# Adding cranks to a road front or rear hub?

**URL:** <https://unicyclist.com/t/adding-cranks-to-a-road-front-or-rear-hub/122017>\
**Category:** Unicycles and Equipment\
**Created:** [February 1, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/adding-cranks-to-a-road-front-or-rear-hub/122017 "2014-02-01T00:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikeymcdoogle](https://unicyclist.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mikeymcdoogle](https://unicyclist.com/u/mikeymcdoogle)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/adding-cranks-to-a-road-front-or-rear-hub/122017/3 "2014-02-08T19:24:42Z")

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I built a wheel like that out of a 700c deep-v rim,

> [@mongoose squid frankenstein 700c uni build](https://unicyclist.com//t/mongoose-squid-frankenstein-700c-uni-build/121749/1):
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> Last year I bought a mongoose squid off Craigslist for 45 dollars, It was a little rusty, had cranks so long they would bottom out if i turned to hard, and a freaky wide and tall sidewall tire that mounted on a ultra weak 20inch single wall rim, it screamed department store junk, but I wanted another uni and needed something to take my mind off of things. anyhow I recently traded a fugly fixy 700c bicycle for a 20in torker lx, so the old worn out toys r us uni was fair pickings for a Frankenste…

are you building a bicycle or a unicycle, because you said you are in a welding class but using carbon forks, bicycle forks have a rake, uni frames are straight, you can just locate a used uni to cannibalize for 50 bucks, some cheaper ones are 50-100 dollars anyway. would be way cheaper to just do that than to buy and pay shipping, all you need is a wheel with no offset like on a single speed or front wheel that has the same size flange on the hub as the uni hub, assuming you know how to spoke a wheel.

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