trye info... urgent... please helppp! Try-all 20x2.5" "Stiky" trials tyre

liddle-peter · 2009-09-18, 08:01 PM

okay... i'm getting a white widow koxx unicycle for my birthday tommorow, when we went to put it togather we found that the wheel appears to be facing the wrong way, i know this sounds stupid... your probably thinking "well turn it round" - but when we turn it round it puts the peddles on the wrong side, and because the tyre is so tight on the rim it wont come off. what i wanna know is...
how can i solve this problem?
if the peddles are the wrong way, will they undo quickly?
or will it be usable like this?
the trye is a "Try-all 20x2.5" "Stiky" trials tyre"
thanks!

sp4rky-m4rky · 2009-09-18, 08:16 PM

It is good practice to make sure the wheel set is the right way round, the crank/pedal labeled R should be on the left so it tightens as you ride. In reality it will probably be fine with it the wrong way round, as long as your pedals are good and tight in there cranks.

Try-all sticky tyres seem to be hard to get off some rims. Use tyre levers and at the bottom of your rim to your leavers, push the the tyre into the centre of the "V" of the rim. This will give you a small amount of slack at the top that you will need to get the tyre off the rim. Hope I have described it so you can understand, hope this helps.

liddle-peter · 2009-09-18, 09:41 PM

with the tyre the way that the pedals are tightening the "rotation" is in the wrong direction,
is it better to have the trye in the right direction and the pedals wrong,
or the other way around?
and does the rotation of the tyre make any diference?

liddle-peter · 2009-09-18, 09:51 PM

does the hub have to go in a certain direction? or could i just swap the cranks and pedals around?
also, does it matter that the tyre direction is the wrong way? or is it more important having the pedals the correct way?

Gadge · 2009-09-18, 10:08 PM

Better to have the tyre the wrong way round. If the pedals/cranks are on the wrong side they'll come undone more easily and may wreck your cranks if you don't notice. Less of an issue if it's ISIS but not sure if that is.

On a motorbike at 60mph+ I'd worry about tyre direction - on a uni I can't see it making much difference.

and happy birthday!

Julia B · 2009-09-18, 10:40 PM

I have pretty much the same issue, My lbs just built my wheel and I got it home and I noticed the rotation doesn't match the cranks. Right now I'm riding it with the tire rotation backwards. Does it matter which side of the hub the cranks are on? What I mean is, is there a left and right side of the hub? Or is the hub symmetrical, where it doesn't matter which crank is on which side, as long as they are on the left and right as you are riding? I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say.

justtysen · 2009-09-18, 11:05 PM

Yes, the cranks can be removed, the wheel flipped and the cranks reattached. As long as the cranks are on the proper sides of the unicycle frame it makes no difference what orientation the wheel itself is in.

Tire direction itself is not significantly important. Some treads will turn better or have a bit more traction in one direction but not enough to ruin a ride. It's dependent on personal preference and some people even prefer to run their tires backwards. In trials the direction is even less important as most of the surfaces are hard there is more hopping than rolling.

2009-09-18, 08:01 PM	#1
liddle-peter Crohns - for people who give a shit Join Date: May 2008 Location: long eaton, nottingham Age: 20 Posts: 264	trye info... urgent... please helppp! Try-all 20x2.5" "Stiky" trials tyre okay... i'm getting a white widow koxx unicycle for my birthday tommorow, when we went to put it togather we found that the wheel appears to be facing the wrong way, i know this sounds stupid... your probably thinking "well turn it round" - but when we turn it round it puts the peddles on the wrong side, and because the tyre is so tight on the rim it wont come off. what i wanna know is... how can i solve this problem? if the peddles are the wrong way, will they undo quickly? or will it be usable like this? the trye is a "Try-all 20x2.5" "Stiky" trials tyre" thanks!

2009-09-18, 08:16 PM	#2
sp4rky-m4rky Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 22 Posts: 2,014	It is good practice to make sure the wheel set is the right way round, the crank/pedal labeled R should be on the left so it tightens as you ride. In reality it will probably be fine with it the wrong way round, as long as your pedals are good and tight in there cranks. Try-all sticky tyres seem to be hard to get off some rims. Use tyre levers and at the bottom of your rim to your leavers, push the the tyre into the centre of the "V" of the rim. This will give you a small amount of slack at the top that you will need to get the tyre off the rim. Hope I have described it so you can understand, hope this helps. __________________ Marcus Collings Unicycle.com )---', 1mHighJump my pure trials vid my Year in vid learning 180 or 360 unispins? watch my unispin tutorial Want to glide? watch my ww tutorial Last edited by sp4rky-m4rky; 2009-09-18 at 08:21 PM.

2009-09-18, 10:08 PM	#5
Gadge I was right, it does get easier! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nottingham, UK Age: 46 Posts: 375	Better to have the tyre the wrong way round. If the pedals/cranks are on the wrong side they'll come undone more easily and may wreck your cranks if you don't notice. Less of an issue if it's ISIS but not sure if that is. On a motorbike at 60mph+ I'd worry about tyre direction - on a uni I can't see it making much difference. and happy birthday! __________________ you can ride a unicycle, I remember when that used to be enough - Tobbogonist Last edited by Gadge; 2009-09-18 at 10:11 PM.

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2009-09-18, 09:41 PM	#3
liddle-peter Crohns - for people who give a shit Join Date: May 2008 Location: long eaton, nottingham Age: 20 Posts: 264	with the tyre the way that the pedals are tightening the "rotation" is in the wrong direction, is it better to have the trye in the right direction and the pedals wrong, or the other way around? and does the rotation of the tyre make any diference?

2009-09-18, 09:51 PM	#4
liddle-peter Crohns - for people who give a shit Join Date: May 2008 Location: long eaton, nottingham Age: 20 Posts: 264	does the hub have to go in a certain direction? or could i just swap the cranks and pedals around? also, does it matter that the tyre direction is the wrong way? or is it more important having the pedals the correct way?

2009-09-18, 10:40 PM	#6
Julia B Flatland! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,870	I have pretty much the same issue, My lbs just built my wheel and I got it home and I noticed the rotation doesn't match the cranks. Right now I'm riding it with the tire rotation backwards. Does it matter which side of the hub the cranks are on? What I mean is, is there a left and right side of the hub? Or is the hub symmetrical, where it doesn't matter which crank is on which side, as long as they are on the left and right as you are riding? I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say.

2009-09-18, 11:05 PM	#7
justtysen Coasts Too Much Join Date: May 2009 Location: Westchester, NY USA Age: 28 Posts: 458	Yes, the cranks can be removed, the wheel flipped and the cranks reattached. As long as the cranks are on the proper sides of the unicycle frame it makes no difference what orientation the wheel itself is in. Tire direction itself is not significantly important. Some treads will turn better or have a bit more traction in one direction but not enough to ruin a ride. It's dependent on personal preference and some people even prefer to run their tires backwards. In trials the direction is even less important as most of the surfaces are hard there is more hopping than rolling.

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