Tensiles vs. Moments

They are very commonly used in Bike Trials.

They should be quite a bit lighter than Moment cranks... though I have
no clue of the weight.. plus usually when you read weights from
websites, it's rounded off quite a fair amount, usually rounded down.

Strength... nobody will have to worry about that.

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Borgschulze said:

Strength... nobody will have to worry about that.

until there stuck in the middle of nowere with a snapped crank?

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i have both

and i prefer the tensiles for trials. they are like 200g lighter than
the moments and still very strong

if you have the money and wanna ride mostly trials then go for the
Tensiles.

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thejdw said:

until there stuck in the middle of nowere with a snapped crank?

Well if you have seen Bike Trials riders do drops bigger than 10 feet,
multiple times on 170mm Tensile cranks.. I'm pretty sure the 140mm
version will handle more than any Unicycle rider is ever going to put
them through.

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Borgschulze said:

Well if you have seen Bike Trials riders do drops bigger than 10 feet,
multiple times on 170mm Tensile cranks.. I'm pretty sure the 140mm
version will handle more than any Unicycle rider is ever going to put
them through.

Although on an equal height drop, a unicyclist is going to put more
stress on the cranks than a bike trials rider. (Edit: I just read that
they are designed stronger to handle this stress.)

At 3 mm. longer than the KH 137's there is a bit more tourque, better
for trials.

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How are they for Flatland? Crankrolls and things like that?

Street?

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Borgschulze said:

Well if you have seen Bike Trials riders do drops bigger than 10 feet,
multiple times on 170mm Tensile cranks.

Though the shortness of our cranks definitely work in our favor,
unicycle cranks take a lot more of a beating in drops (and hopping)
than on a bike. When a trials bike lands a big drop (assuming good
form), the rider will come down on the rear wheel and have lots more
room to compress his body while he levers the bike to the ground. I
have no idea how that translates into the amount of stress on the
crank, but it's definitely more spread out than a unicycle landing the
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ivan said:

How are they for Flatland? Crankrolls and things like that?

Street?

Bad, they aren't the right shape. The best ISIS non Koxx cranks for
flatland right now are the Qu-ax cromo ISIS.

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I think I might get some qu0ax 100mm for my street uni.

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ivan said:

How are they for Flatland? Crankrolls and things like that?

Street?

Niles said that they flip very very good, because they are so light.
For standing on the cranks they are ok, as they have a little
q-factor.

For street i would say go for he KH or the Quax ISIS (i've never ridden
the Quax ISIS though... but they look great)

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i bend my Tensiles today... they are still rideable

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Smilymarco said:

i bend my Tensiles today... they are still rideable

Details?

That's pretty intense considering I have never read about anyone
bending Tensiles before, even on bikes.

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Borgschulze said:

Details?

That's pretty intense considering I have never read about anyone
bending Tensiles before, even on bikes.

Most bikes do not even need splined hubs though, because the force
going into their cranks when they land a drop is a lot different then
how much force we put into a drop.

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never tried Tensiles but Moments are sick!

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Jerrick said:

Most bikes do not even need splined hubs though, because the force going
into their cranks when they land a drop is a lot different then how
much force we put into a drop.

I understand that, but the new style Tensiles have been around a lot
longer than the ones on Unicycles, more people have them by far.

I believe the new style ones have been around since early 2006.

Bleh, just post how they bent. Pictures.

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The right crank is twisted a bit. You wont see it in the pictures. The
clearance from the frame to the left crank is about 2 mm less than the
clearance from the right crank to the frame (if my frame is straight
though... dont know that)

I think i bent it during the longjump competition... cause when i land
i put all the preasure in the right pedal (my pedal on the back) to
brake

When i do drops or gaps i mostly do a rollout or brake with a half rev
(my left pedal in the back then)

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How much do you weigh and how big was the gap? I am thinking of getting
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About 70kg

the gap was 2,10m on flat (longjump competition) and the landing was
very very bad... my rim is out of true too (i dont count rims
anymore... its like 3 month = 1 rim)

I will ride them till they are not rideable anymore and then switch
back to my KH or maybe i'll give the Quax ISIS ones a try... i dont
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Smilymarco said:

i bent my Tensiles today... they are still rideable

did you feel it on landing?

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