If they stripped during normal riding (i.e you weren't doing any drops
or anything) then it may well be that you had the uni assembled
backwards. This causes the pedal to come loose all the time, and loose
pedals can strip very easily. Cranks shouldn't just fail randomly, 99%
of the time when they do either the rider was doing drops that the uni
wasn't designed for, or they have the cranks on backwards. Check that
the letters R and L stamped in the crank correspond correctly to left
and right. If they don't, either turn your seat round (but make sure
the clamp is still arranged so the slot in the clamp aligns with the
slot in the frame) or take the wheel out of the frame, turn it around
and reinstall it.
The' Qu-Ax cranks'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=793) are nice, I would
reccomend them. You're also going to need a cranks extractor tool to
get your old cranks off, UDC sells a couple of different ones. Your
pedals might well be fine, usually the steel threads on them survive
and only the aluminium crank thread gets destroyed. You'll also need a
pedal spanner, 5mm allen key or 10mm spanner for bearing clamps, 8mm
allen key or 15 mm wrench for crank bolts.
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kington99
Dave
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