A small pay rise this week, and I decided to, er... what do you young
people say, er... pimp my ghetto uni, or something.
I ordered Prowheel 102 mm cranks to replace the cheap steel ones that
were on it. Saves about 125 grammes per crank.
I ordered an alloy seat clamp with hex bolts instead of a cam lever.
About 75 grammes saved.
I ordered some shiny chrome dust caps.
And to make a good job of it, I cut a bit off the bottom of the seat
post and saved about 75 more grammes.
Total saving, 400 grammes - almost a pound. Hardly spectacular when my
Camelbak changes weight by 1500 grammes as I drink the water, but I
think it will be noticeable in some circumstances and will make the uni
more responsive -especially the cranks as they are rotating weight.
Be that as it may, the main reason was for the looks.
A bit of bad luck: although the mail order was as prompt as ever
(ordered Tuesday evening, arrived Thursday morning) I received two
left-sided cranks. 🙁 No complaint - mistakes are made - but a bit
disappointing.
Anyway, I'm not sure how well the photos will turn out, but here we go.
First, the unmodified unicycle.
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