Torker Unistar DX 24"

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1Cube1Wheel <[email hidden]> wrote:
)
)Hey,
)I was looking at MUni's to buy, and was thinking of the Torker
)Unistar DX 24". There are not very many reviews for it on unicycle.com,
)so I was not sure if it was a good MUni. Will it last me a while? Can
)anyone give me a review for it? Also, i see that it can't take a 3"
)tire. Is that going to be something very significant, and mabye a
)reason not to get it?

If MUni is your intended purpose, you don't want the Torker. It's a fine
general-purpose cycle, but can't take a tire wide enough for serious
trail use. At Moab, Paul Colley had to pull out his pocketknife and cut
off all the external knobs on the Specialized 24x2.5 tire he'd bought
in town, just to make it fit in the frame.

You'd be a lot better off getting the KH, Nimbus, or Yuni, if MUni is going
to be your primary use.
-Tom

IMHO

It is not a good idea to go the cheapest route with any unicycle but
ESPECIALLY trials and MUni. These two endeavors in particular involve
abuse of the equipment. Jumping, dropping, etc. That'll put a lot of
strain on cranks, welds, etc.

If you don't spend the money for quality now, you'll spend it later
replacing the crappy investment you just busted.

Buy what you should, you spend:
$$$

Buy cheep and then replace with what you should've:
$$ + $$$ = $$$$$

And after all that cash outlay you'll have a good MUni and a busted POS
for $$$$$ with a value of $$$

It may not be necessary to go the most expensive either. My abilities
fall somewhere in the middle. I'm harder on the equipment than some, but
not near as distructive on it as others I see. A buddy got the same MUni
as me and has destroyed it several times (very stiff landing technique
on drops, I suspect)

What is the terrain around you? How heavy are you? How is your
technique?

I've got a $300 Yuni.
24 x 3.
170 cranks.
A smile.

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Memphis Mud,

I'm about 160 and 5' 8.5"
I don't have a whole lot of experience yet, but I want a MUni that will
last a while, and one where, if I ever do decide to go crazy, it will be
able to handle it (more or less). Do you have any specific suggestions?

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I bought the 20" UniStar to see if I liked trials. I found out that I
like trials and the UniStar likes trials about 1/3 as much as I do. I
very quickly exceeded its capabilities. I'm sure the same would be true
for a 24" MUni. I do trials stuff regularly on my KH now that would
trash the UniStar in 10 minutes.

At 160# you will be able to make a Suzue hub and some moderately good
170-175mm cranks work for quite awhile unless you have a really steep
learning curve. The hub and wheel strength of the UniStar are adequate
for this. You will want a rugged, wide tire for serious trails but just
riding trails won't require a Profile splined hub and crank sets. The
UniStar wheel although strong is too narrow. The cranks on the UniStar
are I think some cheap, short aluminum variety. They will be short
lived.

I believe the UniStar comes with some plastic pseudo-pinned
pedals...that is the pins are part of the plastic mold. Those will
become quite useless on your first serious trail ride when many of them
get scraped off by rocks and logs.

Bruce Dawson is in our riding group and uses a 24" UniStar for light
trail riding. He could give you answers from experience. I would agree
with all of those who have told you that you will need a wider frame.

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I have this one. I have since put a KH seat on it. And better
pedals.'Yuni MUni' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=584)

My experience is pretty limited, tho. This is the only MUni I've owned.
Its still chugging along after 2 years. If you dump big money into this,
you should get a lighter/stronger ride. These are welcomed attributes.

My Yuni does OK for me.

I do know that cheep unicycles break. It is inevitable. You don't just
glide around on a MUni. You hop and go off drops and such. Even if you
only go off a drop of 12 inches, you'll double the force exerted on the
welds and components. (My math is not precice, but you get the idea.)
Having that wide tire for shock absorption will make your equipment
happier.

A local club member has gotten the Beginner Yuni ($189 at Unicycle.com).
He's just getting going and hasn't put it through too much yet, so
...who knows?

I looked at unicycle.com, and there is a very nice $1200 MUni in the
"intermediate" section. I bet it'll hold up.

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Here's the one that everyone has, except for me, and they all say it's
really good:
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=619

Quite cheap for a good MUni, too.

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