Brand New Kronked Kranks? Help!!

Left bent one:

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If you can't tell by the pictures that it is different than the right
one, just take my word for it. the left one has less clearance from the
frame than the right one. Please tell me what I can do, or if I am just
too much of a worrier.

Thanks
-Lee

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It simply doesn't matter. If you really wanted to be sure, you could
spin the frame 180 degrees to see if what you are observing is frame
inaccuracies, but there's no reason to do so. Try thinking about this:
If the crank *were* slightly bent, what would you do about it? Would you
stop riding it? Would it be any weaker? The answer to both of those
questions is 99.9% likely to be no. There is no reason to worry about
inaccuracies like that in your uni. You will adapt to them quickly, and
they don't affect the ridability of the thing. Don't worry.

Edit: Upon further inspection of the pics, it even appears that this
inaccuracy doesn't exist and what you are seeing is an artifact of
shifting perspectives. But whatever, even if it isn't it still doesn't
matter.

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check how your bearings and hub are seated in the frame. i have had the
same problem in the past it was just my own rushed assembly.

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gerblefranklin said:

[B Try thinking about this: If the crank *were* slightly bent, what
would you do about it? Would you stop riding it? Would it be any
weaker? The answer to both of those questions is 99.9% likely to be
no. There is no reason to worry about inaccuracies like that in your
uni. You will adapt to them quickly, and they don't affect the
ridability of the thing. Don't worry. [/B]

Very true, I rode on a slightly bent crank for 2 months, and I did't
even notice it ever...

Just ride it. If you hadnt have noticed it visibly you would never had
noticed it while riding... ever.

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well, bent cranks CAN matter. I had a pretty bent crank, but because I
was broke, addicted, and had no spares, I continued riding it. I quickly
got used to it, but after riding my knee (which was injured 1 year ago.
bad story. I partially tore my ACL jumping off my couch.) would hurt a
lot. I don't know if this would affect anyone who hadn't killed their
knee, but I thnk it rotated it oddly and stretched the tendons, or
something.

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I guess I was just overreacting, because it was brand new, and I love
it. The left crank is only 1 cm closer to the frame than the right one.
It doesn't make a difference when riding it.

-Lee

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My cranks are terribly kronked, everyone riding my unicycle says they
feel really weird, and when I ride everyone else's uni I say they feel
really weird.
So in conclusion, it probably makes no difference.

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