Coker

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here's one:

http://www.unicycle.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=84

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OK 36 inch wheel. So ,if I read you correct, any uni with a 36" wheel,
built by whoever, is a coker.

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"reaches the speed of sound." If I were riding it, it sure would,
straight DOWN.

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Coker is the name of a tire company. They mostly make authentic looking
tires for vintage cars. It happens that they make a 36 inch tire and it
happens that some people like to use it for unicycles.

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1wheel said:

*OK 36 inch wheel. So ,if I read you correct, any uni with a 36"
wheel, built by whoever, is a coker. *

At the moment there is only one source for 36" tires so your assumption
is a little premature. If another company starts making 36" tires then
it could go the way you suggest (e.g., many people still call copiers
"xeroxes"😉, or the term Coker could be reserved for real Cokers.

But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company.

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cyberbellum said:

*
At the moment there is only one source for 36" tires so your
assumption is a little premature. If another company starts making
36" tires then it could go the way you suggest (e.g., many people
still call copiers "xeroxes"😉, or the term Coker could be reserved for
real Cokers.

But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire
company. *

True but if I did put a different tire (if ever available) I would still
call it a coker. It would be like "I'll go get my kenda.". That would be
silly.

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Tim said:

*True but if I did put a different tire (if ever available) I would
still call it a coker. It would be like "I'll go get my kenda.". That
would be silly. *

I don't know, it's true that the most common 36"s are still the stock
"Coker" models, and it's true that any of the 36"s, even customs, still
have the Coker tire. That said, there seems to be a bit of a trend to
refer to the newer custom jobs as 36's, not just as Cokers. I like this
trend, as it gives some credit to the folks doing the innovation. I
love my GB4 36, with the great frame by George Barnes and U-Turn's
invincible wheel. Likewise, I think the KH 36 and Hunter 36 deserve
their formal names. They're definitely at least as much about the frame
and wheel as they are the rubber.

$.02 from Tom

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cyberbellum said:

But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company.

However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers, When Coker
started selling unicycles based on their 36" tyre, they triggered
something. Call it the Coker movement. Now there are various frame,
wheel and seat options, only just still one tyre.

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Klaas Bil said:

*However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers. When
Coker started selling unicycles based on their 36" tyre, they
triggered something. Call it the Coker movement. Now there are various
frame, wheel and seat options, only just still one tyre.
*

One such pedigree Coker, a GB4 36", with Dave Stockton wheel:

http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuw54/IMG_0632

Just can't resist showing this baby off. Every ride it gets better.

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Quoted message said:

Likewise, I think the KH 36 and Hunter 36 deserve their formal names.

There's a Kris Holm 36"?? If so, does anyone have a pic?

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one wheeled stallion said:

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There's a Kris Holm 36"?? If so, does anyone have a pic? *

http://www.unicycle.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=679

[image:
http://www.unicycle.com/images/catalog/hardware/frames/UFKH36.jpg]

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Quoted message said:

OK 36 inch wheel. So ,if I read you correct, any uni with a 36" wheel,
built by whoever, is a Coker.

36" *pneumatic* aka air-filled wheel. A solid 36" wheel isn't a Coker.

Thank you all for the information.
By the time I become profecient at ridng this thing I may even learn the
langurage associated with uni riding.
No coker for me at this point in time.😎

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tomblackwood said:

Klaas Bil said:

*However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers.

Quoted message said:

One such pedigree Coker, a GB4 36", with Dave Stockton wheel:

Very nice machine. I meant 'pedigree' the opposite way though, as in
purely Coker in all of its parts.

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