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grinding questions

Fuego · 2005-08-05T02:27:35+00:00

So, I'm learning grinding, or at least getting better at it. however, I'm wondering about uni damage due to grindnig, mainly to spokes. as I grind my bearing holder is sliding on the object, and the edge of the ledge I'm grinding is scraping on my spokes. the one that takes the most damage is bent, though that's not so bad and I loosened it after it bent. however, it's looking like it might get cut through. how do you people who grind all the time deal with this? do you just not care? do you grind only on the crank, not the bearing holder? that would require more finess than I have. also, as vanman asked in a previous thread, what about bearing holders on my KH aluminum frame getting scraped through? is this possible? thanks to all. -- Fuego - A Cult of Unicyclists If u could've aborted president bush using medicinal marijuana grown by a gay guy with a feeding-tube who was on death row, wade u? -GILD "Get off my Property before you sue me!" -Morons everywhere. 'OneWheelNinjaSquad' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/OneWheelNinjaSquad) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fuego's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6983 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42386

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Fuego
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5 August 2005, 02:27 UTC #1

So, I'm learning grinding, or at least getting better at it. however,
I'm wondering about uni damage due to grindnig, mainly to spokes. as I
grind my bearing holder is sliding on the object, and the edge of the
ledge I'm grinding is scraping on my spokes. the one that takes the most
damage is bent, though that's not so bad and I loosened it after it
bent. however, it's looking like it might get cut through. how do you
people who grind all the time deal with this? do you just not care? do
you grind only on the crank, not the bearing holder? that would require
more finess than I have. also, as vanman asked in a previous thread,
what about bearing holders on my KH aluminum frame getting scraped
through? is this possible?
thanks to all.
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juggle508
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5 August 2005, 02:33 UTC #2

Yeah try not to grind on the bearing case.... Just the crank. As you
practice it will come along and you will get better at grinding just on
the crank. As for the spokes I don't know. Ive never had a problem with
that. I guess because i just grind rails.
Guess i wasn't much help.
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redhead
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5 August 2005, 02:47 UTC #3

what about puting sillicon on the spokes that rub?
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Fuego
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5 August 2005, 02:49 UTC #4

I don't think silicon would do much. it seems like lube wouldn't be
strong enough.
as for the advice to grind on the crank only, that's more or less what
I was expecting. I just didn't want to hear it, because it means my
technique sucks.
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juggle508
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5 August 2005, 02:53 UTC #5

Im sure that it will get better fast if you keep practicing....On my uni
the bearing case nuts are worn down where its almost impossible to take
them off.
Maybe you can get some advice from someone better than me.
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Evan Byrne
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5 August 2005, 02:55 UTC #6

Learn to grind on only your pedal, this will alow you to slide easyer
and cause no dammange to your crank or spokes. The thing that helped me
was learning to do a rolling pedal grab with out leting the uni swing
down like a ryan atkins pedal grab.
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Fuego
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5 August 2005, 03:11 UTC #7

on only the pedal? I need grind plates.
that sounds pretty unstable though. I'll try it when I get healed.
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Evan Byrne
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5 August 2005, 04:05 UTC #8

promo said:
*What's "grinding"? *
When you take a foot off the uni and plant it on a wall, table, bench,
ect ect then push off and put it back on and ride away
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Klaas Bil
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5 August 2005, 06:39 UTC #9

Evan Byrne said:
promo said:
*What's "grinding"? *
When you take a foot off the uni and plant it on a wall, table, bench,
ect ect then push off and put it back on and ride away
No, that's a foot plant. Grinding is when you hop up on a railing or
ledge (often from riding), land on your pedal, crank or bearing
holder, and then slide ("grind"😉 along the railing or ledge for some
distance.
Promo, you're new here. Be welcome. And if you don't understand the
meaning of a word, we don't blame you. But please try the search
button first rather than injecting your question into the thread. I'm
pretty sure the meaning of "grinding" would be found through the
search function.
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litldude2
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5 August 2005, 07:19 UTC #10

Klaas Bil said:
*On Thu said:
promo said:
*What's "grinding"? *
When you take a foot off the uni and plant it on a wall, table,

bench,
Quoted message said:
ect ect then push off and put it back on and ride away
No, that's a foot plant. Grinding is when you hop up on a railing or
ledge (often from riding), land on your pedal, crank or bearing
holder, and then slide ("grind"😉 along the railing or ledge for some
distance.
Promo, you're new here. Be welcome. And if you don't understand the
meaning of a word, we don't blame you. But please try the search
button first rather than injecting your question into the thread.
I'm
pretty sure the meaning of "grinding" would be found through the
search function.
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Promo was kidding...He's really good and in defect and stuff so he has
to know what grinding is. Evan probably got confused then later he told
me he was kidding🙄
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hecklar
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5 August 2005, 14:02 UTC #11

Yeah, you really shouldn't be grinding on the bearing case. Besides the
damage, you'll also end up with your tire rubbing against the ledge too,
which will slow you down.
I grind ledges on my crank and pedal. It works pretty well on this
marble ledge downtown. I ride snafu pedals and just removed the pins
from the bottom of my grinding pedal (right pedal) and put some red tape
on the side with pins on it, so that i know which side my foot is
supposed to go on. Thus, you don't *need* grinding pedals, but i'm
still going to try a pair out whenever i find a pair.
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5 August 2005, 21:30 UTC #12

SARCASIM
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5 August 2005, 21:30 UTC #13

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5 August 2005, 21:58 UTC #14

unibrow said:
*SARCASIM *
SPELLING
(my bad. I'll improve my netiquette, I promise)
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unibrow
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5 August 2005, 22:35 UTC #15

netiquette? what the hell is that
some sort of net ?
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