Pogo's

[magna13]

hi guys, i want to try to do a pogo, can you give me some advice and tips on how to do them? thanks magna13

[TwoBobRob]

Sorry.....  whats a pogo?  A backhop maybe?

[theRuler]

keep the front end up!!!

[magna13]

Sorry.....  whats a pogo?  A backhop maybe?

go on bobs freetyle moves 

[TwoBobRob]

Yeah. A backhop.   

Ride towards a kerb slowly. Touch the kerb and compress your arms. Pull the bike up with your back brake locked on. Let you and the bike go all the way over so you are left standing behind it, with the bike bolt upright.

Now, do the same thing again but this time instead of you hopping off the bike as it comes up, you hop with the bike. You'll find the hop saves you from looping out. Hey presto, one backhop. Pogo. Whatever     Practice that about a million times......

The hardest part is getting past three. After that you can do any number of em. 

You can do it from an endo if you're running a front brake   

[SaMAlex]

I cant believe you just said that. Bloody 3! I was stuck doing 3 back hops for about 15 years! What is it about getting above 3? I can do a few more now, but I can get past 3 front hops!

[TwoBobRob]

 

Dunno mate, but three is definately the wall on those fooking things 

Embarassingly enough, I once won a backhop competion at a freestyle comp at Knebworth back in the stoneage..... Still got the trophy   

[dodgydave]

lol..i can do a good few on back wheel ( stood on pedals )..but cant do shat on front ...lol....

[ronnie360]

try them with a coaster brake one you get the balance right you can hop forever 

[Trev]

i remember beating flatland king james white in a front hop challenge....

i had just learnt how to do them properly (i.e. more than about 5 or 6)  I think he done about 18 or so and I whooped him and done 46 i think...  a great trick for building up those forearm muscles....

[priv]

i could never hop from back wheel to front.



priv

[SaMAlex]

i could never hop from back wheel to front.

Tyre tap to nose pick. Now you are talking!

[lazychubs]

i remember beating flatland king james white in a front hop challenge....

i had just learnt how to do them properly (i.e. more than about 5 or 6)  I think he done about 18 or so and I whooped him and done 46 i think...  a great trick for building up those forearm muscles....

trev made up for it now
built ya arms up for drinking the beer lol

[Flatcap]

I always found front hops fairly easy but back hops without a coaster was a mare - 4 or 5 if you were lucky!

There was a kid round our way called Rick, can't remember his surname, and he was awesome at front hops. Couldn't do owt else but he could front hop for England! I remember him doing about 200 in one stint! Vains on his arms nearly popped out!

 

[Trev]

I always found front hops fairly easy but back hops without a coaster was a mare - 4 or 5 if you were lucky!

There was a kid round our way called Rick, can't remember his surname, and he was awesome at front hops. Couldn't do owt else but he could front hop for England! I remember him doing about 200 in one stint! Vains on his arms nearly popped out!

 

back hops with a coaster were much easier.  you just leant back on your back pedal and hopped.  none of this gripping your back brake like your life depended on it...

[theRuler]

sounds like there's a few entrants for the backhop challenge on here

i'm in