That looks awesome 
I want one.
That’s a lot! Is the rim that heavy?
Yeah, by going to the Nextie rim you save 600g 
480g (Nextie stated weight) vs 1087g (UDC stated weight)
The spirit hub isn’t light compared to the latest ones either at almost 600g itself.
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Great! So my challenge is to achieve a similar weight with a Schlumpf hub instead of the KH Spirit hub
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I wonder how compatible the Nextie 32” hookless rim is with this tire. My guess is 100% because both are tubeless ready. I would expect zero issues unlike with their 36” rim and existing 36” tires. Just waiting for someone to try it out before I pull the trigger on what is likely to be my next project.
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Are there double-butted spokes available in appropriate lengths?
I was thinking of a 125mm hub with a Nextie rim to fit in my 32” Oracle frame but seem to remember double butted spokes are recommended for carbon rims. I assume the bike world will want these on boost and superboost hubs but haven’t looked at available spoke lengths and how this relates to unicycle hub flange spacing.
Maybe if you run a carbon rim, and dependent on hub choice. Sapim race and a few others seem to go up to 310mm, which may be enough.
Apparently the Nimbus NR is very tight on the Nextie carbon rim, whereas it practically fell off my 32” Nimbus rim. The Maxxis Aspen is also not tight on the Nimbus, but seats nicely.
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Alan (who bought one at the same time as me and also received it yesterday) has the Nextie Carbon 32” rim, so I’ll report back here once I hear, unless he pops up and says something first.
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Hello mowcius, I wonder if this wheel would fit into my hatchet frame. Can you tell me the outer diameter measurements?
Sadly even the standard Nimbus tyre (which is smaller) won’t fit on a Hatchet
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Does anyone have insight as to whether this tire will fit in a frame with 100mm bearing spacing? I.e. a KH 36” frame. I’m pretty sure it will “fit” but what will the clearance be between the tire and each fork leg?
I have a KH36” and I’m sure it will fit
Me too (2017 KH 36). I measured the frame inner width about 2 inches down from where the top of the 36” tire is: 3.25 inches. I’m guessing there could be some tire/frame rubbing under extreme torquing like climbing a steep hill but otherwise should be OK.
Pinkbike has an article about a 32” bike spotted before a world cup race, with some comments about industry acceptance.
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I’ll let you know once I’ve actually finished truing up the wheel I’ve built. I’ve got both a KH36 frame (previous generation, crank mounted disk), and a Qu-Ax 36” aluminium frame of a similar design.
There’s plenty of clearance but the concern really is as you said: how flexible the frame is on hard pedalling. I suspect it will be be fine.
I agree them them that the best place for 32” might be the less severe stuff, especially on unicycles.
I can’t wait to try it on around the country park near me, probably with 137s.
Nice to see some more rims from big name brands, in this case Mavic.
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Absolutely no concerns with width in this Qu-Ax frame, and I think the KH is almost identical
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OK a little bit of feedback while my mind is fresh from the ride.
I’d say the 25PSI as recommended on the side of the tyre is OK for a light rider (<70kg) riding light trails.
Despite the tyre being a very easy fit on the Nimbus rim I’d not have any concerns putting more in it and I think I’m going to go to 28-30PSI myself. On a Nextie carbon rim far higher will be fine I’m sure. With it being new, there’s no max pressure given on the Maxxis website yet but the Nextie carbon rim says max 35 anyway.
Despite the low pressure it didn’t feel too bouncy, didn’t have any weird camber effects on the road and wasn’t too noisy. I found it quite a comfortable ride on some poor surfaces, where with my 36er and Nimbus Nightrider 32” I’m really finding I want to avoid the bumps and get out of the saddle.
Off-road, the grip feels superb. I’m running brakeless right now so there were no really fast hard stops, but I rode some uneven part loam, part rocky slopes that were really at the edge of what was possible to ride (in a controlled manner) brakeless on 137mm cranks and there wasn’t even a hint of movement or slipping. I suppose the larger contact area (especially at 25PSI) really helps here.
The wheel went where I wanted it to go, when I wanted it to.
For the price I think it’s a no-brainer upgrade, and I suspect a very tempting alternative to a carbon 36” with Vee T-Monster for all but the absolute fastest off-road riding.
@mindbalance, have you bought yours yet? You can seemingly buy Berd spokes long enough to lace up a 32” Nextie carbon rim too 
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My mind is melting at that combination of parts for a unicycle wheel 
It’s one of those things I would have never expected going into unicycling
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At least you’ve only got to buy/build one of them per cycle.
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