After thinking a while, I’ve decided to get a new unicycle, and didn’t know if I should get a coker or a mountain uni. I have $330 to put into a new unicycle, and I know the cokers are $290 + shipping online. What do you think I should get? If I should go with the muni, what brand do you recommend?
Cokers are great if you 1) like to solo or 2) have fello Coker Heads to ride with or 3) have a regular commute to ride or 4) have some call to cruze around an urban setting.
Other wise, they are limited by nature- great fun, but limited.
MUni allows for obcessing over endless skill developement- which lends it open-ended appeal. I had to ask myself the same question; at the time, I scoffed at the idea of spending what seemed like ridiculous amounts money on a silly looking unicycle with a fat tyre. I had no idea how much fun it would be. As usual, I don’t have to ride my advice, but, for what it’s worth:
Go with the MUni. Buy some quality componants that you will want to keep. If you are willing to save up a couple hundread more, you could get a Profile set up- something you’ll want to keep. If you go with a lower end rig, you’ll end up being nickle and dimed by replacing mid-range parts, and spend the same amount.
Ok, so you WANT it now. Get a frame you can drop the wheel you WILL get in to (say, a Lucifer), and some secondary componants that you’ll want to complement it- like an air seat and nice pedals- and armour (you can go cheep here- but you can’t go without). Then get a solid low end wheel set- say a Suzue with a BFR and 2.6 Gazz. I’d keep the cranks short- say 150-55’s.
And start saving: You’re going to eat cranks for breakfast.
Have fun,
Christopher
Thanks, I can probably get at least some more money over the next few months, so I might invest into that.
muni’z
go to uni.com and look at the Semcycle XL series of muni’s.they start at only $289.these are an exellent deal.
the next one up is $329 and comes with a Miyata seat,which i’m sure since there are 1500 new miyata seats in stock a uni.com you could probobly get a red or blue one for free instead of that sea sick-green
Shoot, here I go again riding on Jagurs coat tails.
For the money, I don’t think you can beat the Sem XLW Muni. I bought the one with the miyata seat for 329 and have loved it since I got it. It was a starter uni for me. If you like to do 4 foot drops and beat the heck out of it, then it isn’t for you.
But as a starter to middle experience Muni, I found it’s wonderfull.
It weighs in at 13.5 lbs and the 2.6 gazz is a nice tire for all around boinking. I have yet to tear off the seat on hopping and I think it handles nicely with no frame flex even with a tight clearance on both sides. But, then again, I haven’t ridden anything else to compare it to.
The wheel is real strong and I have been riding Muni since July last year and it is still as true as the day I got it.
I am only puting it to pasture because I got a bug in my bonnet that I had to have a gazz 3.0 which wont’ fit in the frame unless you do what Joe merril and Jagur did to there Muni’s.
BTW. A year ago, I thought 329 for a MUni was high for me. I cringed the day I bought it, thinking that this is a lot for just one wheel. I bought my MTB 15 years ago for $450.
But a year later, I will be into this sport for about $900. I almost could have bought a hunter with that, right off the bat.
My new frame(unmade as of yet) is nearly $300 with the addition of brake mounts
add the following
112 maguras
26 for KH mounts
15 for brake lever extension
12 roach air cover
10 air pillow
61 railed seat adapter
30 alloy clamp seat post
60 Snafu sealed bearing pedals
25 cranks
50 gazzaloddi 24 x 3.0
9 nokian tube
Thats @ 709 for a muni with parts canibalized off my old sem xlw.
Add the original kovachi wheel which I think is about 180
and we are talking $889. That scares me. All because of gazz 3,0 envy.
Rhysling was right. I did change up.
The one thing I did gain, however, was all of the knowledge I gained from trying to design a frame and add components empiracally.
I want to be like Rhysling - pontificating 
Work the maze.
sweet commentary,
today i signed for my Sem XLW 28 inch FRAME ONLY,and i would also like to add that these are only $60 dollars.which is cheap in the muni world.
put your other $270 dollars into the wheel & cranks. you can squeeze the frame to fit a 3.0 tire.the frame will only need a quarter inch of vise time to fit the Gazz 3.0.(no biggie)
but that is that and the bottom line is that a 2.6 tire is good enough for muni,but if you get spoiled on it,then the 3.0 is the next step.
to me the 3.0 tire is one thing,a mistake maker-upper.
Thanks, these are all great suggestions. I might think about it for a couple days before ordering anything (only good shop near me is Schwinn, but now Schwinn’s been bought out so even they don’t have any unicycles in right now). If anyone else has anymore suggestions, I’m still thinking.
Re: $330 to invest into a unicycle
Thus quoth mitchell:
> After thinking a while, I’ve decided to get a new unicycle, and didn’t
> know if I should get a coker or a mountain uni. I have $330 to put into
> a new unicycle, and I know the cokers are $290 + shipping online. What
> do you think I should get? If I should go with the muni, what brand do
> you recommend?
Co-ker! Co-ker! Co-ker!
I love my Coker, it goes so fast, so if you’re into riding fair to long
distances a Coker is a good idea.
Graham
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Re: $330 to invest into a unicycle
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> After thinking a while, I’ve decided to get a new unicycle, and didn’t
> know if I should get a coker or a mountain uni. I have $330 to put into
> a new unicycle, and I know the cokers are $290 + shipping online. What
> do you think I should get? If I should go with the muni, what brand do
> you recommend?
Depends,
if you’re wanting to do fast road riding, or fast riding on easy trails then
coker is the way to go. If you want to get some bouncy bouncy action, of the
muni kind I mean rather than anything else then get a muni.
If your current unicycle is bigger than 20" you might be able to fit a
bigger tyre on to it and use that as a muni, or buy just a cheap new frame
for it that would allow greater clearance and use your current wheel. Then
you could buy a coker too and get the best of both worlds.
Personally, I think the coker is a bit more of a ‘wow I’ve gotta have it’
thing than a muni, it’s just so different from a normal unicycle, whereas a
muni is just a normal one with a fat tyre.
Joe
Cokers are very nice commuting machines in areas that have good weather for reasonable lengths of time. Not as fast as a bike but infinitely more awe-inspiring. The selection for frames, rims, and tires, however, is limited to exactly one.
MUni’s are great fun and of course there is a much wider selection of frames, rims, and tires. You will, however, be putting it in your car most likely to give it a ride to the trailhead.
Add the price of an airseat conversion to any unicycle you plan to ride alot.
RE: $330 to invest into a unicycle
> After thinking a while, I’ve decided to get a new unicycle,
> and didn’t know if I should get a coker or a mountain uni.
There were some great replies to this. Nobody seemed to address the main
issue. A Coker is good for going fast or far on fairly level or non-rugged
terrain. A MUni is good for going a lot slower on much rougher terrain.
Though you can ride a Coker on trails, if they are especially steep or bumpy
you will be working at (or beyond) the limits of what the cycle is made for.
It’s best suited for long rides on friendly surfaces.
Though you can ride a MUni anywhere, if it has a big fat knobby tire it
won’t ride as well on the street, so if you plan to ride on the street you
don’t need a MUni. Just get a street uni with a large wheel.
So let’s assume you’ve already thought of this, so I’ll take a guess that
you expect to be riding on dirt somewhere. The Coker will be fun as long as
the dirt isn’t too steep or rough. If it is, get the MUni.
Choosing a Coker is easy, shopping-wise. There is only one model to choose
from in the whole category (if you include price point). With MUnis you have
a bewildering array of choices. The advice given was good. The only thing I
will caution against is anyone bending or squishing a unicycle frame to
fit a fatter tire. Use a 2.6 until you can afford a proper frame to fit the
fatter tire, then keep the old unicycle for street or some other use.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“If people want to truly understand mountain biking, they have to do two
other things: ride a unicycle, and master the trampoline.” – Joe Breeze,
one of the originators of mountain biking, in a conversation with Tim Bustos
RE: $330 to invest into a unicycle
> After thinking a while, I’ve decided to get a new unicycle,
> and didn’t know if I should get a coker or a mountain uni.
There were some great replies to this. Nobody seemed to address the main
issue. A Coker is good for going fast or far on fairly level or non-rugged
terrain. A MUni is good for going a lot slower on much rougher terrain.
Though you can ride a Coker on trails, if they are especially steep or bumpy
you will be working at (or beyond) the limits of what the cycle is made for.
It’s best suited for long rides on friendly surfaces.
Though you can ride a MUni anywhere, if it has a big fat knobby tire it
won’t ride as well on the street, so if you plan to ride on the street you
don’t need a MUni. Just get a street uni with a large wheel.
So let’s assume you’ve already thought of this, so I’ll take a guess that
you expect to be riding on dirt somewhere. The Coker will be fun as long as
the dirt isn’t too steep or rough. If it is, get the MUni.
Choosing a Coker is easy, shopping-wise. There is only one model to choose
from in the whole category (if you include price point). With MUnis you have
a bewildering array of choices. The advice given was good. The only thing I
will caution against is anyone bending or squishing a unicycle frame to
fit a fatter tire. Use a 2.6 until you can afford a proper frame to fit the
fatter tire, then keep the old unicycle for street or some other use.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“If people want to truly understand mountain biking, they have to do two
other things: ride a unicycle, and master the trampoline.” – Joe Breeze,
one of the originators of mountain biking, in a conversation with Tim Bustos