DONT CRANKHOP. I know from personal experience that it really slows down your overall ability. I used to crank hop and people have seen in my videos. At first it was great, I had way more control, I didn't mind doing the little tiny hop while rolling to get onto the cranks. I then started to do rolling hops onto things and realized I couldnt go higher than a curb, and I couldn't hop forward at all. It took me about a month to learn how to hop on the pedals again, the only time I come even close now is if I am doing freestyle stuff or landing unispins, but even that is as little as possible.
Crank hopping makes you dependent on the cranks which will make your rolling hops, drops, and other forms of landing much much worse and harder to become better at. Also something that I learned a few weeks ago is that when you are landing on your cranks you can't absorb the impact on landings as well so you will bottom out and get more pinch flats.😠
i have never even heard about ppl actually hopping on the cranks, it sounds bizzare!!
sometimes wen im doing a seat drop or seat wrap and lose balance i have to hop on the cranks a bit, but it is very uncomfortable and slippery 😕
and i dont believe that it could be that good for the cranks, coz u are putting more pressure singularly on the cranks, instead of doing it thru the pedals...
Actualy I would see it as better for the cranks but worse for the hub. When you land on the pedals it's like a lever trying to lift something too heavy for it. That is how people bend their cranks. When you stand on your cranks most of your weight ends up on the axle or if it on the crank it is further up on it and the lever is effectively shortened so it becomes less likely to bend.
Actualy I would see it as better for the cranks but worse for the hub.
Your argument does not support your hypothesis. When standing on the cranks, yes, the cranks experience less stress. Whether or not you're standing on the pedals or the cranks, the hub still has to support you.
Actually, the axle experiences less torsion (twisting) when one stands on their cranks... this is what your "lever" example demonstrates... so crank hopping is better for the cranks _and_ the hub.
