Rolling pre-hops?

_Ground_Zero_ said:

Most I've done so far is 6.

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It's already been said here but I'd like to put in my perspective.

If you're doing a pre-hop, what are you getting out of it? To me it
seems like you're turning a rolling hop into a static forward hop.

The "rolling" part of a rolling hop is done to give you forward
momentum, and you're killing that momentum by putting a pre-hop in.

Perhaps the OP needs to take a step back and work on his/her static
hops, trying to eliminate pre-hops. Focus on "loading" the tire by
pushing down as hard as you can before hopping... you get all the
benefits of a pre-hop without the extra hop.

Once your static hops are improved, carry that skill into your rolling
hop. Load your tire just before you take off, and you'll still have
all that forward momentum.

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I do them sometimes in street or trials riding, when I am going to jump
something, but I am a little bit behind where I want to jump at, so I
do a little prehop forwards and then jump.

I used to do it all the time with muni, and sometimes do it now if
there is a log I cant get over easily, but now I just rollover the
drops and whatever is n the trail.

Its a good thing to be able to do, cause it will come in handy with a
lot of things, but you should measure better so you will be perfectly
aligned with the stairs. In muni its a bit harder to measure, but if
you are jumping a stairset, you can easily find the right point to
start at.

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You can try to 'rev' you wheel as you take off, I haven't perfected this
but you could give it a go.

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maestro8 said:

If you're doing a pre-hop, what are you getting out of it? To me it
seems like you're turning a rolling hop into a static forward hop.

The "rolling" part of a rolling hop is done to give you forward
momentum, and you're killing that momentum by putting a pre-hop in.

Well, it's kind of like a mini rolling hop. So whenever I get to the
edge of whatever I'm jumping, I still have some form of momentum,
reduced amount, but there's still a good deal of force there.

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