Every one wants stronger cranks but.....

Robbie and others keep saying people like Ryan Aktins are beening held
back by there cranks ect but no one seems to think thats not the weakest
bit of there uni it's pedals?so are they not being held back by
pedals?
So whens a kh pedal range coming out!
Ben


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Well, I think the cranks bend a lot more than the pedals do. Their
weight comes down on the pedals, obviously, but that weight is
transferred to the cranks.


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Well, I think the cranks bend a lot more than the pedals do.
I would rate my pedals as mid-range and they bend much more often than
my KH and Profile cranks. I currently have bent sets of Odyssey Twisted
Pros, Kona Jack****s (x2), and some cheaper ones (x2) and only one and a
half bent sets of KH cranks.

I think they need to make pedals with a spindle that doesn't taper down
once it reaches the bearings. A friend of mine suggested this and I
think it makes a lot of sence.

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andrew_carter wrote:
*I think they need to make pedals with a spindle that doesn't taper
down once it reaches the bearings. A friend of mine suggested this
and I think it makes a lot of sence.
*

They do make such a pedal. Look at the 'Gack Juggernaut'
(http://www.gackbmx.com/juggernaut.html). The downside is that the MSRP
is $130 USD.

For a stronger pedal I'd also consider the 'AtomLab'
(http://www.atomlab.com/home.html) Trailking pedal. It's got an
oversized axle. And with their new DU bearingless design the axle has
less taper than last years sealed cartridge bearing design. I haven't
actually tried their new bearingless pedals yet. It's on my list of
toys to try. But to try them I'll have to buy them and I haven't forked
over the money yet.


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All I said was that his cranks held him back from doing doing higher
drops, never said that his pedals didn't. I don't know if his pedals
hold him back or not as I've only seen him commenting on how he wish
Profile made stronger cranks. He might have some pretty crazy pedals
though, but I really have no idea about his pedals.


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