Apparently I can still bunny hop - Peugeot City Express Shakedown Run
 

Just swapped the wheels on one of my Peugeot ATB's. Decided to take it out to run some errands, to see how everything was working. My store trips are always a bit more "adventurous" than just going for a ride. I have to go on roads and intersections I would normally avoid, if given the choice. Everything started as usual, bike lane for first part of the trip, adjacent curbside parking gets crowded as I enter town. I always keep to the outside of the bike lane and keep my eyes peeled, but this ride was a bit, extra. I had at least 20 people open their door in front of me in a span of 4-5 blocks, I had to just laugh, about a 50/50 split between folks getting into and out of there cars, almost all made eye contact before opening the door! I get through that area, to a section where there are now no cars parked along the bike lane, so clear sailing? Felt a rumble and a breeze as a Garbage truck passes me, by inches, while making a hard cut into the bike lane I am occupying, instantly decelerating in front of me to make a right turn. Rocks and sand kicked up at me and I was being pinched between the truck and the sidewalk, I had no where to go (forward) and no chance of stopping before hitting the side of the truck. Instinct took over and (much to my surprise) I leaned to the right and bunny hopped the curb, onto the sidewalk, to safety.

Bunny Hop machine
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Well done! I have no idea how you can bunny with hop platform pedals -- I can only do it when I'm clipped in.

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must be all that practice time you put in with Al Jarvis & his "Make Believe Ballroom" :D


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Glad you pulled that off, could have been a much different outcome. :twitchy:

Looks like you were on the perfect bike from here, great work on this. ;)

I don't usually bunny hop at the car hop, but when I do, I am happy to do it to the sounds of the "Make Believe Ballroom".
"The Hep Parade of '49 . . ." I'm in!

Irving Ashby - Nat Cole - Joe Comfort
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Huh? We used to bunny hop trash cans on our BMX bikes and rat trap pedals! Same as a skateboard, you just do it.

Well there you go -- you were a BMX rider and I, unfortunately, never really had the opportunity to ride BMX bikes -- they didn't even really exist when I was a kid, and as a young adult, moved straight into mountain bikes when they came out. One thing I did notice, however, is that when I started riding mountain bikes back in the '80s, the guys who had a BMX background were better riders when it came to the technical riding, including bunny hopping, of course. :)