How to X-up

[i like dirt]

hey guys just wondering if any one has any tips on x-ups?? everytime i try one my bike goes into a flatty:mad: and i cant get my bars all the way around. any help would be great thanks.

[NH_]

sounds to me like your leaning in the air, just stand up straight and turn your bars arond and back as fast as you can

[Jacko Wacko]

make sure you straighten your legs out as soon as your in the air so that you are doing the x-up in the peak of your height and have plenty of time to bring it back and land...

they are very easy once you learn them... i've found that they are easier on bmx than mtb even though i run 28" bars on my bmx and something like 24" protapers on my old mtb it is still easier on the bmx i think because less rotational weight comared to the large wheel and tire of an mtb.


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[Big_Chief]

practice

just keep turning your bars in the air till you can get them all the way around

[Randy Rhoads]

You might have to cut your bars. When I try and do an X-up my bar hits my shirt and gets caught so I'm getting my bars cut down. It might help you too.

[fleshbone]

um,practice them on the ground first,it can help with your body positioning.once comfortable with them,try them in the air.for optimum x-up'ing i find having your bike leveled helpful.

[randy spangler990]

Yes! i agree with Randy Rhoads, my bars are to long to do a x-up, i would look at getting them cut down, its a really bad feeling when the bar catches your shirt and u can't get it back ( happened to me:rolleyes: )

[rabatt]

practice them while your manualing, then try it on a small fly out

[bighit05]

i have the same problem when i try to do x ups but my bike ends up doing a whip cus when i turn the bars the whole bike turns

[christopher riding]

i have the same problem when i try to do x ups but my bike ends up doing a whip cus when i turn the bars the whole bike turns
That's going on with me too!! So what are we doing wrong? :confused:

[Jacko Wacko]

You might have to cut your bars. When I try and do an X-up my bar hits my shirt and gets caught so I'm getting my bars cut down. It might help you too.


i totally disagree.

you suck

[Randy Rhoads]

i totally disagree.

you suck

What the hell. I have never even seen you in my life so how can you agree or disagree if my bar is wide and hits my shirt. Having a smaller bar actually does make it easier to X-up.

[fleshbone]

im siding with wacko jacko.if you really,absoloutelt need your bars cut no matter what.you must have blody trials bars on your bike,and yet they can still x-up.not saying your wrong,but other youngians could miss interpret your information and cut them down so short the llok like horizontal racer bike bars.

[josh_hardtail]

just lean back a bit and hold your bike striaght with your legs. you should be able to do them without cuting down your bars. just practise like with anything on a bike.

[Jacko Wacko]

im siding with wacko jacko.if you really,absoloutelt need your bars cut no matter what.you must have blody trials bars on your bike,and yet they can still x-up.not saying your wrong,but other youngians could miss interpret your information and cut them down so short the llok like horizontal racer bike bars.


i agree with you...

[Randy Rhoads]

im siding with wacko jacko.if you really,absoloutelt need your bars cut no matter what.you must have blody trials bars on your bike,and yet they can still x-up.not saying your wrong,but other youngians could miss interpret your information and cut them down so short the llok like horizontal racer bike bars.


I never said I "absoulutley need my bars cut down" but cutting them down a bit would make it easier for me to x-up and later on, a barspin.

[Nabdaddy]

all you guy's are stiffening up in the air. You must be getting scared mid way in to the jump and are getting tense. loosen up and i think u find it will stop happening.

[S_M_I_D_D_Y]

i have the same problem when i try to do x ups but my bike ends up doing a whip cus when i turn the bars the whole bike turns
You are holding the bars too tight. i had this problem and got one first try after i was told to have a nice loose grip an just stay fairly loose. dont tense up. also, it will be alot easier of you almost throw the bars around instead of just turning them.

[i like dirt]

hey guys these tips have been great im nearly getting my X-ups clicked in now.
and will probably have them pretty good by the end of the week. thanks again.

[$$$_Dirt_Jumper_$$$]

If your wipping it accidently your prolly favouring one of your legs.....

Wipps can be created by putting more weight on one footpeg than the other.....
it sounds like when you go to turn your bar to take weight off of a footpeg anf that will be why its wipping......

[S_M_I_D_D_Y]

Really?? can you explain how i can do 1 footers AND hold the bike dead straight?? or am i just a freak of nature?

[cdfeto]

Originally posted by $$$_Dirt_Jumper_$$$ :
Wipps can be created by putting more weight on one footpeg than the other.....


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[bighit05]

when i do 1 footers the bike is straight but when i x up the bike turns

[i like dirt]

hey guys thanks heaps for your tips and hints i've got my X-up dead perfect now and can do 'em everytime. i experimented with the different tips and stuff it turns out i was too tense in the air. so i just loosened like Nabdaddy advised and that fixed it right up so they might be whats causing you other guys to flick out too
thanks again