Crank and pedal questions

wheeliemaster said:

I would like to get some new pedals for my unicycle. I like the BMX
style platform pedals with the little pins in them to grip your shoes.
I always used them on my bike. Can you just buy bicycle pedals and
they will work for the unicycle too, or are unicycle pedals special?

I have those exact pedals on my '04 KH 24". There are actually no
uni-specific pedals, because it is such a minority market. Standard
9/16s threaded pedals will work. BTW, you don't happen to have a Torker
LX, do you?

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BTW, you don't happen to have a Torker LX, do you?

Nope, its a Zephyr, I bought it about 6 years ago.

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Oh, OK. As for cranks, shorter cranks=more speed, because your feet have
less space to travel for each revolution. Shorter cranks offer less
control, though. For hitting your ankles, it's possible that your
unicycle is poorly designed, or maybe you need to adjust where you put
your feet on the pedals. We can't tell for sure without pictures.

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i used to hit my ankles alot... i think their is still blood on my old
unicycles cranks... anyway, as you get betetr in skill, you dont hit
your ankles as much. so i wouldnt worry about that

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Also a good thing to keep in mind is that metal pedals hurt more when
you shin them. I took all the pegs I could out of mine when I got
sealed bearing BMX pedals, and there are still some incidents.

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i used to hit my ankles alot... i think their is still blood on my old
unicycles cranks... anyway, as you get bettr in skill, you dont hit
your ankles as much. so i wouldnt worry about that

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Whoa. Déjà vu.

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oh! I got a Zephyr after my first unicycle was stolen in Albuquerque!
How special. I think I still have a picture of it somewhere.

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manon1wheel said:

i used to hit my ankles alot... i think their is still blood on my old
unicycles cranks... anyway, as you get bettr in skill, you dont hit
your ankles as much. so i wouldnt worry about that

Whoa. Déjà vu.

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wheeliemaster said:

Also, I seem to have a problem with my ankle bone hitting the crank alot
when I'm riding. I saw on Unicycle.com they have these little spacers
that bring your pedals out farther from the cranks. Is that what I
need to remedy the ankle-hitting-crank problem?

Hitting your ankle on the crank is normal while learning and can
continue a bit after you learn as well. It corrects itself after you
get better at riding and are better able to adjust your feet on the
pedals.

Practice riding as smoothly as possible with as little pressure on the
pedals as possible. Make sure you're pedaling in circles. This
practice will make it easier for you to learn how to adjust your feet
on the pedals as you ride along. The problem should correct itself at
that point. You shouldn't need the spacers that Unicycle.com has and
they're rather expensive too.

Both Fox and 661 make ankle guards. 661 makes the 'Ankle Biter'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=533) and Fox makes
'BMX Ankle Guards' (http://tinyurl.com/d2equ). You can also find ankle
guards similar to the Fox ones as part of soccer shin guards.

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I'm pretty good at adjusting my feet on the pedals, and I have gotten
alot better at riding so it doesn't happen as much now. My pedals seem
too small though. They are a common design on unicycles, they are
black composite material and they are oval shaped. I saw some just
like them on Unicycle.com but they were white. I don't have big feet
either, I wear a size 11 or 10 and a half if they are Vans slip-ons.

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subsonic87 said:

Shorter cranks offer less control, though.

Except when you are pedaling really really fast. Short cranks are
smoother, long cranks choppier and result in more side to side wobble
and loss of control because your limbs are flying up and down with
greater amplitude.

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Some of the stock oval style pedals are rather small. A larger pedal
might solve your problem.

The 'Odyssey Twisted PC'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=213) pedals are nice
for general riding. They're square and larger. They're also pretty
grippy for plastic pedals.

The 'Odyssey Jim Cielencki'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=726) pedals are nice
for metal pedals for trials and such. But they're not the most grippy
metal pedals. The metal 'Odyssey Twisted Pro'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=214) pedals are more
grippy and better for Coker riding and things of that nature.

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Can I ask a question about the "replaceable pins" in some of these
pedals? Where the heck do you get the "replacements"? Unicycle.com
doesn't seem to carry them. Internet sources raise more questions than
answers for me.....are the pins standardized, or are they
brand-specific?

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Terry17 said:

Can I ask a question about the "replaceable pins" in some of these
pedals? Where the heck do you get the "replacements"?

Go to your local hardware store with an old pin and have them find you
a comparable machine screw. You should be able to get a handful of
screws for a couple dollars.

It's highly unlikely there are any "custom screws" out there due to the
fact that standard screws are available, in bulk, for very cheap
compared to the cost of manufacturing one's own screw.

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