Protip...NEVER jerk your bars for a manual or hop. You want to be as fluid as possible. A proper hop involves damn near every muscle group throughout the entire motion
Hah, you're the first 'tuber I've seen even acknowledge a flat hop, which I've been using for literally 50 years. Both techs are excellent tools at the right time.
Seth’s bike hacks, skills w/Phil and GMBN(Blake videos) my three favorite TH-cam channels. Would love to see them all together for say a whistler ride.
Dude, really...you and Seth are my go to when it comes to learning skills. I've been riding "aggressively", doing mountain bike stuff for only about five friggin months and I have improved a lot thanks to you two guys. That's why I keep up with you two all the time; and plus i learn english and also mountain bike vocabulary. That's gnarly!! Haha Thanks, brother! You rock!
english bunny hop (although im english and hate the name) is really good for narrow trails at high speed and when you are going fast and have to hop sometyhing but straight into a down hill transition so you dont want the height
Your first tutorial taught me how to bunny hop, better than any other. Love the way you break it down into slow motion. Thanks Phil, If you ever get to the UK would love to go for a quick shred round our local trails, lunch on us. Thanks as always. Oh yes.....what happened to the wheelie progress?
Hey, Phil.....I've got one for you. In downhill ski racing, racers will "pre-jump" a slope where the tendency is to catch air. The skier knows he will be faster on the snow than in the air so he does this to not catch air and skims the ground and forces the ski tips down. The equivalent in mountain biking in the equivalent of an "English" pre hop and then a shove of the bars downwards to catch the slope as quickly as possible. I often pop my back tire up first so I am all already falling downward and tilt the bike to the angle of the slope. Kind of a reverse of an "American". This can be used to milk speed like a pump to an upcoming jump or section where you can maybe squeeze in another pedal stroke. Sometimes you have to bunny hop to stay low. Thanks for the vids!
Yup, that's definitely one of the many ways people use it. I personally still find myself using the American bunny hop technique but it I rode clipless I imagine it might be different.
I really like the way you do tutorials. It is simple and straight forward. I've been doing your tutorials and now, I can do doubles and manual on a jump.
Skills With Phil I've been riding with my MTB for 4 months now and just a weekend warrior. I have a BMX background but with a very heavy BMX and bad techniques. I rode my BMX when I was 9 until 12yrs old. I've been off the bike for 11yrs and just got back this December 2016 with my first MTB. Just 4 months of riding and a weekend warrior, I really progressed that much with the help of your tutorials. Quality really beats quantity. Thank you so much sir. :)
Just have to say that these videos have be pumped and out looking at MTB. At 30 yrs old and in need of a way to excercise to lose weight, you've helped me find a way. Thank you!
It's great for that because if you just go out on the trails and have fun, it's great exercise. It will require some fitness building to be able to do longer funner rides, so there's a goal and a payoff.
Real-world application of these hops! Practice, practice, & more practice for me! Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines! #KeepBiking
Have you seen that new bike the Polygon Square One EX9? The suspension design is super innovative and efficient It's insane how fast bike tech is moving. Can't wait to see the bikes we have 5 years from now
When I was a kid I taught myself to bunny hop. Turns out I taught myself the English bunny hop. Now we have youtube I thought I was doing it wrong (every tutorial teaches the American one). Turns out I was just doing it differently.
I can think of a couple more uses for the English hop. When on a skinny with a drop turn in it, you can slightly hop and turn yourself so you can make it around. Also when going up very far spaced steps. You can hop your front wheel up one step and rear wheel up another step at the same time.
When I saw the title I was preparing an argument for the English bunnyhop (I'm British) but as soon as I saw the two I knew that the American bunnyhop is the best and the one I always use :)
I find if I am traveling fast and a log is in my path ....to me seems easier to just use the English hop over the bunny hop, but that's me. Nice video.
I can EBH ok but I can't progress to an ABH until I can manual, which is taking me more than a while to learn. Just gone from hardtail to full sus too there's that to adapt to also. These vids are great though Phil so keep them coming buddy ;)
I recently found your channel, Phil. Love your vids! This is one of those things I've never really been able to do...like at all. I also ride an older Stump Jumper XC...like from 1996.
I use an English bunny hops when I want to be on the other edge of the trail (semi to not technical sections) when setting up for a turn or something so I can carry a bit of extra speed.
I would say the English bunny hop is more often as XC orientated skill, where the American bunny hop is more used for downhill orientated trails. not saying the American BH is not used on XC bike and wise versa, but how easy the BH is to use depends on the position you have on the bike too
I just learned the "english" one as a kid, didn't even ever see it before on the internet, was just playing around with my friends.. now I guess would be worth it to learn the american
I always used to bunny hop by just pulling up with my arms, and I would barley get any height. But somehow I managed to "bunny hop" over a cender block. Now I can easily do it!
learning an english bunny hop is crucial to learn the rear wheel hop in my opinion. i couldnt rear wheel hop till long after i learned both types. reguarless of the usefulness of a move you should takr the time to learn it anyway because its another way to learn bike control. so i dont know if thats a situation. but its a good reason to learn the english bunny hop. and for all of you who dont think the 2 are related, find someone who can rear wheel hop but cant english bunny hopo. u wont.......
Same era in Scotland, I remember calling the American bunny hop a 'donkey kick', but was also familiar with the terms American and English bunny hops. Only really used the American bunny hop though as it is a much better way of getting both height and distance.
the american bunny hop can be break into 2, one is kind that phil, seth and scott doing and i called it pull push and the other one is the hip motion that neil(gmbn) do...
Learn both... Like the wheelie and the stoppie, or nose wheelie(not an effing endo as I keep seeing the kids misuse) The bunny hop(level) and the J-hop(bars up first) both have their place, and neither has a flag attached to it.
Skills With Phil... great vid... when repositioning on trails, some of us is having a hardtime with american bhop. its easier done for us using english b hop. as we only have to pump and hop. american bhop is still an effort for me. or maybe i just need practice. (im rarely on bike btw, lol)
Alex Scott He wants to know how to "break" without breaks, for emergency situations. Meaning if his breaks stop working he wants to know how to stop. Telling him to use his breaks isn't the answer he's looking for dude.
I just wave my arms like a madman and scream, seems to get the message across as people will move out of the way. Otherwise if you're talking about in the woods, just bail. Its safer for you and the bike (bike's momentum is low compared to when you add to it and make it 4 times as much, that's why your bike can slam into a tree after you bail and your wheels usually don't get bent).
Hi Phil, I got some limited flight time with both methods (with just 3-days of trying), but how in the world do you get your hips into the bar? My front wheel returns to the ground before I can pop the back if I try to get my hips into it thus negating any airtime. I think I got to either go all out and jump into the bars or build up my athletism.
back in the day riding my bmx there's only one bunny hop we call which is the american bunny hop. never heard of the english bunny hop because we call it "double jump" hence the trick jumping on both wheels at the same time
What's the best placement for my handlebars for the American bunny hop, LOW on the stem or HI on the stem? Also should I lean my bars forward or more towards me? I'm 5.6" so my bike might be a little big for me,but that's something I'll have to deal with for the time being
The American bunny hop is a lot more fun, versatile and cooler looking. In all the instruction videos I've seen, most of the instructors tend to understate just how difficult of a technique the American bunny hop is to master.
Ok so im not crazy. It is also called a “pro hop”. Seen that in a game separate from the standard “bunnyhop” yeeeeaaarrrsss ago. Just popd in my head to check if i was dreaming or not lol.
hey phil thank you for your gr8 video. simple questn is bunny hop can brake a full aluminium hard tail mtb? i m already makin english not so high as yours. havent tried accualy to get as high as i can. but dont wanna brake mine as i m much havier then be4 now almost 90kg. will it last long at least two or three years after bunny hopping style riding offen with hard tail mtb?
I think english bunny hop is much more useful in road cycling. You usually go faster so there is not much problem with casing and is much more easy to do on a roadbike than the american variant.
I used to race XC and road bikes so I learned hopping on a super long stem and with clips. All my hops are very english even when I started riding bmx recently. This really annoys me because I keep casing my back wheel on ledges and not using the whole take off when doing jumps. What should i focus on to unlearn jumping like my feet were in clips? (My hops are pretty high but its nothing compared to a normal american bunnyhop).
Love the channel Phil but over here we find it a bit insulting that you call the spd bunny hop English what are you saying we can't bunny hop on flats ? Other than that , keep up the good work fella👍🏻
Andy Clarke It's a pretty common label he didn't just decide to call it the English bunny hop, it's been around for years. Unless you're being satirical, I know how you Brits can be with your dry humor.
+nick williams not sure, but probably when people started looking for coaching to help improve their skills and the instructors needed a way to differentiate between the two. I grew up with the American bunny hop being called a bunny hop. When I raced BMX, I heard some people call it a pro hop but outside of BMX racing I didn't hear that term used.
I just bought my first MTB. Why does my feet come off the pedals every time I jump a ramp over 2 feet, yesterday I hit my shin really bad, and I can’t seem to find a solution. 😢
If you want to hop up stairs sideways, the English bunny hop is quite useful!
I didnot know this you are great
Or use a trials technique using a pedal kick to hop sideways
Dude the quality and precision of this video and the value it offers is ridiculous!!! Dude all I can say BRAVO!!!
Thanks Tony! :)
Doesn't matter. I can't do either.
+Sam Webb they do require a lot of practice but it's worth it to learn
Skills With Phil I'll get there... I never used to be able to manual either but now I can (just), I think this is next on my list.
Protip...NEVER jerk your bars for a manual or hop. You want to be as fluid as possible. A proper hop involves damn near every muscle group throughout the entire motion
Use plastic pedals or take the pins way down when you do. my saints bite shins like my german shepard would if they were made of bacon
Killa Kyleon some shin guards should work without sacrificing grip.
That double hop up the rock and over the log was sweet. Gotta try that!
Hah, you're the first 'tuber I've seen even acknowledge a flat hop, which I've been using for literally 50 years. Both techs are excellent tools at the right time.
It seems obvious at first but you did a great job breaking both down. Thanks, Phil!
Seth’s bike hacks, skills w/Phil and GMBN(Blake videos) my three favorite TH-cam channels. Would love to see them all together for say a whistler ride.
Dude, really...you and Seth are my go to when it comes to learning skills. I've been riding "aggressively", doing mountain bike stuff for only about five friggin months and I have improved a lot thanks to you two guys. That's why I keep up with you two all the time; and plus i learn english and also mountain bike vocabulary. That's gnarly!! Haha
Thanks, brother! You rock!
english bunny hop (although im english and hate the name) is really good for narrow trails at high speed and when you are going fast and have to hop sometyhing but straight into a down hill transition so you dont want the height
Your first tutorial taught me how to bunny hop, better than any other. Love the way you break it down into slow motion. Thanks Phil, If you ever get to the UK would love to go for a quick shred round our local trails, lunch on us. Thanks as always. Oh yes.....what happened to the wheelie progress?
He nailed it. He wheelies all day noww
Hey, Phil.....I've got one for you. In downhill ski racing, racers will "pre-jump" a slope where the tendency is to catch air. The skier knows he will be faster on the snow than in the air so he does this to not catch air and skims the ground and forces the ski tips down. The equivalent in mountain biking in the equivalent of an "English" pre hop and then a shove of the bars downwards to catch the slope as quickly as possible. I often pop my back tire up first so I am all already falling downward and tilt the bike to the angle of the slope. Kind of a reverse of an "American". This can be used to milk speed like a pump to an upcoming jump or section where you can maybe squeeze in another pedal stroke. Sometimes you have to bunny hop to stay low. Thanks for the vids!
I thought MTB pre-hop was an American Bunny hop, I didn't know it is an English Bunny hop.
This video is just Phil's way to practice more bunny hop and master it, video is just the byproduct of it. Genius Phil.
props for giving the english hop a bit of love... it does have it's place and shouldn't be dismissed so readily by the majority.
I've been practicing the American bunny hop after watching your tutorial video on how to do it. It's tough, but I'm slowly progressing!
It's hard work, but it'll pay off.
I always use the english bunny hop, because thats the only hop i can do haha
Both are extremely useful, but i find myself using the english bunny hop more, like when repositioning on the trail. Good video Phil!
Yup, that's definitely one of the many ways people use it. I personally still find myself using the American bunny hop technique but it I rode clipless I imagine it might be different.
Skills With Phil even with clipless it's way easier to get height if you pull up front first.
Phil, these bunny hop tutorial videos are great. Thanks for posting them.
I never knew there was an American bunny hop. I always just used English. Who knew! So helpful!
I really like the way you do tutorials. It is simple and straight forward. I've been doing your tutorials and now, I can do doubles and manual on a jump.
+johann roldan wow, thank you for the kind words. I'm stoked to hear that you have progressed that much :)
Skills With Phil I've been riding with my MTB for 4 months now and just a weekend warrior. I have a BMX background but with a very heavy BMX and bad techniques. I rode my BMX when I was 9 until 12yrs old. I've been off the bike for 11yrs and just got back this December 2016 with my first MTB. Just 4 months of riding and a weekend warrior, I really progressed that much with the help of your tutorials. Quality really beats quantity. Thank you so much sir. :)
Didn't think i would learn anything from this video but was wrong. Cool stuff!
Don't forget you can use the "English Bunny Hop" to go up stairs side-ways
Just have to say that these videos have be pumped and out looking at MTB. At 30 yrs old and in need of a way to excercise to lose weight, you've helped me find a way. Thank you!
It's great for that because if you just go out on the trails and have fun, it's great exercise. It will require some fitness building to be able to do longer funner rides, so there's a goal and a payoff.
Real-world application of these hops! Practice, practice, & more practice for me!
Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines! #KeepBiking
Your channel rocks, Phil, just like your handlebar stache!
Have you seen that new bike the Polygon Square One EX9? The suspension design is super innovative and efficient
It's insane how fast bike tech is moving. Can't wait to see the bikes we have 5 years from now
One of the more unique suspension designs, we'll see how it does.
The shots fired sound effects at 0:24 made me laugh! I love it. :P
will you ever collab with gmbn?
when gmbn will come to Whistler maybe
+yoad granat I wouldn't be opposed but they are in a different country which makes it hard
Piotr Sulej true I'm on your side
Great vid! I am going down to my local spot later today and I will try to work on that sweet ledge double hop. Thanks Phil
When I was a kid I taught myself to bunny hop. Turns out I taught myself the English bunny hop. Now we have youtube I thought I was doing it wrong (every tutorial teaches the American one). Turns out I was just doing it differently.
I can think of a couple more uses for the English hop. When on a skinny with a drop turn in it, you can slightly hop and turn yourself so you can make it around. Also when going up very far spaced steps. You can hop your front wheel up one step and rear wheel up another step at the same time.
When I saw the title I was preparing an argument for the English bunnyhop (I'm British) but as soon as I saw the two I knew that the American bunnyhop is the best and the one I always use :)
As a fellow subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, allow me to say "Fuck her and England in the ass with a rusty chainsaw."
Great insights, Phil. Thank you for sharing!
I find if I am traveling fast and a log is in my path ....to me seems easier to just use the English hop over the bunny hop, but that's me. Nice video.
I can EBH ok but I can't progress to an ABH until I can manual, which is taking me more than a while to learn. Just gone from hardtail to full sus too there's that to adapt to also. These vids are great though Phil so keep them coming buddy ;)
I recently found your channel, Phil. Love your vids! This is one of those things I've never really been able to do...like at all. I also ride an older Stump Jumper XC...like from 1996.
Dude, a huge hop is literally implied in your bike's name.
great video phill i never really look at the uses for the english bunny hop i will be sure to incorporate this in to my riding.
My bunny hop is like an American imitating Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
lol awesome comment.. I can picture it now. I'm just happy we don't need coconuts
Great video, Phil!
I use an English bunny hops when I want to be on the other edge of the trail (semi to not technical sections) when setting up for a turn or something so I can carry a bit of extra speed.
I would say the English bunny hop is more often as XC orientated skill, where the American bunny hop is more used for downhill orientated trails. not saying the American BH is not used on XC bike and wise versa, but how easy the BH is to use depends on the position you have on the bike too
Great job on the comparison.
I just learned the "english" one as a kid, didn't even ever see it before on the internet, was just playing around with my friends.. now I guess would be worth it to learn the american
Great video I really enjoy it.
Now I need to practice, I still can't bunny hop :/
I always used to bunny hop by just pulling up with my arms, and I would barley get any height. But somehow I managed to "bunny hop" over a cender block. Now I can easily do it!
+Isaac Weatherly - Randomness & more! If you can't American bunny hop is defintely worth learning.
I learned from one of your other video's a while back!
This video helped so much, Thanks!!!
u are doing a great job. im learning from u all the time :) keep it up
Thank you, helping riders like you keeps me going :)
learning an english bunny hop is crucial to learn the rear wheel hop in my opinion. i couldnt rear wheel hop till long after i learned both types. reguarless of the usefulness of a move you should takr the time to learn it anyway because its another way to learn bike control. so i dont know if thats a situation. but its a good reason to learn the english bunny hop. and for all of you who dont think the 2 are related, find someone who can rear wheel hop but cant english bunny hopo. u wont.......
Phil if you want to upload another bunnyhop tutorial explain the foot position in the pedals
Great video, well explained!
Nice video! Thanks mate! 😉👍
you can do the english hop between fast turns in opposite directions.
growing up in the late 70s early 80s in the bay area we called the American bunny hop a "bronco", and the English bunny hop was just a bunny hop.
Same era in Scotland, I remember calling the American bunny hop a 'donkey kick', but was also familiar with the terms American and English bunny hops. Only really used the American bunny hop though as it is a much better way of getting both height and distance.
The English Bunny Hop is more of a trials move of moving around and getting positioned. I do them sometimes with the brakes locked.
rad video phil!!!
Make a Tutorial on How to Bunnyhop Sideways :)
that's what I get used to, English Bunny Hop since 1980's, the American Bunny Hop is new to me.
the american bunny hop can be break into 2, one is kind that phil, seth and scott doing and i called it pull push and the other one is the hip motion that neil(gmbn) do...
Super awesome videos bro!!
Ones a bunny hop, ones a macie/macy hop. Thats what we called them in the UK in the 80's. Leave you to work out which is which.
Learn both... Like the wheelie and the stoppie, or nose wheelie(not an effing endo as I keep seeing the kids misuse) The bunny hop(level) and the J-hop(bars up first) both have their place, and neither has a flag attached to it.
repositioning on the trail.
+fuddle128260394 I was going to add this to this video but in most cases I found that I personally still use the American bunny hop.
Skills With Phil... great vid...
when repositioning on trails, some of us is having a hardtime with american bhop. its easier done for us using english b hop. as we only have to pump and hop.
american bhop is still an effort for me. or maybe i just need practice. (im rarely on bike btw, lol)
Phil, could you make tutorials of how to do an emergency braking without brakes (skidding for instance) and how to bail out, please?
you use your brakes while skidding...
Alex Scott "without breaks"
Crux Carlo what do you mean?
Alex Scott He wants to know how to "break" without breaks, for emergency situations. Meaning if his breaks stop working he wants to know how to stop. Telling him to use his breaks isn't the answer he's looking for dude.
I just wave my arms like a madman and scream, seems to get the message across as people will move out of the way. Otherwise if you're talking about in the woods, just bail. Its safer for you and the bike (bike's momentum is low compared to when you add to it and make it 4 times as much, that's why your bike can slam into a tree after you bail and your wheels usually don't get bent).
Nice burn at the start 😂
Hi Phil, I got some limited flight time with both methods (with just 3-days of trying), but how in the world do you get your hips into the bar? My front wheel returns to the ground before I can pop the back if I try to get my hips into it thus negating any airtime. I think I got to either go all out and jump into the bars or build up my athletism.
so, so. But I think getting my fitness up is helping.
I'm sure fitness is key. Look at this dude's midsection. That's not a paunch, it's his abs.
back in the day riding my bmx there's only one bunny hop we call which is the american bunny hop. never heard of the english bunny hop because we call it "double jump" hence the trick jumping on both wheels at the same time
Dude. You promised to tell me how to make a bunny hop with a high raised saddle! :) For XC riders!
I can do both. I'm currently teaching my 2 year old shredder the English bunny hop because it's easier for his size
greetings from chile!!
Can you do more the art of building trails
What's the best placement for my handlebars for the American bunny hop, LOW on the stem or HI on the stem? Also should I lean my bars forward or more towards me? I'm 5.6" so my bike might be a little big for me,but that's something I'll have to deal with for the time being
Good stuff. I mainly ride clipless, would it be better to practice these techniques on flats?
Noah Garcia yes clipless is uhhhhhh Not as good
yes, with clipless you learn the wrong technique, relying too much on your feet.
The American bunny hop is a lot more fun, versatile and cooler looking. In all the instruction videos I've seen, most of the instructors tend to understate just how difficult of a technique the American bunny hop is to master.
Hi!I think ,English bunny hop its base, American bunny hop its next level of skills. Im study first English hop and after then , American bunny hop.
Ok so im not crazy. It is also called a “pro hop”. Seen that in a game separate from the standard “bunnyhop” yeeeeaaarrrsss ago. Just popd in my head to check if i was dreaming or not lol.
hey phil thank you for your gr8 video.
simple questn
is bunny hop can brake a full aluminium hard tail mtb?
i m already makin english not so high as yours.
havent tried accualy to get as high as i can.
but dont wanna brake mine as i m much havier then be4 now almost 90kg.
will it last long at least two or three years after bunny hopping style riding offen with hard tail mtb?
With rigid bikes, english BH is quite natural. With front or full suspension, it is quite difficult to do the english BH.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures. If I can't get a bunny hop in time, do I attack the terrain or do a crappy hop?
Uber informative
I think english bunny hop is much more useful in road cycling. You usually go faster so there is not much problem with casing and is much more easy to do on a roadbike than the american variant.
+Maciek Waligorski to add to that the bike geometry of road bikes isn't ideal for the American bunny hop.
you forgot to mention that you can change your line while riding with the English b hopp
that bike is so sick! evil calling
I used to race XC and road bikes so I learned hopping on a super long stem and with clips. All my hops are very english even when I started riding bmx recently. This really annoys me because I keep casing my back wheel on ledges and not using the whole take off when doing jumps. What should i focus on to unlearn jumping like my feet were in clips? (My hops are pretty high but its nothing compared to a normal american bunnyhop).
wow cool tricks
Love the channel Phil but over here we find it a bit insulting that you call the spd bunny hop English what are you saying we can't bunny hop on flats ?
Other than that , keep up the good work fella👍🏻
Andy Clarke It's a pretty common label he didn't just decide to call it the English bunny hop, it's been around for years. Unless you're being satirical, I know how you Brits can be with your dry humor.
Crux Carlo 👍🏻😂😂
When did the different hops become American and British? I'm from the uk and as a kid (30yrs ago) used what you call the American bunny hop
+nick williams not sure, but probably when people started looking for coaching to help improve their skills and the instructors needed a way to differentiate between the two. I grew up with the American bunny hop being called a bunny hop. When I raced BMX, I heard some people call it a pro hop but outside of BMX racing I didn't hear that term used.
"... as the name implies the English bunnyhop is the wrong way to bunnyhop." *immediately presses like*
I can kind of get my wheels in the air but I cannot manual and I can’t jump either What should I try first to do? Manual or bunny hop
are you using volume spacers (or something like that) on your fork?
I just bought my first MTB. Why does my feet come off the pedals every time I jump a ramp over 2 feet, yesterday I hit my shin really bad, and I can’t seem to find a solution. 😢
Can you please tell me the name of the bike you used in this video.
are you using clipless pedals to make bunny hop
Hey when's that video when you test that dodgy ebike coming out Phil?
+Juzzy,P Peillon the company backed out, they didn't think my channel was a good fit after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
what type of bunny hop should I use to do a 180? also could you make a how to 180 tutorial comparing english with american?
Shred bro Incorporated seths bike hacks uses English because it's easier but American has more style
Gavin Koo yeah american 180 almost seems impossible unless your danny macaskill
I found 26 much easier to hop. Twenty years later after being a roadie I bought a 29" and have to relearn everything to get the wheels high enough .
Are you running 27.5+ wheels on that bike?
American hop with fully extended seat ? Im an XC rider
Its impossible im an xc rider too but i use dropper post
Why not. Some people do bunny hops even on the cyclocross bikes.
I can english bunny hop but I can't american bunny hop. What are the odds of Phil actually making a video on this? Guess we'll find out ;)
Nice...
phil what is the wheel size of your green bike? thanks
Is it easier to
bunny hop on hardtail?