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  1. so recently my favorite trick to do has been tire grabs off of drops and
    stairs and stuff.
    i have been doing front and back tire grabs, front grabs are easy. but
    grabbing the back is hard because i have to bend funny to reach the
    tire.
    anyways, i was thinking and i have never really seen anyone else do
    back tire grabs and was just wondering who else does them.
    and have you found any ways to make it easier?

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  2. Dan Heaton does one in Defect, he's the only person i've seen do one.

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  3. i knew i had seen one done somewhere else.
    i will have to go watch that and see how he throws em down.
    it feels unnatural when im doing them.

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  4. i do them sometimes 🙂
    i don't know exaclty how i do them, but i think i do bend funny ...
    like a sideways V and i grab it just behind the frame... but i might
    reach btw my legs :/ ill pay attention next time i do one and get back
    to you

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  5. yea, im kinda tall (aabout 6ft 1in) so i think that is making it feel
    even more awkward.
    the way i do it sounds kinda like you skrobo,
    i usually grab with my right hand, so i throw my right shoulder back so
    that my upper body is twisted to the right. at the same time i am
    lifting my legs and the uni backwards towards my back so that i can
    then make the grab.
    (i dont know if that explanation made any sense to you guys at all, it
    sounds better in my head)

    im thinking of trying it seat out once i am a little more proficient at
    seat out riding.

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  6. speaking of tire grabs, has anybody done one like this?
    http://tinyurl.com/hryzv

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  7. General Dibbles said:

    speaking of tire grabs, has anybody done one like this?
    http://tinyurl.com/hryzv

    thats pretty sick, i wanna try that now.
    i have never seen it done...but i dont really ever ride with anyone
    else. so im not really the authority on what has been done haha

    thats how i want to try it seat out, except grabbing behind my leg.

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  8. I do them, alot.

    [image:
    http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=174786]

    if image dosent work ... http://tinyurl.com/jpvjw

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  9. I like how you called the picture tire grb🙂

    I was trying to do front tire grabs but I wasn't making any progress.
    I was trying down a 2 stair. Should I ttry on something higher?

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  10. I learnt off a curb.. I just like to hop high when I do them it makes it
    look way better.. thts my fav tire grab even tho i did em over bigger
    stairs.. just cauz I hoped so high for that one..

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  11. maxisback said:

    I do them, alot.

    [image:
    http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=174786]

    if image dosent work ... http://tinyurl.com/jpvjw

    That's one huge jump.

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  12. thanks

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  13. Dan Heaton does..

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  14. General Dibbles said:

    speaking of tire grabs, has anybody done one like this?
    http://tinyurl.com/hryzv

    I love that trick, you make it look sooo flowy. I tried one off a curb
    once, it hurt alot.🙄

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  15. haha yeah I agree with spencer

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