i recently got a coker uni with a 36" wheel any others out there? or am i the
only street unicyclest who likes to go fast? (just kiddin) anyway i just wanted
to spout off about my new toy it’s not bad for 3 bills. a bit heavy, knobby tire
has no center rib, the rim is steel the spokes are galvanised seems strong
enough so far. i have been doing about 10 miles a day on it, for about 10 days
now. up and down curbs ect. with no problems the tire is rated for a rather low
pressure like 35 lbs or something. i put more than the rated pressure in. over
50 at least. i just pumped till hard (no pun intended) the tire has not yet
exploded or anything. although i was talking to tom miller on the phone the
other day and he told me that someone else did have a tire blow out from
overfilling. it would be cool to hear more feedback on this new unicycle i
wonder how many they have sold.
Re: coker 36"
I got my coker about 2 weeks ago, and ride it to work in Foster City, CA.
I love the smooth, stable, fast ride, and find the coker unicycle quite
maneuverable.
The only thing that did not fit me well was the seat, so I changed it to a
Miata seat.
Mounting is more difficult then mounting a 26" uni, especially after a couple of
miles of riding. (that might be a problem with me, I think)
Imre Imre@kabai.com www.kabai.com
—Brad Gwynn <traction@shore.net> wrote:
>
> i recently got a coker uni with a 36" wheel any others out there? or am i the
> only street unicyclest who likes to go fast? (just kiddin) anyway i just
> wanted to spout off about my new toy it’s not bad for 3 bills. a bit heavy,
> knobby tire has no center rib, the rim is steel the spokes are galvanised
> seems strong enough so far. i have been doing about 10 miles a day on it, for
> about 10 days now. up and down curbs ect. with no problems the tire is rated
> for a rather low pressure like 35 lbs or something. i put more than the rated
> pressure in. over 50 at least. i just pumped till hard (no pun intended) the
> tire has not yet exploded or anything. although i was talking to tom miller on
> the phone the other day and he told me that someone else did have a tire blow
> out from overfilling. it would be cool to hear more feedback on this new
> unicycle i wonder how many they have sold.
>
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Re: coker 36"
Brad Gwynn <traction@shore.net> wrote:
>i recently got a coker uni with a 36" wheel any others out there?
I just received a Big One from Coker about a week ago.
>anyway i just wanted to spout off about my new toy it’s not bad for 3 bills.
Are you kidding? Big Wheels are the most fun, fast (fun to ride slow too),
flashy, smooth, cool, etc. to ride unicycle. Riding the Big One is like gliding
on air (literally). It is absolutely the most fun to ride big wheel unicycle
I’ve ever ridden and I’ve built and ridden dozens of them.
>a bit heavy, knobby tire has no center rib, the rim is steel the spokes are
>galvanised seems strong enough so far.
The knobby tire does have a round cross section that makes turning relatively
easy, although a slick tire might be better. Anyone willing to grind down the
knobs on their tire to test this theory?
The rim is heavy duty and the spokes large gauge, so the wheel should be
plenty strong for normal riding. It can probably take a bit of abuse like mild
hopping and bouncing up curbs, except for the hub which often can’t take any
abuse. Anyone, up for testing the hub by hopping up and down a thousand
standard sized stairs?
>the tire is rated for a rather low pressure like 35 lbs or something. i put
>more than the rated pressure in. over 50 at least. i just pumped till hard (no
>pun intended) the tire has not yet exploded or anything. although i was talking
>to tom miller on the phone the other day and he told me that someone else did
>have a tire blow out from overfilling.
I wouldn’t recommend over inflating this tire unless you are absolutely sure it
is properly seated, evenly all the way around on both sides. It’s maximum rating
is 32 PSI. Since the wheel size is larger than normal it may be much harder to
get the tire to seat properly. Over inflation and even normal inflation can blow
the tire off the rim bursting the inner tube, if the tire is not evenly seated
around the rim on both sides. I have found that the Big One rides just fine at
the maximum inflation of 32 PSI.
I’ve blown two Miyata 24" tires rated at 40-50 PSI, by pumping them up to 90 PSI
on the first one and 80 PSI on the second (new) tire. I don’t plan to go more
than 70 PSI on Miyata 24" tires in the future. Each individual tire will fail at
different PSI levels when overinflated. There is no “safe” overinflation level,
although tires rarely fail when over-inflated by 5-10 PSI. Thus, it may be
relatively safe to over-inflate the Big One to 40 PSI, assuming the tire is
perfectly seated, evenly around both sides. If you go beyond 40 PSI, be prepared
for a blowout and order your replacement tube and tire now!
>it would be cool to hear more feedback on this new unicycle
Advice: Be sure to read and follow the owner’s manual. Like every new unicycle,
every single nut, bolt, spoke, tire seating, seat height and alignment with the
wheel and frame, wheel alignment and dishing, etc. should be checked out by a
bicycle mechanic, or anyone with equivalent skills in unicycle mechanics. Like
any unicycle, you will enjoy the Big One the most when it is in perfect
operating condition with the seat height adjusted optimally for your body and
leg length. (Optimal seat height on a big wheel is often an inch higher than for
a standard unicycle [20" or 24" wheel] due to the increased pedal force that
must be applied to control wheel rotation.)
Sincerely,
Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com
36" Blow Job
I had a blowout on my Nightrider pro. It was only pumped to 45 psi. I’m lucky I wasn’t on it at the time- I am definitely not as good a rider as you are.
Hi Craig, and welcome to the forums!
There are quite a few other threads about 36" unicycles that are a bit more recent than the 12-year-old post you responded to, from when Coker unicycles were first born. 
wait how can this be from 1998 because gilby joined in 2001 i think?
My guess would be that the “Rec. Sport Unicycling” newsgroup was around before Gilby started the Unicyclist.com forum. The newsgroup was somehow merged with the new forum.
i am SOO confused now
Here’s a link to the RSU usenet group. The first post was in June, 1995. Gilby registered the Unicyclist.com domain in February of 2000.
The earlier group was joined with the new forum. If you look at the earlier post’s in this thread you will see that the under the user names it say “newsgroup user.” That is because the users aren’t registered members of the forum, but members of the older newsgroup.
3 months before I was born.
it looks like it is all spam now
Damn!
Julia, you are a youngster!
Now I feel old. 
I am also 15 born dec 1994
I bought a Nightrider tire not too long ago and within minutes of making sure it was seated and pumping it up to the recommended 65psi it exploded off the rim. I then cautiously mounted it again with a 29er tube and it worked fine for a couple of days at 40psi, but I pushed my luck and tried 50psi, and it exploded an hour or two later while I was not riding it also. The explosion is quite loud and frightening if you are not expecting it. I’ve returned the tire, I’m hoping it doesn’t happen again.
It seemed really strange because the tire was so hard to get on, it made no sense that it would come off so easily. A bad batch of tires could be to blame, but it seems weird that apart from the tire blowing off there was no visible defect.
yep, happened to mine too at 45 psi the day i got my nightrider. probably spent 30 mins mounting the tire, and boom. i got a free replacement tho and it works fine.
You ARE old! Wait, I’m the same age as you. Drat.
Misery loves company. 
How is the Schlumpf hub?
Is the score Heather: 0 Schlumpf: 1?
For those of us in the geriatric set, unicycles are more fun than walkers. Ride on! 
Scott
Sometimes, one blowout ruins the bead and the tire will never seat well after that. This does not explain why it didn’t work before the first blowout though. I remember over-pumping a skinny tire that was probably not seated right, causing it to blow off. After that, the tire wouldn’t seat on the rim at all.
And before the Usenet group it was a mailing list, started by a guy in Arizona whose name I can’t remember. I joined up around 1993. Before that it was all paper snail-mail!