pedal grab?

mornish said:

I can crank grap pretty well, and Ive been trying to learn how to do a
pedal grap. I hop with my right foot back, and I stall with my left
crank forward, but when I do pedal grabs I cant hop off or hold it
there. should I learn to do it with my right pedal?

Miles

naw ... keep doing it w/ the left pedal, and i found that if I had the
seat exactly straight above the thing i hop on ... the uni is balanced
and much easier to land on

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threadjack*

am i just weird.. cause it seems like almost everyone hops with their
right foot back.. i go with my left foot back and crankstall with my
left crank..? it seems like everyone stall with their front foot... but
i jump with different feet and stall with the back.. deos anyone else
do this?

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i also jump left foot back, but i stall/grind with my front foot.

mornish- the think that i do when i pedal grab is to keep most of my
weight on the pedal i am grabbing with. it tends to help.

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Unitik908 said:

threadjack*

am i just weird.. cause it seems like almost everyone hops with their
right foot back.. i go with my left foot back and crankstall with my
left crank..? it seems like everyone stall with their front foot... but
i jump with different feet and stall with the back.. deos anyone else
do this?

*threadjack

Chase

No, you're not weird. There's really no such thing. It's just your
case happens less than most. All this means in terms of pedal
grabbing, is that it's a little harder to execute the skill, than most.
Having the front foot as the grabbing foot, is the most efficient
way...but there are a few who do it your way just fine. Where it's
going to be harder is going to rubber, as I'm sure you already know.

what hand do you hold your seat with?

Mornish--Sometimes visualizing in your mind your pedal on whatever
object you're trying to grab onto, before you actually make the
attempt, can really help. I usually do this before I make the leap,
and I have had really good results, landing with the pedal pretty
square on the object.

I don't know if others do this.

And I will say that now that my hops have increased drastically in
height, I don't do too many pedals grabs anymore.

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TrialsUni said:

what hand do you hold your seat with?

right hand, right foot front, jumping to the left

Chase

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i have right foot forewards, left hand on the seat, and jump to the
right, and pedal grap with my right foot(which is forewards)

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irvinegr said:

i have right foot forewards, left hand on the seat, and jump to the
right, and pedal grap with my right foot(which is forewards)

thats how i ride too.

TrialsUni- everything you just said is exactly what i do, when i
visualize it i can land square on it.
but now my hop height is much higher, and the things i use to have to
crank grab i dont anymore. i just started visualizing going straight to
rubber. i think alot of unicycling is all in the head.

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I hop right foot forwards, right hand on seat, jump to left, pedal +
crank grab with left foot. Unorthodox I know

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i am curious wheter there is any connection to the way right handed and
left handed people ride..hmm

benjy are you left handed by chance?

(sorry for the thread jack)

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I am right handed, I hold the handle with my right, or left hand, and I
can jump with right or left foot in front, but Ill mainly jump to my
left, but I am working on getting used to jumping to the right.

Its good to be an ambidextrous rider. =p

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Benjy said:

I hop right foot forwards, right hand on seat, jump to left, pedal +
crank grab with left foot. Unorthodox I know

thats what i do maine..

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ok, I was a little bit worried, because my friends who sort of sucks at
trials learned how to pedal grab and hop off in like 5 min and he does
it with his back foot, and ive been trying 4 weeks with my front with
almost no success.when I get home ill prctise some more.

Miles

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Im not very good at it either...It just takes practice(So ive been
told). I hop with my left foot back and pedal grab with the left while
its in back. Its just more comfortable that way for me.

Hope you get it soon🙂
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ok thanks.

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