This may seem like a realy stupid question
but “what is a COKER”?
I been on this site for 2 weeks and read much about a coker. Is it a brand? or what makes it so different??
36" Wheel…commuting unicyle, able to reach the speed of sound!
OK 36 inch wheel. So ,if I read you correct, any uni with a 36" wheel, built by whoever, is a coker.
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“reaches the speed of sound.” If I were riding it, it sure would, straight DOWN.
Coker is the name of a tire company. They mostly make authentic looking tires for vintage cars. It happens that they make a 36 inch tire and it happens that some people like to use it for unicycles.
Daniel
At the moment there is only one source for 36" tires so your assumption is a little premature. If another company starts making 36" tires then it could go the way you suggest (e.g., many people still call copiers “xeroxes”), or the term Coker could be reserved for real Cokers.
But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company.
True but if I did put a different tire (if ever available) I would still call it a coker. It would be like “I’ll go get my kenda.”. That would be silly.
I don’t know, it’s true that the most common 36"s are still the stock “Coker” models, and it’s true that any of the 36"s, even customs, still have the Coker tire. That said, there seems to be a bit of a trend to refer to the newer custom jobs as 36’s, not just as Cokers. I like this trend, as it gives some credit to the folks doing the innovation. I love my GB4 36, with the great frame by George Barnes and U-Turn’s invincible wheel. Likewise, I think the KH 36 and Hunter 36 deserve their formal names. They’re definitely at least as much about the frame and wheel as they are the rubber.
$.02 from Tom
Re: Coker
On Thu, 20 May 2004 21:44:52 -0500, “cyberbellum” wrote:
>But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company.
However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers, When Coker
started selling unicycles based on their 36" tyre, they triggered
something. Call it the Coker movement. Now there are various frame,
wheel and seat options, only just still one tyre.
Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
be sure to remove the saddle and simply sit on the seat post. this is far more comfortable - tennisgh22 on the comfort of Savage unis
Re: Re: Coker
One such pedigree Coker, a GB4 36", with Dave Stockton wheel:
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuw54/IMG_0632
Just can’t resist showing this baby off. Every ride it gets better.
There’s a Kris Holm 36"?? If so, does anyone have a pic?
Re: Coker
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> OK 36 inch wheel. So ,if I read you correct, any uni with a 36" wheel,
> built by whoever, is a Coker.
36" pneumatic aka air-filled wheel. A solid 36" wheel isn’t a Coker.
Thank you all for the information.
By the time I become profecient at ridng this thing I may even learn the langurage associated with uni riding.
No coker for me at this point in time. 
Re: Coker
On Fri, 21 May 2004 00:43:12 -0500, “tomblackwood” wrote:
>Klaas Bil wrote:
>> *However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers.
>One such pedigree Coker, a GB4 36", with Dave Stockton wheel:
Very nice machine. I meant ‘pedigree’ the opposite way though, as in
purely Coker in all of its parts.
Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
be sure to remove the saddle and simply sit on the seat post. this is far more comfortable - tennisgh22 on the comfort of Savage unis