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  1. Original post
    Borgschulze
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    So my friend gave me a Norco Twenty with no rim, tire, or spokes last
    Friday.

    Saturday morning I tore apart my bike rim to put on the uni.

    By Saturday night I could ride it.

    This Uni has a very bent axel/hub and crank arms that have stripped
    pedal threads.... I took it to school and bent the arms much straighter
    on Monday.

    Thursday I learned how to mount the Uni without holding onto something,
    and also learned how to stop and hop around and almost do a 180 spin.

    So Thursday we went back to my friends place, and we put his Norco
    M-Uni wheel on my Twenty frame... it fits... has about 1mm clearance on
    the tire.

    So I'm either going to order a replacement axel/hub and crank arms and
    some pedals, or I'm going to tack on a Kris Holm Freeride rim, some
    black spokes to go with it, and a Maxxis Creepy Crawler.

    I would like to get into trials, so I think the fat tire would help a
    lot in that case.

    My real question is... should I get the rim, spokes, and tire too?

    Is the M-Uni stock tire wider than the Maxxis Creepy Crawler? If the
    Creepy Crawler is wider, I would have no problem fabricating my own Uni
    frame in my grade 12 Manufacturing class if need be. Or making my own
    spacers for the bearings so the tire doesn't come up into the frame as
    far, the rounded crown was the main clearance issue.

    I'll be ordering from Unicycle.com.

    Getting the following parts.

    [image: http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1880/pricelistpw2.png]

    Now my friends M-Uni has the same Axel/Hub, crank arms, as my Twenty,
    but he's more experienced and hasn't broken the new ones. Mine are bent
    from him learning on it, and he's much rougher on his gear than I am,
    he also weighs more than me.

    What I learned in 5 days took him just over a month, so should I be
    going with a new rim and tire? My current rim is a Femco Aluminum
    single wall from a Powerlite P-17 Bicycle... included in the package
    are flat spots from jumping off of a 4 foot ledge, the seam on the rim
    is also breaking apart... it's a pretty sweet rim if you know what I
    mean, haha.

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped.
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  2. Eroick
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    If you want to get into trials, you will eventully need a splined
    hub/crankset. For now, that uni looks good. Just make sure that
    everything fits into your frame.

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    Eroick

    'The Unicyclopedia!' (http://unicyclopedia.org/)

    Quoted message said:

    but 3 degrees is like a heat wave!! woohoo.


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  3. Borgschulze
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    Eroick said:

    If you want to get into trials, you will eventully need a splined
    hub/crankset. For now, that uni looks good. Just make sure that
    everything fits into your frame.

    I play on getting 'this'
    (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=658) later on... for
    now though, I don't need something that advanced.

    And if anyone is wondering, yes, I can build a wheel, being only 17, I
    can still do it. I find it is quite easy.

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped.
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  4. Eroick
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    I would get the setup you have listed there and then wait for the new KH
    hub and cranks to come out (KH Moment). Then you can break your
    cotterless and get them!

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    Eroick

    'The Unicyclopedia!' (http://unicyclopedia.org/)

    Quoted message said:

    but 3 degrees is like a heat wave!! woohoo.


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  5. Borgschulze
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    Eroick said:

    I would get the setup you have listed there and then wait for the new KH
    hub and cranks to come out (KH Moment). Then you can break your
    cotterless and get them!

    Link to this new hub?

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped.
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  6. Probailer2
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    Borgschulze said:

    Link to this new hub?

    http://tinyurl.com/g8dnr

    PM

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    john_childs

    Quoted message said:

    Mmmmm... Sexy welds.


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  7. Borgschulze
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    Expensive indeed.... I'd rather order from North America, and hopefully
    if anyone knows a Canadian store.

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped.
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  8. jackzm
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    The best place in Canada is Bedford Unicycles in Toronto. They are
    supposed to be getting the new KH stuff this week. go to
    http://www.bedfordunicycles.ca

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  9. Borgschulze
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    jackzm said:

    The best place in Canada is Bedford Unicycles in Toronto. They are
    supposed to be getting the new KH stuff this week. go to
    http://www.bedfordunicycles.ca

    I E-Mailed them on Friday, asking if they have a storefront?

    If I can go to Toronto and pick up some stuff I would much rather do
    that, as Toronto is only an hour away.

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped.
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  10. ntappin
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    Another option is giving 'Division8 ' (http://division8.ca/)a call, they
    carry Koxx-one parts. I currently have a Norco M-uni, that is upgraded
    wtih Koxx-one parts. I love it.

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    'how to build a strong comfy saddle from junk.'
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  11. Borgschulze
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    That seems like an idea, but nobody told me if Bedford has a storefront
    yet... and nobody has suggested other parts... I am on a budget though,
    around $200 CAD.

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped.
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  12. jackzm
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    if you call or email darren, you can set up a time to go to his shop.
    there's no point in having a real storefront cause not that many people
    unicycle.

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  13. ntappin
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    Borgschulze said:

    That seems like an idea, but nobody told me if Bedford has a storefront
    yet... and nobody has suggested other parts... I am on a budget though,
    around $200 CAD.

    if you want a splined hub and cranks is going to cost about 180 for the
    hub and crank set then another 20-40 bucks to have them installed into
    the rim.

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  14. Borgschulze
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    ntappin said:

    if you want a splined hub and cranks is going to cost about 180 for the
    hub and crank set then another 20-40 bucks to have them installed into
    the rim.

    I can build a wheel.

    And I don't really need a splined hub and crank arms yet, I'm still
    learning.

    So does everyone think the parts I selected will hold up well? I like
    that Unicycle.com hub, with the extra distance between the flanges.

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    Borgschulze

    Norco Twenty (Chrome)
    Femco Aluminum Single Wall Rim with a Primo Wall tire.

    Axel/Hub is bent, and crank arms are sagging. Pedal threading is
    totally stripped. (Welded the right side pedal on, and the left one is
    expoxied on)
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