48 spline Titanium axle and cranks

that's true, it'd be more for Muni I guess. But they are still lighter
than any other unicycle hub out, and Ive heard they are the lightest,
strongest cranks avaliable in the BMX world.

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FSA makes a profiel combatable spindle that retails for about $100, so
you would lose some weight off your hub if you wanted to.

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Yeah, I saw that. Profile Makes a Ti spindle too, but easternbikes
makes cranks and a spindle out of Titanium. So might a well go for the
combo eh?

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could you lace a wheel to that hub? It looks like it does'nt even have
flanges.(Correct me if that was stupid):o

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it's for a bmx bike. it's not supposed to connect directly to the wheel
like a unicycle.

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i think everybody agrees when i say you lucky son of a [censored]

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man i used to think scooters were totally lame, but after that 'video'
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could you use any profile crank with the correct spline on the profile
hubs that are used on a unicycle..or even take the spindle out of the
hub and replace it to fit and different pair of cranks for profile
cranks..cause profile makes some lighter spindles for their hubs...

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Are there any other 48 spline Ti cranksets that come in 145mm?

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ummm...profile makes some 175mm cranks with a TI spindle...
Its hard to find good cranks that light in the 145mm and lower
size..most cranks arent made that small because they are made for bmx
and cranks that small are used by kids who are really small..

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If you use the spindle that come with them surely it needs some kind of
machining to make it fit inside the profile hub?

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foforackard said:

could you lace a wheel to that hub? It looks like it does'nt even have
flanges.(Correct me if that was stupid):o

Ah yeah, it's obvious you'd need a hub. The axle and cranks are whats
good on it. That axle slides into a profile hub.

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Uniman_3 said:

could you use any profile crank with the correct spline on the profile
hubs that are used on a unicycle..or even take the spindle out of the
hub and replace it to fit and different pair of cranks for profile
cranks..cause profile makes some lighter spindles for their hubs...

Yeah, everything you see obove is supposed to fit profile's stuff. If
you want to use these Ti cranks with your old profile axle/hub, then
you can. If you want to take out your current steel axle from your
profile hub and put this Ti axle in it, you can. Or if you want to
change your profile steel axle out with this one, and use your steel
profile cranks on it, you can. Or you can replace everything out of
your profile hub and get these Titanium cranks and axle.

Make sense? Everything should switch out with the 48 spline profile
setup.

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Wouldn't you need to custom make a spindle for the Profile hub?

I mean, a bike spindle probably isn't the same length as a unicycle
axle.

You would also have to make the axle a key, because it would just spin
freely in the hub if you didn't.

So basically what I'm trying to say is, you have to custom make a Ti
axle for a Profile unicycle hub.

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I know there's 2 different lengths you can buy this axle, but I dont
remember what they were. But Im pretty darn sure it's the same as "our"
profile axle length. If it didn't work, Profile has a titanium spindle
that would work anyway if you wanted to change it out. Im also pretty
sure both of the spindles (Eastern Bikes, and The Profile Ti spindle)
have that key slot in them.If you look at the above picture it has to
have a slot in it anyway for that bike hub piece to fit on without
slipping. The pictures just dont it. Ive read reviews, and they all say
the Eastern Bikes 48 spline stuff above all fits with profiles stuff.
It should all work.

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musketman said:

I know there's 2 different lengths you can buy this axle, but I dont
remember what they were. But Im pretty darn sure it's the same as "our"
profile axle length. If it didn't work, Profile has a titanium spindle
that would work anyway if you wanted to change it out. Im also pretty
sure both of the spindles (Eastern Bikes, and The Profile Ti spindle)
have that key slot in them.If you look at the above picture it has to
have a slot in it anyway for that bike hub piece to fit on without
slipping. The pictures just dont it. Ive read reviews, and they all say
the Eastern Bikes 48 spline stuff above all fits with profiles stuff.
It should all work.

Or it could be pressed on.

That metal piece around the spindle doesn't really -have- to turn, if
it's pressed on it's fine.

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Borgschulze said:

Or it could be pressed on.

That metal piece around the spindle doesn't really -have- to turn, if
it's pressed on it's fine.

that's true. but I think you are right about the spindle length. Ive
looked at other Titanium spindles, and they either come in 5-3/4 or 6"
lengths. Our unicycle spindles are like 6-7/8". So I take back what I
said. I dont think these Titanium spindles will work in "our" profile
hubs, but the cranks should still work.

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musketman said:

Has anybody looked at these?.... DISCUSS...

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http://tinyurl.com/22aaoo

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[quote="musketman"]Has anybody looked at these? I did some searching for [B]They look
pretty sweet aswell
So for all who want to overhaul your Profile hub and cranks, and make
your rig much lighter. Giv-it with these! You'll shave off 2.7 lbs! If
you have a profile hub and cranks in already.

The final price of this axle and cranks = $440 U.S. Not terribly
expensive, but up there. I really want a pair. The bad part is, if you
did break them you lost alot of money. But they are Titanium, so they
should be pretty strong. And from the few reviews I saw it was nothing
but good. They appear to be thick enouph to take abuse without snapping
like some other Ti cranks have in the past.
[/quote]



Yeah, because titanium is strong... just on principle? Companies profit
like mad off of bikers because none of them know squat about what
they're buying. Unicyclists are the same. Here are some hard numbers
from the back of my Engineering Mechanics textbook: Ultimate tensile
strength of titanium, annealed: 155 ksi. Elastic tensile strength of
titanium: 135 ksi. For comparison, here are the same stats for 18-8
cold rolled stainless steel, 190 ksi and 165 ksi, respectively. The
modulus of elasticity for titanium is 14000 ksi, while the 18-8
stainless is 28000 ksi. My point is that titanium is NOT strong on
principle, and you would be a fool to make the inference that you made.


Titanium, per unit volume of material, is significantly weaker than
many steels and other materials. A strong "looking" crank does not make
it actually strong (what if it's only 1/64" thick walls?). One problem
with titanium is that it is less than 1/2 as rigid as the same volume
of steel, so it will flex and fatigue faster than steels.

Whatever though. If you want to blow $500 on some PARTS for your
unicycle, by all means do. I can see about 200 things that would bring
more enjoyment to my life than that for less money. You need to
remember, you are in this sport for ENJOYMENT, not the highest hops or
fastest rides. Would 2-lb lighter cranks actually make riding that much
more fun for you? I'd rather blow that money on 10 trips to Northstar
or 3 trips to Moab.

My point is, if your unicycle works, close the freakin' web-store pages
and go out and ride. If not, get it working and then spend your
hard-earned cash on something more worthwhile.


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