Kerbs - do you stop or bump?
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Landslide
Rare Migrant
- Location
- Called to the bar
I do nose-wheelies off kerbs when I'm on the commuter.
Christopher
Über Member
another thing i do sometimes when going up a kerb is: do a tiny wheelie to put the front on the kerb, then lean right forward and let the rear go up the kerb. Can only be done at low speeds, works well for flats/toeclips/riding a fixed wheel (if clipless then I just bunny hop it, can't manage to bunnyhop otherwise)
oh and MTB types refer to 'manualling' which I gather is sustaining a wheelie over all sorts of obstacles. Wow!
oh and MTB types refer to 'manualling' which I gather is sustaining a wheelie over all sorts of obstacles. Wow!
Young Un
New Member
- Location
- Worcestershire
Frustruck said:
To do a bunny hop with flats - purchase flats with the little allen key bolts that stick up (although it can be done without them) and wear shoes with a soft sole (skate shoes or similar) stomp down hard on the pedals to get a good contact between them and your fott, angle your foot right down to the floor, and if your ankles let you try to point the backwards. Then simply pull up on the bars to get the front wheel up then kind of kick up and back wards with your legs. If you cant do this in one go, practise getting the back up by using both brakes and kicking upwards (making yourself do an endo/stoppie/nose wheelie), then practise pulling up the front wheel (should be easy) then when you feel confident put the two together in one movement and watch yourself bunnyhop
I also find it easier to do when you are travelling at about 3/4 mph - dont try and do they from standing jsut yet, once you can do them and get reasonable height, further your bunny hop ability by hoping on the bike stamping your feet on the pedals, little track stand, then bunnyhop, then ride out looking like your a pro.HTH - it probabbly doesnt - and it certainately doesn't help with the business coursework that I am supposed to be doing.
Young Un said:
I already use those things (Terror Pins they're called, somewhat over the top of course), but I use them to keep my plastic foot ON the bleeding pedal, not to assist me in doing myself a mischief.
Thinking about it, I do perform very small 'bunny hops', but only up kerbs of about half an inch. Much more, and I stop, get off, etc.
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Young Un
New Member
- Location
- Worcestershire
allen-uk said:
I can see why - when I was a bit stupid and
_Ben_ said:
Not quite as simple as that round here. Several designated cycle paths cross pavements, and roads, and while you don't want to go speeding along the path then straight across the road, none of them have 'sloped' entrances or exits. So the only way is to bump, or, in my case, not. Just slows it down a bit, which doesn't bother me, as it happens.
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Christopher
Über Member
allan, I think you'll be alright as long as you don't go slamming into kerbs at speed. If your hybrid has even half-decent wheels than they'll be amazingly strong and well able to take knocks like in your post above. Heck, I once hit a pothole so hard the back axle broke (and it was solid steel) but had no more than a small blip in the rim. Only repair needed was a new axle.
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
I had to bump up onto a pavement the other week. A guy got out his car and stood in the road, so i swerved left then right and jumped onto the pavement. Was good.
Ive also been rushing to see my GF at her school, and the drive has these little speed bumps, they are about 2" high but are short, so i go along at a decent speed hopping over them all, while all the people with fags just stand there and watch me.
Ive gone down big pot holes before, and some where man holes are sunk down and hit them doing about 25mph(the person at the front wasnt signaling them, and was just missing them himself) and it didnt damage my rims at all, thats with 700X23c tyres pumped up to about 120psi aswell.
Ive also been rushing to see my GF at her school, and the drive has these little speed bumps, they are about 2" high but are short, so i go along at a decent speed hopping over them all, while all the people with fags just stand there and watch me.
Ive gone down big pot holes before, and some where man holes are sunk down and hit them doing about 25mph(the person at the front wasnt signaling them, and was just missing them himself) and it didnt damage my rims at all, thats with 700X23c tyres pumped up to about 120psi aswell.
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Cycle paths are dangerous (I'd tell you about my accident if I thought your nerves were strong enough). Stick to the road, it's where bicycles were meant to be used.
