How do you bunny hop a bike?

Question

Hi i'm 12, sometimes, I see my friend doing a bunny hop and I ask him how to do that, but he never explains clearly. So can you please tell me how to bunny hop a bike? Also, lists some sites if you can, thanks. Oh, and my bike weighs 35 to 36 pounds, so please tell me if thats heavy or light.

Answer 1

I couldn't do one for years- until I learned that I was going about it all wrong.
First, you need to point your toes downward slightly on the pedals. Once you do that, you can get better grip with your feet and lift the rear end off the ground by pulling your feet up and back.
Practice that for a while. Once you get that down, pull up the front (Pop a wheelie) and then immediately pull the back end up. It takes a little while to get the coordination down, but that is the way to do it!

Once you master that, you should be able to bunny hop just as high as you can lift the front wheel.
The bike weight doesn't matter that much- technique is everything.
Good luck.

Answer 2

There are two types of bunny-hop!
American/bmx style or XC (cross country) style, both have been mentioned by others. You will get the most height from American style hops, but XC ones are easier to learn and can be done very easily with clip-in pedals.

The principal of bmx style bunny hopping is the same as doing an 'ollie' on a skate baord - lift up the front, shift your weight forwards, and the rear will follow suite. The higher you lift up the front the higher the back will come, xc style hops are for when you have the saddle so far up your **** you can't lean back enough to lift up the front wheel very high - so you lift up both wheels simultaniously, tilting the pedals forwards to give grip.

To learn the 'feel' of hopping, practise going off a SMALL (about 1ft high) curved ramp, lift up the front wheel [as you would when riding off a curb] as you go off the lip/edge of the ramp, then lean forwards; practise doing this so that your feet don't come off the pedals (as they might do at first), you should nose dive the front into the ground, thats why I say do it on a small ramp!

Once you can do this, bunny-hopping feels exactly the same, only there is no ramp to help lift up the front [lift up the front extra high, so as to not nose dive].

Answer 3

depends on what kinda bike you got a bmx bike would be the best to do it on as thats what i always used to do mine on.


anyhow stand on your pedals and than pull up the front wheel real hard like you want to do a wheelie and than when u got the bikes front tire up in the air push down hard on the handle bars.

takes some practice but practice will make you perfect.


good luck!

Answer 4

you may definely bunny hop yet getting air on a typical motorbike is problematic, so which you're able to discover that doing a trick could coach to be problematic. yet a no footer must be achieved :) I Do freestyle bmx. i'm hoping this information helps.

Answer 5

The way i do it is u put the petels horizantal and just jump while poping a wille its really easy once u accualy do it and youll probly think your stupid for not getting it at all in the first place i no i did

Answer 6

you crouch down against your handle bars and then spring up, "pulling" the bike with you and then when the bike hits the ground it will want to bounce, use that momentum as you "jump" it again. about two or three times you can just use your feet to push down and "pull" up. its all about gravity and momentum.

Answer 7

well u have to be strong and when u sit on the bike u have to duck and put ur legs under the bike and well jump. i tryed to teach my friend but she can't do it