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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. -- hopeful - revelling in the glory of 700c a sawzall...!? why not just use an axe. -- Jagur Long live the Lotus -- Mojoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hopeful's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4470 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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Are they considering "changing to" or "adding"? -- U-Turn - Member of Generation XO Weep in the dojo... laugh on the battlefield. '29er Tire Study' (http://u-turn.unicyclist.com/29erTireStudy/) 'Strongest Coker Wheel in the World' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albup39) 'New York Unicycle Club' (http://www.newyorkunicycle.com) -- Dave Stockton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U-Turn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/691 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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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) -- hopeful - revelling in the glory of 700c a sawzall...!? why not just use an axe. -- Jagur Long live the Lotus -- Mojoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hopeful's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4470 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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hopeful wrote: *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! -- U-Turn - Member of Generation XO Weep in the dojo... laugh on the battlefield. '29er Tire Study' (http://u-turn.unicyclist.com/29erTireStudy/) 'Strongest Coker Wheel in the World' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albup39) 'New York Unicycle Club' (http://www.newyorkunicycle.com) -- Dave Stockton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U-Turn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/691 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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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 -- hopeful - revelling in the glory of 700c a sawzall...!? why not just use an axe. -- Jagur Long live the Lotus -- Mojoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hopeful's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4470 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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hopeful wrote: * 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 http://mojoe.unicyclist.com/ -- Mojoe - DILLIGAF Nothing to see here... move along. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mojoe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/533 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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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. -- U-Turn - Member of Generation XO Weep in the dojo... laugh on the battlefield. '29er Tire Study' (http://u-turn.unicyclist.com/29erTireStudy/) 'Strongest Coker Wheel in the World' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albup39) 'New York Unicycle Club' (http://www.newyorkunicycle.com) -- Dave Stockton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U-Turn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/691 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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Thanks! Time to rebuild the wheel, then. Might as well, seeing how I'm reforging the frame too. -- hopeful - revelling in the glory of 700c a sawzall...!? why not just use an axe. -- Jagur Long live the Lotus -- Mojoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hopeful's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4470 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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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 -- andrew_carter - www.unicycles.com.au HTTP://WWW.UNICYCLIST.COM/GALLERY/ANDREW andrew_carter (at) mail (dot) com http://www.unicycles.com.au New photos added 16/02 - http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albuu61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrew_carter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1052 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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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 -- Sofa - You Tu Tu Tuni? 'I'm sorry if I offended anyone but I don't apologize' - paco 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/unicycleReviews.aspx) *82* reviews on *54* products 'London Unicycling Club Website ' (http://www.brianmackenzie.com/LUC/) version 3.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sofa's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/706 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/30942 |
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