I am PISSED i took a my lx in to buy my bikes in san juan capistrano because the peddal stripped and fell out and they wont hold up the warrenty because they said it was my fault. they said it was because i hop off stuff. I say Let Us Hop!!! I am Telling evey one to not go to buy my bikes. 
then get a splined trials uni and not a freestyle one
although it sounds a bit odd that it would strip so fast from hopping, are you sure you weren’t riding the uni backwards or didn’t strip the pedals when you put it together?
yeah sounds like you had the cranks backwards, and the lx is only designed for freestyle and lightweight stuff, that’s why they also produce the DX
Did you have some bikes for sale? I’m confused. Or maybe you need some help figuring out which letters need to be capitalized?
Anyway, I don’t know that a warranty should cover stripped pedal holes. If the shop assembled the unicycle, I think they bloody-well should, because the assember should bear the responsibility of putting the wheel on the right way. If they assembled it with the wheel backward, should it be considered your mistake to ride it? I think not.
But if you assembled the unicycle, the mistake is yours and it should be considered a learning experience, one that many of us have made.
Tell your shop, if they assembled it, that if the wheel was assembled backward, the pedals will come loose automatically. They’re supposed to know this. If they do not know which end of the uni is the front, it’s not your fault either. They’re the bike shop, after all. I’d be curious to hear how that goes if they indeed put the whole thing together for you.
i think he means the bike shop is called “buy my bikes”
Or the brand, don’t buy my UNICYCLE, because it’s crud. Anyway, he’s obviously foreign mister John Foss, no need to blame him for crap english.
San Juan Capistrano is a city in Southern California, and Buy My Bikes is a bike shop there.
My humble apologies! Guess I have more excuse for crappy English than he does, pretty weird name for a store.
Yeah…I wouldn’t go to that store out of principle.
A pedal isn’t going to strip the crank threads unless it was improperly assembled or defective. A properly assembled pedal should not come loose on its own. Here’s the reasons I can think of for a pedal coming loose:
- Cranks or seat assembled backwards so the left crank is on the right side and right crank is on the left side. The pedals will loosen on their own just due to normal riding. That’s a shop assembly error.
- Pedal not assembled tight enough to begin with. That’s a shop assembly error.
- Pedal threads slightly undersized or crank threads slightly oversized. The pedal will not properly fit and will not stay tight no matter what you do. A loose pedal will strip the crank threads especially if you jump. It’s a product defect. That’s a warranty issue. This is more common than you might think with cheap pedals. I’ve had it happen to me. The remedy is to replace the pedals. Hopefully you catch the problem in time before it damages the crank threads.
- The bike shop crossthreading the pedal on the crank during assembly. Crossthreading is where you insert the pedal slightly crooked and the threads don’t line up. Trying to screw on the pedal will just strip the threads in the crank. This is an assembly error.
- Lots of backwards riding. If you do lots of backwards riding you need to keep an eye on your pedals to make sure they stay tight. This would be a customer issue and not the shop’s fault.
- The customer removing the pedal and then crossthreading it when reinstalling.
All but the last two are cause for warranty replacement because of a defective part or improper assembly.
Jumping will not strip the crank threads unless the pedal works loose. A tight pedal will not strip the crank threads. If jumping would strip the threads it would be constantly mentioned in RSU by trials riders, street riders, muni riders, and freestyle riders. Jumping can bend cranks and break hubs but will not strip the threads even on an LX or other freestyle unicycle.
thank you
Left From Right
Hello everyone,
Our friend Kevin here does not know his left from his right. The cranks that he brought in to us were not defective but cross threaded with new pedals in them. There is no wonder that they kept comming out. Even though this is clearly his mistake we took the liberty of replacing his cranks anyway.
Thanks,
p.s. - Kevin your new crank arms are in.
Dee Duh Dee 
LOL, I like BuyMyBikes fun group of people. I will go there first for every thing.
Ha ha! Crossthreadowned. 
At least he didn’t crossthread expensive cranks.