Re: 2004 KH unicycles ready for pickup or shipping
How nubless are they? Completely flat on the outside?
How much of a nub is there with these?
I’m asking these questions because I just received a new KH24 from unicycle.uk.com that Roger initially described as having no nubs (or words to that effect, don’t have the email handy). On opening the box I was disappointed to see that there is in fact a protrusion of about 1 cm in total, about half of which is in the crank and the remainder in a dome-shaped bolt head.
Re: Re: 2004 KH unicycles ready for pickup or shipping
Mine had this to, and I was told the ankle hitting problem is gone. And I have never hit my ankle on the nub, so either it is gone or I ride with a special style.
Re: Re: Re: 2004 KH unicycles ready for pickup or shipping
Yes, the ankle-hitting problem is very rider (style) dependent. Unfortunately, my style seems to make me quite vulnerable. My black bicycle euro cranks show quite some wear in that very spot. Also, I recently rode someone’s Qu-ax with nubs (not sure if it was a Qu-ax but it had big nubs) and they bothered me big-time, to the point that it was virtually unrideable for me.
It’s weird, it seems like all the KH crank sets coming out of the UK have nubs, I bought my KH24 in NZ last year and it had the new nubless cranks on it, my mate bought his KH crankset (for a Nimbus) last month from the UK and it has big nasty nubs.
You can tell that they’re nubless when they have
A) very small nubs
B) Kris Holm signiture down the side of each crank arm
I’ve had a few good goes with the nubbed version and my “style” (or lack of) gave me bleeding ankles.
The other difference between our unis is that mine has Kris’s signiture on the hub, as far as I know though, the sig is the only difference in hubs.
Like I said further up, I’d be interested to know what’s new with THIS 2004 model (I thought I owned the 2004 model…)
Like you say, weird. Roger says that all the KH24s coming from him have the small nubs, previously referenced as nubless (unless I quote him wrongly). The nubs, according to Roger, are about half the height of the nubs on the original. If you say “very small nubs” how high in mm is that? My cranks do have the Kris Holm signature. I’ll check whether my hub is also signed.
It’s not real well known and a rather expensive solution, but I outfitted my original KH24 with DM Engineering cranks which also add some flare (higher Q factor?) to the ride which I prefer. With the original KH24 barrel protrusion and straight crank style I was being thrown from my Muni on a way to too regular basis. I tried a lot of different techniques but could never get past it. The new cranks with less protrusion look like a vast improvement over the old style.
I also added a Magura break, Gazz tire and KH rail adapter which all-in-all make my KH24 a rather sweet ride (grin)!
From the photo by Pete66 (thanks, very helpful) it looks as if my nub (see pic) is as high as his. I measured mine to be about 7.5 mm, not 2.5 mm. I have measured the crank thickness too, for reference. So the nub, while a lot smaller than the original one, is not totally absent, as it is on my Suzue/Bicycle Euro setup, and I would have hoped it to be for the new KH24. But I guess I’ll have to do with it.
I knew about Jason’s expensive solution. In his DM cranks still an appreciable nub remains, but due to the flaring out of the cranks it is not a problem anymore. But I find shelling out $230 hard to justify at this moment, I’ll see if the current low nubs give me a problem. Maybe not if everyone is so positive about them, thanks Darren for the PM. I hadn’t fitted the frame and everything together yet because I might want to return/swap something. But I’ll see how it works tomorrow.
Thanks all,
Klaas Bil
Oh and yes, the hub is signed too. So I seem to have an early ‘new model’ then. (Not sure about that.)
Go to your LBS- especially if they are BMX orientated. There are a number of BMX cranks that will fit on the KH splined hub. I think DMR (not DM) cranks would work. Not sure how much they are though.
that is some really nice t-shirts. Too bad shipping to Norway is probably more expensive than the t-shirt itself.