What pedals to get

the oddesey pedals are good, but i dont think they give lots of grip..
and they hurt like hell to get in your leg.. but all in all, they are
good.. depends what kinda riding you do..

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take this opportunity to practice ww and glidg

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What riding are you going to be doing with them?

For trials and street (in the wet) I strongly recomend 'these pedals'
(http://tinyurl.com/yspvt7), chain gives free postage so they will end
up being pretty cheap as well as very good. I have had mine for quite a
while and I know a few trials biking friends who also ride and love
these. Mine are holding up great and are still crazy grippy. I have
done some big drops (7-8 foot) and a 10 set also I have done alot of
pedal grabbing, mainly to wood but also to metal and stone. They have
replaceble pins, a massive platform and are still reasnably light (I
land double flips and treys with them). You will probably want to wear
pads with these as they do shred shins but you wont be disapointed.

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Have you broken the odyssey twisted plastic pedals? They seem to hold up
pretty well for people. They have really nice grip at first. If you buy
2 pairs at a time, buy the time you have worn both down or broken a
pair, you prolly wont mind buying some more.

Any good metal pedals that are light are going to be pricey.

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vanpaun said:

take this opportunity to practice ww and glidg

What is 'ww'? And I'm presuming that 'glidg' is gliding?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by this post. Sorry, I'm still
reasonably new to the unicycling lingo!

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agentQ said:

Have you broken the odyssey twisted plastic pedals? They seem to hold up
pretty well for people. They have really nice grip at first. If you buy
2 pairs at a time, buy the time you have worn both down or broken a
pair, you prolly wont mind buying some more.

Any good metal pedals that are light are going to be pricey.

I just have standard cheap plastic pedals at the moment.

I have a new angle on the situation and it's not a very good one for
me. I have discovered that it is the crank arm that had twisted and not
the pedal axle that has bent. This solves one problem and raises a much
more expensive one!

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UnicycleJuggler said:

I just have standard cheap plastic pedals at the moment.

I have a new angle on the situation and it's not a very good one for
me. I have discovered that it is the crank arm that had twisted and not
the pedal axle that has bent. This solves one problem and raises a much
more expensive one!

That makes much more sense. I think more people bend cranks than
pedals.
I just replaced the pedals I was using on my street/trials uni. I had
some of the plastic ones that come on Torker LX, and now I have an
equally cheap pair of plastic round pedals. I'm just getting used to
them, but my first impression is that they are too grippy. I gave the
LX pedals to my riding buddy Emlyn, and now I am jealous of his pedals
:P
My muni still has the Snafus that came on it :P

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I've just had a look at my cranks and they look pretty bad. They are
throwing me off balance because they are so bent.

[image:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/philjordan86/DSC00425.jpg]

[image:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/philjordan86/DSC00424.jpg]

They have twisted throughout the crank. I had no idea companies could
use such cheap materials. I have never bent cranks on my BMX in this
way and I used to ride pretty heavy!

Any suggestions on new cotterless cranks?

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odyssey twisted pedals:

I have owned two pair and I think they are good. I will buy another
pair in a week. I do lots of pedal grabs and break the aluminum bars
and such. I go through a set in about a month of hard riding.
see the type of riding I do on www.myspace.com/josephcampbell
honestly, I have not found a better pedal. let me know if you find
some better lightweight pedals! I would love to have a set that lasts
a bit longer or maybe just a bit lighter.
they are definately lightweight for the price (any lighter and we are
looking to spend more on an aluminum set or spend more on a magnesium
set)
manesium pins get knocked out quick if the pin is set into the
magnesium. they cannot be replaced cause the pins take magnesium with
it. but that happens with pedal grabs and my style.

I heard straitline pedals are good from some guys. I was thinking of
trying those.

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JosephCampbell said:

odyssey twisted pedals:

I have owned two pair and I think they are good. I will buy another
pair in a week. I do lots of pedal grabs and break the aluminum bars
and such. I go through a set in about a month of hard riding.
see the type of riding I do on www.myspace.com/josephcampbell
honestly, I have not found a better pedal. let me know if you find
some better lightweight pedals! I would love to have a set that lasts
a bit longer or maybe just a bit lighter.
they are definately lightweight for the price (any lighter and we are
looking to spend more on an aluminum set or spend more on a magnesium
set)
manesium pins get knocked out quick if the pin is set into the
magnesium. they cannot be replaced cause the pins take magnesium with
it. but that happens with pedal grabs and my style.

I heard straitline pedals are good from some guys. I was thinking of
trying those.

-JOE

I've never heard of Straitline pedals. What are they like?
DMR pedals are really good. I have never broken any but I think the
axles can bend (same with any pedals i suppose). Plus you can get DMR
pedals as sealed or unsealed.
What are the pedals on your Myspace pics?

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Well I have the same question (sort of)
So i'll post in here instead of starting a new thread along with the 5
others
Where could i get (preferably) some yellow plastic pedals for my quax
for flatland and street 2 go with the yellow hub
the dx ones that came with it and have been giving my left shin a big
beating and i thought the yellow would look good anyway 😉
I live in Sydney, Australia
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UnicycleJuggler said:

The only pedals I can really think of are DMR V8 pedals or possibly
Odyssey Twisted Alu pedals.
Firstly, does anybody know of any better pedals?

DMR V12s! The axles are different and can be replaced reasonably
chepaly, if you really want to splash out they do titanium axles. I've
bent my left one slightly in 5 years of muni.

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can I just say that cheap corterless unicycles just do that... It's just
they are cheap cranks.... and unicyclign relyes heavily on the cranks
since that's the only point of contact between the rider and the
unicycle/ground.... unless you want to take some of the pressure off
the cranks by sitting on the seat while dropping ;-)

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