the future of uni-racing

I just got back from a ride on my newly-built 700c unicycle with a high
pressure (100 psi) road tyre and am truly amazed at the ease of handling
and speed control.

If you've never ridden a 700c unicycle, I highly suggest you seek out
someone in your area that has one to try it out! They're amazing!

JFoss, I'm pleased to hear that the IUF is considering changing its
races to 700c and I am looking forward to representing the contingent
that would welcome this change at UNICON this summer.


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Are they considering "changing to" or "adding"?


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U-Turn,

According to John Foss, In his post on the "crank length at UNICON"
thread

"The intent is that 700c will eventually replace 24" for the
championship races. "

you can find the thread 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/36nvj)


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*U-Turn,

According to John Foss, In his post on the "crank length at UNICON"
thread

"The intent is that 700c will eventually replace 24" for the
championship races. "

you can find the thread 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/36nvj) *
Great reference; thanks hopeful!


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You're welcome. Will you be going to UNICON this summer and
representing the contingent supporting 700c racing?

You probably have a much nicer 700c uni than I do, and I'm interested to
see what people will be riding with tyre + crank setups

Currently, I'm using an old (read: too toasted for MUni) Schwinn hub on
a really old steel raleigh england 700c rim on a 1976 Schwinn frame with
a viscount saddle with only 1 bolt holding it in place and 5 inch
cranks

I might build a frame before UNICON, but maybe not. I will definetley
do something about the saddle (probably air conversion + epoxy to seat
post) and I will buy shorter cranks.

By the way, I keep stripping the rectangular part of my spoke nipples
off of the round part of the nipple due to overtightening. As I know
you have the Strongest Coker Wheel in the World, do you have any
suggestions of how to keep my spokes tensioned without this happening?

thanks,
matt


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By the way, I keep stripping the rectangular part of my spoke nipples
off of the round part of the nipple due to overtightening. As I know
you have the Strongest Coker Wheel in the World, do you have any
suggestions of how to keep my spokes tensioned without this
happening?

thanks,
matt *


Make sure the spoke wrench fits snug and also use some kind of lube on
the spoke threads and at the nipple/rim interface. I just built another
wheel on saturday and I was going to purchase some linseed oil for the
spoke lube, but I never got any, so I just ussed 3-in-1 oil like I have
been doing in the past.


Mojoe
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Mojoe's right. Especially where the nipple meets the rim. Also be sure
(for this particular wheel) that, if you strip a nipple, to replace it
with a brass nipple rather than an aluminum alloy one.

The other thing to do is to make sure your spoke tension is as uniform
as possible. If you are trying to do all the work with one spoke, then
that spoke will be tensioned too high and more likely to strip.

No I won't be able to make it to Unicon. Maybe to Nationals, though.


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Thanks! Time to rebuild the wheel, then. Might as well, seeing how I'm
reforging the frame too.


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Great to hear. I've been considering making a cheap 700c uni for riding
to uni on. Do you find the bumps in the road, etc to be much more
noticable with the thin, high pressure tyre? That's my only concern as
I don't think I can afford a KH seat for it. I'm going to track down
some old road bike forks, rim and tyre and go from there and a friend is
doing the same.

Andrew


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you probably aren't stripping the nipples due to over tightening, but
not using the correct size spoke wrench.

It may 'look' right, but there is possibly a tighter fitting spoke
wrench you should be using

Just a thought


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