Cranks: 125s vs 140s - Opinions?

125s are generally better for more street stuff, flips etc. 140s have
more leverage and are generally better for trials. but it's really all
personal preferance.

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I have 127mm on my hoppley absolutly love em wouldn't go to 145 unless I
had an absoule need for them wich I don't.

My advice get some 125mm for your uni.

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125 is at the long end for Freestyle. I use 110 or 114, and some riders
use 89s. For your mix of riding I'd use the 125s. 140s will be hitting
the ground all the time and though I don't do flips (yet), I can
imagine the longer the crank, the more work it would be.

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I prefer short cranks. But if you get 140's it's gonna take bit more
force to get a flip but not much but doubles you'll really notice it.
When I rode a 05 KH at my local shop the other day doubles were hard
and that was 135s. Somone smarter will pop in and tell you somthing
better this is just my opinion.

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dudewithasock said:

Yeah, and they have more estrogen than me, too. Now *that* takes guts.

iridemymuni said:

hey evan i've got the same blue nipples as you !!!!!

tobbogonist said:

this may be off topic, but my trouser snake is called:
Conan: The Barbarian

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I'm leaning heavily towards 125s at the moment but am just afraid I'd
not be used to them. Are they significantly faster/responsive/etc? I've
tried out my friend's Miyata which is probably either a 105 or 115 and
it was kinda freaky at the first attempt. Very smooth and the wheel was
lots harder than mine. My current cranks aren't the smoothest of
creatures either so new cranks + new length makes me a little wary...

Thanks for the opinions guys, keep 'em coming!

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I'd just like to say, I put 175mm Cranks on my 20" before, just because
there is two bikes the same in my house. It was the worst feeling ever,
but you get so much leverage in trials it's not even funny, it was
easier to ride up a really steep hill than it was to walk...

Shorter cranks are definetly better for freestyle and street stuff,
125mm is the normal 20" length, shorter for freestyle/street and longer
for Trials.

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fluxusmaximus said:

I'm leaning heavily towards 125s at the moment but am just afraid I'd
not be used to them. Are they significantly faster/responsive/etc? I've
tried out my friend's Miyata which is probably either a 105 or 115 and
it was kinda freaky at the first attempt. Very smooth and the wheel was
lots harder than mine. My current cranks aren't the smoothest of
creatures either so new cranks + new length makes me a little wary...

Thanks for the opinions guys, keep 'em coming!

Get the 125mm because you already have the 140mm and you can compare
the two side by side and if you really don't like the 125's you can
exchange them for new 140's. 😄

P.S. I think you'll really like the 125's😎

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*Hi Fluxus Maximus, I'm Andy.*
Around 6 months ago I was deciding between 140mm and 125mm cranks too.
(I was upgrading a nimbus trials)

Quoted message said:

am just afraid I'd not be used to them.

Quoted message said:

Are they significantly faster/responsive/etc?

- The difference between 140mm and 125mm cranks is definately
noticable but to be honest, it's not THAT crazily different. If you
wen t to 125mm cranks you're *not* going to have to learn again, it
might take you a week to adjust though. Generally, you're going to
adjust pretty quickly.
- Are they more responsive? Yes.
- Are they faster? Yes.
- Is it ever a problem? No. Whatever you have, like I say a trillion
times, you're going to master. It's not going to limit you. They
might be too sensitive at first, but you'd definately learn to
control them and then you'd definately enjoy the benefits of shorter
cranks (A smoother, faster, quicker, more nimble ride).

You might have guessed but I decided for the Koxx 127mm cranks and I've
never regretted my decision. Someone once told me:
_\"You_can_easily_do_trials_on_127mm_cranks_but_you_can't_as_easily_do_street_on_140mm_cranks\"._
127mm cranks are versitile, you can do anything on them and really,
street is where it's at.

My Koxx cranks (127mm) are smooth, fast and I can zoom around all over
the place as much as I want. They make my uni glide around the place,
they just push it along. They also help for rolling hops which rock
(they let you get speed easier so you can get more height).

_I_digress_
I always like to think about the Z-Boys. They were the first advancing
skaters after the 60s. They rode on awful, heavy, solid boards and the
smallest stone would throw them off. In spite of this they went on to
create the first real advances in skateboarding by basically inventing
half pipe boarding by skating in people's pools.
The moral of the story is that you unless you're setting out to be the
best in the world, you're going to basically work with whatever you've
got and it's Not going to hinder you -that- much.

PS. PM me when you make a decision.
PPS. Get 125mm cranks!

Hope this helps,
AndyC

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Are you really tall swabrim? I have real short legs for some weird
reason that might be why longer cranks are real weird for me. And long
cranks arn't slowing you down either like geez man that doublflip of
yurs is purdy nice and you did em with metal pedals.

But dude you know how 140's feel go for the 125's.

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dudewithasock said:

Yeah, and they have more estrogen than me, too. Now *that* takes guts.

iridemymuni said:

hey evan i've got the same blue nipples as you !!!!!

tobbogonist said:

this may be off topic, but my trouser snake is called:
Conan: The Barbarian

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