Extra Wheel, Tire, Hub and Cranks???

[chirokid]

John_Childs just wrote on another thread that he added 1/2 a unicycle to
his collection (He now has 9.5 unicycles, did I mention I hate John
:D)

He wrote: *"I have purchased an urban wheel for my muni (Fireball tire,
Profile cranks, and Alex DX32 rim)"*

Does anyone ease have a separate wheel, hub, crank and tire for their
Muni? How common is this? How long does it take to switch from trail
to street set-up? Is this hard on the bearing holders, or are most
quality Muni's able to take this constant switching between trail/street
set-up?

And yes John, I am jealous!!! --chirokid--


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[chirokid]

BTW John, I failed to mention. This sounds like a great combination of
components. I assume you used the Poznanter Hub Assembly since you
mentioned the Profile cranks.

Will this be a spare street set-up for the KH24?

Also, could you use this as an "Ultimate Wheel", while not hooked on the
Muni? --chirokid--


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[john_childs]

Swapping the wheel on my KH muni isn't difficult and will not put
excessive wear on the bearing holder hardware. As long as I never
crossthread one of the bolts while changing the wheel it will not cause
any damage to the frame.

It takes a few minutes to change the wheel. It's a long enough process
that it is inconvenient to do and there is also the issue of getting
your hands a little bit greasy during the process.

It's nice to have a second wheel with a different tire. It gives me
more options for deciding what I want to ride. It's a little
inconvenient to swap the wheel, but it's better than spending money on a
second muni frame, seatpost, and carbon fiber saddle.

If I had the skills it would be possible to use the spare wheel as a
cranky ultimate wheel. Riding an ultimate wheel with full cranks is not
easy. George Peck does it, and even rides his ultimate muni wheel
off-road. I'm in the process of learning how to ride a standard
ultimate wheel and once I get that torture device figured out I might
try riding the spare muni wheel as an ultimate wheel -- But only maybe.


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[BoojiBoy]

gingerfreek wrote:
> *
>
> you can always get replacement bolts and bearing cups so its no big
> problem.
>
> iain *


What's the best way to get replacement bolts? Maybe I have cheap bolts,
or maybe I just really stink at putting them together.

Unicycle.com has some but they seem pricey to me, i mean, they're just
bolts.....curse them for being so important

anyways, yeah, where's a good place to get unicycle bolts?


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[Max_Dingemans]

well if your using a frame with the cheap stamped steel clamps, any
hardware store should have some 1/4 20's or something in that size
abouts. basically whatever fits, should work.


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[gingerfreek]

if you want some decent bolts that will last go to a hardware shop and
ask for capheads of the same size bolts as you had before (take your old
ones in) capheads are alot stronger becasue they have a big lug on the
end rather than a weedy head. if you want real strength ask for "12-9
capheads" (which i doubt they'll have) this is one of the strongest
mixes of steel.

i tried to get them but my local shop didnt have a clue about cap-heads
and only had cheapo bolts:( (you might have more luck though)

iain


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