Snapped my square taper!

Eddbmxdude said:

Hey all!

At the weekend I was going to go out with a mate to get some footage. I
grabbed my uni and met my friend in town. We walked for about 3/4 of a
mile to find some new spots. I saw a nice wall and rode up to the back
of it. This wall was about 45-50cm high at the back and the drop onto
the pavement was about 1.25- 1.5 meters.

When I landed there was a loud "BANG", I thought "Oh bollocks! Iv burst
my tube!". I looked down and my crank and pedal were laying on the
floor! My square taper axle had snapped! I have been expecting this for
a while now, but it happened so suddenly! I thought it would bend over
time rather than suddenly shear.

Oh well! Now iv got an excuse to get an isis hub! Haha! My girlfriends
gonna hate me when she see's how much im gonna spend out on a
replacment!

Rock on!
Edd

And the worst thing: My mate wasn't even filming! Aggghhhh!

Ouch, This is another reason to go splined BEFORE you break square
taper. Oh well, ISIS pwns. You getting the Qu-ax or Koxx?

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Definatly the Koxx, my little bro has one and its solid!

Also, glad to see your making an effort now Evan, you are acually a
really nice guy. You would never know that from some of your old posts.
Nice to talk to you!

Rock on!
Edd

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That is weird that it just snapped, no bending or anything before hand
to really let you know it was gonna give soon.

Glad you didnt end up messing up your ankle or something from doing a
really big drop and having it snap on you then.

Got any pictures of it?

Have fun once you get the Koxx hub. =p

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Yeah, im lucky it didn't stab me in the ankle or something!
Don't know how long it will be until I get the Koxx, could be a couple
of months yet!

I will get some pictures of it when I get home.

Rock on!
Edd

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get the koxx i think they would be good plus you have various crank
sizes to choose from

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Eddbmxdude said:

Now iv got an excuse to get an isis hub! Haha! My girlfriends gonna hate
me when she see's how much im gonna spend out on a replacment!

But it will only be -one- replacement. Spend twice as much for stronger
stuff, and it will last you at least four times longer.

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Ok, Iv been riding leos wheelset for about a week.
I broke it!
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Its exactly the same thing that happened to my first rim!
Now I have no trials uni to ride!

Rock on!
Edd

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Eddbmxdude said:

Ok, Iv been riding leos wheelset for about a week.
I broke it!
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Its exactly the same thing that happened to my first rim!
Now I have no trials uni to ride!

Rock on!
Edd

Is that a KH rim?
Because I had the same thing to my firts KH rim.
If you contact the shop where you bought it you can get a new one for
free.
It's a manufacture fault.

PM

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Probailer2 said:

Is that a KH rim?
Because I had the same thing to my firts KH rim.
If you contact the shop where you bought it you can get a new one for
free.
It's a manufacture fault.

PM

Oh yeah, I forgot, he bought it from UDC! I will get on to Roger!

Its the early KH rim I think.

Rock on!
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Eddbmxdude said:

Oh yeah, I forgot, he bought it from UDC! I will get on to Roger!

Its the early KH rim I think.

Rock on!
Edd

Yeah becuase it has a breakline.
The rim breaks on that line.

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Ed.. I think we're the same person

1. Our names are Ed(d) (The best name!)
2. We both snapped our square taper hubs completely unexpectedly
3. Neither of us got it on camera
4. I will soon upgrade to a Koxx 1 ISIS hub
5. We both ride Unicycles
6. We are both people
7. Your name is eds*belly, *Which suggests you eat a lot, Or like food.
Just like me!
-insert another similarity here-

Rock on!
Edd

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I emailed Roger at UDC UK and he told me:

Roger from unicycle.co.uk said:

The rim fitted to the Nimbus Trials unicycle is manufactured from a
hardened aluminium and is not the type that were made from the
incorrect soft material concerned with the recall on the KH20 and KH24.

The newer Nimbus rims do not have the grove in them which makes them a
lot stronger though.

So the rims that were recalled were made from the wrong material. Its
not the groove in the sidewall that makes them weak. Although the rims
with no groove are stronger aswell!

So thats cleared up now!
I hope Leo doesn't find out I broke his rim! Lol!

Rock on!
Edd

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Eddbmxdude said:

And the worst thing: My mate wasn't even filming! Aggghhhh!

look on the bright side...you weren't seriously hurt when no one was
filming 🙂

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Brian MacKenzie said:

look on the bright side...you weren't seriously hurt when no one was
filming 🙂

Yeah, that'd be even worse! Missing a nice painful injury!

Rock on!
Edd

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