new unicycle wheel size. (suggest to kris holm)

gordito8me · 2006-11-19, 07:21 PM

I was thinking over the weekend and everyone's been asking about trials on a 24'' wheel and muni on a 20''. so why not make a 22'' wheel? you could do alot of trials on it, some freestyle and street, but still be faster than a trials. and you could do muni. I think it would be awesome if kris holm made one.

zfreak220 · 2006-11-19, 07:24 PM

but then he would have to make custom rims, and the cost would be rediculous. unicycles are like bikes, for the different disciplines you need different bikes. but some bikes have a little bit of crossover in the skill department, but each one is best at what its made for. instead, kris should start making 26" unicycles.

ivan · 2006-11-19, 07:25 PM

Better still, why not make a wheel whose size you can adsjust by turning a bright shiny knob? Wouldn't that be rocking? I think Kris Holm should get right on it!

gordito8me · 2006-11-19, 07:26 PM

or you could just buy a 26'' wheel and put it on a 29'' frame.

kington99 · 2006-11-19, 07:29 PM

Making rims might be possible, making 22" tyres wouldn't, rims can be individually fabricated but tyres need exspensive moulds. You can do all those things on either a 20" or 24" uni, just not very well. A 22" would just be a compromise in that it wouldn't be really good at either muni or trials/street.

zfreak220 · 2006-11-19, 07:39 PM

yea, but if it comes manufactured like that, it's a lot cheaper. to build up a kh 26" it costs like 600-700 without the brake. so i just bought a koxx instead.

mark williamson · 2006-11-19, 08:14 PM

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Better still, why not make a wheel whose size you can adsjust by turning a bright shiny knob? Wouldn't that be rocking? I think Kris Holm should get right on it!

He already is - the KH-Schlumpf hub will have shiny buttons. Probably even in different colours

mornish · 2006-11-19, 09:23 PM

also, a 22" wheel wouldnt be as good for street/trials, or as good for muni.

brendan · 2006-11-19, 09:34 PM

well i dont think we would know how good a 22" would be for anything, maybe it would be great for street, but the fact is, between 20" and 24" there are only 4inches. That isnt much difference,

I'm not saying theres no difference between a 20" and a 24" uni, but i'm saying that there are allready loads of sizes, i mean 16"-19"-20"-24"-26"-29"-36" and i've seen 48"

so the point is, would 2" make that much difference? it would be a really slow muni, since munis are 24"-26"-29" and actually probably quite good at trials if they got nice tyres (which would cost a fortune to make...)

The point is that, i would say 24" is the middle mark between trials and muni. alot of people are using 24" to do trials and i've seen them do quite impressive stuff.

Unicycling isnt big enough to have THAT many different wheel sizes... i'm still amazed every day at how much unicycling gear is on sale!

gordito8me · 2006-11-19, 10:18 PM

I think a 22'' would be great for street. Imagine with just that little bit of extra speed how many more stairs you could gap.

kington99 · 2006-11-19, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gordito8me

I think a 22'' would be great for street. Imagine with just that little bit of extra speed how many more stairs you could gap.

Use shorter cranks. Hence the KH 137mm instead of the 140mm they used to make.

treepotato · 2006-11-19, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gordito8me

I was thinking over the weekend and everyone's been asking about trials on a 24'' wheel and muni on a 20''. so why not make a 22'' wheel? you could do alot of trials on it, some freestyle and street, but still be faster than a trials.

a cunning plan !

onewheelwear · 2006-11-19, 11:54 PM

personally i dont think it would be worth it, its too close to the other sizes and wouldnt really make a difference, just a waste of money

tomtrevor · 2006-11-20, 12:00 AM

i would rather have a really good trials unicycle (20") and a really good muni (24"), rather than have something that isnt that great for both.

gordito8me · 2006-11-20, 12:03 AM

well what if you didn't have a whole lot of money to blow and you couldn't decide which wheel size to get?

2006-11-19, 07:21 PM	#1
gordito8me 70% trials Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: philly Age: 19 Posts: 790	new unicycle wheel size. (suggest to kris holm) I was thinking over the weekend and everyone's been asking about trials on a 24'' wheel and muni on a 20''. so why not make a 22'' wheel? you could do alot of trials on it, some freestyle and street, but still be faster than a trials. and you could do muni. I think it would be awesome if kris holm made one.

2006-11-19, 07:25 PM	#3
ivan Non-Danish Girl Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Age: 25 Posts: 7,210	Better still, why not make a wheel whose size you can adsjust by turning a bright shiny knob? Wouldn't that be rocking? I think Kris Holm should get right on it! __________________ Did you know that lighter flame smells like burnt nose hair? Entropy isn't what it used to be.

2006-11-19, 07:29 PM	#5
kington99 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Warwickshire, UK Age: 27 Posts: 4,786	Making rims might be possible, making 22" tyres wouldn't, rims can be individually fabricated but tyres need exspensive moulds. You can do all those things on either a 20" or 24" uni, just not very well. A 22" would just be a compromise in that it wouldn't be really good at either muni or trials/street. __________________ Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre -

2006-11-19, 11:54 PM	#13
onewheelwear Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Onalaska, Wisconsin Age: 23 Posts: 16	personally i dont think it would be worth it, its too close to the other sizes and wouldnt really make a difference, just a waste of money __________________ "Anyone who disagrees with me is mentally ill and should be shot im afraid to say." -Pastor Richards, Vice City

2006-11-20, 12:00 AM	#14
tomtrevor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane Australia Age: 23 Posts: 3,442	i would rather have a really good trials unicycle (20") and a really good muni (24"), rather than have something that isnt that great for both. __________________ 01010100 01101111 01101101 00100000 0101010001110010 01100101 01110110 01101111 01110010 G o o g l i n g s ! ..... T o m's Ra n d o m L i n k a g e s

2006-11-19, 07:24 PM	#2
zfreak220 Polska Możność Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 1,706	but then he would have to make custom rims, and the cost would be rediculous. unicycles are like bikes, for the different disciplines you need different bikes. but some bikes have a little bit of crossover in the skill department, but each one is best at what its made for. instead, kris should start making 26" unicycles.

2006-11-19, 07:26 PM	#4
gordito8me 70% trials Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: philly Age: 19 Posts: 790	or you could just buy a 26'' wheel and put it on a 29'' frame.

2006-11-19, 07:39 PM	#6
zfreak220 Polska Możność Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 1,706	yea, but if it comes manufactured like that, it's a lot cheaper. to build up a kh 26" it costs like 600-700 without the brake. so i just bought a koxx instead.

2006-11-19, 09:23 PM	#8
mornish magic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: tomorrow. Age: 19 Posts: 5,895	also, a 22" wheel wouldnt be as good for street/trials, or as good for muni.

2006-11-19, 09:34 PM	#9
brendan Unicycling = trials Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UK - Cambridge/Canterbury Age: 23 Posts: 2,184	well i dont think we would know how good a 22" would be for anything, maybe it would be great for street, but the fact is, between 20" and 24" there are only 4inches. That isnt much difference, I'm not saying theres no difference between a 20" and a 24" uni, but i'm saying that there are allready loads of sizes, i mean 16"-19"-20"-24"-26"-29"-36" and i've seen 48" so the point is, would 2" make that much difference? it would be a really slow muni, since munis are 24"-26"-29" and actually probably quite good at trials if they got nice tyres (which would cost a fortune to make...) The point is that, i would say 24" is the middle mark between trials and muni. alot of people are using 24" to do trials and i've seen them do quite impressive stuff. Unicycling isnt big enough to have THAT many different wheel sizes... i'm still amazed every day at how much unicycling gear is on sale!

2006-11-19, 10:18 PM	#10
gordito8me 70% trials Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: philly Age: 19 Posts: 790	I think a 22'' would be great for street. Imagine with just that little bit of extra speed how many more stairs you could gap.

2006-11-20, 12:03 AM	#15
gordito8me 70% trials Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: philly Age: 19 Posts: 790	well what if you didn't have a whole lot of money to blow and you couldn't decide which wheel size to get?

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