pedal grab

unicycle2280 said:

Hi, i had a question on pedal grabbing....is it kay for me to land on
the cranks while i do it or can it only be on the pedal?
thanks

for a TRUE pedalgrab, it needs to be only on the pedal. otherwise, its
another maneuver, oh so creatively named the crank grab.
most people learn the crank grab first, I know I did, because its a
little easier. but the pedal grab is more practical in most
situations, and also, it looks cooler.

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James_Potter said:

for a TRUE pedalgrab, it needs to be only on the pedal. otherwise, its
another maneuver, oh so creatively named the crank grab.
most people learn the crank grab first, I know I did, because its a
little easier. but the pedal grab is more practical in most
situations, and also, it looks cooler.

But still not as cool as just going to rubber. 😎

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chyea, going to rubber's where it's AT.

*fuego has a 24" wheel. he can't crank OR pedal grab to rubber*

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I have heard "to rubber" a lot, could someone explain what it means.

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Jumping from the cranks, to the tire (rubber)

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so just hopping out of a crank grab.

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Just replace "rubber" with "tire" because its not always talking about
from a crank grab. You can do a normal hop to rubber meaning you land
on your tire😉

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Okay in that case "to rubber" is lame. Why do we even need that phrase?
If you land on your tire it means you just hopped up. You could say
"I landed a two foot hop onto a bench." instead of "I landed a two foot
hop to rubber onto a bench."

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It's when you say... the line consisted of going over a certain park
bench or something.

Now the line could be done by pedal-grabbing on the bench but it can
also be done by going to rubber on the bench.

So two people can clear the same line... but then I can come back and
say "Oh yeah? Well I went straight to rubber you crank-grabbing
creeps."

Oh and fuego... you can tottaly do crank and pedal grabs on a 24"...

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it means that you're on the crank or pedal, so you go from that to the
tire, or "rubber." or if you're saying you pedal grabbed on to
something, you can say you plan on trying to go straight to rubber
without the pedal grab. basically going to rubber means landing your
tire on it....

Murde Mental said:

Oh and fuego... you can tottaly do crank and pedal grabs on a 24"...

it is harder though, you must admit....

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only 2" harder.. come'on!

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and then there's all that extra weight....

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2" inches extra weight! COME'ON!

😉

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i can't do any of dose.
I'ma working on it, but i need teh rain to clear up, and the wetness
too, so i can get some pallets in my driveway. I can get an almost
infinite amount from work for free, the only limitation is the size of
the car.

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To rubber, as far as I'm concerned, implies that you are jumping
directly onto an abject, rather than using a pedalgrab. If you are
talking about getting out of a pedalgrab, you would say going to rubber
from pedal, but I never use that, since that's about the only reason to
be on your pedal for trials, and is implicit.

When referring to a line onto a rock for example you can say, "Why not
just go straight to rubber?"

I also use "air," such as, "You pedalgrabbed, but I aired the picnic
table." Rubber and air are better than "hopped up" because you hop into
a pedalgrab, and also hopped up could be a series of small hops, to air
or go to rubber generally implies a single big hop or a hop used where
a pedalgrab would be an easier option.

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Murde Mental said:

only 2" harder.. come'on!

I actually think that a grab (pedal or crank) is 2" EASIER on a 24"
because you are already higher up. Going from the grab to rubber is
more difficult though.

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gerblefranklin said:

To rubber, as far as I'm concerned, implies that you are jumping
directly onto an abject, rather than using a pedalgrab.

Are you sure that that really implies that your you? In your example,
you add the word "straight". Indeed, "straight to rubber" or "directly
to rubber" would imply to not use a pedal grab. But don't you agree
that you can do a pedal grab and then go "to rubber" from there?

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Klaas Bil said:

Are you sure that that really implies that your you? In your example,
you add the word "straight". Indeed, "straight to rubber" or "directly
to rubber" would imply to not use a pedal grab. But don't you agree
that you can do a pedal grab and then go "to rubber" from there?

My first sentence is gibberish, something must have gone wrong with
cutting and pasting. What I meant to say is that you (gerblefranklin)
probably agree that 'rubber' doesn't imply directly, since you can
perfectly go from a pedalgrab to rubber.

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ahaha i could imagine being a first time unicycler trying to find some
info/tips about unicycling and looking at this thread. ahahaha, it
would be the most confusing bundle of words known to man!!!

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