Koxx Road Monster

it is in the MUni section, so I don't know that its actually made for
street riding....

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it is in the MUni section, so I don't know that its actually made for
street riding....

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James_Potter said:

it is in the MUni section, so I don't know that its actually made for
street riding....

well it definitely isn't made for Muni. if it isn't for street it
would be a cruiser, but it is splined so that's not the case.

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James_Potter said:

it is in the MUni section, so I don't know that its actually made for
street riding....

well it definitely isn't made for Muni. if it isn't for street it
would be a cruiser, but it is splined so that's not the case.

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My guess is that its made for jumping stairs and such. It's got the big
tire so you can go faster and get the distance needed, it's got the
splined crankset so it would hold up to the fall and the slick tire
makes it nice.

Other than glides and one footed wheel walks what is the main advantage
to a tire like that?

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My guess is that its made for jumping stairs and such. It's got the big
tire so you can go faster and get the distance needed, it's got the
splined crankset so it would hold up to the fall and the slick tire
makes it nice.

Other than glides and one footed wheel walks what is the main advantage
to a tire like that?

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ntappin said:

My guess is that its made for jumping stairs and such. It's got the big
tire so you can go faster and get the distance needed, it's got the
splined crankset so it would hold up to the fall and the slick tire
makes it nice.

Other than glides and one footed wheel walks what is the main advantage
to a tire like that?

it has better grip on surfaces like concrete, and less rolling
resistance so you could go faster. At least that's how I understand
it.

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ntappin said:

My guess is that its made for jumping stairs and such. It's got the big
tire so you can go faster and get the distance needed, it's got the
splined crankset so it would hold up to the fall and the slick tire
makes it nice.

Other than glides and one footed wheel walks what is the main advantage
to a tire like that?

it has better grip on surfaces like concrete, and less rolling
resistance so you could go faster. At least that's how I understand
it.

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As advertised on his website this 24" uni is made for street riding
(although it is oddly advertised in the Muni section)
There is a big trend in the French community going on, a lot of people
want to ride street uni, mainly because of Xavier Collos. As strange as
it seems there is no slick 19" tyre, cut up trials tyres tend to go
flat pretty quickly so I wouldn't be surprised if Yoggi released one at
some point.
Since Street is a combination of freestyle and trials it is easy to
imagine why a slick uni would be more convenient for freestylish moves.

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thieum said:

There is a big trend in the French community going on, a lot of people
want to ride street uni, mainly because of Xavier Collos. As strange as
it seems there is no slick 19" tyre, cut up trials tyres tend to go
flat pretty quickly so I wouldn't be surprised if Yoggi released one at
some point.
Since Street is a combination of freestyle and trials it is easy to
imagine why a slick uni would be more convenient for freestylish moves.

I'd rather see a fat bouncy slick 20" tire rather than a 19" trials
tire. A 19" is just slightly too small. But if I can't get that then
a fat bouncy slick 19" would suffice.

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john_childs said:

I'd rather see a fat bouncy slick 20" tire rather than a 19" trials
tire. A 19" is just slightly too small. But if I can't get that then
a fat bouncy slick 19" would suffice.

I think that making a fat bouncy 19" would give you more air volume, so
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koebwil said:

I think that making a fat bouncy 19" would give you more air volume, so
more bounce

You'd have the same air volume as a 19" trials tire so the tire and
wheel diameter would be the same as a 19" trials wheel. That's
slightly smaller than I'd like for that style of unicycle. A 19" is
great for trials, but a little small for freestyle type stuff.

A 20" (standard 20" BMX size rim) with a tire as fat as a trials tire
would be the ticket.

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john_childs said:

A 20" (standard 20" BMX size rim) with a tire as fat as a trials tire
would be the ticket.

Which also means create new frames and introduce new wheelsets, it
takes time I guess. Maybe they'll do that though, not a bad idea.
However, for those of us who lack the real estate or the money, it
could be nice to swap our trials tyre, with a 19" street tyre when we
feel like it (during summer for instance). Takes less room and would
cost no more than 30 €

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Well a 19x2.5" trie and a 20" tire have the same outside diameter. I
think its put in muni because it couldent go anywere else, basic.
trials. muni. freestyle.

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president_luke said:

Well a 19x2.5" trie and a 20" tire have the same outside diameter.

Well if you come up with a 20x2.5" I'm not sure that would be true
anymore.
As for the category in which the uni is under, street being a bridge
between trials and freestyle, it should obviously be under muni 😉
Maybe he will come up with a street category in order to put a stop to
this hair splitting conversation.

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thieum said:

Well if you come up with a 20x2.5" I'm not sure that would be true
anymore.
As for the category in which the uni is under, street being a bridge
between trials and freestyle, it should obviously be under muni 😉
Maybe he will come up with a street category in order to put a stop to
this hair splitting conversation.

That would kick so much butt. Having a purpose built street uni. They
could give you nicely weighted pedals with grind plates already on
them. Do you hear me yoggi, yeah I think you heard it now do it.

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Wait, why the big deal about the Koxx Road Monster? It's been around a
long time right? I've seen it before.

Heh, it seems that some Europe countries have two categories:
freestyle, and muni. Muni = anything that's not freestyle; trials,
street, and what we know as muni.

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The twenty-g tire looks like an awesome 20" street tire. It is the 20"
version of the hoggy-g. 'linkage'
(http://www.3gbikes.com/components/twenty-g.html)

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