Speaking of which, rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd mention
that I broke my wellgo b-37 about a week ago. I was waiting until I
loaded pic onto my computer, but I give up. The bearings on the right
side b-37 dissolved about 4 months ago. I had to walk teh uni
everywhere, adn didn't have a right pedal for my muni for about a month.
Then, last friday, I was doing an exploratory ride where I chose my muni
so I could do trials while still covering a large distance in a decent
time. I did a gap from a log to the edge of a fire pit, and as I rode
the edge of the pit, my left pedal slipped off of the spindle. I knew
the second one had gone. Luckily I had an extra left snafu pedal in my
bag just for this occasion. As I removed the old spindle, I noticed that
it was bent. And this wasn't even my back hopping foot. I really trashed
that pedal.
I have broken like 4 or 5 pedals in the last year. One was a cheap $5
used pedal that lasted like a year before the bearing case on the pedal
shattered on a failed 24" jump onto a concrete ledge. I got about 1000
yds and some trials in before I got home, opened up the pedal, and
noticed there were onlt 2 balls left in the bearings and it was cracked.
Another was a Sun Zuzu, which is made by wellgo. It is the same pedal as
what you just broke. I broke it the same way. I did a pedalgrab on my
commuter uni while waitiing for the bus, and the cage just snapped off.
Two more were the wellgo's, and one side of my left snafu is trashed
from pedalgrabs, if you want to count that.
From the pic of that pedal it's good that it broke. Those pins aren't
safe. Pins give extra grip to a certain length, and then past that it's
just dead weight. Those pins were long enough not only to gash you leg,
but to actually hit bone on your shin. That isn't safe to ride, and it
doesn't add any extra grip.
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gerblefranklin - Trials Unicyclist
Don't you think it's a cruel irony that acting like a G.I. Joe in the
army can get you a Medal, while playing with one can get you thrown
out?
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Trials-Muni
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful. They will stop at nothing
to hurt us and our people, and nethier will we"-Dubya
Vote Kerry. Yeah, they both suck, but Kerry sucks less.
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