Bc seems to be getting bigger and more popular, Harper will kill me if I make a pole, so…If you bc (Or can Bc), post what Bc you run, What you can do on it, and how often you ride.
If you don’t have a bc, Get one. Unicycle.com, Bedfordunicycles.ca.
Im in. I have a bedford basic $20 that I got ‘second hand’ from someone here in ottawa. Short style plates, Kendra Kontact tire (red), Alex rim (I forget what kind). Ill post pictures later.
Currently, I can hop up some small stuff like curbs and do small drops. I have sighted out a two set while uniing that I want to try on my BC!
If you don’t have a BC, buy one. They’re not too expensive, and if you have a old BMX that you don’t ride anymore because you realised that you don’t need that extra wheel, you are half way to having a BC already! Just pop off that wheel and get some plates. Make sure the axel is 14mm though.
If you don’t have a BMX just lying around, I suggest Bedford Unicycles. Darren Bedford is a good guy and he sells the best BCs that you can buy in one piece (as in, not buying parts and putting them together).
I think I made my BC wheel in 1986. It has a 24" blue Miyata rim and a red alloy BMX hub. And spokey-dokes. Originally it had a pair of moped footpegs, but those eventually fell apart. Now I have some simple plates Zack Baldwin made for me a while back. But my bearings are pretty crapped out. Eventually I’ll get a purpose-built BC.
I can spin on one, pirouette briefly at the center and come out backwards.
a 20 in. demolition rim(its ok) with an odessy hazard hub and holy roller tire, plates are home made and are working well.
and i have a 24 in. alex rim also with the hazard hub and then it just has a generic type no name tire from k-mart or something. this one also has self made plates.
on the 24 i can ride some fireroad and singletrack with small drops.
on the 20 i can mostly just ride around the skatepark and catch air off of stuff.
i can kinda grind this low rail at a local skatepark, but i have had trouble getting enough speed to grind the whole thing.
I don’t BC, or have a BC wheel. However, I wouldn’t mind building one up and giving it a shot.
Someone wouldn’t mind telling me any differences between a 19" and a 20" BC wheel? Apart from the fatter tyre of a trials tyre having greater chance of rubbing against your calves, is there really much else to it between the main 2 sizes?
I just rode one for the first time yesterday and i loved it! I rode about 40 feet twice. I really want one cause I dont have my own, I rode my friend’s. Btw do you guys think I should get the Koxx Devil Blueberry Uni or a Bedford BC? I have 150 dollars and I could either buy a BC now or wait till Christmas and get the Koxx. I dont know, but lately all I’ve been thinkin bout is BC’in, but I really need a trials/street uni.
Its a basic 20 inch rim and hub from the front of a bike. With really heavy steel plates made for them. The plates haven’t bent, and the axle hasn’t bent. All I can do is ride around so far. I am getting better.
I have a regular bedford bc wheel with pro plate ( long ) with a blue tire and glow in the dark grip tape but I don’t ride it. I don’t like riding a bc wheel. I may sell it for a cheap price one day if someone is interested.