KH frame question.

mornish said:

yea, I'm wondering, could I put a 20" freestyle wheelset into my KH
frame?

-Miles

This will depend on what wheelset you are trying to put into the frame.

Certainly if you have a freestyle wheel set built around a KH hub you
will have no problems with fitting it in the frame but the hub is
overkill for a freestyle unicycle.

If you have a freestyle wheelset using a Unicycle.com Chromoly hub then
the distance between the bearings is exactly right but the bearings do
not have a large enough outside diameter. If you just put this
wheelset into a KH frame it WILL NOT work as the wheelset will be too
loose inside the frame.

KH Hubs use 6004-2RS bearings which have an inside diameter of 20mm and
an outside diameter of 42mm.
UDC Chromoly Hubs use 6203-2RS bearings which have an inside diameter
of 17mm and an outside diameter of 40mm.

Both bearings have a width of 12mm so you can get around the problem of
a loose wheelset by adding a shim to the outside of the 6203-2RS
bearings to take them up to 42mm diameter.

Unicycle.com UK sells these shims I believe:
http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopquery.asp?catalogid=860

As others have pointed out you may want to get a longer seat post, as
when riding trials you usually run your seat post way lower than you
would for a freestyle uni.

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If the bearings are too small for the holders you can just make some
shins out of soda cans or something.

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Assuming you get a shim, here is what your KH freestyle unicycle might
end up looking like:

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that pretty cool, but ouch, a alot of tire clearence.🙁

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tobbogonist said:

that was neat, now i only have to put it to use.
parents banned my uni due to low school marks so if there are any nerds
out there with a kind heart, i have a psychology assignment that is a
few weeks over due, it is on intelligence.

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peter.bier said:

Assuming you get some shims, here is what your KH freestyle unicycle
might end up looking like.

The attached images show a KH frame with a Nimbus II wheelset.

Is that your kh? I suppose I might see it tonight?

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cool, the KH 20 frame has knurling too!

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tobbogonist said:

that was neat, now i only have to put it to use.
parents banned my uni due to low school marks so if there are any nerds
out there with a kind heart, i have a psychology assignment that is a
few weeks over due, it is on intelligence.

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The KH frame for a freestyle wheel is probably an overkill, but it looks
great in the photos and, why not. It would be a great unicycle and very
desirable.

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