Coker muni question

1. Start riding trails, with whatever you've got. I started with a 24"
street unicycle, which still hangs in my garage. I didn't destroy it.
You don't beat up the cycle too bad until you start hopping or
dropping.

2. If you use your Coker, no hopping or dropping. Make sure your Coker's
spokes have good tension in them. Loose spokes make for an easy taco.

3. Don't expect to keep up with a group on bikes, especially if you're
new to MUni.

4. For now, just get out and ride some trail, then come back and tell us
what you found out! This will cover the stuff we don't know, like the
nature of your trails (smooth vs. rough, rocky vs. dirt, vertical vs.
flat).

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If you have a Dave Stockton wheel on your Coker you probably don't have
anything to worry about until you start (if ever) to do drops that will
hurt the cranks. Dave builds a VERY strong wheel. The next step down are
the unicycle dot com Airfoil rim wheels which are not built with as much
care or precision as Dave's if they are built up at all. You may have
chosen to build it yourself. At the bottom is the stock steel rim which
tacos as fast as Pedro pushes fast food at the grease counter. The rim
is weak and the lacing is loose. I tacoed mine hopping up steps, not
down. Cokers are fine for off road riding.

As John said, since your experience is limited, start with what you've
got. The MUnis that are made with big downhill wheels, profile crank and
hub sets, and fat Gazzoloddi tires are subjected to incredible abuse.
You don't have to do that. Your stock 24" won't stand up to many 12"
drops let alone 36" drops but you don't want to do that...yet. You can
still ride trails and skinnies with your stock unicycle you just can't
barrel down steep, rocky, rooty trails or sidehop over fallen trees.

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harper - TANKED at GASWORKS

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Yeah, just go for it. I started riding on muddy trails & large stones on
a cheap freestyle 20" and quickly realised how much fun it was. with a
29 with a nice fat slick it was still great fun (more entertaining than
with a grippy tyre due to some great slides)). I did my 80 miles
continuous of offroad on a coker with no problems (with the uni).

Whatever you do, don't over-tension spokes either! it could taco of it's
own accord (I remember a shot of one like that on a rig recently)

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