Ultimate Wheel at Distance

1.5 km's for distance

18 km/h for top speed

my UW is 36" though

i watched david bagley in NY ride his 28" for miles, he's a machine

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Brian MacKenzie said:

1.5 km's for distance

18 km/h for top speed

my UW is 36" though

i watched david bagley in NY ride his 28" for miles, he's a machine

Is that top speed sustainable, or do you have to sprint? Sounds really
fast, anyhow :-) 36" is HUGE - I've seen pictures of those things
occasionally (maybe it was yours...). I suspect I'd go for 28" - I've
heard moderately large wheels are better for beginners.

All sounds reasonably promising, although I'm sure you're way fitter
than myself. Maybe I'll start off by riding it to the cake shop round
the corner - the best kind of exercise ;-)

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mark williamson said:

Is that top speed sustainable, or do you have to sprint? Sounds really
fast, anyhow :-) 36" is HUGE - I've seen pictures of those things
occasionally (maybe it was yours...). I suspect I'd go for 28" - I've
heard moderately large wheels are better for beginners.

All sounds reasonably promising, although I'm sure you're way fitter
than myself. Maybe I'll start off by riding it to the cake shop round
the corner - the best kind of exercise ;-)

Having ridden 20, 24, 28, 36, 45 inch UW's..

anything over 28 you have to design yourself
up until 36, the more fun they are (for me at least), the easier they
are to get up to speed, and the more sustainable top speeds are

once i mastered the 36, i immediately sold my only other, the 24.

i would recommend the 28 for the best mass produced version available,
but just like unicycles, a 28 is merely a big 24, and will never be
anything like a 36

that top speed was not really attainable (with the practice i put
in...) but 14 or so definetly is

(my 36 is featured in the DVD trailer in my sig)

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Brian MacKenzie said:

(my 36 is featured in the DVD trailer in my sig)

Brian,
That 36"UW looks fantastic. Did you build it yourself ? If so, do you
have any hints/tips/plans for the construction ? I have a discarded
steel Coker rim and was considering building a 36"UW.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Chris

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munidobs said:

Brian,
That 36"UW looks fantastic. Did you build it yourself ? If so, do you
have any hints/tips/plans for the construction ? I have a discarded
steel Coker rim and was considering building a 36"UW.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Chris

i designed it, the club welder welded it. the rigid frame keeps the
whole UW solid, but there is slight warp between each 'spoke' (but
those will never get any more warped as the frame is completely solid)

my 'cranks' are set at 165mm and i think this measurement works
perfectly (i just welded crank tips to the cross bars to hold in the
pedals.

while any design would probably work, the big holes i have in the
design (coincentally) make it great for over the shoulder carrying.
this would be very awkward to transport if i couldn't 'sling' it.

this is a great way to keep your discarded coker rim alive and
kicking!

it's really really fun

pm me if you decide to build one and need some sort of instructions

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