Want to buy a trials unicycle, what should I look for?



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Question: Should I build or buy a trials unicycle?


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i'm looking to buy a trials unicycle but i really don't know what i
should look for. keep in mind i'm not bill gates or anyone so i don't
have tons of $$$ to spend. still, should i build one? if so, which
parts should i get? should i buy one? if so, what kind? what
specifications should i look for.

i want a good uni that will hopefully last a long time and stand up to
my amateur trials experience. :eek:


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> Unicycling -- the great gender equalizer. - Bmemike





> I've always wondered what it would be like to beat someone to death with
> a unicycle. Then again, I don't want to damage any of my unicycles. -
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thanks! i'll look into it. i appreciate the suggestions. anyone else
have any input?


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> I've always wondered what it would be like to beat someone to death with
> a unicycle. Then again, I don't want to damage any of my unicycles. -
> Unisteve
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KH frame
Profile hub\crankset
thompson seatpost
CF seat base
KH seat
KH or Alex Rim
CC tire

But that would be very expensive, a stock KH trials is a great uni but
is still kinda spendy.

They main points you want to look into for a traisl uni is really all
in the wheelset, string splined hub and crankset, strong light rim, a
goodtire. Frames arnt to important but you still want a decent one, the
Torker DX is pretty bulky and brakes at the seatpost easily, so a yuni,
koxx, or KH frame is good, seats dont matter all too much cause if your
doing mainly trials, you wont be on your seat much at all cause of all
the jumping and hopping.


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kristine wrote:
> great minds think alike....
> orrrrr... great minds get naked and unicycle?



Kristine wrote:
> pssssshhhhh, whos been on top longest?
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what size wheel should i look for? what size frame? are the wheel size
and frame size the same?


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> a unicycle. Then again, I don't want to damage any of my unicycles. -
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Youll want a trials frame and trials rim\tire.

Trials rims are actually 19-inches, instead of being 20-inches, and at
UDC when you go to look at frames, they have a section of trials frames
you can look at.


Oh, and to answer your poll, id say to build one, if i had enough money
i would, but i hav to only upgrade a part when it brakes lol


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'MRIS!!!' (http://tinyurl.com/jjjnz)

kristine wrote:
> great minds think alike....
> orrrrr... great minds get naked and unicycle?



Kristine wrote:
> pssssshhhhh, whos been on top longest?
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i have a birthday coming up, so i'll get some $$$ from that ;)


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> I've always wondered what it would be like to beat someone to death with
> a unicycle. Then again, I don't want to damage any of my unicycles. -
> Unisteve
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Profiles (a little more expensive than the kh crankset but lifetime
warranty!) $299
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=145

Nimbus II frame (good inexpensive frame) $42
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=851

Kh freeride 19" rim (debatably stronger than the alex dx32, easier to
get tyre off) $35
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=806

Marwi 14g spokes 40c x 36 $14.40
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=539

Jim c's (choice of pedals for many street riders) $33
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=726

Kh fusion $54
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=751

Kh post $18 (maybe worth upgrading to thomson later)
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=666

Maxxis CC $30 (maybe worth upgrading to a luna tyre)
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=750

Total: $525.40

I think that's a complete unicycle :p


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> Trials biker after seeing me jump off a concrete barrier: "How do you
> keep from squashing your nuts!?"
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