Recently I’ve picked up the new skill of crank grabbing. At first I had some trouble getting the crank to grab, after reading the part about tilting the wheel in towards the object things became easier. After I got on to the object I was having trouble “getting rubber.” A day later that problem was solved and now I see myself getting rubber frequently on many benches/tables/etc. Now it seems I can grab onto anything since the hardest part is obviously getting up onto the object, once on the object the distance onto it seems to always be the same. I was wondering what are the pros and cons to pedal grabbing vs crank grabbing? I have experienced or tried much pedal grabbing other than the UPPG.
An UPPG (unplanned pedal grab) happens when you try to crank grab but dont jump in far enough and only catch the pedal.
Re: Crank grabs vs Pedal grabs
Congratulations on nailing a major move! Any kind of grab opens up new areas
to play on… and off 
The major difference for crank grabs is that you are much more stable when
you land the crank on the object rather than just the pedal. Pedal grabs are
also harder to learn IMHO because getting and keeping your balance is much
harder. Also, just landing on a pedal means you can land on much thinner
obstacles - they only need to be the width of the pedal as opposed to the
length of your crank.
Cheers,
Neil
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> Recently I’ve picked up the new skill of crank grabbing. At first I had
> some trouble getting the crank to grab, after reading the part about
> tilting the wheel in towards the object things became easier. After I
> got on to the object I was having trouble “getting rubber.” A day later
> that problem was solved and now I see myself getting rubber frequently
> on many benches/tables/etc. Now it seems I can grab onto anything since
> the hardest part is obviously getting up onto the object, once on the
> object the distance onto it seems to always be the same. I was wondering
> what are the pros and cons to pedal grabbing vs crank grabbing? I have
> experienced or tried much pedal grabbing other than the UPPG.
> An UPPG (unplanned pedal grab) happens when you try to crank grab but
> dont jump in far enough and only catch the pedal.
>
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Thanks Neil. I never really thought about using the pedal on smaller surfaces that seemed un-grabable. I’m really stoked about getting my crank grabs down. I think I’m going to progress into seat in front crank grabs and then work on pedal grabs, seat in front pedal grabs, and finally seat underneath crank and pedal grabs. Maybe I can get some cool pictures or a short video of me doing so. I’m yet to find a good object where I can actually climb up it by doing multiple crank grabs. There’s a few tables at the local park, but the width of the seat part is really small and is making the process a bit harder since I don’t have it fully mastered. Maybe I’ll go watch Universe and a few other videos so I can check out some good pointers. Thanks again.
http://lutkus.com/video/Kris_Holm_workshop/
if your havent seen this befor.go and click on the 4pedal_grab.avi
its a good learning tool.so are all the otherz too
I have all those videos at home on my computer, definately going to check that one out when I get home, along with the video of lutkus doing one, and Mikes.
I would like to start a rather extensive video site myself, showing detailed shots of how to do each skill. The videos of the pedal grabs are great, but I think it’d be cool to get a nice shot where the camera is laying on the object and you can actually see the pedal grabbing it like you were looking straight on at it.