Bunny Hops

The Idea of the bunny hop is simple, to lift both wheels of the ground in order to clear small obstacles. The Bunny hop can been done clipless pedals .... but that's cheating and besides.

1. Cycle at a pace that you feel that you will be happy to leave the ground (don't stop) remember that you need to stay in control

2. Get off the saddle and bend both arms and knees so that you appear to be crouching over your bike
   

3. Level the pedals ..... you do that automatically anyway don't you :-)

4. In one quick movement straighten your arms and legs, and then pull the bike up towards your chest. Don't get to enthusiastic and get the bike out of shape, it may look cool if the bike is at a angle but you are not high enough for that sort of stunt, KEEP THE BIKE STRAIGHT, it will make the landing easier

5. At this point the nose of the bike will be higher than the rear, there are two options at this point (apart from jumping off) one is to twist the handlebars away from yourself and to push them away at the same time, the second option is pull the pedals upwards .. if you are clipless fine if you have platform pedals on you need to point your toes downwards and press into the pedals. There is a third option which is to do both

6. One you feel that you have reached the top of the "hop" let the bike fall away from yourself and straighten your arms and legs

In order to get a better hope work on the pull making it quicker and more fluid, the better the pull the higher the bike will go. As you become happier with the hop increase the bike speed, as this is what is need to clear the larger objects.

Remember the bunny hop is easy but takes practice to get it right