crank saving invention

here is what this marvelous product looks like

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sounds cool, do you have a pic of it after its been put on the cranks
and heated?

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that's a pretty good idea.... but I've heard people complain about how
crank grabbing scratches up their crank arms, though if you can't see
the crank arms, then it doesn't really matter that they're scratched up,
does it....?

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well i would imagine if you scratched something thats rubbery/plasticky
then it wouldn't look as ugly as if you scratched up a colored
metal/alloy crank. Plus if you scratch up the heat shrink, you could
just slip on another one.

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I will get a pic soon battery for camera is chrging

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That stuff will be useless unless you place a piece of scrap steel under
it. I would use a thin piece of 1/32" stainless sheet steel (stainless
so it doesn't rust as badly) under it. or you can just leave your cranks
alone since yopu won't damage them with pedalgrab anyways.

I used to protect my monty cranks since pedalgrabs really did hurt them
badly, but then I gave up and stopped pedalgrabbing on them.

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Personally I like the look of scratches...it gives the cranks more
character. 🙂 I'm keen to see pics of it on the cranks though.

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andrew_carter said:

*Personally I like the look of scratches...it gives the cranks more
character. 🙂 I'm keen to see pics of it on the cranks though.
*

that's what I always say.... no one wants a clean unicycle. no one.

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andrew_carter said:

*Personally I like the look of scratches...it gives the cranks more
character. 🙂 I'm keen to see pics of it on the cranks though.

Andrew *

exactly...

i mean. i like having a brand spanking unicycle... but when it gets put
to use... you want to know you are using it.

and scrtaches, to unicycles, are like scars to us humans

cooler than clean pefrect shiny cranks

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well here are thpics the tape is just there and there is a little pice
of aluminum under there

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*well here are thpics the tape is just there and there is a little
pice of aluminum under there *

Looks like it could mess you up pretty bad while grinding, instead of
helping in any way.

I too like my uni's to either be perfect, or battle scarred.

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I have a different uni for grinding and also my cranks were getting
really vad and rusting in places also this is mostly a test we will se
how long it lasts but it seems to hold up fine right now

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Why not cut an inner-tube in half and then down the middle (making a
long piece of rubber). Then wrap your crank while pulling the tube a
tightly as possible? It would be alot tighter than that shrink wrap and
mouch more protective. This is what I do to the chainstay on all my
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*well here are thpics the tape is just there and there is a little
pice of aluminum under there *

That does look disgusting. What's the point of always protecting your
cranks with that awful looking piece of rubber? Your cranks will always
look bad. Either with the rubber, or the visible scratches without it.

This is like the people who never remove the plastic from the display of
their cell phones to protect the display. They can never really enjoy
the brightness and clearness of the display, but it's protected.

I like to grind, and I like to 'see' that my uni does more than actually
riding forth and back.

No offense, I just don't understand why you would want to protect
something from scratches, that is intended to be scratched.

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beleive me its more than scratches its like alll chewed up and [censored]

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*beleive me its more than scratches its like alll chewed up and [censored] *

I'm not a native speaker, and I agree, that it is more like 'all chewed
up and [censored]' 🙂
Nevertheless: I like that better than this protection thingy (beyond
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I don't do anything that would damge my cranks, and I do quite like the
look of a well used uni.

but if i had to choose between looks and having cranks with sharp gouges
taken out of them that are gonna cut my ankle up, I'll cover it up with
heatshrink anyday

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I wonder how duck tape would hold up.
Good duck tape has a nylon type strand in it.
I've used it to protect stuff.

2 layers would work well I bet, and applies alot faster.

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