Spokes, and trial uni help

I reccomend the Jim Cielenki's as far as pedals go.

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Oh, and I just wanted to add, I'd like pedals that will do well with
grinding, and although they will beable to grip my shoe, they wont drag
so much on the grinding surface... if such a thing exists.

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to get that you'll need a grind plate. as far as building a wheel, if
you have *no* idea, you're probably better off asking a bike shop to do
it for you and asking if they'll let you watch. I can replace spokes and
true wheels pretty well and i'm not 100% sure i wanna jump into wheel
building, yet. maybe on the next one.

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http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html is an excellent site.

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cyberpunk said:

*Oh, and I just wanted to add, I'd like pedals that will do well with
grinding, and although they will beable to grip my shoe, they wont
drag so much on the grinding surface... if such a thing exists. *

There are a few options here:
1.) Build a grind plate, these are just a metal plate that grips over
one side of your grinding pedal so it slides well but you still have one
side that is grippy. There are instruction on how to easily build a
grind plate on www.unicycle.2ya.com under the 'Street skills' section.

2.) You probably wont want this but it is an option - put a plastic
pedal on your grinding side. For instance if you grind on your right
keep a good pedal on your left side and a plastic one on your right,
plastic pedals are still fairly grippy but they slide really well,
though you would have to change your pedal often. Kevin McMullin does
this and he's awesome, though he only does street so its allright, if
you want to do trials as well a plastic pedal my not provide enough
grip.

3.) This is what I do - I just take the pins out of on side of my right
(grinding side) pedal. If you dont have removable pins just use a bench
grinder to get them off (i did this with the non-removable pins on the
pedal). This way you have one good side of the pedal for grip etc, and
the other slide is just as slippery as a grind plate without the hassle
of making one.

Hope this helps and good luck with building your uni.

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If it gives you any hope I built my first wheel with nearly no outside
help using a 6" crescent wrench for a spoke wrench. I think building a
wheel is simple as long as you have spoke prep, a wheel to copy, and a
spoke wrench. Buy good spokes, such as DT, it pays off in the end. I
bought generic and the nipples were poorly made and were large for one
wrench and small for the other.

In the end wheel building is just a measure of one's patience and
mechanical aptitude. If it feels right, it probably is. I would say
there's no reason not to try to build your own wheel. You don't even
need a truing stand, just use your frame. Buy a good spoke wrench to fit
your spokes, though.

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Thanks all for the great, site on how to build your own wheel, and, also
on the grinding plate, and peddle recomondation, Although instaling your
own wheel does seem kinda intimidating i'm very mechanicly enclined, and
poor, so i'm ganna go for it ^^

Thanks,
Brett

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