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In article <alanf.720770150@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> alanf@cs.monash.edu.au (Alan Grant Finlay) writes:

>Could you elaborate on this.  Do you mean you just wait until you reach
>the obstacle and twist your front wheel from side to side as you reach it.
>I can't see what this would achieve unless you are going very slow.
>And would your technique work in pot holes - which "bunny hops" do handle
>I am told?

There are two basic methods of achieving a "bunny hop".

1) Those of us who use some sort of pedal system that connects us to
the bike simply 'hop' at the proper time and pull the bike up with us.
With practice you can clear some rather remarkable barriers. There
have been advertisements showing people clearing 4-6'!!
 
2) Trials bike riders _never_ lock their feet onto the bike. Their
riding requires the ability to bail off at any second without any
delay at all. The way they (as well as BMX riders) bunny hop is
to bounce _down_ on the bike in such a way that it rebounds up into
the air as they accelerate -- this pulls the front wheel up while
keeping them balanced on the bike. With the front wheel hopping off
of the ground like this they then "twist" the handlebars front to rear
and rotate the bike about their feet on the pedals.

When you watch them do this it looks just like a bunny hop with attached
feet.