Identifying a generic unicycle?

It might be truely generic, or maybe a norco. Ether way, post a picture
(or several) to help us out.

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maybe its a cyclepro ... thats what i started on
but as for my unicycle
its a torker DX (2005) ... what do you guys think of them ... will I
bend the axle ( i wiegh 130 and i just got it) ... i just learned uni
spins and im tryin new stuff

and btw... im kinda new too

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I keep hearing the brand torker without really knowing what it is. I'll
have to look into that. But anyway, I took two pics of my unicyle,
hope it helps.

I had it plastered with stickers before, but got rid of them last year.
Other than battered pedals, I keep it in fairly good condition, minus
flat tire.😉

After inspecting it again, I realized the tire was some weird taiwan
brand called Heng Shin. I've never heard of it.

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yeah i think it is a no-name unicycle,... torker is a brand of unicycle,
they are medium quality unicycles.

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I have one that is very similar, heng shin tire, same frame and bearing
caps, same seat, same seat post and clamp but 36 spoke instead of the
28 that you have and different pedals. There really isn't that much to
it other than that. I don't know what you would get out of knowing the
brand but most of those parts are very generic.

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That uni is made by a company called Trace. I think... I have seen Trace
unis before and they look exactly like that. Unfortunally for you, they
are probably the worst you can buy. They have lollypop bearing holders
(the worst) and cotterless cranks which are fine, as long as you dont
do any drops or big hops. It might be [censored], but its still a ok uni to
learn on. I learnt on something like that.

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eh idk ... it looks exactly like my old one ... a cyclepro-i bent it the
first time i jumped off a 4 stair, but im not sure it is the same
because I have 2 and the seat isn't shiny on them 🙂

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and by the way ... its cheng shin

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Yes, it's a generic Taiwan cheapie! With many of those, brand name isn't
very important, as the brand may not extend past the sticker and
labeling on the box it came in. It's more about the frame, bearings,
seat etc. In your case, the seat is a very decent one for its day, but
the bearing style is one you want to avoid. Whatever you get to replace
it, make sure it doesn't have those lolipops with bolts going up
against round tubing. It's not the bearing or lolipop that's the
problem, it's the way the bolts attach with nothing to press against.

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Thanks, guys. Generic taiwan model, huh? I guessed as much. Still, it
should do for now, or atleast until I start learning to hop with it or
whatnot. That's a long way off.

Johnfoss, you mentioned the bearing is quite bad. Should I be looking
for a specific bearing when I get a new one?

Oh, btw..

skroboskim said:

and by the way ... its cheng shin

Nope, it really says heng shin on my tire.

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We've had two of those unicycles pass through my family and both have
lasted a couple of years (even with some mild jumping)

The problem with the bearing holders is that they are attached to the
frame with a flat bolt going sideways through a round tube. After a
long time of use, the frame startes to disintegrate underneath the
bolts and eventually will become (somewhat 🙂) unridable.

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if you don't do anything stupid with that unicycle, it will probably
last your lifetime.

but you want to upgrade 'before' you break it, as it will be a fine
spare to keep around the house, for recruiting purposes.

look for these unicycle bearing holders, it's not often you find one
nowadays without this style:

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'sauga? Do you mean mississauga? if so, contact Darren Bedford at
www.bedfordunicycles.ca he will help you out and has fantastic prices
on stuff that isn't bike store [censored]

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The lollipop bearing design, curved frame tubes at the seatpost, pedals,
and the saddle all look like they're from a Zephyr. As said before,
this is one of the cheapie Taiwanese knockoffs. I had one *EXACTLY*
like it and the only difference was the Zephyr stickers on the fork
tubes. I can't say how many names were used for this design. Mine had a
24" tire. Yours is a 20" tire. The treads are even the same. When you
begin hopping I can tell you exactly where the saddle will break.

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Brian MacKenzie said:

if you don't do anything stupid with that unicycle, it will probably
last your lifetime.

Unless you start hopping, riding on bumps, weighing as much as an
adult, etc. It's impossible to maintain a bearing bolt torque that will
keep the fork legs from "decomposing" eventually unless you simply
don't ride it much.

On a new uni, the bearings mounts Brian showed are common on most of
the lower-priced decent unicycles today. Usually the price goes up
before you get into fancier ones. Mainly just don't get another set of
those lolipops. Note: Pashley and Miyata both use lolipop-shaped
bearings that are fine because they don't use retarded engineering to
attach the bolts).

As Harper mentioned, if sold in the USA that unicycle could have been a
Zephyr. Or a CyclePro, or something else. Thoses companies didn't make
it, they are/were just resellers.

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I've got the exact same type of uni with a Cyclepro sticker slapped on
it and a Cheng Shin tire. I plan on riding it to death and palming it
off on my brother-in-law as a starter while I get a good NEW one.

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So basically, whether it's a Norco, Taiwanese, Cyclepro, etc, it's still
pretty basic, huh? Someone mentioned the clamp that holds the seat
down (which adjusts the height of the seat) is a bolt that goes
through, goes through a circular tube. I've got the same thing.....and
before I only rode it for roughly 1-2 months and the seat started to
wiggle left and right, which made me sometimes crash my knees and shins
into the middle (painful). That's probably why I stopped before, I
don't remember.

Brian MacKenzie said:

'sauga? Do you mean mississauga? if so, contact Darren Bedford at
www.bedfordunicycles.ca he will help you out and has fantastic prices
on stuff that isn't bike store [censored]

Yep, I checked his price lists out already, and what I plan to do is
ride my current one until it's passable to be going around the block,
then contact him this summer. 🙂

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chichi_whatah said:

So basically, whether it's a Norco, Taiwanese, Cyclepro, etc, it's still
pretty basic, huh?

Actually it means that whether the sticker said Norco, Cyclepro,
Zephyr, it was probably the exact same parts, from the same Taiwan
factory. Yes, low-end. Those designs are slowly fading from the marker
in favor of designs that actually have had input from unicyclists!

Quoted message said:

Someone mentioned the clamp that holds the seat down (which adjusts the
height of the seat) is a bolt that goes through, goes through a
circular tube. I've got the same thing....

Hopefully not on *that* uni. The seat clamp bolt should go *behind* the
frame (or in front; wherever the slot in the frame is). Some unicycles
use a single bolt that goes through the frame and seat post, and
actually holds the whole upper half of the uni together. This is how
the Schwinns, Semcycle Deluxes, and Troxels were built. The drawback of
this design was limited adjustment increments. Putting the bolt through
a regular (tubular) unicycle frame would tend to crush the tubing if
you made it too tight, or otherwise be too loose.

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