Hey guys this is my first post and first question here. I have been riding for about 6 years and have been building my own unicycle for the last 3 I have recently updated to the new KH moment hub and isis splined crank set. I run a disk brake on my muni and the kh aluminum cranks hit the caliper. They dont have enough q factor(offset) to clear. I am wondering if the cranks have the same spline as a bike so that I can get a little more offset. Does anyone know who would sell a isis spline that would fit the KH hub so that I can weld my own cranks? Any help would be great!
A disc brake?? Cool! Post a pic plz. I gotta see this.
Fron what ive heard, yes, the KH cranks can be swapped with any TruVatiV, RaceFace or other brand of ISIS cranks except Koxx (but those dont have any q-factor at all). Moxt bike cranks are 170 or 175 mm long so if you have a 24 incher, that might not work that great.
Hey guys thanks for all the help. I am looking for 170 or 175 for a 24in muni. Are the truvative ones made for bikes or unicycles? I am not the one who rides the hunter… All my frames are homemade out of chromoly. I am at college right now and cant post any pics until the weekend… wait maybe tomorrow if I can find my camera. I’ll do my best… If I cant find any cranks then I will have to go with a thiner caliper. Not many are that thin though and there isnt much space on uncycle to put the caliper or roter to begin with. I had to move out the bearings a good ways to get enough clearance for the rotor hub. Pics will make it clearer.
I am looking at a set of Truvativ Hussefelt DH Cranks ISIS ~ 175mm. Would these be strong enough for really hard muni riding? Great price too! I shoud be able to machine off the gearset mounts and only buy one set.
That’s pretty sweet! Does the disk ever hit on rocks or anything though? I could see if you were riding on a log or something and slipped off it could hit on there.
The stopping power must be much better than the normal hs33 hydraulic rim brakes.
look here for reviews. Most say they are strong and good for DH, some say they have stripped and cant tighten pedals in. Or they are flexy. But most reviews are good. They probably wont be as strong as the unicycle cranks, but they are good.
yeah, what I want to know is how the disk is conected to the hub part. I can see the caliper connected to the frame, but not the other side. Interesting…very interesting.
Agreed, nice workmanship there! More build details, please!
My own experience with discs is that if you select a bad caliper, they actually do NOT generate more stopping power. With the smaller rotor sizes, the modulation and feel is superior to Maggie rim brakes, as they don’t grab at all.
On the other hand, I to would be concerned about a rotor hit in the woods.
I’ll see if I can get some pics of the hub, but you have to have a special hub that fits in the rotor. I had to machine off some of the kh hub to get enough clearance for the rotor. I’ll check on those reviews. That is not my uni posted above, my frame is different than that.
The TruVatiV Hussefelt crank is verry popular and strong. I have Holzfeller cranks and thye feel rock solid. But arent 160s, much less 175s a little long for a 24? they usualy have 150s right?
