Picking up on rim depth and wind and musing on this here, as more rim related than frame design.
On my last 35km ride with G29er and a 2.8 fairly large tyre and backpack - the side wind was a huge challenge.
And this is without any P-frame bag. So I can fully appreciate a unicycle with any form of bag is going to become nearly impossible to ride / very sketchy when there’s lots of side wind.
I’m still unsure how much of an impact a rim depth of 44mm verses 25mm would actually have. I’m thinking with a smaller tyre it’ll probably end up being the same surface area as my current G29er’s shallower rim and fatter tyre.
I don’t believe the aero of the rim will make a huge difference in terms of cut through / speeding up, but perhaps the wheel stiffness will help transfer energy forward and mitigate the issues faced with bad cross winds.
Also hoping that running narrower and higher PSI tyres will make for a more reflexive wheel and unicycle.
I am 99% set on the WG44 rim with 2mm off set spoke holes - (incidentally does anyone know if that is a bad option to use for faux asymmetrical wheel builds?) - mainly due to the XC925 just not being in any way exciting or interesting a rim.
It’s going to be a 530g wheel so not light but it should be very stiff and allow for decent PSI, plus it’ll be set up with no access holes so once built it’ll be completely tubeless without tape - which seems like a good step here.