- Hopefully at this point you've mastered the bunny hop
and if not, you've already checked out our video
on how to do the bunny hop.
This is the next step of it and it's called the pre hop.
It's all about gaffing part of the trail and finding
a nice down slope so you can really continue your flow
you've been riding with and take it to the next section.
In this video, I'm going to take you through the steps
on how you might do a pre hop.
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One simple place that you can really come and practise
that technique of the pre hop is something like
a skills park, a pump track, or even a BMX track.
These have all got massive rollers that you can
of course roll through, jump over, pre hop into.
And right here we've got the perfect example.
You could just go flying off there, get loads of air,
land somewhere down there, and you're going
to lose all your speed.
But using that pre hop technique, jumping from somewhere
back where I am and getting on to the backside of it,
it's going to give you loads of momentum, loads of speed
to carry into that next section, and you're going
to have that control that we've been talking about
throughout this video.
The key right here is just to make sure when you're
in the air and you're pushing that front wheel down,
you're getting past the top point so you're not going
to case that front wheel.
You're pushing it in at the same angle of
what the actual down slope is and then really pumping
it hard so you get into that next section
with so much speed.
Cause that's what we all want, right?
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Right, so coming down this section, I've come into it
really fast, and because I'm looking ahead in that trail,
I know that there's going to be a bit
of a vertical drop right behind me.
But there's two options: I could just go straight off it,
or I could do that pre hop.
So if I don't pre hop this section, what's going to happen
is ultimately I'm just going to launch right off here
cause I've got so much speed, you're going to land
at the bottom, probably busting up the bike,
and lose a lot of the momentum.
But this is where the pre hop comes in to play.
If I walk back a little bit further, I can start to judge
just how far I want to use that bunny hop technique
to lift both the front and the rear wheel up, eyeing up
that down slope to push the bike into it, and then
ride it out.
On this case, I can actually land between these two lumps,
or right down the bottom.
Remember of course, though, the faster that you go
on the bike into the section, the further you're going
to go with that bunny hop.
So just eye it up, make sure that you bunny hop further back
for faster, and then a little bit nearer
if you're going that bit slower.
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Right, okay, this pre hop example is a little bit
more advanced and it's a perfect one for if you're racing.
Cause I'm going to be coming down this straight really fast,
charging into this rooty section.
Note though that these roots are all parallel,
so I'm crossing them straight on.
I'm going to attack through them.
The wheels aren't really going to slide
as long as I hit them straight on and at the edge.
I'm coming down, and I've spotted by looking ahead that
there's actually like a little bit of a drop down there,
but it has got a back side to it.
So at this point, you want to be looking for somewhere
that you can jump, that you can get air,
and then land perfectly into it.
And this root right here is perfect for it.
You can almost bum jump off it using
that bunny hop technique that we've taught to get the air.
And then you're going to come over, you're going to clear
all of this area.
You're going to be spotting when you're in the air
this down slope, pushing the bike into it,
so you've got as much momentum, you're controlled,
and you've got composure on the bike to get through
and into the next section.
An even further advanced move in that pre hop, is
that you come into turns, you can really compress
the bike in.
And using that same bunny hop technique,
you can pick the bike off and jump full sections of track.
This is a great example right here, where I clear a bunch
of roots, land in the back side of them, and then
hit the next section of trail with loads of composure.
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Right, so I've parked my bike at the side of the trail
because I've spotted a sweet pre hop right here.
I'm coming into this section quite fast
and keeping my head up, looking ahead for what's
in the trail, and coming down here, I'm coming so fast
if I should just go straight off this point right here,
I'm going to land in a whole pile of rocks and rubbles,
lose all my control on the bike, and going
to the next section not feeling that great.
So that is where the pre hop comes in.
And what you're going to do for that pre hop,
is you're going to be looking ahead, you're going to look,
identify the down slope, you're going to compress
that bike using that bunny hop technique.
You're going to go up into the manual, hips sliding back
towards the back of the bike.
Then you're gonna to drive them forward,
keeping the front wheel up, that back wheel in the air,
and then you're going to be looking for that down slope,
looking to get the tyres onto the top of it,
pushing it down, almost like you're riding a double,
and then you're going to go away into this next section
with control, speed, and composure.
What more could you want?
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The pre hop hopefully explained to you guys.
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