To anyone’s knowledge has anyone taken five inch cranks and drilled a hole to
make them four inch cranks. So in a particularly hilly section you could use the
five inch cranks and on the straight aways, quickly change them out with a pedal
wrench to the four inch cranks. Just a thought.
Aj
Re: cranks
Aj asked:
> To anyone’s knowledge has anyone taken five inch cranks and drilled a hole to
> make them four inch cranks. So in a particularly hilly section you could use
> the five inch cranks and on the straight aways, quickly change them out with a
> pedal wrench to the four inch cranks.
You can buy adjustable cranks. They were reviewed in the January 2001 issue of
Cycling Plus.
Take a look at http://www.sjscycles.com/store/item251.htm
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Re: cranks
On 13 Mar 2001 14:06:17 -0800, jugglerjoe@webtv.net (Aj) wrote:
>
>To anyone’s knowledge has anyone taken five inch cranks and drilled a hole to
>make them four inch cranks. So in a particularly hilly section you could use
>the five inch cranks and on the straight aways, quickly change them out with a
>pedal wrench to the four inch cranks. Just a thought.
>
>Aj
>
All this talk about crank length reminds me that maybe a year ago a discussion
raged here about gears on a (direct drive) uni, e.g. a Sturmey Archer 3-speed. I
don’t remember the bottom line: whether anyone had done it or maybe it was
deemed impossible. A quite technically-oriented friend of mine (started
unicycling 5 weeks ago) considers to give it a try after his current project
(Robot Wars).
Could anyone comment on what has been done? And what about having driving power
one or both directions?
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Re: Sturmey Archer on a unicycle
> gears on a (direct drive) uni, e.g. a Sturmey Archer 3-speed.
Val, the owner of BikeSmith here in Seattle has created a two speed track bike
out of a Sturmey Archer hub. It is fun to ride as a track bike, but I don’t know
whether it would work with a unicycle. I’m sure he’d be glad to talk about it.
Their phone number is 206-632-3102
David Maxfield Bainbridge Island, WA
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