# Cranks for Trials Tire **URL:** \ **Category:** Unicycles and Equipment\ **Created:** [September 18, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760 "2001-09-18T20:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760/1 "2001-09-18T20:29:54Z")
Hello – I’m considering purchasing the United trials unicycle from [Unicycle.com](http://Unicycle.com) – but I would like to customize it before I purchase it – especially with better cranks. I would like to buy cranks as close to 145 mm as possible, simply because if I ever decided to upgrade the hub to profile, it wouldn’t take much to get used to a new size. My question is, in the mean time, which steel or alloy crank is the strongest. I’m 185 lbs. and have bent miyata cranks… any suggestions? Mark Zubert ---
**Author:** ![teachndad](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/teachndad/32/12_2.png) [@teachndad](https://unicyclist.com/u/teachndad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760/2 "2001-09-18T23:29:31Z")
I had a related posting that I put up about two days ago. One response was to not get the Lasco cranks, because they will bend. Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 6:35am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760/3 "2001-09-19T06:35:54Z")
No lasco cranks, they’re evil. If the pedal 9/16 hole is no getting its thread destroyed when removing the pedal, they will most likely bend. The bicycle euro ones work real good unless you begin to really drop strong Oli- -----Original Message----- From: MARK ZUBERT [[mailto:kramtrebuz@prodigy.net](mailto:kramtrebuz@prodigy.net)] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 11:30 PM To: [unicycling@winternet.com](mailto:unicycling@winternet.com) Subject: Cranks for Trials Tire Hello – ## I’m considering purchasing the United trials unicycle from [Unicycle.com](http://Unicycle.com) but I would like to customize it before I purchase it – especially with better cranks. I would like to buy cranks as close to 145 mm as possible, simply because if I ever decided to upgrade the hub to profile, it wouldn’t take much to get used to a new size. My question is, in the mean time, which steel or alloy crank is the strongest. I’m 185 lbs. and have bent miyata cranks… any suggestions? Mark Zubert ---
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760/4 "2001-09-19T01:21:48Z")
Pretty much any cotterless cranks will bend given time. One idea is to find someone who can shorten and retap a set of downhill cranks like those from Kooka @ [http://www.kooka.com/](http://www.kooka.com/) Neil -----Original Message----- From: [forum.member@unicyclist.com](mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com) [[mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com](mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com)] Sent: 19 September 2001 07:37 To: [unicycling@winternet.com](mailto:unicycling@winternet.com) Subject: Re: Cranks for Trials Tire Importance: Low I had a related posting that I put up about two days ago. One response was to not get the Lasco cranks, because they will bend. Good Luck! – teachndad Posted via the Unicyclist Community - [http://unicyclist.com/forums](http://unicyclist.com/forums) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760/5 "2001-09-19T06:45:19Z")
What do you mean? Who can do something like that and is it really feasible? Thank you, Mark Z “Neil Dunlop” \ wrote in message news:AHECLPPMPEFCOBOOLPOEEEHKCGAA.n.dunlop@kildrummy.co.uk… \> Pretty much any cotterless cranks will bend given time. One idea is to find \> someone who can shorten and retap a set of downhill cranks like those \> from Kooka @ [http://www.kooka.com/](http://www.kooka.com/) \> \> Neil \> \> -----Original Message----- From: [forum.member@unicyclist.com](mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com) \> [[mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com](mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com)] Sent: 19 September 2001 07:37 To: \> [unicycling@winternet.com](mailto:unicycling@winternet.com) Subject: Re: Cranks for Trials Tire \> Importance: Low \> \> I had a related posting that I put up about two days ago. One response \> was to not get the Lasco cranks, because they will bend. \> \> Good Luck! \> \> \> \> \> – \> teachndad Posted via the Unicyclist Community - \> [http://unicyclist.com/forums](http://unicyclist.com/forums) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d44cf5a6365651cf6b50671d1ff0c84adf0c7726.png) [@system](https://unicyclist.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/cranks-for-trials-tire/45760/6 "2001-09-19T07:52:59Z")
I mean someone trims down the cranks to the desired length then drills out a new hole and thread for the pedal to go in to. I’ve had a cut down set of Shimano Deore cranks before so it’s definitely possible if you have the right tools - I’m not sure what their proper name is though as someone else did it for me. Neil -----Original Message----- From: [kramtrebuz@prodigy.net](mailto:kramtrebuz@prodigy.net) [[mailto:kramtrebuz@prodigy.net](mailto:kramtrebuz@prodigy.net)] Sent: 19 September 2001 14:45 To: [unicycling@winternet.com](mailto:unicycling@winternet.com) Subject: Re: Cranks for Trials Tire Importance: Low What do you mean? Who can do something like that and is it really feasible? Thank you, Mark Z “Neil Dunlop” \ wrote in message news:AHECLPPMPEFCOBOOLPOEEEHKCGAA.n.dunlop@kildrummy.co.uk… \>\> Pretty much any cotterless cranks will bend given time. One idea is to find \>\> someone who can shorten and retap a set of downhill cranks like those \>from \>\> Kooka @ [http://www.kooka.com/](http://www.kooka.com/) \>\> \>\> Neil \>\> \>\> -----Original Message----- From: [forum.member@unicyclist.com](mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com) \>\> [[mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com](mailto:forum.member@unicyclist.com)] Sent: 19 September 2001 07:37 To: \>\> [unicycling@winternet.com](mailto:unicycling@winternet.com) Subject: Re: Cranks for Trials Tire \>\> Importance: Low \>\> \>\> I had a related posting that I put up about two days ago. One response \>\> was to not get the Lasco cranks, because they will bend. \>\> \>\> Good Luck! \>\> \>\> \>\> \>\> \>\> – \>\> teachndad Posted via the Unicyclist Community - \>\> [http://unicyclist.com/forums](http://unicyclist.com/forums) \>