rec.sport.unicycling · Public discussion

balancing/weighting pedals

mcnuggets300 · 2007-11-13T07:46:16+00:00

due to shearing of some pins from my pedals when crank grabbing, i took the advice to remove all the pins from one side and ride only on the pinned side of the pedal. makes sense. however, now when i go to mount i find my pedals rolling to face the pins down because of the weight difference. this makes mounting a bit more of a chore because i have to roll one pedal over, plant my foot on it to make sure it it isn't going anywhere, then roll the other over and mount ASAP otherwise it droops back down. Is there a reasonably easy way to either; A) weight the pedals to somehow present the pinned side upwards all/most of the time B) weight one edge of the pedals so that the pins face my body and can then be easily kicked forward as I'm mounting (this makes sense to me, a bit hard to describe, thats also why i prefer option A) I have JimC's odyssey pedals if thats any help... -- mcnuggets300 'The Zeppelin Dominion' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mcnuggets300's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14980 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

Started by mcnuggets300 · 13 November 2007 · Last activity 14 November 2007 · 7 posts · 142 views

← Back to rec.sport.unicycling

Thread navigation

Jump through the discussion

Go to the original post, the replies on this page, or the latest preserved contribution.

01 / Original postbalancing/weighting pedalsmcnuggets300 · 13 Nov 2007 02 / This pagePosts 1–7Page 1 of 1 · chronological order 03 / Latest replyPost #7wickedbob · 14 Nov 2007

Thread details

What we know about this thread

Original section: rec.sport.unicycling
Published: 13 November 2007
Last activity: 14 November 2007
Original author: mcnuggets300
Posts: 7
Discussion status: Public discussion
Total views: 142
Views / 30 days: 0
Topics: Indoor trainers

The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Original post
mcnuggets300
Archived post

13 November 2007, 07:46 UTC #1

due to shearing of some pins from my pedals when crank grabbing, i took
the advice to remove all the pins from one side and ride only on the
pinned side of the pedal. makes sense. however, now when i go to mount
i find my pedals rolling to face the pins down because of the weight
difference. this makes mounting a bit more of a chore because i have to
roll one pedal over, plant my foot on it to make sure it it isn't going
anywhere, then roll the other over and mount ASAP otherwise it droops
back down. Is there a reasonably easy way to either;
A) weight the pedals to somehow present the pinned side upwards
all/most of the time
B) weight one edge of the pedals so that the pins face my body and can
then be easily kicked forward as I'm mounting (this makes sense to me,
a bit hard to describe, thats also why i prefer option A)
I have JimC's odyssey pedals if thats any help...
--
mcnuggets300
'The Zeppelin Dominion'
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mcnuggets300's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14980
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report
joemarshall
Archived post

13 November 2007, 10:56 UTC #2

Some pedals come with an o-ring on the axle somewhere so that they don't
free spin, or on others you can tighten up the body slightly to achieve
the same effect. I dunno what you can do with your particular pedals
though.
Joe
--
joemarshall
my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44
------------------------------------------------------------------------
joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report
maestro8
Archived post

13 November 2007, 19:02 UTC #3

The JC Odysseys will not spin as freely if the axle nut is tightened
ever so slightly. I guess that'd be a trade-off... easier positioning
or better performance.
As for weighting, JCO's are designed to go "flat side up" in ideal
conditions; notice how it's shaped more like a parallelogram and less
like a box? You'll need to refine this shape to restore its
function... if you want to go lo-tech you could stick a small 'wheel
balance weight' (http://tinyurl.com/296mc6) in just the right place.
Ask at a local gas station / tire shop if you can buy / have a couple
small weights.
The high-tech fix would be to remachine part of the pedal to move its
CG.
--
maestro8
Those are my principles. If you don't like those, I have others. --
Groucho Marx
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to
contemplate the extent of human stupidity. -- François-Marie Arouet de
Voltaire
------------------------------------------------------------------------
maestro8's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7871
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report
mornish
Archived post

13 November 2007, 22:25 UTC #4

I just flip my pedal over with my hand when I mount, or I just flip it
once I'm riding.
--
mornish
aim:kiloornish
email: mornish AT gmail DOT com'myspace' (www.myspace.com/mornish)
spencer said:
just think of it like a roller coaster.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
mornish's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11658
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report
Klaas Bil
Archived post

13 November 2007, 23:04 UTC #5

Grindplate on the non-pinned side?
--
Klaas Bil
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report
mcnuggets300
Archived post

14 November 2007, 04:55 UTC #6

maestro8 said:
The JC Odysseys will not spin as freely if the axle nut is tightened
ever so slightly. I guess that'd be a trade-off... easier positioning
or better performance.
As for weighting, JCO's are designed to go "flat side up" in ideal
conditions; notice how it's shaped more like a parallelogram and less
like a box? You'll need to refine this shape to restore its
function... if you want to go lo-tech you could stick a small 'wheel
balance weight' (http://tinyurl.com/296mc6) in just the right place.
Ask at a local gas station / tire shop if you can buy / have a couple
small weights.
The high-tech fix would be to remachine part of the pedal to move its
CG.
too late, i already found 2 bolts that fit the pin holes perfectly, i
just put the bolt through a piece of aluminum (so that the weighted
edge goes down) and screwed it into the pedal. the bolt was short
enough to not come out the other side
As for the grind plate, this is only temporary until i do get the plate
--
mcnuggets300
'The Zeppelin Dominion'
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mcnuggets300's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14980
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report
wickedbob
Archived post

14 November 2007, 07:17 UTC #7

Get sealed pedals. YOu can just kick it over and have it stay that way.
--
wickedbob
R.I.P MITCH HEDBERG
'Add wickedbob to your ignore list' (http://tinyurl.com/3dfrko).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
wickedbob's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14353
View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/65675
Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.usenet.com

Report

Active in the last 60 minutes

Active in this thread

0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total

No signed-in users are active right now.

No known search crawlers active right now.

Jump through the discussion

What we know about this thread

Continue through CyclingForums

Active in this thread