Perfect for taking your penny farthing off-road 
I have cycled a very light section along the river. I donāt think I would want to push it much more than that. I donāt think āmennyā (mountain āpennyā) is going to be a big thing. 
P.S. I just realised UDC is using my picture of two sets of these cranks, above in this thread (which I am perfectly fine with to be 100% clear but now I wish I used a higher quality camera). 
This means our server was down for a bit. It should be up now. Out of interestā¦ we are getting a new superfast server built that should deal with this problems. It should be up and running in about a months time.
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Oh, sorry. I would have asked if we could use it, I had thought it was Pelleās. We needed an image before the cranks arrived with us. We will get that sorted on next photo session.
I honestly do not mind. The only sad thing is that I took them with a 2MP camera, so they are not the highest quality images. 
Thanks for stocking these @rogeratunicycledotcom. Now granted I am unlikely to buy more, given I have 3 sets already but I think itās really nice that they are available for others. They make a useful little upgrade for the UDC 36" Trainer, which is where I have made best use of the dual-hole functionality.
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I had not considered what a complete and utter idiot I am when I made this statement. At some point I have obviously made the rookie mistake (againā ) of mounting my wheel backwards. Whilst out today I noticed that the pedal was wobbling. I stopped and had a look and it was largely unwound. Since I did not have tools on me I had to give up and walk home. Once there I discovered the thread in one crank (on the 125mm position) is largely stripped. There is a little bit left, and the crank will hold (for now) but I suspect I should probably get a new set.
ā So yeah, 6 months ago I did pretty much the exact same thing to my VCX+ cranks. Again, there is a little thread (in the 100mm position) and I have been using them but I should probably replace these as well. 
Well I went for a ride and they held fine but I have ordered more anyway (and another set of VCX+ ISIS for another uni). @rogeratunicycledotcom gets rewarded for my stupidity. Oh well anything to keep UDC going in these times of low stock! 
Just a silly question, but are ISIS cranks not the new Cotterless cranks? I mean arenāt ISIS cranks/hub connection not more durable? All my unis apart from the 24" have isis cranks and they are easily replaced with the crank lifter. I donāt expect to change the cranks on the 24", so canāt say anything about how easy that would be. Prolly needs a diff tool.
Well they do not have a cotterpin if that is what you mean!
Yes but I own two unicycles that are square taper and I whilst I couldnāt use them for big drops and lots of hoping they still work just fine. No plans to replace the 24" that these SHW cranks were mounted to. Indeed a new ISIS 24 uni would cost more than a new set of cranks.
(To be honest, I actually already have several square taper cranks in this size, see my earlier image (also linked below) but I like these particular ones. They are light and also making switching to 150 length super simple. I can even do it when I am out within a couple of minutes).
You can use the same crank pulling tool. You have to flip the end of it but other than that it works the same way.
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Thatās one of the main reasons almost every unicycle I own has a disc brakeā¦ It helps a lot, especially for someone like me who canāt tell left and right apart.
Admittedly, living in a place where itās almost impossible not to ride up or downhill is also among the reasonsā¦
It is not without hills here and I tend to aim for them. Strava tells me that so far this year I have done 39,461m of elevation gain.
Hehe, thatās about 10ā000 more than me, including bicycle rides. On the uni I try to avoid hills to save me from more knee pain and the mountain bike season just starts.
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Years ago when I recorded the elevation gain on my daily commute with my fatb*ke, my aim was to reach the height of the seven summits (sum of the highest mountain on every continent)
4884 m Carstenz-Pyramide (Australien)
4892 m Mount Vinson (Antarctica)
5642 m Elbrus (Europe)
5895 m Kibo (Africa)
6190 m Denali (Northamerica)
6962 m Aconcagua (Southamerica)
8848 m Mount Everest (Asia)
43.313 m
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Some of that was done on a penny farthing and some on a non-electric kick scooter but the vast majority on unicycles.
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Ok, parts day
Some other stuff in there as well:
- VCX+ 100/125/150 triple-holed ISIS cranks
- SHW 125/150 dual-holed square taper cranks
- Bearings for unicycle with square taper hub
- Bearings for unicycle with ISIS hub
- UDC T-shirt with Nimbus, Impact, Kris Holm and Qu-ax branding on the back
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Wow @ruari nice package to arrive! Thanks for sharing.
Have a great time with all these goodies!
Dawson
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