Breaking down the Bunny hop

 

For many mountain bikers learning how to bunny hop, can be an incredibly frustrating process. There are several important steps to bunny hopping that when not done in the right order can greatly limit the amount of height. The tutorial below is the most detailed bunny hop break down on the internet.

 

 

There are several steps that Mountain bikers have the most trouble with.

  • Lifting their front wheel first

  • Getting their rear wheel into the air

  • Feet coming off the pedals.

Why riders struggle to lift their front wheel?

To lift your front wheel, you need to get enough weight behind the rear axle of your bike to counter balance the weight of the bike. However, what many riders will learn, is that getting your weight as far back as possible is not enough to life the front wheel. you need too use energy, along with body weight to