broken crank

Happened to me for the first time.
So there I am, side hopping, when I hear this snap and I end up staring
at what is most of my unicycle: apparently the crank snapped clean in
half. I'll try to get pictures uploaded.

Now my question is: has anyone elsebroken a crank? and if so, how, where
and what were you doing?


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I've broken a few sets of cranks just doing some average trials and
trail riding. Mostly just cotterless. Still havent broken my profiles
or my KH's. Then again i havent got my profiles on my muni yet sooo


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John Childs broke a profile crank. Supposedly just tooling along, but
from what I have heard John Childs never just tool's along.

In the DVD Under No Influence, one of the guys snapped a crank in half.
Jumping off a 7-8 foot fence.

Kris Holm in I think it may have been Universe?

I also saw one break in Universe 2 when someone jumped off the top of a
building/toilet.

I think I have wathced too many videos.


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What kind of crank?

I'm guessing you had an aluminum crank. Aluminum cranks can fail
catastrophically (meaning the break in half) with little warning that
they are nearing the end of their life span. Steel cranks will bend
first to let you know that they are not feeling well. The tubular steel
cranks will usually crack first which is the warning sign that they are
about to buy the farm.


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bugman wrote:
*I also saw one break in Universe 2 when someone jumped off the top of
a building/toilet. *

The rider was Dylan Wallinger, and he was jumping off the top of a
regulation Utah State Park bathroom facility, located in the parking lot
of the Slickrock Trail in Moab. It awaits his return...


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bugman wrote:
*Kris Holm in I think it may have been Universe?

*
not a Profile.


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3 foot drops and I had a good bend in mine. One more drop I think
would've broken it right off but I decided i didn't want to find out.
But they were crap and I was half expecting it to happen. It's a good
excuse to get new and better stuff!


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forget_your_life wrote:
*not a Profile. *


I didn't think it was a profile, just a crank. I have not seen that
footage lately, and when I did see it I would have only known it was a
crank. Did I indicate it was a Profile somewhere? I went back and
reread my post, the only one I indicated by brand was John's.


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tomblackwood wrote:
*
The rider was Dylan Wallinger, and he was jumping off the top of a
regulation Utah State Park bathroom facility, located in the parking
lot of the Slickrock Trail in Moab. It awaits his return... *

Unfortunately, he isn't signed up yet on the website. Does anyone know
if he's planning on going this year?


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I broke one in Moab last year on the Porcupine Rim Trail. The actual
drop in in Universe2. I saw everyone else doing it, and it seemed that
heck, if everyone else is doing it...... Crack, thud,Ouch. 5 Mile
walk-with-uni later, I was done with the trail. I will return and I
will reride that trail. I MAY retry that drop.[image:
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That half-a-crank was an eternal biatch to get off.


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