buying starter muni/got old frames?

Unicycles and Equipment
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ok, first paychec is coming in very soon, and i should get roughly 200 out of
it after some even more pressing expences. (i hope…pray…). I’m trying to
get a weelset i wont imedietly break, and whatever cheap frame ican get that
will hold the weelset. the goal is to have something to ride, thats pretty
decent, and pretty friendly to upgrading, assuming that in the next 2 years
or so, i will put about 1400 into it, and have something rock solid, but not
have to ever come up with 1400 all at once. heres the plan so far…

$20, Arrow 3.0 tire
$40, alex DX32 rim
$25 36 hole Suzue hub
$20 lun chi cranks
$6ish for spokes

notice theres no mention of a frame involved there? thats because i cant
seem to find a frame sold in the US that will hold a 3.0 that is less then
three hundread dollars. The nimbus II 24 would be my first (only?) pick on
frames at the moment, but are they available right now? can they be shiped
from the uk? This is kindof a now now thing, i dont really want to wate a
couple months untill they are available in the us and the web page is
updated, but i would be willing to wait for it to be shiped if i had to, but
extra shiping fees? how much? what would be better is if some kind
unicycling soul had an old structuraly sound unicycle frame wide enough to
hold a 3.0 they’d be willing to sell within my price range, or with some sort
of payment plan (50 now, 100 later kinda thing?).

btw, i have random pedals of different sizes lying around the house, i can
use one of them for now, and for the seat i’m using my old vintage schwin
modified with the homemade handle.

also, are there weelbuiding charges at unicycle.com? i dont have a jig. I
thought about trying to build it up on the frame, but the truth is i would
want to ride it to much to bother learning weelbuilding on the spot and i
would take it to a bike shop, so i might as well have it built when it gets
here.

thanks for you help. I welcome any questions, coments, but mainly im looking
for suggestions of what i could do better, or equal but cheaper…and i’m
looking for a frame.

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Trevor andersen

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someone should make frames, that cost like under $150 american, youd make a heck of alot of money i bet, but id have to be strong and accomodat at 3" tire, what kinda bearing holders you planin on usin? like lolipop?

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ive got muni parts laying around for sale.one of the items is a Profile frame,modifiied (squeezed) to fit a 3.0 tire.its still very strong and its integrity was not compromised.anyway its worth about $85 bucks to me if you want it.

you can see the "quarter inch squeeze"in this photo.the mass of duct tape and grip tape on the crown is for one footing.theres a hose clamp under there too.

i was gonna sell the whole muni for $525 but i ended up having to use the air seat on the 29er in the background. i’ll be selling the wheel too.

muni frame squeeze.jpg

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I am NOT planing on using lolipop. Ever. ever again. Maybe the pashly ones. they seem to work ok so far. but nothing else lolipop. Ill take whatever i can get that will hold a 3. Bearing holders can be whatever. I dont plan on breaking the frame any time soon, quality is not that importaint. I ride hard, but i’m just not that good yet.

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I think i was just talking about this very squeezed frame with ben? you know that kid?

ahhhhhh… i…think…ill take it!! but i dont knwo if i can afford it yet. can i tell you what i can afford when i know just what i can afford??? I wouldnt ask you to sell it for less then you want to sell it for, but its a question of what i can do. could you take 30-40 this week, and the rest with my next paycheck?

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what?? this Trev,that trev,which Trevor am i talking to here?

i was talking to the one that could’nt find a frame for under $200 bucks and i get a responce from a Trev that all of a sudden cant afford it…hmmm.the fork is $85 bones no less(this includes 28.6 seat post and an extra pair of bearing caps that i ordered from Profile just for the hell of it!

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Lol. Yes, that responce was from the correct trev. Trevor andersen. I was using unicyclist.com instead of e/m which i ususaly use so the signnatures and whanot may have seemed different. And ya, i defenetly understand that you’re basicly giving the frame away, cause its a damn nice frame. I was lookin for a 20$ freestyle frame that might happen to fit a 3 into it for a little bit till i could afford a 500$ frame. But I cant realy pass up a profile for 85 bucks. I’m just not sure i can afford 85 all at once. that would push the overall price of the muni well over the 200 i was hoping i could do it for. Also, you gotta understand, i’m 19, thsi is the first job i’ve had in over a year, i have no savings, no credit card, no parents, nothing where i can just say, oh what the hell, ill just do it. Its a matter of if i have the money or not. And i’m praying i got the money. If i do, ill do it, even give you more for it if i can. If not, i appriciate your offer, maybe it will still stand in a week or so when i do have the money???

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Make sure, if you buy the profile frame that you expect to put a very pricey profile hubbed wheel in it. I don’t think a suzue hubbed wheel will fit. These are cheaper and if you’re on a budget, then you might end up spending the 85 bucks for something you can’t afford to add a wheel set to.

Work the maze.

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Re: buying starter muni/got old frames?

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 00:04:02 -0500, jagur
<jagur.6hbba@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

>WHAT?? this Trev,that trev,which Trevor am i talking to here?
>
If that’s the other Trev… and the other Trev is this Trev…
is this that Trev? Is this that other Trev? Which is this? What? Eh?

(paraphrasing Phil)

Klaas Bil

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Re: buying starter muni/got old frames?

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 00:04:02 -0500, jagur
<jagur.6hbba@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

>WHAT?? this Trev,that trev,which Trevor am i talking to here?
>
If that’s the other Trev… and the other Trev is this Trev…
is this that Trev? Is this that other Trev? Which is this? What? Eh?

(paraphrasing Phil)

Klaas Bil

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Don’t discount a 2.6 tire. I find they work quite well.
A good way to cheat and get experience building a wheel is to build the wheel and then take it to the local bike shop to be trued. It costs a lot less and gives you some hands on experience.

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i got a vise that squeezes that way too.:stuck_out_tongue: its also called working the maze teach.

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Re: buying starter muni/got old frames?

ok. saddly, as it turns out my finances are way smaller then I had planned
on. I may still be In the market for a unicycle (at the expence of not being
able to drive for another…god knows how long). But, I dont know. Either
way, 85$ will be to much, I think if anything I will try to ship a nimbus II
over here.

Thanks anyway. The offer may still be up next time I have 85 bucks floating
around???

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Trevor andersen

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hey chex!,thats cool cause i was gonna put the wheel up on the auction page soon.now i’ll just throw the frame in too,since i heard from you.

good luck getting a nimbus2 frame across the pond for for less than a hundred bones.maybe Rysling will respond,he’s the only dude to do this that i know of.i think he’s dead though.(or working graveyard)

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Re: buying starter muni/got old frames?

I bought a nimbus II and I live in canada, it cost me about $100 Can, I
think… I dont remember though…
what a lot of help I am…
-Dylan