170s on Coker for MUni, which ones under $30



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I've got 150 bicycle euros on my Niner. They're great. But the 170s look
sooooo thin. Are they strong enough to be able to handle the torque of
MUni Coker?

Any affordable advice?


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hey man. i have 140's on my coker and they get mealong just fine, and
trust me, i mut a beating on my coker almost daily to get around, and i
do 10-12 mile rides at least twice a week. i hop, stop, idle and
aggressively ride a lot. the 140 torker cranks i think they are, are
doing fine. nimbus x's look ok too. you could always go with the
machined doteks or some bike cranks. brian mackenzie uses bike cranks on
his coker and i liked using them.
but you said affordable, so im guessing the $20-$30 range. on
unicycle.com the 170-179mm range cranks have a good selection. the 170mm
doteks ($25) are great, ive used 'em. i recommend those.


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I've seen quite a few cranks get bent by myself and my fellow riders. I
use Nimbus X's now and I honestly believe they are the stongest
inexpensive cranks out there. They also seem to seat on the tapers
better than any other cranks that I've used. I've had them on my Muni
for quite a few months and they've held up great :D :D


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The two options I see are the Dotek cranks and the Sugino tandem cranks.
It's hard to know which are stronger. I used the Sugino cranks on my
Pashley and they held up fine. If it was me I'd go with the Sugino's
unless you really like the black color of the Dotek's. You can order
the Sugino cranks through your LBS or online. 'This thread'
(http://tinyurl.com/4tmqw) has the details.


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Any technical Muni terrain and you'll definately want the 170s,
especially for brief, steep inclines. 150s on a 24 Muni are hard for
the steep stuff--on a Coker, you'll go down eventually, and hard.

The Doteks are cheap--25 bucks--and work okay so long as you're not
dropping far. Problem with these and the other cheap ones sold on
Unicycle.com is that the metal is poor quality (what can you expect for
25 bucks retail) and if and when you swap out the crank arms, the
threads don't hold up well.

I've never used the other models. The Delores look good but are an old
model and probably very hard to find.

JL


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Luckily, 170-175's are a common bike crank size. Find any cheapo bike
aluminum cranks and they will be stronger than most uni cranks in that
range

Go to a bike store and tell them you are looking for some spare cheap
cranks, they will probably throw you a pair!


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