??bar hops??

[captin624]

whats up fellas? i bought my first mx bike this spring and love riding fmx. i wanna learn bar hops next. what size jump is big enough to pull off a clean bar hop. 40 feet enough? i just wanna make sure i have enough time to get my feet back down. thanx

[bryan]

i don't like doing them at 50, i wouldn't try at 40. but it all depends on the jump, just do what you're comfy with.

[crustyfmx250]

if u want atleast a little bit of spare airtime (incase u screw it up and get caught on the bars) Make it atleast 60feet

[bryan]

i learned a bar hop on a 15ft table top with a quad and tennis shoes on :) oh yeah

[REISERFMX]

if there's one fmx trick i have down, id have to say the bar hop. i can bar hop almost any size jump. practice bringing your feet up to your handlebars. not both at the same time, learn one then the other. try to step on you gas tank. tie down your bar pad reall good, with zip ties or duct tape, this will prevent you kicking it off. find a jump you are comfortable with. one thing about learning them on small jumps is the bigger gaps you do later the sicker your bar hops will get. but i dont mean go find some 30 foot kicker. maybe 50 feet, nice landing. once your comfortable with a candybar, or even just being able to step up to the bars, go for it. its all about your confidence.(it's harder with a crossbar) you think crash, youll crash, but i have yet to go down on a bar hop (knock on wood) trust yourself. you have to be able to bend your knees. im 6 foot 1 so when i do bar hops it looks like there way big! dont go right out and throw one, work your way up thru the candybar process(one foot bar hops) if you want to view an older bar hop of mine, check out onewestclothing.com. that pic was snapped before extension even took place, you can see the bend in my knees and how my body is thru the front, i kind of swing thru. hope im of some help to you. just be safe bro!

[fmx_13]

trust me ONEWESTCLOTHING knows what he is talken about, he helped me learn barhops back when he talked on bodilyharm.com
i asked him for help and he told me just as he did you and it really works, i did just what he siad and i now can get really big barhops and am trying to learn to do coffen/barhop combo, but just 4 months ago i thought i'd never get a barhop, but ONEWESTCLOTHING help me and i got it. just keep practicing them and you will learn to get them bigger and bigger.

[captin624]

sweet guys thanks for the info. im so stoked to try them now. although i live in minnesota and we are getting dumped on as we speak. so i guess ill have to wait a little while. thanks again

[localboy]

couldnt you just pull a kenny bartram and land with your legs still over the bars to practice it?

[crustyfmx250]

If its your 1st time doing a barhop, chances are the bike is not gonna be set up for a perfect landing. So you would most likely crash trying to land the sterilizer..

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

AHHHHH THE PAIN!!!! :( you would b a sore boy 4 about 2 weeks ;)

[Jester]

hahaha, so true crusty i learned the hard way my first steralizer... gas caps in the a** dont feel too good!! havent attempted one since ;) hehehe

[Spence]

yo, dog, it depends on the air time you get from the jump, you really need a good jump to lay it out, barhops are pretty easy,gettin your feet over is real easy, hard part for me is bringin them in but i can throw huge bar hops, i can alomst do a star fish
but barhops aint all that hard, just get a good jump and then any one with the willpower can pull them,

[NoFeAr FrEaK #101]

LOL, at the gas cap up your a$$ i didnt think of that, ohh:eek:

[shaolin]

the other day i was riding around my legs over the bars like in a sterilizer position and doing like little 5 foot table tops like that, it is pretty fun and is some what good practice for sterilizers, you guys should try it!