Pedal axle question.

Sigurd said:

*I have Wellgos on my Summit. While unscrewing them from the cranks
today, I noticed that the axle was bent. What do you think? *

Basically if you can't notice it while riding, I think you will be ok. I
have bent pedals myself, and I just bought new ones. Usually it is just
better to buy new pedals unless they are mega expensive(Shimano's
etc...). Ride it Untill you can feel it. Or ride it untill it
breaks/bends beyond riding.

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Since it's a Wellgo, you're going to replace it eventually. That's a
given. Wellgos will ALWAYS eventually break ... they really aren't made
for the kind of stress and abuse unicycling puts on them. I could see
them holding up well on a bike, but for unicycling they just don't cut
it.

That said, you might as well just replace them right now and save
yourself the trouble later. My recommendation can be found in the other
"broken pedal" thread currently active: The Odyssey Jim Cielincki pedals
on unicycle.com are awesome. I've got them on both my MUni and my
trials (not sure whether they're a good choice for MUni or not but they
seem to be working OK) and I love them. As far as I can tell, the only
way to kill them is to bend the axle (the pedal frame won't break like
the last 3 pairs I put on my trials) and it won't be easy. They're 33
bucks but they're really nice pedals. As always, replace the pins with
the larger replacements when you get them, because otherwise they migh
not grip enough for trials.

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I've broken both my wellgo b-37's. They have sealed bearings. Wellgo
sealed bearings will inevitably break. I also had a bent spindle on the
left wellgo, I don't know about the right. Just replace your pedals.
Snafu or Jim c's. Or something that won't break. That means no wellgo's.

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