– ohya <bikeboy74@hotmail.com> wrote:
> i have had my coker uni for a while now, i think it was from the first batch.
> the inner berring seals have compleaty discentergrated,the spokes have turned
> kinda black in many spots.
There is no excuse for cheap bearings on a unicycle that costs as much as the
Coker. Didn’t John Foss and John Drummond visit the Coker people last year and
discuss some of these issues? What kind of response did they give?
-Rick
RE: Coker quality
> There is no excuse for cheap bearings on a unicycle that costs as much as the
> Coker. Didn’t John Foss and John Drummond visit the Coker people last year and
> discuss some of these issues? What kind of response did they give?
John Foss visited John Drummond last year, but not the Coker people. I got to
meet David Coker when he came to NUC in 1998 to display the new cycle. I
thought it was great that he came all the way out there, and so far two have
been donated.
I think the Coker is an amazing amount of unicycle for the price. You just can’t
get a wheel that size, with a tire and tube, and the rest of a unicycle for $300
without using cheap parts. But from what I’ve been reading on the newsgroup, it
looks like the bearings is one area where Coker should look to do an upgrade,
even if it affects the price of the cycle.
When they first came out, I was worried how well the Cokers would hold up to
lots of riding by us big adults. I’m very pleased to hear that not only do they
hold up well, they seem to have spawned a new class of unicyclist; the
cruiser/commuter.
As for using the Coker tire to make a higher-end cycle, the price would probably
have to be double or more, and a lot of hand-building would be required. This
would shrink the market down to where it wouldn’t be cost-effective to mass
produce them, so Coker would likely not be interested and it would have to be a
custom job.
If I didn’t already have a nice big wheel, I would surely want one!
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
“Oh dear! I think I broke something.” - Kris Holm, talking not about his body
parts, but about the edge of a bar-b-que grill he had just been riding on
RE: Coker quality
> I wouldn’t say that the cruiser/commuter was a new class of unicyclist. I have
> been cruising for 30 years. I was surprised a few years ago when a friend told
> me about this newsgroup and the unicycling.org
You’re right. I have been riding big wheels since 1981 also, but the advent of
the Coker has brought the availability of long-distance riding to a much larger
audience. I’ve enjoyed reading their accounts of trips and accomplishments on
their Cokers.
Though at the same time there have been some occasions where I chimed in to
remind people that it’s not like these things just got invented. People have
been riding big wheeled unicycles since the 1870’s…
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
“Oh dear! I think I broke something.” - Kris Holm, talking not about his body
parts, but about the edge of a bar-b-que grill he had just been riding on
Re: Coker quality
----- Original Message ----- From: John Foss <john_foss@asinet.com> To: ‘Rick
Bissell’ <rickbissell@ncweb.com>; <unicycling@winternet.com> Sent: Tuesday,
March 21, 2000 12:25 PM Subject: RE: Coker quality
> lots of riding by us big adults. I’m very pleased to hear that not only do
> they hold up well, they seem to have spawned a new class of unicyclist;
the
> cruiser/commuter.
Hey John-
I wouldn’t say that the cruiser/commuter was a new class of unicyclist. I have
been cruising for 30 years. I was surprised a few years ago when a friend told
me about this newsgroup and the unicycling.org page. I didn’t know about all the
tricks, skill levels, etc. associated with unicycling. I regularlly cruise 10
miles at a shot… on a 24" Sem mind you!