I have been riding with steel (bicycle euro, I think) cranks on my muni for quite a while now. Today I bent them for the first time, and am pondering my replacement options. I was wondering if someone with experience here might tell me if my reasoning is logical.
The profile setup is a great idea, but out of my price range at the moment. So, I was considering perhaps kooka cranks, which, if memory serve, have a warrenty similar to the profile. (I’ll admit, I haven’t done much research yet)
Now, I have a steel hub (suzue), and am considering using aluminum cranks on it. Aluminum is softer than steel, so I would expect that if I did take a high drop badly, the cranks would bend, but this act of bending would protect the hub from some of the stress.
If there is a flaw in my reasoning, I would like to hear it.
Also, if anyone would care to make any particular recommendations on cranks, especially inexpensive and short (I presently ride with 6" cranks, and wouldn’t want to go much farther than 6.5" in length) I would be interested.
I would recommend getting Kooka cranks to use with your Suzue hub.
Bedford mountain unicycles all come with Suzue/Kooka hub/crank sets (If not
ordered with Profile.). This combo is half the price of the Profile set and
holds up very well. No one I know has bent Kooka cranks. I have seen some
broken Suzue hubs.
The Kooka’s I use are 170mm or 6 5/8".
You will be glad you did.
Darren
lutkus wrote:
> I have been riding with steel (bicycle euro, I think) cranks on my muni
> for quite a while now. Today I bent them for the first time, and am
> pondering my replacement options. I was wondering if someone with
> experience here might tell me if my reasoning is logical.
>
> The profile setup is a great idea, but out of my price range at the
> moment. So, I was considering perhaps kooka cranks, which, if memory
> serve, have a warrenty similar to the profile. (I’ll admit, I haven’t
> done much research yet)
>
> Now, I have a steel hub (suzue), and am considering using aluminum
> cranks on it. Aluminum is softer than steel, so I would expect that if
> I did take a high drop badly, the cranks would bend, but this act of
> bending would protect the hub from some of the stress.
>
> If there is a flaw in my reasoning, I would like to hear it.
>
> Also, if anyone would care to make any particular recommendations on
> cranks, especially inexpensive and short (I presently ride with 6"
> cranks, and wouldn’t want to go much farther than 6.5" in length) I
> would be interested.
>
> jl
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Amazingly, I’ve been riding with the same set of cranks for about a year. Er, well, they were intalled about a year ago, but there was a period in there close to 5 months where I didn’t ride due to lack of time / being 3,000 miles away / having a fractured bone in my foot. So, the more accurate answer is they lasted until I made a 3.5 foot drop without rolling out on the landing.
The big thing that would prevent me from going with odyssey is the fact that they’re not warrentied (so far as I am aware) – I figure, I can justify spending large amounts of money if I can get the part replaced when it breaks. Otherwise, I’ll stick with cheap steel and avoid big drops until I’m sure I’ve improved my landing technique.