A few quick questions about trials unicycles

[skilewis74]

@jbtilley

A casual amazon search on the maxxis creepy crawler yields a 20x2.5 and a 20x2-2.20. Neither of which says 19".

The 2.5 uses a 19" rim, the 2.2 a 20" rim. There aren’t many dealers in the US for trials tires. Try-All tires can be gotten from renegadejuggling.com

Check the trials tire thread to see all your options and why’s
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65995

@jbtilley

[Nimbus Trials]
It appears that the top tube of the frame may already be short enough for her to reach the pedals with the seat in the lowest position. I’d rather not take a hacksaw to the frame if possible… but the backup/fail safe plan was to get a second seat post so I could ride it.

I bet she could fit on any non long-neck frame w/ only cutting the seat post.

I would get a second post just in case your height difference is too great, I’d get it in aluminum. Also a second seat would make switches a bit easier and leave each seat/post together as a unit, this could also be an excuse to try a different seat, like Impact Naomi, Koxx, KH Street or Slim.

@jbtilley

I suppose this is an unfounded concern but one thing I found myself worrying about was whether the top tube of the frame was long enough to support a longer seat post - that is to say without creating a stress point where the top tube connects to the rest of the frame…Caused me to think that there must be some reason to have the longer top tube on a frame.

Yeah it is so you don’t nick the clamp w/ your foot while doing tricks, like leg wrap for instance. Plenty of people never have a issue w/ hitting the clamp on a normal frame. Also if you need to use a steel post to avoid breaking them every other ride, it would mean you could cut down the post more reducing overal weight.