
One of the unicycles Kyle has been riding on occasion is the Barracuda I bought on craigslist over 3 years ago. Unfortunately one of the cranks was loose tonight. I went to tighten it and found the bolt spun. The threads on the spindle were stripped. I think I recall tightening this bolt years ago and feeling it start to give just at the end. So now with no way to tighten the crank and with it being a cheap uni, I decided to fix it by welding the crank to the spindle. I did both while I was at it. With no training, I've "successfully" welded about 4 or 5 items at this point using an arc welder. My welds are embarrassing, but I expect that will hold for driveway riding. If not, I'll hit then with the welder again.
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