Someone doesn't want me riding

Geeez. That's a lot of bad stuff. Pick a four leafed clover, and order a
new unicycle.

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What kinda uni do you got?

David

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Ps. Never stop uniing!

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darchibald said:

*What kinda uni do you got?

David *

Torker CX

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Sounds just like me, i just keep having to pour money into my uni. It
gets extremely frustrating! Things keep breaking!

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Is it just breaking or are you riding too hard?

David

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Yes, the Torker CX will break. New cranks, new rim, and so forth are
just fingers in a dike. Something else will just break until you prove
your committment to the sport and get a real trials or MUni set-up,
preferably with splined cranks. So be patient, ride gently and save
your dough until you can upgrade. That's what I had to do,(6 times
over) and I haven't looked back😄

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Even if I do ride too hard it would be nice to have a uni that could
keep up with me.😉

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Well I have 52 bucks from birthday money and I just rolled 97 bucks
worth of coins. If I save my allowance and spend only the minimal amount
all summer I'll have about 300 American dollars.

I can buy a pretty decent uni in any category for that can't I?

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Saaay, I just thought of something....
If you have a Torker CX, and you continuously upgrade parts, like get
new pedals, then new cranks, then a new tire, etc.
So eventually, you've replaced -every- part at least once. That means
that none of the pieces are from the original unicycle. So, is this
unicycle you have still the same unicycle you started with? Or is this a
new unicycle altogether?

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I've only replaced the cranks, and they were just spare CX cranks. So
it's still a Torker CX.

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Quoted message said:

If I save my allowance and spend only the minimal amount all summer
I'll have about 300 American dollars.

You can get an OK uni for 300USD but realistically your buying potential
is much greater. According to your profile you recently turned 16 which
means you're more than old enough to hold a job. Now I know you're
probably busy, but working fifteen hours a week from now until the end
of the summer (even at a low paying job) will will drastically affect
the quality of your next uni.
Just something to think about.
-Zac

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munimanpete said:

*Sounds just like me, i just keep having to pour money into my uni. It
gets extremely frustrating! Things keep breaking! *

Let me guess. You don't own a car? 😄

My first unicycle (Troxel) was unable to hold up to the strain of a
person actually riding it. I do not know for sure if this type of stress
was considered in the design of the thing. It was three years before I
got my hands on another one.

If treated well, even a cheap unicycle like a Torker should hold up for
quite a while (assuming you're not learning heavy duty Trials, etc. The
problem is, learning to treat it properly sometimes only happens after
you've stripped some threads, squashed some seat posts, etc.

Get a dedicated Trials machine if that's what you're doing. Go splined,
and the rest of the parts on the cycle should survive you much better.

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zactor29 said:

*

You can get an OK uni for 300USD but realistically your buying
potential is much greater. According to your profile you recently
turned 16 which means you're more than old enough to hold a job. Now I
know you're probably busy, but working fifteen hours a week from now
until the end of the summer (even at a low paying job) will will
drastically affect the quality of your next uni.
Just something to think about.
-Zac *

I plan to do that. Blockbuster usually hires anything with eyes. And
Baskin Robbins pays 7.50 starting wage and has the same policy. I ought
to be set. I'll come back here when I'm financially ready.

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