Pedal/Crank Grabbing in Trials

While useful, I think it is cheating and shouldn't be allowed in
competitions. Old videos of RA shows than you (if you are skilled
enough) can hop to handrails and jump up high posts to rubber. I think
that crank/pedal grabbing is a bad influence on riders as they don't
push themselves to new heights. It is lazy, not flowy, looks like crap
and cheating.

Biketrials has gone from bash/pedal (BIU) to UCI, where a pedal grab,
bash, etc is considered a dab. When you think about it, pedal grabbing
is just as bad as touching with your hand on highjumps, leaning on
something for a skinny, putting your foot down, etc, so why is it
allowed?

What are your views on pedal grabbing?
Discuss


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Danni wrote:
While useful, I think it is cheating and shouldn't be allowed in
competitions. Old videos of RA shows than you (if you are skilled
enough) can hop to handrails and jump up high posts to rubber. I think
that crank/pedal grabbing is a bad influence on riders as they don't
push themselves to new heights. It is lazy, not flowy, looks like crap
and cheating.

Biketrials has gone from bash/pedal (BIU) to UCI, where a pedal grab,
bash, etc is considered a dab. When you think about it, pedal grabbing
is just as bad as touching with your hand on highjumps, leaning on
something for a skinny, putting your foot down, etc, so why is it
allowed?

What are your views on pedal grabbing?
Discuss



I don't want this to come off mean or start any serious argument,
but...
If you consider it cheating then why do you do it in your riding?
There's a crank grab or two in every one of your videos.

Tomorrow I'm off to a NATS bike trials competition. I'm sure they're
less strict about these things in the Sport category (beginner, sport,
expert, pro), but I'll report back about what they allow as far as
pedal grabs.


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maximus unius wrote:
I don't want this to come off mean or start any serious argument,
but...
If you consider it cheating then why do you do it in your riding?
There's a crank grab or two in every one of your videos.



I stopped after I made my last video. Convenient, but true.


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Found this: Notice how he calls it a *"technique for trials"*.


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Danni wrote:
While useful, I think it is cheating and shouldn't be allowed in
competitions. Old videos of RA shows than you (if you are skilled
enough) can hop to handrails and jump up high posts to rubber. I think
that crank/pedal grabbing is a bad influence on riders as they don't
push themselves to new heights. It is lazy, not flowy, looks like crap
and cheating.

Biketrials has gone from bash/pedal (BIU) to UCI, where a pedal grab,
bash, etc is considered a dab. When you think about it, pedal grabbing
is just as bad as touching with your hand on highjumps, leaning on
something for a skinny, putting your foot down, etc, so why is it
allowed?
Discuss



In your opinion, i happen to think a well flowed pedal to rubber on a
130cm ledge looks very slick.

Chase


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