Are DXs waterproof?

a guy i hradu of was unicycling on a briged fell off and the unicycle
landed ontop of him but he seat is like a sponge witch makes it bad to
fall in water but u should wipe down the frame with a dry closth if it
gets wet

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As long as you dry it off after it will be fine...There is a K1ideo
where yoggi has his uni fall off a bridge into a river and it was fine.
Just dont let the water set in and rust.

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Unicycles float!, well, my torker did, and all the other wrecks I have
witnessed of the uni going into water.

Make sure you dry everything really well, and really get the inside of
your seat post, you will really not want any rust to get in there and
weaken your frame.

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dissasemble everything then dry it out.I imagine it wouldn't be to good
for the bearings or cranks

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the frame tend to rust and break. the bearings also rust easily.

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Hose it down, then dry it off. It will float.

Edit: Also, don't fall in.

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By wipe it off, do ya'll mean take it all apart and dry every piece? Or
just wipe down the frame and seatpost and be done.

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It would be best to do every piece.

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Yeah ..take it apart. It wont take you long an dit will be well worth
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i know my muni floats. log over a river didn't go well...anyway i took
it apart and just let it dry over night. it's fine.

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unicycle2280 said:

By wipe it off, do ya'll mean take it all apart and dry every piece? Or
just wipe down the frame and seatpost and be done.

I am going to assume that since the DX is new that it hasn't been fully
overhauled and greased before. Take it apart. Put grease or
anti-seize on all of the metal to metal contact points and all the
threaded parts. Then put it back together. It is now ready to get
wet.

If it does get a dunking you should take it apart again and let it dry
out. The grease should protect the parts from rusting. That's part of
what grease is for.

Most unicycles with a big volume tire and a fluffy foam for floaty air
seat will float, at least a short while, if dropped in water.

The parts that don't like water would be the pedal bearings, the axle
bearings, and for splined hubs the interface between the hub and the
crank. Too much riding in wet conditions and you'll have to replace
the hub bearings sooner and overhaul the pedals sooner.

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On the safety side, don't assume that the water is a deep,
ok-to-plunge-in safe place to fall. Fountains often have lots of metal
piping and hardware just under the surface where you can't see it.
Falling on that kind of thing from 10 feet up would be really bad.

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Its clear water and Its only about a foot and a half deep. I'll see if I
can't get a good picture this Sunday whe I go back there.

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unicycle2280 said:

Its clear water and Its only about a foot and a half deep. I'll see if I
can't get a good picture this Sunday whe I go back there.

OK well that's not as bad as pipes but you must assume that 18 inches
of water will not slow you down at all. Just think of how deep you go
jumping off a 10 foot diving platform - at least 10 feet or more. So
pretending the water is not there at all, only the hard concrete floor,
might be a useful exercise.

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I'm not saying if I fall I won't get hurt. I'm just seeing if it would
hurt my DX if it got wet. It's only a high drop on one side. The other
isnt even a drop. its just water.

Yes there are some pipes also

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ok, listen if you fall you need to take the seatpost out, empty the
water out of the seatpost and frame, take off the bearing caps, dry
them out and dry off the frame, then you should be good, but I suggest
doing it w/ a bag over your seat or something if you are THAT worried
about it

I speak from experience, I did a frontflip into a water hole 🙂

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