Can I bunny hop on a hybrid bike?

[Craigyboy]

I have a Hybrid Giant CRS 4.0 when I go up and down curbs usually bunny hop on or off them. Do you think this is ok with the type of bike or should I stop doing this?

Here is the bike;
http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDetails.asp?productID=7301&catID=13

 

[fossyant]

Most of us bunny hop speed humps and potholes on road bikes..... I hop down curbs on the fixed..well not exactly hop, more like crash down it - unpaved lane with a curb on to the road.

PS you shouldn't be riding on pavements

 

[RedBike]

I'm not sure you should be on the pavement in the first place but bunny hopping nearly any bike is fine.

I attempt to buny hop the racer now and then rather than crash through a pot hole i've missed.

 

[Craigyboy]

I do ride on the road normally but I do jump on and off the curb when no one is around to collide into before I dismount or mount.

I also do bunny hops on the road to avoid potholes and various other objects that could damage my bike because swerving can be too dangerous on a busy road.

So bunny hops are ok then I suppose?

 

[Stereo]

you shouldn't be riding on pavements

I'm not sure you should be on the pavement in the first place but bunny hopping nearly any bike is fine.

I'm a beginner, but is a busy road the best place for a beginner to dismount a bike?

A person doesn't have to mention the word pavement to get reminded that he or she should not be riding on the pavement.

 

[colinr]

I hop down curbs on the fixed..well not exactly hop, more like crash down it

I've never dared try, always think I'm going to stop spinning in mid-air and land in an uncontrollable skid

Used to be able to hop up and down curbs on my hybrid though.

 

[RedBike]

I'm a beginner, but is a busy road the best place for a beginner to dismount a bike?

A person doesn't have to mention the word pavement to get reminded that he or she should not be riding on the pavement.

I haven't got a problem with cyclists bouncing up/down a curb and then stopping off the road.
I don't have a problem with youg kids (or adults) riding SLOWLY on the pavement either.

However, I don't think its right to ride on the pavement at any speed unless it's clearly marked as a cycle path.

 

[belairman]

I dont use pavements when there is anybody on them. However on one of my favourite circular routes, there is a stretch of 2 or 3 miles (A153 between Grantham and Ancaster if you know it) which seems to have nose-to-tail traffic moving at 60 mph both ways, and there is a "pavement" (really just a metre-wide strip of tarmac between the verge and the hedge) so I do confess to riding on that.

I have never seen a pedestrian on it, ever. Nobody walks this stretch, because they are all in cars doing 60 mph!

Cheers Tim