SHaKH NAS

(For some reason, my last thread didn't show up, so here it is again.
My apologies if this is redundant. My apologies if this is
redundant.)
After 3 months, I finally have finished my 'unicycle!'
(http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albup31)
As some may recall, I won the grand prize (mostly for luck, not skill)
at the Moab MUniFest; a custom-built 'stainless steel Steve Howard
frame' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albun90). It made me so excited to
build my own MUni (I have been riding a POSchwinn for everything from
freestyle to MUni), but being a poor college student, I lacked the
funds. Until recently...
It ended up being much cheaper than I was fearing. First, I got the
frame and hub for free. Then, as a graduation present, one of my friends
gave me the KH seat. Because of that, I felt I could splurge on the
black spokes.
I named my MUni the SHAKH NAS (Steve Howard and Kris Holm, Not A
Schwinn) after the frame's creator and the design he copied, and it's
definitely not a Schwinn!
Anyways, I should probably stop talking and show you a picture instead.
Here's a picture.


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Sweet! I'm going to make my cycle tape a picture of the SHaKH Nas over
it when I ride.

-C


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brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to
passover me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the
inner eye to see it's path. Where the fear has gone there will be
nothing. Only I will remain." -- The Bene Gesserit Litany of Fear

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Very nice.

paco wrote:
*(For some reason, my last thread didn't show up, so here it is again.
My apologies if this is redundant. My apologies if this is
redundant.)*
It showed up in Unicycle Product Reviews. Apology accepted Apology
accepted.

Have a great time with it.


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Looking good.
Do you know what the weight of the frame is? Specifically I’d like to
know what it is compared to the KH frame.

Daniel


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Very ugly and I am amazed you would even consider riding it Paco.

Box it up and send it to me in Tennessee. I will see that it is
destroyed. Take this as a lesson, "Try harder building your next
unicycle, and maybe you will not have to send it to me for scrap."
--chirokid-- PS: Just to help you bear the hurt, I will pay the
shipping!


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Whoops, I forgot to add, I love the name.

Maybe one day I'll be cleaver like that. --chirokid--


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daino149 wrote:
*Looking good.
Do you know what the weight of the frame is? Specifically I’d like to
know what it is compared to the KH frame.

Daniel *

Unfortunately, I haven't had too many KH frames around to compare it to.
Steve Howard might know, since he made it. All I know is that it's
much lighter than I keep expecting it to be (compared to my piece of
Schwinn, that is).

Oh, and Chikroid, I would send it to you, but I don't have your address.
I guess I'll just ride it for a while, take it up into the mountains
and see if I can't get it covered in dirt so no one will see how ugly it
is.


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paco wrote:
*I named my MUni the SHAKH NAS (Steve Howard and Kris Holm, Not A
Schwinn) after the frame's creator and the design he copied, and it's
definitely not a Schwinn! *

So is that pronounced "Shockness"? I hope so... Toss a 3" Gazz on it,
and it will be the Shock-ness Monster.

Nice ride Paco. After watching (and timing) you cranking your way up the
"Short Course Uphill" challenge in Moab on that POS, it was great to see
you win the frame and know that there would be much great playing in
your future once you upgraded your instrument.

Hope I see you at a festival soon so I can bum a ride on it....


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tomblackwood wrote:
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Hope I see you at a festival soon so I can bum a ride on it.... *


I really shouldn't do this (at least, not if I don't have more money by
then), but because I got my new MUni, I'm seriously considering going
down to the California Muni Weekend in October. If I don't end up
there, I definitely will be back at Moab next Spring!


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paco wrote:
*I really shouldn't do this (at least, not if I don't have more money
by then), but because I got my new MUni, I'm seriously considering
going down to the California Muni Weekend in October.*

Admittedly I've been out of the game for a while, but isn't that what
student loans are for? Get thee to California! I know it's tougher for
you kids today....in my day the Reagan Cheese was flowing abundantly,
and between cheese sandwiches for breakfast and lunch and "liberated"
7-11 burritos for dinner, life was good. Oh, and we got to unicycle to
school....downhill, both ways.


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