Hey everyone and welcome back to another Tuesday tip where in this video
We're gonna be showing you how to drop in on a quarter pipe, just like this one
So to start out
Let's simplify and define what dropping in means dropping in is basically just rolling in or jumping in or just getting
Into a ramp like this one
and if you're first starting out riding and you're first going to
skateparks
It can be very intimidating to look at one of these and think about how you're gonna go down it
And I'm here to tell you that it is very easy
And if you saw my how to jump a spine video you might remember that we talked about how?
dropping in on a quarter pipe like this one is a
prerequisite to jumping a spine and just like in that video we're gonna rewind and we're gonna talk about the
prerequisites to
dropping in on a quarter pipe like this one and the first prerequisite is to just make sure that you're comfortable on the bike and
Riding around so that you can be comfortable and confident whenever you go to first roll in on a ramp like this
second I would say that you want to be comfortable rolling down wedge ramps and
usually if you come to a skate park that's near you you'll have something with prefab ramps like these ones and there will be
Different types of ramps there like wedges and quarter pipes
Smaller and bigger at the skatepark that we're at we have two different size wedges
And two different size quarter pipes to choose from so I would recommend starting on a smaller wedge
And just getting comfortable
Rolling down a wedge and just get the feel for what it feels like to go down a ramp and gain some
Momentum and speed as you're going down something from there
I would say that you're probably ready to drop in on a ramp like this although
There are a couple things that you want to take into consideration
Before you even start the first of those is
Your sprocket or chain wheel size on your bike if you look at this bike right here?
The sprocket isn't huge, but if your bike has a bigger sprocket on it
It's possible that it might hit the coping of the ramp
Whenever you go to drop in and that's something that you're going to want to be aware of
Before you just go ahead and try this because if your sprocket hits right here it can make your back end come up
And just all kinds of bad things can happen so you want to take into
consideration the size of the sprocket on your bike most likely if you're riding a modern freestyle BMX bike whether it's stock or
custom you're not going to have a sprocket big enough to hit on a
Ramp such as this one and the other thing that you're gonna want to think about before you even consider
Dropping in is that you need to remember to keep your pedals flat. It's very obvious
Why because if your pedals aren't flat? Let's say if they're like this and you go to drop in they catch?
Bad things happen you flip you fall. It can hurt keep your pedals flat anytime you go to drop in so from here
Let's move to a smaller ramp and start to go through the motions so you guys can start to get a feel for what it
Looks like and what it's going to feel like
Whenever you first start to drop in we're on a smaller ramp now and at this point
We're assuming that you're comfortable going down banks of all sizes
Whether it's a small one like on the other side of this box jump or a larger one
This is a perfect setup here
This small box jump because it allows you to roll up the end of it go across the top get ready and then just roll
Straight into this ramp, and if you're first starting out riding and you've never dropped in before
This is how I would recommend starting out you want to find the smallest quarter pipe possible
But you can go as straight as possible
At and what you're going to want to be thinking about as you're doing
this is that once you get to the top where you're
Approaching the ramp to go straight down in it you want your pedals flat
It doesn't matter a ton here
But you do want your body and pretty much the same position that you have whenever you're just riding around flat
Whenever you come over the ramp
You just want to be ready with your knees to absorb any impacts keep yourself a little bit loose
But not too loose and really it's as simple as just rolling down the ramp and just trying it
I know it sounds scary if it's your first time
But there have been kids coming down here literally since I started riding bikes including me who have no experience whatsoever
They're just down here riding around in circles. They try it sometimes like we talked about earlier their sprockets will catch
they'll do a little bit of a nose manual but
99% of the time, they're okay, and they roll away, and they come back
And they're ready for it the next time so let's turn around
Go down the bank come back and show you what it looks like to drop in
Okay and since you can still hear me now. We're coming up the box or making sure that our petals are flat
We're absorbing it rolling down and rolling away. We'll show you another one here
You can pedal up it, but as long as your pedals are flat as you go down it. You're okay
And as you saw there I came back up the ramp
That's another skill that you're going to want to have at this point
You just come up the ramp with enough speed just go forth the first time
I promise you that you'll make it, and if you don't nothing bad happens
You just jump off the bike and you're okay
And you know that you need to have more speed for next time and if dropping in is something
That's really getting into your head
And you just can't get yourself to roll into the ramp and you have pegs on your bike
There is one trick that you can use to help get yourself comfortable with the motions
And this is something that you can consider even before you just try to roll into the ramp
But I promise you just rolling in is as easy as I'm saying that it is what you can
do is
Get onto your pegs in a double peg stall
Which you can safely do while you're on top of the ramp as you can see my bike just stays here and once your bikes
In the double peg stall you can put your outside foot on the pedal and down and you can put your inside foot on
the ramp and
All you have to do to get comfortable with the dropping in motion here is
Just push off the ramp and go into it and roll down it. It's very simple. Just like this
And
We can show you again
very simply
Inside foot on the ramp outside foot on the pedal push off keep both hands on your grips look where you want to go don't
Overturn just casually drop into the ramp
The most important thing that you want to consider whenever you're learning how to drop in is to not over complicate things
If you let it get into your head, and you make it too complicated
It's going to be a lot harder for you than it actually is
Another thing that we want to take into
Consideration is that not all quarter pipes are the same?
Some of them are steeper some of them are mellower this for example is a very mellow quarter pipe
That's why we can just roll into it without worrying about hitting our sprocket at all
But if it was a steeper quarter pipe we wouldn't be able to just roll straight in on it
and there's other methods that we have to go to that are more advanced and
Something that you'll get into the more and more you ride and the more different skate parks you go to
They aren't prefab like this one and have different types of ramps, so now. We've talked about this
Let's move to a bigger ramp and just give you more examples and things that you're going to encounter as you keep on riding
So we moved from a three foot box jump with a three foot lip that doesn't have coping on it over here to a four
Foot quarter pipe with coping and in all honesty because of the mellowness of this ramp
dropping in on it is
exactly the same as dropping in on something like the Box slip that we started on so what you can do is start with a
Far enough distance that you're comfortable with to drop straight into the ramp and just roll into it. I'll show you that right now
I'm approaching the ramp here. I'm making sure that my pedals are flat, and we're just rolling down
as you could probably see
rolling in on this ramp was
Exactly the same as rolling in on the ramp that we started on just a little bit bigger and with an added difficulty
Level in your mind with the coping in all reality
It's exactly the same your bike rolls over the coping with no problem
You roll into the ramp and you ride away, but as you keep riding?
You're going to encounter bigger ramps than this one and you're not going to be able to roll straight into the ramp
So what do you do whenever you encounter a ramp that you can't roll straight into
Because your sprocket will hit and you will front flip and it will not be fun what you can do in those situations
And if you're just starting out and your local skatepark is much gnarlier than this one and all of the ramps are bigger than four
feet
And maybe even more steep is that you can roll it these ramps at an
Angle and drop in that way
you can still roll in but you just go at an angle that way your
Sprocket won't hit and you won't front flip so let's show you an example of that now
We just make sure that our pedals are going to be flat
And we're a comfortable distance away from the ramp to start with we go make sure a pedal stay flat
We roll in at an angle and we ride away
This can feel a lot more intimidating than just rolling straight into a ramp
one thing that you can do to make it feel a little bit better is to pick up the front end and
Set it into the ramp
whenever you go to roll in and that is the next step as far as dropping in goes and getting to the point where you
Can jump into the ramp so let's show you an example of that now as this train comes in and ruins my audio
As you can see we still had to keep our pedals flat in this
process all we had to do is pick up the front tire put it into the
Transition and lean with the bike to roll down in the direction that you're going
And one thing that you want to keep in mind is that when you're doing this if you
Practiced going in from your pegs like we talked about it's a very
similar motion and feel to the
Experience of dropping in like this this is also the next step in the process of dropping in so once you've mastered
Picking up your front wheel and rolling into a ramp at an angle what you can
Do is start bunny hopping into the ramp because you're pretty much picking up your front tire in
preparation for a bunnyhop anyways and that's what you're going to have to do when it comes to bigger and
Steeper ramps so the first step to bunny hopping into a ramp is something that we've already talked about in
Setting your front tire in so once you've got that mastered. Just practice picking up your front tire more and just bunny hopping
It's a simple bunny
hop to the side and
jumping into a ramp and you're going to want to practice this on a
smaller ramp like this one because there's much more room for error on a smaller ramp such as this then a
Steeper or bigger ramp just like before you want to keep your pedals flat
And you just want to do a normal bunny hop into the ramp and we'll give you a couple examples of that right now
So just like before you want to start far enough away from your dropping end point to get
Comfortable enough to hop into the ramp and you want to keep your pedals flat
So you approach the drop-in just pick up the front tire and bunny. Hop it and
For a last example. We'll do another example of that now you can do this at any angle
So we'll go straight at it this time
And
so that just about wraps up this video on how to drop in the main things to remember are to keep your pedals flat and
To make sure that your sprocket doesn't hit the coping whenever you're dropping in
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