Crank Length for Trials?

I started on a monty trials with 125's and now i have a KH with 140s. I
liked the 125s cause you could get going a bit faster for rolling hops.

When i started on my KH, my pedals hit the ground alot on sharp turns.
Now im used to it and just know how far i can lean before i hit so its
not bad.

I could see the 140s being a little better for getting torque on steep
rock faces and stuff. But its cool to go fast on short cranks and get
more air.

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I use 127 (QU-AX) cranks on my KH, I find they're better for speed,
stronger but not quite as good for acuracy and I don't know if anyone
else has found this but when doing big rolling hops I find it hard to
take off right, because I'm going too fast, theres not enough leverage
to get the right pedal stroke when taking off (hard to describe) so I
personally think 140's are better and will be going back to 140's when I
can find some stronger than old KH cranks. Are those Mongoose ones any
stronger than KH cranks?
Thanks
Aaron

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pluto said:

*I use 127 (QU-AX) cranks on my KH, I find they're better for speed,
stronger but not quite as good for acuracy and I don't know if anyone
else has found this but when doing big rolling hops I find it hard to
take off right, because I'm going too fast, theres not enough leverage
to get the right pedal stroke when taking off (hard to describe) so I
personally think 140's are better and will be going back to 140's when
I can find some stronger than old KH cranks. Are those Mongoose ones
any stronger than KH cranks?
Thanks
Aaron *

I'm curious, have you ever actually broken a splined crank? If not, then
there's no reason to worry about it. Haro makes a 140mm version of their
cranks that fits a KH spline and is much stronger from the looks of it,
though.

I used to use Onza 140s. They were fine for everything, except they
bottom out really easily. I'm soon to be using profile 145s, and I don't
expect to notice any difference... I figure all it could do is help me
with my precision, wich isn't a bad thing.

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pluto said:

*I use 127 (QU-AX) cranks on my KH, I find they're better for speed,
stronger but not quite as good for acuracy and I don't know if anyone
else has found this but when doing big rolling hops I find it hard to
take off right, because I'm going too fast, theres not enough leverage
to get the right pedal stroke when taking off (hard to describe) so I
personally think 140's are better and will be going back to 140's when
I can find some stronger than old KH cranks. Are those Mongoose ones
any stronger than KH cranks?
Thanks
Aaron *

I'm curious, have you ever actually broken a splined crank? If not, then
there's no reason to worry about it. Haro makes a 140mm version of their
cranks that fits a KH spline and is much stronger from the looks of it,
though.

I used to use Onza 140s. They were fine for everything, except they
bottom out really easily. I'm soon to be using profile 145s, and I don't
expect to notice any difference... I figure all it could do is help me
with my precision, wich isn't a bad thing.

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Quoted message said:

I'm curious, have you ever actually broken a splined crank?

Yeah, I bent my KH cranks BADLY (as in totally unridable) and have
apparently bent my QU-AX ones although I can't really notice. I wonder
if these mongoose ones are avilable in the UK.
Thanks,
Aaron

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Wow. What were you doing? I rode my Onzas for over a year and they never
bent. You must do some huge moves.

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For me are the ONZA 140mm the right one..great for trials and street
riding...

felix

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take the length you feel is best, i prefer 140s or shorter.

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