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  1. I already have the plywood disc inside the rim and screwed in place, but
    I have a question. If I dont want to buy the mounts for the pedals off
    of unicycle.com, is there anything else commercially availible that
    would work for this? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

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  2. cut the ends off of cranks

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  3. thanks. any other suggestions?

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  4. both UW's I have (had made) have both used cut off tips of cranks.

    I found this to be the ideal method for me, as they are proven pedal
    holders.

    In a homemade project, without using 'real' UW pedal holders that
    Uni.com is offering, I'd be willing to bet that that's your best
    option.

    If you don't have any spare unicycle cranks, I bet a bike store would
    throw a handful of used cranks at you if you told them what you wanted
    to do with them.

    Although, from my ecperience, alluminum pedal holders and UW's don't
    mix. Due to my own mistake (I mislabelled the sides of my first
    purchased alloy UW) riding the alloy one backwards (right to left) had
    the threads destroyed in 20 mins.

    Whatever you use to hold the pedals, make sure they are steel

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  5. thanks. I know just the place to get used cranks. how would I attach
    them though?

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  6. spickydoo made one like you out of wood, and used cranks, email him

    garyfishernut at hotmail dot com

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  7. Hey sofa,
    Do you have any pics of how the pedals attach to your UW? I want to see
    how those old cranks are connected to the wheel.

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  8. [image: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albums/LUC/placingCrank.jpg]

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  9. Look here http://members.tripod.com/~igfs/myownuw.HTM

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  10. Get some old cranks from a bike shop, cut off the ends and then get a
    friendly welder to weld them to a bit of metal plate. I've made loads
    of UWs like this. You need quite a thick bit of plate. A steel
    supplier will have loads of offcuts. It'll probably be free if you
    don't mind the shape.

    Nick

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