revengeofthemole said:*i have a torker cx (about the crappiest unicycle there is)*
Apparently you have never seen a crappy unicycle. What you have is a
good, inexpensive one. Anything with a Savage seat on it is worse.
Quoted message said:*i bought it a little less than a year ago but it seems that i can't
break it.*
And you call that crappy? Sounds like you're getting your money's worth!
🙂 Keep up the 3' drops and eventually something will give.
An LX axle breaking on a single drop is an anomoly. There was either a
defect in the axle somewhere, or the rider had done a lot of smaller
drops before the 3' one, or both. Splined axles should be much harder to
break.
But most of the people posting here still do not seem to understand how
metal breaks. Metal fatigue is a cumulative process. So # number of 3'
drops does not necessarily mean anything. More meaningful is how hard
you land, how much you weigh, etc. If you do enough hopping, and you're
not a gentle rider, you can break an axle just as well as riding off 3'
drops. All the wear & tear adds up.
Enjoy your CX!
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