Re: schwinn unicycle

I think Schwinn made the switch to cotterless cranks somewhere right
around 1980 or so. If it has a blue seat it's from 1986 - 1993. If the
seat has plastic bumpers it's from 1986 or later.

A cotterless crank set means there are no cotter pins holding the crank
arms to the axle. If you have cotter pins (a peg with a nut on one
end), your Schwinn is from the late 70s or earlier.

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They usually sell between $50 and $100 on EBAY.

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Schwinn is re-making their original unicycle. Looks nice:
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=60

I learned on an old schwinn without seat bumpers. The new Schwinn seat
looks nice. I wish they would stop calling it "one of the strongest
unicycles ever" though.

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forrestunifreak said:

I wish they would stop calling it "one of the strongest unicycles ever"
though.

The classic Schwinn frames took tons of abuse, so frame-wise, that's
not necessarily an exaggeration. But along with that "strongest" frame
you get the single bolt that holds it all together, and only 1"
increments of seat post adjustment. I can't recommend that to anyone.

Yes I too was amazed to see the new Schwinns with the "main cap" style
bearing attachments. And it's not a Viscount seat either. Is that one
of the many variants of the Velo? I don't think so, some other type.

Other changes from the Schwinns many of us grew up with:

- Alloy rim
- 48 spokes
- 2.3" tire (up from 1.75"😉
- 150mm cranks (too long)
- 9/16" pedals (that was probably updated in the 80s)

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johnfoss said:

I think Schwinn made the switch to cotterless cranks somewhere right
around 1980 or so. If it has a blue seat it's from 1986 - 1993. If the
seat has plastic bumpers it's from 1986 or later.

dude your hardcore

Chase

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forrestunifreak said:

Schwinn is re-making their original unicycle. Looks nice:
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=60

Nice to see the old frame design is still around. Afterall, what is
more traditional in Unicycleland than the old classic American Schwinn
(now made in Taiwan 🙁 )

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i just ordered a torker dx, becasue i dont want to totally destroy my
ancient schwinn. i inheireted from my dad, he bought it about 40 yrs
ago and it has taken an absolute beating. it has the cottered cranks
that i cut my ankles on quite frequently. its in really good condidtion
though, considering its age

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