will a stock coker hold up to a 3000 mile road trip? no tricks or hard abuse just rough shoulders and an occasional curb.
dude long time no chat
if you are thinking of touring and need a Coker i am your man
i dont know about making it 3000 miles but with the extra tire i have, i bet you could.
are you still in P-town?
Re: coker strength question
“ticklemevaughn” <ticklemevaughn.38vvn@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in
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> will a stock coker hold up to a 3000 mile road trip? no tricks or hard
> abuse just rough shoulders and an occasional curb.
It probably would, mine seems just fine, 1500 miles on the speedo in the
last 10 months, including a fair bit of offroad, probably about 1000 miles
or so before that. I did break the hub, but I think that was more me being
stupid and forgetting to tighten the cranks, rather than an inherent problem
with the unicycle.
You might want to post a spare tyre ahead or carry a tyre with you as after
about 1500 miles you won’t have much tread on the coker tyre, although the
tyre is still fine for road riding, mine hasn’t punctured at all yet and is
showing no signs of falling apart.
It might be different if you weigh a lot more than me though, I weigh 135
pounds, so I don’t tend to break equipment very much.
Joe
I would avoid the curbs, and any sort of hopping that actualy leaves the ground or requires a twist.
-C-
Re: coker strength question
ticklemevaughn.38vvn@timelimit.unicyclist.com writes:
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>will a stock coker hold up to a 3000 mile road trip? no tricks or hard
>abuse just rough shoulders and an occasional curb.
A few of us have taken Cokers over 3000 miles without hardship. Actually,
I have caused my Coker some hardship and it still rides beautifully.
I know Mark Stevens has ridden over 3,000 miles. My brother is around that
amount, and I’d bet some of the other European ride have done so as well.
I don’t speak for them, but John and I have had no problem.
David
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01
Re: coker strength question
news@joemarshall.org.uk writes:
>> will a stock coker hold up to a 3000 mile road trip? no tricks or hard
>> abuse just rough shoulders and an occasional curb.
>
>It probably would, mine seems just fine, 1500 miles on the speedo in the
>last 10 months, including a fair bit of offroad, probably about 1000 miles
>or so before that. I did break the hub, but I think that was more me being
>stupid and forgetting to tighten the cranks, rather than an inherent
>problem
>with the unicycle.
[snip]
>
>
>It might be different if you weigh a lot more than me though, I weigh 135
>pounds, so I don’t tend to break equipment very much.
I should have added in my post that I weigh about 190-200lbs. My Coker has
taken several spills and some small drops and is doing great after
3000+miles.
David
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01
Re: coker strength question
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:59:32 -0400, “David Stone” <dstone@packer.edu>
wrote:
>Actually,
>I have caused my Coker some hardship
Don’t get us started again 
Klaas Bil
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