How To Bunny Hop A Hardtail Mountain Bike | Essential MTB Skills

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Learn how to bunny hop on a hardtail mountain bike. Most of us start out riding a hardtail, so it makes sense to learn the bunnyhop – an essential mountain bike skill on this type of mtb.

Bunny hops are an essential MTB skill and are the foundation for a lot of skills like jumping and just flowing through the trails. Knowing how to bunnyhop whatever bike you're riding and whatever the terrain is therefore very important. Here Neil shows you the specific of bunny hopping on a hardtail bike.

To get started with bunnyhopping on your hardtail mountain bike, look at your bike set up; a lower saddle and a shorter stem will make this easier. Then, move on to your body position, buy using down and backwards motion with your hips to get the front wheel in the air. Don't just use brute force to bunny hop – that won't get you anywhere. To get your rear wheel in the air, dip your toes and push back slightly on the pedals. To put it all together, lift the rear wheel as your front wheel peaks.

There you go – bunny hopping on your hardtail mountain bike! As always, let us know what you think in the comments below and don't forget to LIKE and SHARE this video!

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Definitely more hard tail vids please as not many people have full squishes :)

joemilnes
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Can you do more skills on hardtails? A lot of the fanbase has hardtails.

Bizb
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As a smaller rider, I appreciate that Neil used a large bike for this demo. I've been working on this technique for some time and am still far from mastering it.

williamkeys
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THANK YOU NEIL!! At 50, I re-kindled my interest in MTB after watching most of your videos. My bike was hanging on my wall since 2012. But after watching your tutorials, I felt hope in upgrading my skill (not my bike yet ). I just knew about GMBN lately, but with your "How to..." videos,   I can now do a 4" bunny hop. I will continue practicing to gain height and will move on to other skills like the turning endo, track stand, side hop and of course the jumps. More power to you guys! Cheers.

junaustria
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Loving the hardtail vids. Can we get one on how to manual a hardtail?

bridgermurray
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I am learning bunny hop since 1 month and now I am able to do a decent bunny hop from a 29er hard tail (all thanks to you)

naveenbisht
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Great video! I am one of the 'shorter riders' you are talking about. I really appreciate you demonstrating bunny hops on a bike that is set up "too big" for you especially with the seat being higher up, and being more stretched out. You've replicated my bike vs. body geometry almost exactly. Now I have motivation to get better at it. And keep up the great work with the hardtail vids!

IceDogSeven
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Thank God! Finally a simple and comprehensive video about how to PROPERLY do a bunny hop. I've seen tons of vids and none of them helped me. After watching this one, 1h of practise and call it done. Thanks GMBN!

DRC
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Great guys, do more hardtail videos :D

zvonimirzirdum
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I've been waiting for this specific video from you guys for awhile. Not preloading the bike as hard was the fix for me. It always felt akward doing it, and I always thought that was my issue. Now I can bunny hop curbs after the first attempt.

cameronp
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after a lot of practice and studying this video I learned how to bunny hop! I'm getting pretty good at it too. thanks GMBN

rustydeason
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#voteformorehardtailvideos
really helpful was trying to pump like crazy but it didn't help now i think im going to nail it!

zombiberioni
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i am brand new to the mountain bike world. at 55 years old i find it interesting. (guess i haven't broken enough bones in my life) i have been watching your videos and learned quite a bit. thank you for taking the time to do these vids. they are short and to the point. i will continue to watch and learn. you

nrthgeorgia
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I have been practising for half month and could do decent bunny hop from a 29er hard tail (all thanks to you)

geetabisht
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One thing that worked out for me was using a 6L bottle of water on the ground (with some small rocks to avoid movement by the wind) and I tried to bunny hop over it! It works very well and if you do a mistake there's no problem hitting the bottle and it wont damage any bike part ;)

andrefilipeasilva
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Ride In Peace
Stevie Smith
1989-2016

t_rafter
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This video is even better than your previous one.

iorch
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Thank you sir it will be very useful across speed breakers😊

akshaysanjayshinde
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"I have XXX and XXX, I'm XXX tall, can I bunny hop"... ;D Theres always hundreds of these on every bunny hop video

Pienimusta
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The L shaped motion for the hips was perfect. Helped me so much. Thank you!

TJCombo