Uni Grinds.
HOW DO YOU DO THEM???
any tips?
Hints?
Comments?
Re: Uni Grinds
Hi,
It always helps to check out the archives before you post. A lot of
questions get repeated frequently. Anyway, here is a previous post by Dan
Heaton who is the authority on uni grinds:
It really depends what you are trying to grind. Grinding really hasn’t
been explored too much, so these are just what have worked best for me
and my equipment.
Rail: The most accurate and stable way is on the pedal alone. The crank
is much faster, but it often causes your wheel to turn slightly and
pinch against the rail, causing you to fly forward. It is also harder
to make forward and backward adjustments with your body, because you are
“locked in” where with the pedal you can tilt and lean because the wheel
can rotate to make small adjustments (basically you can move your
non-grinding pedal up and down). As you jump at the rail you want to
slighty rotate your cranks backwards, just as if you are going for a
pedal grab. This will block your crank from catching to rail. Then you
are gonna want to pull up on the seat to keep your pedal from dropping
down. You can also use your heel to brake by pushing it against the
rail (this will usually happen automatically if you start to lean
backwards too much. Really the only way you can learn to do a rail is
to just go for it. I learned by just forward hoping onto a rail instead
of riding at it. This helps to take some of the fear away from it.
Ledge, or any other kind of flat surface: This can be done on the
pedal, or both the pedal and crank. It just depends on the type of
surface. When grinding on both you can control the pressure put down on
the pedal on pushing forward with you foot, or slightly lifing it. This
can help you grind farther. Grinding on the crank and pedal also make
it easier to do tricks during and out of grinds. I have only been able
to grind a flat ledge for 5 or 6 feet because you lose your speed really
fast. I know people have welded flat surfaces to their pedals to help
them slide better.
Hope this helps. Please feel free to add to or disagree with anything I
have posted.
-Dan
Hope this answers all your questions,
Jeff
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Re: Uni Grinds
For all you forum readers out there, I have a favor to ask you all, I, as
a newsgroup reader don’t get all the archives that you guys do, I only get a
certain amount of messages, so please be patient with me when I accidently
repeat a question. Thanks, you guys are awesome.
Dustin
Zupancic
“jeff d tuttle” <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1017245914.20258.rsu@unicycling.org…
> Hi,
> It always helps to check out the archives before you post. A lot of
> questions get repeated frequently. Anyway, here is a previous post by Dan
> Heaton who is the authority on uni grinds:
>
> It really depends what you are trying to grind. Grinding really hasn’t
> been explored too much, so these are just what have worked best for me
> and my equipment.
>
> Rail: The most accurate and stable way is on the pedal alone. The crank
> is much faster, but it often causes your wheel to turn slightly and
> pinch against the rail, causing you to fly forward. It is also harder
> to make forward and backward adjustments with your body, because you are
> “locked in” where with the pedal you can tilt and lean because the wheel
> can rotate to make small adjustments (basically you can move your
> non-grinding pedal up and down). As you jump at the rail you want to
> slighty rotate your cranks backwards, just as if you are going for a
> pedal grab. This will block your crank from catching to rail. Then you
> are gonna want to pull up on the seat to keep your pedal from dropping
> down. You can also use your heel to brake by pushing it against the
> rail (this will usually happen automatically if you start to lean
> backwards too much. Really the only way you can learn to do a rail is
> to just go for it. I learned by just forward hoping onto a rail instead
> of riding at it. This helps to take some of the fear away from it.
>
> Ledge, or any other kind of flat surface: This can be done on the
> pedal, or both the pedal and crank. It just depends on the type of
> surface. When grinding on both you can control the pressure put down on
> the pedal on pushing forward with you foot, or slightly lifing it. This
> can help you grind farther. Grinding on the crank and pedal also make
> it easier to do tricks during and out of grinds. I have only been able
> to grind a flat ledge for 5 or 6 feet because you lose your speed really
> fast. I know people have welded flat surfaces to their pedals to help
> them slide better.
>
> Hope this helps. Please feel free to add to or disagree with anything I
> have posted.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> Hope this answers all your questions,
> Jeff
>
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Re: Re: Uni Grinds
Google has the old Deja News newsgroup archives.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=rec.sport.unicycling
http://groups.google.com/
You can also search the archives in the forum at unicyclist.com but I find the archive at groups.google.com to be a little better for searching.
Re: Uni Grinds
Dustin,
I understand. I’m a rsu mailing list reader, not a unicyclist.com forum
member. After I sent that I thought it sounded a little more harsh than I
actually felt. You can find the archives by searching through google.com.
They have a way to seach through various newsgroups.
Okay, here I found it. Go to www.google.com , click “Groups” and you can
search almost any forum. Remember that it is rec.sport.unicycling
Jeff Tuttle
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:58:31 GMT “Unipickle” <unipickle@home.com> writes:
> For all you forum readers out there, I have a favor to ask you all,
> I, as
> a newsgroup reader don’t get all the archives that you guys do, I
> only get a
> certain amount of messages, so please be patient with me when I
> accidently
> repeat a question. Thanks, you guys are awesome.
> Dustin
> Zupancic
>
>
>
> “jeff d tuttle” <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1017245914.20258.rsu@unicycling.org…
> > Hi,
> > It always helps to check out the archives before you post. A lot
> of
> > questions get repeated frequently. Anyway, here is a previous post
> by Dan
> > Heaton who is the authority on uni grinds:
> >
> > It really depends what you are trying to grind. Grinding really
> hasn’t
> > been explored too much, so these are just what have worked best
> for me
> > and my equipment.
> >
> > Rail: The most accurate and stable way is on the pedal alone. The
> crank
> > is much faster, but it often causes your wheel to turn slightly
> and
> > pinch against the rail, causing you to fly forward. It is also
> harder
> > to make forward and backward adjustments with your body, because
> you are
> > “locked in” where with the pedal you can tilt and lean because the
> wheel
> > can rotate to make small adjustments (basically you can move your
> > non-grinding pedal up and down). As you jump at the rail you want
> to
> > slighty rotate your cranks backwards, just as if you are going for
> a
> > pedal grab. This will block your crank from catching to rail.
> Then you
> > are gonna want to pull up on the seat to keep your pedal from
> dropping
> > down. You can also use your heel to brake by pushing it against
> the
> > rail (this will usually happen automatically if you start to lean
> > backwards too much. Really the only way you can learn to do a
> rail is
> > to just go for it. I learned by just forward hoping onto a rail
> instead
> > of riding at it. This helps to take some of the fear away from
> it.
> >
> > Ledge, or any other kind of flat surface: This can be done on
> the
> > pedal, or both the pedal and crank. It just depends on the type
> of
> > surface. When grinding on both you can control the pressure put
> down on
> > the pedal on pushing forward with you foot, or slightly lifing it.
> This
> > can help you grind farther. Grinding on the crank and pedal also
> make
> > it easier to do tricks during and out of grinds. I have only been
> able
> > to grind a flat ledge for 5 or 6 feet because you lose your speed
> really
> > fast. I know people have welded flat surfaces to their pedals to
> help
> > them slide better.
> >
> > Hope this helps. Please feel free to add to or disagree with
> anything I
> > have posted.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
> > Hope this answers all your questions,
> > Jeff
> >
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