Help: Crank grab to rubber

focus on just pulling up. don't worry about making it over onto the
ledge that'll take care of itself. squat a bit, then in one fluid
motion jump and pull the uni up under you.

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Truste me on this one, pedal grab works beter with a 24".
Then you don't have to jump so high like with a crankgrab.

PM

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Mmmmm... Sexy welds.

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Kris Holm owns death

abbabibble said:

cody bent his koxx.

he was working it pretty hard.

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Probailer2 said:

Truste me on this one, pedal grab works beter with a 24".
Then you don't have to jump so high like with a crankgrab.

PM

But you have to jump higher to go to rubber. A 20" is easier for this
move, but there is no "tip" that someone can tell you that will make it
easier that you wouldnt think of yourself. Much like with any trick,
just go practice a bunch.

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Check out "'help on crank grabs'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48760)" and similar
threads in the 'Unicycling Tutorials'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=32) forum.

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I don't know if anyone picked up on this but crank-grabbing to rubber is
_so_ much easier then pedal-grabbing to rubber. I know this probably
doesn't help but i've found it helps if you think of crank-grabbing to
rubber as a 'peeling' motion. You have to lean your uni 'into' the
ledge so that your crank isn't completely resting on the ledge then
draw up your legs. It takes a bit to get the balance right (to stall
without your crank completely on the ledge) but after a couple of tries
it becomes natural.

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lol, im finishing up getting my 360 uni spin down, then gliding, almost
have them both, wht is a crankgrab, ive heard a lot about it?

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albino_gumby said:

I don't know if anyone picked up on this but crank-grabbing to rubber is
_so_ much easier then pedal-grabbing to rubber. I know this probably
doesn't help but i've found it helps if you think of crank-grabbing to
rubber as a 'peeling' motion. You have to lean your uni 'into' the
ledge so that your crank isn't completely resting on the ledge then
draw up your legs. It takes a bit to get the balance right (to stall
without your crank completely on the ledge) but after a couple of tries
it becomes natural.

I'm decent at crank grabs and not even that good at pedal grabs and I
find pedal grabs easier to go to rubber. I just pull up before I jump
till the cranks are nearly vertical, then jump and while im in the air
rotate the cranks to horizontal again. I find that I barely have to
jump because the tire is only a few inches from the
bench/table/whatever your hopping on.

Doing the actual pedal grab is what i'm not good at.

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again I post the most usefull bit of advice i have ever been given.
just do it.

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If it was a naked young lady, would we be shouting about sexual
objectification?

gordito8me said:

it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid,
but not really that fun.

skrobo said:

i would rather ride a brick than have a folding tire

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CKCrowe said:

lol, im finishing up getting my 360 uni spin down, then gliding, almost
have them both, wht is a crankgrab, ive heard a lot about it?

you can do a 360 unispin but you can't do a crankgrab?
WHAT THE HECK
either you're lying
or you are lucky to get a 360 unispin down so fast

a crank grab is where you jump and catch a ledge w/ your crank and
pedal

a pedal grab is the same thing, but w/o the crank on the ledge

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Thanks for the tips, everyone. I completely get the "peeling" idea,
which is sort of how I approach most sideways hops anyway. If the rain
lets up, I should have a chance to practice this today.

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oh kk thanks, yea those are easy, i can get up a picknick bench like
tht.

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one key thing that I noticed is to crank grab towards the forward foot

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just pull up and bend your knees a bit. when i do them i lean into the
direction I want to hop up.

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corbin said:

one key thing that I noticed is to crank grab towards the forward foot

no!
crank grab to the side that is comfortable jumping toward

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Ok, like the threadstarter, I too am learning to get to rubber so uh,
tell me if I'm doing it right and perhaps I can offer some tips from my
learning progress.

Initially I'd hop right up or like someone suggested, learn towards the
curb and hop up when I lose my balance. That didn't work.

I got somewhat closeer to getting up on the curb by doing this
yesterday - I leaned towards the curb but forward such that my balance
is completely on my forefoot and my crank is tilting upwards, pivoting
on my pedal.

When I start to lose my balance a little (i.e., fall forward), I'd pull
my seat up such that my back foot slams down (at this point in time, my
back foot crank would be 45 degrees above the curb), lifting my wheel
and my front foot would have to back pedal a bit so that my cranks are
in the power position.

I managed to get my wheel a lot higher than previously with less effort
so am I on the right track?

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