bent cranks?

Cranks are very strange things.

I don't think I've ever actually bent one doing a drop. I've
bent two doing pedal grabs; one doing... erm... well,
nothing, really, just random falling-off where the things
just magically bend for no apparent reason; and one doing a
gap that went wrong.

The "went wrong" bit is the key, I think... if you land
properly they will survive large drops easily; get something
wrong and they will bend like putty at nothing at all.

Of course, there could also be the occasional "dud" that is
faulty to start with and is just waiting to bend. You may
well have one of these.

What /is/ weird is when you have two unicycles and you can
feel that one of them has slightly bent cranks, but you
don't know which... 🙂

Phil

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What makes you think they are bent? Do you mean twisted out
so the pedals are not parrallel to the floor? Because this
could be the spindles of the pedal bending if they are
cheap Well-Gos or something. Or is the crank bent down so
it's not in line with the other one? Or both? Look down the
lenth of on crank and if you have to turn the wheel to look
down the length of the other, something is wrong! Check the
pedals too.

What uni do you have? Are they splined cranks or cotterless
ones? If they are definately bent, send em back. Equally it
could be your hub, I have had a defective cotterless hub on
which the axle twisted and both sides bent down after a 8"
drop on the second day! Unicycle.com changed it and
refunded the shipping no fuss tho. Phil is right, sometimes
[censored] stuff gets sent out by mistake and will break first
chance it gets.

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phil said:

What /is/ weird is when you have two unicycles and you can
feel that one of them has slightly bent cranks, but you
don't know which... 🙂

Yes, I recently switched unicycles with someone and said Hey
your pedals are bent. He never noticed that but he thought
that MINE were not straight.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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its a halo combat rim with contrat tyre (24X3) its got a
nimbus 24 inch frame and a kh saddle the cranks are the
bicycle euro ones on unicycle.com its described as a off
road machine that will take a real hammering!

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doesnt sound right to me! I run that setup (Unicycle.Com hub
and bicycle euros), and they do me fine, and no way am I a
'soft' rider.

I think it is almost time for me to change my cranks though:
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BungleBanks said:

its a halo combat rim with contrat tyre (24X3) its got a
nimbus 24 inch frame and a kh saddle the cranks are the
bicycle euro ones on unicycle.com its described as a off
road machine that will take a real hammering!

I do MUni on the same specs (with Suzue hub and 170 mm
cranks). Has served me well for 1.5 years. Now it's about
time for new cranks but I think it's mainly caused by a non-
optimal crank mounting technique (hammering them on).

So yes, you seem to have a faulty crank and I think it
should be replaced under warranty.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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Lol Barry my friend dropped off a step and it buckled his
wheel and I think it also bent a crank lol, Its the way some
people distribute there weight on the unicycle.

Trev

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