way back in (???) and tell me again.

@AverageReviewsYT

Жыл бұрын

@@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..

@floydblandston108

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@AverageReviewsYT

Жыл бұрын

@@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

If you cant bunny hop with clipless pedals, then rather give up.

What.. no new video everyday? Shocking! Seriously you guys upload too much & it's repetitive, upload every other day or so.

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.

The more he keeps talking the more confused I get.

Meh

man you got old :( where is this yout lad

PRACTICE ON A 20” BMX BIKE…!!!! THEN start using that technique on your MTB.