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  1. anyone think a KH onza hub and onza set could be done on a 12"?

    custom cut down a 20" frame and get a extended seat post 😄

    Only prob i see is getting a good rim, or would a standard steel 12" be
    strong enough?

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  2. why do u want a 12" unicycle?

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  3. I bet you could do it but another problem would be finding a 36 hole 12"
    rim. Also the cranks would be way long...You'd hit the ground every 5
    seconds. A Koxx One 12"er would be more feasable. They have a very
    larger range of sizes in cranks, the shortest being 90mm.

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  4. didn't think about crank size, what the smallest splined crank you can
    buy?

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  5. i still dont know whyy u want a splined 20"
    and i think u can get koxx 90mm isis splined cranks

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  6. wat would u be using it for. it would be faster to hop around on a 12"
    than roll there so small.

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  7. everything from hops to drops 😄

    It'd be the ultimate novelty uni.

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  8. zippy said:

    everything from hops to drops 😄

    It'd be the ultimate novelty uni.

    The ultimate waste of money in my opinion.

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  9. dont waste a perfectly good splined hub on a 12"
    build a 12" with a clotterless hub and cranks t6heres no point
    spenmding £100ish on a 12"er

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  10. If get non heat treated cranks ( I know none.) you can get a competent
    welder to make you like 70 mm cranks

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  11. dale_dale said:

    dont waste a perfectly good splined hub on a 12"
    build a 12" with a clotterless hub and cranks t6heres no point
    spenmding £100ish on a 12"er

    It's rather like bronzing a gold medal.

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  12. that would be stupid, and a big waste of money.

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  13. GhettoSmurf said:

    If get non heat treated cranks ( I know none.) you can get a competent
    welder to make you like 70 mm cranks

    the koxx cranks are solid aluminium from my memory, therefore you could
    shorten them rather easily so long as you can get a new thread (for
    pedals to go in) machined closed to the hub end of the cranks.

    but yes, quite a pointless thing to do. i'd still love to have one :P

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  14. muzzle said:

    the koxx cranks are solid aluminium from my memory, therefore you could
    shorten them rather easily so long as you can get a new thread (for
    pedals to go in) machined closed to the hub end of the cranks.

    but yes, quite a pointless thing to do. i'd still love to have one :P

    or you could cut out the middle.
    but still a stupid idea

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  15. I see stupid, waste, and pointless used a lot in response to the initial
    post. All I have to say is what a cool idea this would be to try. It
    might work. Maybe there's something advantageous about it that no one
    has explored yet. Since we don't understand it, let's ridicule it...or
    fear it. I wonder where new ideas and things come from.

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  16. At the end of the day, it is ridiculous and money waisting. But everyone
    loved the 12" at BUC and it's be the ultimate custom 😄

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  17. harper said:

    I see stupid, waste, and pointless used a lot in response to the initial
    post. All I have to say is what a cool idea this would be to try. It
    might work. Maybe there's something advantageous about it that no one
    has explored yet. Since we don't understand it, let's ridicule it...or
    fear it. I wonder where new ideas and things come from.

    hear hear, harrumph harrumph and waving of papers in agreement - beaten
    to it, in a more eloquent manner no doubt. They are also ridiculing an
    idea within an already ridiculed activity.

    I've got at least two pointless, waste-of-money ideas which I will
    definitely be trying at some point. Both will be impractical,
    relatively expensive and possibly of a weak construction. Both may be
    difficult to ride. BUT they will look different, be fun and may develop
    to other things.

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  18. it would be better to use a KH/Schlumpf hub in there, you still get the
    ISIS splines, and then you can gear it up to 18" for when you want to
    cover some serious distance between trials sessions

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  19. OR, I could just PM you my address, and you could send me your
    paycheck!

    Hey, I just had a cool idea. I should put a schlumpf bottom bracket on
    my giraffe!

    Brian MacKenzie said:

    it would be better to use a KH/Schlumpf hub in there, you still get the
    ISIS splines, and then you can gear it up to 18" for when you want to
    cover some serious distance between trials sessions

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  20. Do not listen to anyone who says that doing this would be pointless or a
    waste. You KNOW that all of them would line up to try riding your 12"
    Onza, if you had one. So if you've got the hub and the parts and the
    time and the will, go for it. Practicality isn't one of the highest
    priorities in this business anyway... I agree that a regular cotterless
    hub would probably be a more logical choice; finding the other
    components to build a trials-capable uni will be a challenge. There
    aren't very many 12" rims around - none that I've seen, anyway - that
    will be noncrappy enough to justify such a beefy hub, or have enough
    spoke-holes to carry it. And, the selection of 12" tires is not very
    wide. You'll need a bunch of custom parts for this thing, most
    obviously the cranks, which are almost certainly not going to be
    available in the 3" or shorter length that you'll want. Probably
    spokes, too.

    My 16" MaxDaddy had custom 3" cranks on it, which were about right for
    its size. They were ordinary cotterless ones of course, cut down from
    bicycle cranks.

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