Grinding - - - !!! - HOW - !!!

Practice. Or practise. I forget which one is the verb. You need to do
the verb one.

Eventually you'll get better at aiming your hops and you won't hit the
bearing housings.

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practice. and some speed. i gotta find a low enough rail that i can get
on it. all the ones around here are fairly tall and i suck.

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i'd love to be able to grind but i can't even do a rolling hop ... must
learn ...

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Land on your pedal first. Make sure that your pedal is the very first
thing to make contact with the ledge or rail. If you do that then the
bearing housing should be fine. I still land on my bearing housing and
have since I started but its still in good shape and so are my
bearings.

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A little late but if you are still having trouble finding a low enough
rail just go to home depot and buy one of those plumbing pipes and lay
it on something like 2 feet high. Its how I'm trying to learn right
now.

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Am I the only person who found grinding easy ? dont even aim for the
crank aim for the pedal its the simple.. lean a bit back if your
griniding on something flat..

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maxisback said:

Am I the only person who found grinding easy ? dont even aim for the
crank aim for the pedal its the simple.. lean a bit back if your
griniding on something flat..

No you are not the only one

I think you just need balls ( when its a big handrail ) and go for it.

It's not as dangerous as grinding a handrail on a skateboard...

Love !

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I agree I found it easy aswell, but I am still afraid to try real
handrails, I have done grinds down an 8 set but that was a ledge with
coping not a true handrail.

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I think sliding the handrail is easy.. its the impact on the landing
thats a bit harder for me... considering Im riding 170s on a 20 inch...

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170s on a 20"? lol thats insane. i think im riding 140's? mine has
watever the kh trials comes with. i find grinding ledges really easy.
rails are harder though.

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I would think that the impact would be easier with 170's. I ride 110's
and I find that the impact from a grind down the 8 set is about the
same as that of jumping a 4 set with a bit more downwards motion.

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I started out with a pole that i just kinda propped up against a fence
and it was so skinny my cranks would go down and the rail gets wedged
between the crank and the spokes. I've decided to just find a metal
bench and practice that for a while before rails.

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how do you keep the wheel from hitting the object that youre grinding on
and slowing you down (im grinding wooden benches)

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skianduniaddict said:

im to hard core to use my elbows i either use my head or the mouse
swungs as a whip

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Don't grind on wood. It won't work. Try some slippery metal were skaters
have waxed it, and stuff.

Aim for just on your pedal, and for the most part, not on your crank. I
never even grind on my crank, except when it sorta rubs against what
I'm grinding on.

And Max, I don't think 170's are possible on a 20" :p

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forrestunifreak said:

Don't grind on wood. It won't work. Try some slippery metal were skaters
have waxed it, and stuff.

Aim for just on your pedal, and for the most part, not on your crank. I
never even grind on my crank, except when it sorta rubs against what
I'm grinding on.

And Max, I don't think 170's are possible on a 20" :p

hm
170s are def. possible on a 20" my friend uses them on his LX (which he
bent the day he put them on) you can't do tight turns on it tho

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im to hard core to use my elbows i either use my head or the mouse
swungs as a whip

yeah buddy thats right ... uni 4 christ 🙂
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just go here--------------->
http://munimanpete.unicyclist.com/streettips.htm#grinding

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maxisback said:

Am I the only person who found grinding easy ? dont even aim for the
crank aim for the pedal its the simple.. lean a bit back if your
griniding on something flat..

i did

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wood is definately grindable. wax it up and she'll be right. i learnt on
waxxed wooden pallets. i soon capped it with steel to go a little
quikker. im soon to make a pvc pipe grind.. but im not sure how to go
about it.. any ideas anyone? has anyone got any pics that could help?

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onewheelnatural said:

wood is definately grindable. wax it up and she'll be right. i learnt on
waxxed wooden pallets. i soon capped it with steel to go a little
quikker. im soon to make a pvc pipe grind.. but im not sure how to go
about it.. any ideas anyone? has anyone got any pics that could help?

umm I made a good design for one, if I have time i'll draw it up 3D for
ya

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