Crankgapping

I do this fairly often, usually if the gap is too large to
go to rubber on. This is useful in many situations, but can
be a little tricky to land with all the sideways momentum. I
think this a also a very good way to test the bearings in
one's pedals.

As far as i know this doesn't have a specific name. If i'm
describing it to someone, i'll usually say "I gapped into a
pedal grab" or say, "maybe i could do that gap into a pedal
grab" but i don't there is any correct terminology.

As far as gapping flat things into pedal grabs, this is
quite hard to make practical, but certainly feasable. I find
as the horizontal distance increases, so does the difficulty
upon landing of staying on the unicycle.

As for taking off on a 30 dgree angle, I usually do this,
i'm not sure why, but untill this Sunday i thought you
could get more distance this way, but now i'm not so sure.
I guess it is simply which technique you devellop the most.
If there is a high injury possibility, i'll usually angle
the wheel, because there's less chance of it slipping off
when you take off.

This is just what i've found, i'd be interested in seeing
other people's opinions on this matter.

-Ryan

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m_extreme_uni said:

*I do this fairly often, usually if the gap is too large
to go to rubber on. This is useful in many situations, but
can be a little tricky to land with all the sideways
momentum. I think this a also a very good way to test the
bearings in one's pedals.

As far as i know this doesn't have a specific name. If i'm
describing it to someone, i'll usually say "I gapped into
a pedal grab" or say, "maybe i could do that gap into a
pedal grab" but i don't there is any correct terminology.

As far as gapping flat things into pedal grabs, this is
quite hard to make practical, but certainly feasable. I
find as the horizontal distance increases, so does the
difficulty upon landing of staying on the unicycle.

As for taking off on a 30 dgree angle, I usually do this,
i'm not sure why, but untill this Sunday i thought you
could get more distance this way, but now i'm not so sure.
I guess it is simply which technique you devellop the
most. If there is a high injury possibility, i'll usually
angle the wheel, because there's less chance of it
slipping off when you take off.

This is just what i've found, i'd be interested in seeing
other people's opinions on this matter.

-Ryan *

I know what you mean about the pedals, mine always come
loose after a few of these. Also, I find that slipping is a
bigger problem for a crankgap then normal, but I don't know
why. How do you keep from just flying off the uni when you
land? I've tried many things, but the only the works is to
scrub my tire against the object before my crank/pedal makes
contact, but that's dificult because I have to be sure that
I get my uni positioned correctly. I also wanna try doing a
gap with a 45 degree angle, and hope that the front of my
wheel will make the landing easier.

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Keeping from flying off the uni is definatly hard, but you
have to kind of lean all your weight onto the pedal grabbing
pedal, and almost push down on the seat, i guess it's hard
to explain, and usually takes a few tries before i don't
fall off. It's a very fine balance of momentum, unicycle
angle, and body weight position, and It is just made a more
and more fine balance, as the gap size increases.

-Ryan

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Do you ever find yourself hooking your right foot
(specifically your toe) on the rim to keep the uni in
control and so as not to tip over? I find myself doing that
on most of my pedal grabs (the first part, I can't go to
rubber from only my pedal, so any advice would be nice,
hint, hint).

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