Domesticated Ape is a star!

Haha, I'm all embarrassed now :o

Glad you like the shorter cranks, with a bit of practice you'll be
getting a lot more than 50 metres!

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go Domesticated Ape! you rock my jocks

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You didn't buy the uni of ebay did you? I bought mine from some cycle
shop on ebay, and it came with 20"/140mm cranks *and we never
understood why*. They used to hit the ground all the time, were
strange to balance with, and should have been slow (except I like
spinning fast with long cranks!)

After I'd learnt, I started using 100mm cranks, which were much better.
The plus side of the 140s was that I was able to ride over a strange
obstacle we found in the park, and nobody else has managed it yet :-)

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Yes, I got it from St John Street Cycles from ebay. The long crank makes
it VERY twitchy, which just gets worse; my lad who can uni realy
struggles to do more than 10 metres on it- no wonder I struggle. Can't
wait to get the crank arms- then I can RIDE!

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I suppose that that is the point- I have not learnt, and it has taken
nearly 6 months (off and on) to get this far; then I jump on a 127mm
crank uni, and ride about twice as far as I ever have!

Worth £7 on a new pair of 127mm's, don't you think?

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hmm. I think it might just affect learning, because I ride 145's on my
trials uni. that's a trials uni though.

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Where did you hear that Bedford unis are not strong? They are the best
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140s and thereabouts are fine for trials and jumping around a bit, but
they're rubbish for actually going anywhere. When I play hockey it's
with my trials uni with 140s; the pedals are always hitting the floor
and it's much slower than other unicycles with shorter cranks on.

For general purpose use of a 20" unicycle I'd say 125s or 127s are the
way forward; long enough for good control while learning but short
enough to be able to actually go anywhere without your knees flailing
all over the place. For £7 you can't go wrong!

Phil

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has anyoen used the 80mm. koxx cranks?

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Where did you hear that Bedford unis are not strong? They are the best
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Ryan atkins runs 80mm Koxx cranks on his 29er. But I guess thats
nothing compared to Dustin riding his 80mm (I think, they could be
smaller) on his coker.

Mike

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