My unorganized thoughts on all this:
First of all (and somewhat unrelated), DLD, I honestly believe that it’s possible you may have whipped your penis into some sort of weird state where it will grow in response to nearly any abuse you throw at it. You may, at some point, want to try some very basic techniques to see if they continue to produce indicators of growth. You’re like a PE superhero at this point.
For general midshaft girth, I simply cannot imagine any exercise being better than extreme ulis - as frightening as they can be. However, erect bends offer some very particular benefits and I dig ‘em.
Procedurally, I tend to brace a few fingers on the inside curve of the bends so as to produce a “smoother” bend (if that makes any sense). I do not “roll” my bends, but I do feel some serious pressure when performing them. And we all know by now that PE is all about increasing the pressure inside the penis. I perfrom erect bends at 100%+, which drains off to 80% or so during the course of the bend.
Erect bends are unique is two ways. I’m not absolutely positive, but I would wager on the fact that my tendency to bend upward more than in other directions seems to have induced a very, very slight increase in curvature of my penis when erect. Also, erect bends allow us to focus on girth anywhere in the shaft (other than the very base). Having done some traditional girth exercises, my lower shaft seems to have been lagging behind. As you know, I’ve recently begun considering the possibility of hanging for base girth, but erect bends provides a viable and more time efficient alternative. These two factors really make erect bends a very versatile exercise in my opinion.
Of minor note also is the fact that it can be used to stretch that damned circumcision scar that I know plagues more people than just me.