well, i need some new cranks. i've got my new hub picked out, now i need some new cranks. i'd like to go longer than 150mm, but don't want to spend the cash for the black widows. what's the best crank i can get for square taper and under $50? the 170mm Dotek's on UDC for $25 seem alright, but are they strong? will they hold up to serious muni abuse?
should mention i'm coming from 152mm Nimbus X cranks, which would've been fine but i didn't keep them tight enough. D'oh.
* should mention i'm coming from 152mm Nimbus X cranks, which would've been fine but i didn't keep them tight enough. D'oh. *
what hub are you using? my nimbus X 127's havent ever come loose on a UDC hub.. are you greasing the tapers so they go on farther?
BTW, i found Kooka's on ebay for 68 bucks... look there you might get lucky.
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The Sugino tandem cranks are an option. I don't know how they compare with the Dotek cranks. My gut feeling is that the Sugino cranks are better but I have no testing or data to back that up. Here's a thread on the Sugino cranks and where you can order them: 'Sugino crank thread' (http://tinyurl.com/4tmqw).
With any aluminum crank you need to make sure the cranks are installed correctly the first time. You don't always get a second chance with aluminum cranks. Put a little grease on the tapers, put some Red Loctite in the bolt/nut threads/ then use a torque wrench to tighten them to 35 or 40 foot-pounds. That should do it. If they are tight enough at the start and Loctited then they should stay tight for a long time.
i neglected the locktite. thought if i kept an eye on them i'd be fine. turns out i don't have that sharp of eye, or i suck, either way i need some new ones. I'll be using a suzue hub, and the unicycle.com hub is too wide for my gb4 muni frame. there's a 3-4 year old suzue hub in there now and i'm trying to keep this semi-cheap so i can afford to drop some cash on a nice trials uni, as i think doing trials-y things on my muni is the single biggest reason i broke stuff. but thanks for the ideas.
