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Sun 29er upgrade
As it looks like I may be going back to school, and as there is no good place to park near my college, my wife recently bought me a Sun 29er. For now, it will be a commuter unicycle, but eventually I'd like to upgrade it to a light offroad rider/ commuter hybrid. So I have a few questions. What should be the first thing to upgrade on the unicycle? I've heard that the rims don't fare too well, so that will probably be the first thing to go. But if I upgrade the rim, I'll also have to buy new spokes, and should get a new hub as well. So I'll be saving my pennies until I can get a new wheelset. Which brings me to my next question. Will the 'Kris Holm 29\" rim' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=805) fit in the Sun 29" frame? Eventually, I'll upgrade the frame as well, but the frame will hold up longer than the rim. I just don't want to have to build the entire thing all at once. After the rim, what would the next thing to upgrade be? I heard that the seat isn't very comfortable, but I'm guessing that the standard cranks aren't that great either. This will probably be a two year project, as money will be tight as we go through graduate school (we're trying to do it without student loans). But I hope to someday have a fun ride for longer trips. -- paco - Co-Founder of the PacoGild Movement "OMG! Teh world r0xx0rz as India pwns Pakistan!!11one!1" -USA Today in 10 years ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paco's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3715 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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Get a Big Apple tire, for one. I've been riding it the last couple weeks on a borrowed Blueshift. It's a fine 29-er commuting tire. Fast and smooth. Wish I could speak to all your other questions, but I can't. Was just feeling bad that you were still in the No Replies club after several hours. Recommended combination: Big Apple tire, and Apple flavored Jolly Rancher candies. Ride the one while savoring the other. -- tomblackwood - Registered Nurtz Tailgate at your own risk..... "By George! The man's a genius!" Murde Mental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomblackwood's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3762 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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tomblackwood wrote: *Get a Big Apple tire, for one.* That, or a seat upgrade first, depending on the distance of your commute. Since you will use your uni for commuting those are the most important upgrades. I've had my Big Apple for 1.5 years and am fully satisfied with it. There is a BA 28 x 2.00" and a BA 28 x 2.35". Not sure about the Sun frame but if the 2.35" fits, get that one. The actual inflated width is about 60 mm, inflated diameter is 74.2 cm or 29.2". (They are called 28" by Schalbe, but us unicyclists call them 29"). Cranks are a less important issue for commuting I think (assuming that it's a reasonable smooth road ride, no hops'n'drops). Klaas Bil -- Klaas Bil - Sir Prince of Newsgroupia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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Definetely upgrade the seat. The only way I would tell somebody to use one of those is if I wished to never have to deal with their offspring. Actually I learned on a sun saddle, but once I had ridden on a KH seat, I will never use the sun again. On the subject of tires, I'm not sure about the 29", but the tire that comes with the 26" and 24" is not horrible. -- Fuego - Unicycle Ninja "Unicycling is more about the center of concentration than the center of balance." 'OneWheelNinjaSquad' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/OneWheelNinjaSquad) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fuego's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6983 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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According to 'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/6kjk6), the Big Apple won't fit in the Sun frame. Has anyone actually tried it in this specific frame? From searching through the archives, it sounds like this thread has come up a number of times in the past. I'm not the only one who wants to start cheap and work my way up... -- paco - Co-Founder of the PacoGild Movement Every time I see this thread I wonder what happened to Paco's back. -John Childs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paco's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3715 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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paco wrote: *This will probably be a two year project, as money will be tight as we go through graduate school (we're trying to do it without student loans). * 2 years! you could collect pop cans and have enough for a new kh 29er in just a couple months. maybe longer where you are since they are not worth 5 cents a can like here, but way before 2 years. -- jagur - Sealed in Carbonite Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast. --------------------------------------------------- -forget_your_life- -------------------------------------- -------*muni militia *------- *one wheeled death squad* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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I would get a cyclocross rim, size 700C (622mm, 28'') is the standard size for them, they are designed to be strong and light, the cyclocross tyres are pretty thin (about 30-35mm), and have a not that deep thread pattern that gives low rolling resistance and a fairly good grip. Remember that only the hub, the frame and the seat is the unicycling-specific parts on a uni. I don't think a bigger and fatter tire would be any good, if you use it as a communer in first hand, and the cyclocross rim and tyre would not break when riding XC. -- lleberg - Level 4 unicyclist I 3 my unicycle! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lleberg's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8272 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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jagur wrote: *2 years! you could collect pop cans and have enough for a new kh 29er in just a couple months. maybe longer where you are since they are not worth 5 cents a can like here, but way before 2 years. * All the pop cans I collect are going to be going towards my tuition. I can't justify the extra couple hundred dollars when we'll barely have enough to pay rent. Lleberg, from what I've read, the fatter tire makes the ride smoother and less uncontrollable, even as a commuter. Can anyone verify this? Good point about the uni-specific parts, though! -- paco - Co-Founder of the PacoGild Movement Every time I see this thread I wonder what happened to Paco's back. -John Childs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paco's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3715 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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jagur wrote: *2 years! you could collect pop cans and have enough for a new kh 29er in just a couple months. maybe longer where you are since they are not worth 5 cents a can like here, but way before 2 years. * Even better he could collect the cans in UT and return them in OR. Then he'd really be making some money. -- bugman - Survivor 2004 Wolfman Duathalon -"Worried about rising sea levels? Move into the hills! I might be a hillbilly but when you're drinking sal****er in the 2nd floor of your beach condo, my mullet will be drier than a can of Skoal left open on a sunny day."- - maestro8 -"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."- - Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bugman's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3812 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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Hi Paco, good to have you back in the forum Is there any reason you can't use the seat from your other unicycle on the new one (except for the inconvenience of switching it between the unis)? -- Borges "However, I confess that the ultimate wheel lacks the day to day practicality of the conventional unicycle" -Mikefule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Borges's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/925 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/38980 |
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