"Aut viam inveniam aut faciam" - I will find a way or I will make one.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Bunnyhop vs Jet Hop or J-Hop
I thought I would eliminate a little confusion over some of the terms that are floating around with regard to the infamous bunnyhop.
A bunnyhop is executed by pulling your front tire up first.
A j-hop is not a new trick, it is simply what people started calling a bunnyhop when people started incorrectly calling it a bunnyhop when someone clipped into a mountain bike would lift the whole bike straight up at once.
Technically speaking, since it is not a new trick and simply a renamed existing trick, there really is no such thing as a j-hop.
So you can do stuff like this, nothing crazy, but fun just the same.
Just me dropping off a picnic table at the local bmx park, photo courtesy of my friend Rob. You can use this same technique for loading docks, or whatever. Just hopping a couple 12pack boxes out front of my house.
And a quick little YouTube video of me hopping up some steps at a local park. Thanks for filming Bruno :)
How about me busting out a huge bunnyhop?
And look what happens when you try to bail out at the last minute like my bro Bruno? (He tried it again and made it though)
Well after rearranging my site I never really reposted my MTB tutorials although I did leave them up for a few other sites that link to them. Anyway, here they are, right click the link and choose save target as, OR watch it on YouTube. The downloaded version is obviously much higher resolution. I'm doing all these basic tricks on a full suspension KHS mountain bike with some decent modifications made to it, but you can do all of these things on any mountain bike.
You can follow the sticky thread on the topic at the MTBR Forums I'm Flowmaster of course.
MTB VIDEO Tutorial: Volume 1.5 - Bunnyhop practice session Download it here by RIGHT CLICKING and choosing SAVE TARGET AS. Bunnyhop practice session, about 50MB
Here is is on YouTube.
You can follow the thread on the topic at the MTBR forums.
So I picked up one of those co2 charged refill solutions, I'd never really needed one for my mountain bike cause well... not much volume and I didn't race XC but I'd rather not have to pump up one of the tires on my new XT or on the RM by hand.
Anyway, the Ultraflate2 uses a proprietary co2 cart to lock you in with consumables, of course they also WAY overcharge for them at $4 a pop. Considering the fact that a 12gram co2 from Crossman goes for about 50 cents, I'd much rather use those. Ultraflate took that into consideration, so they made their proprietary cans longer than the standard ones you can find anywhere.
So what do you do? Drop a dime on them, so to speak.
So measuring their tank in the device we see that it sticks out just a bit and measures a total of 3.53" If you drop a standard 12gram in there it will not stick out past the top, preventing it from functioning in the device.
Take a dime
Drop it in there and put in a normal 12gram co2 and crank it down, not overtight, but you'll need to put a slight dent in the dime, so a bit of force.
Once complete, back it off and drop in a fresh co2 and look, it measures out at 3.54"
How much does this save you? Well, 25 of the 12gram carts will run you $12.50 and 25 of the proprietary ones will set you back $100.
(He tried it again and made it though)
