I want a coker, but I need help parting with the money.
Can someone convince me that I need the coker? My only ride now is the KH-24.
Does anyone want to sell one?
Are the refurbished ones the way to go?
-Eric
-by the way, I’m about 5’7" . am i tall enough?
Don’t let any one convince FROM getting the Coker!
It’s fantastic. It’s like a 29" unicycle, but fast.
Coker! Coker! Coker! Coker!
A refurbished Coker is better than a brand new 29"
Ahhhhhh Coker
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
I’m 5’4" and have no trouble riding a Coker. Mounting is a small issue. I can freemount consistently, but each time is work and after you’ve been riding a while it gets to be even more so.
I may be selling mine in June. You’re in Austin, though. Isn’t that like a Coker mecca? Anyone around there upgrading, which could save you shipping charges?
Cheers,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
On Fri, 2 May 2003, onefiftyfour wrote:
>
> I want a coker, but I need help parting with the money.
You don’t want a coker. Just send me the money, and I’ll
part with it for you :o)
> Can someone convince me that I need the coker?
> My only ride now is the KH-24.
Guessing you’re not particularly into freestyle then?
My personal upgrade path went:
20"
Good 20"
26" Muni
Good 26" Muni
5’ Giraffe
12"
Minibike
Ultimate wheel
BC wheel
Now I’m back down to the good 20", and wondering whether
to go for a 26/28" commuter or 5’ giraffe.
Cheers,
Stu
Yer. Its the price.
Me and my dad both want Cokers. There SO kool
There is 2 problems though!
Anyways… Hope you get a Coker.
Joe,
Re: Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
Yea there are a few cokers in Austin. I met those guys once at a Jugglefest unicycle ride. That may have been what peaked my interest. I don’t know if they monitor this forum?
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
onefiftyfour wrote:
> I want a Coker, but I need help parting with the money.
>
> Can someone convince me that I need the Coker? My only ride now is
> the KH-24.
Sure.
Coker, Coker, Coker, Coker…
Did that work?
If not, heck, you’re in Austin. Subscribe to the TJS mailing list, tell the
list the Tuesday before you come that you’re coming to a Thursday evening
practice and you’d like to see some Cokering, and we can play in the parking
lot for a while. We have half a dozen Cokerheads.
TJS is here: http://juggling.place.org/
>
> Does anyone want to sell one?
Connie Leaverton was thinking about a while ago, dunno is she has already.
>
> Are the refurbished ones the way to go?
Looks that way.
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
onefiftyfour wrote:
> JJuggle wrote:
>> *I -may- be selling mine in June. You’re in Austin, though. Isn’t
>> that like a Coker Mecca? Anyone around there upgrading, which could
>> save you shipping charges?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Raphael Lasar
>> Matawan, NJ *
>
>
> Yea there are a few Cokers in Austin. I met those guys once at a
> Jugglefest unicycle ride. That may have been what peaked my interest.
> I don’t know if they monitor this forum?
Nope, they’re basically jugglers. You can join their email list, though.
–
“Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.”
– Seneca
Thanks, Scott.
I just got a Coker ,It’s great ,I’m messed up now Do I go ride the 24 or is it the Cokers Day? To much fun ,no one has said ,were’s the other wheel to me while riding the big one.I’ll I hear is wooo look at that guys wheel, it blows peoples minds.
The Coker is a blast to ride . If you got tons of cash buy the high end one ,it’ll take more abuse .
The way to convince yourself is to ride one…just once. Granted, I never bought one, but after I rode one at UNICON I was really thinking about it. Now I’m on a new MUni kick.
Anyway, I don’t want to put words into anybody’s mouth, but I seem to remember Scot Cooper posting about possibly selling his Coker. It was in the thread about the Kris Holm coker frame and I think Scot is considering trading up. Take a look at that thread - maybe you can make him an offer.
I’m definitely getting one - but just not too soon.
There are unicycles, and there is the Coker.
A Coker will cruise on the flat at over 10mph.
A Coker will swoop over patches of rough ground which would slow down a smaller MUni.
Mounting a Coker isn’t that difficult, but it’s a good feeling every time it works. And it impresses people.
You can see over hedges.
It cruises on autopilot… I can remove my helmet, remove my sweater, replace my helmet and put my sweater in my bag, all at 8 - 10 mph on flattish single track. I can’t even do 8-10 mph on the same track on any of my other unis!
The only two comparisons are:
A good 26 ish MUni. This might cope with more severe terrain and more technical stuff, but it will be loads slower on normal tracks and trails.
A 28/29 with shortish cranks. This will be about as fast, but only if you pedal at a more frantic cadence.
I have a 20, 24, 26, 28 and Coker. They’re all in a row, equally accessible. If I have two hours to ride, and no clear plans where to go, I take the Coker, almost every time.
I wouldn’t have my Coker as my ONLY unicycle, but if I were told I could only have TWO, then one of them would be the Coker.
You can go places on a Coker. 30 mile rides are easily achievable.
You know you want one.
Earlier this year I competed in a time trial with 31 mountain bicyclists. It was 1.5 miles up a paved road, and 1.5 miles back through some tight single track. With the coker I was able to place one before last. (Read “NOT LAST”!) I could not do that on my 26" DM. Had the course not included the road ride (as planned) I would have done better. If you’re into speed or distance, you owe it to yourself to try a coker. Or if you just like attention…
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
You NEED the Coker.
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
On Fri, 2 May 2003 16:22:30 +0100, Stu Carter <stu@mini.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>My personal upgrade path went:
>
>20"
>Good 20"
>26" Muni
>Good 26" Muni
>5’ Giraffe
>12"
>Minibike
>Ultimate wheel
>BC wheel
>
>Now I’m back down to the good 20", and wondering whether
>to go for a 26/28" commuter or 5’ giraffe.
Seems like you should buy the commuter, as the 5’ giraffe is already
on your inventory list 
"More people are killed by donkeys each year, than in air crashes. "
I wanted a coker for ages, and the day it arrived was the best day of my life…ah
Plus, u cant fly down hills at 17 1/2 mph on anything else (well u could, but it is inadvisable;))
Get a coker, get a coker, they are soooo cool, get a coker
that pursuaded u?
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
On Fri, 2 May 2003, Klaas Bil wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2003 16:22:30 +0100, Stu Carter <stu@mini.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >My personal upgrade path went:
> >
> >20"
> >Good 20"
> >26" Muni
> >Good 26" Muni
> >5’ Giraffe
> >12"
> >Minibike
> >Ultimate wheel
> >BC wheel
> >
> >Now I’m back down to the good 20", and wondering whether
> >to go for a 26/28" commuter or 5’ giraffe.
>
> Seems like you should buy the commuter, as the 5’ giraffe is already
> on your inventory list
I’ve got rid of all but the good 20" in fits of decluttering
when I lived in a tiny house. Now I have more room…
Cheers,
Stu
Re: Convince me to buy a coker.
You really don’t need a Coker much less want one. It’s not what it’s cracked up to be in spite of what all these other folks are saying. Matter of fact, this whole idea of unicycling is kind of silly if you ask me…people riding around on one wheel, showing off and all that. They should all really act their age and quit attempting such impossible things, drawing attention to themselves and getting all this exercise.
These Big Ones as their called are really fast and really turn some heads. Imagine how the onlookers feel when they see such a huge wheel gliding by. Oh, at first they’re probably filled with amazement, but then it quickly deflates their self-esteem when they realize that the rider is doing something that they could only ever dream about.
If you really want to help your fellow man and maintain the status quo, please give up this idea of Cokers. It’s not good for society for one person to be elevated above another in their accomplishments. We need fairness! We need equality in the land! Please be considerate of others and make sure none of friends and townsmen are dealt an unfair hand simply because you decide to step up to the next challenge.
Bruce
My son Brad was 9 years old and 4’-8" when he got his Coker.
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Mikefule wrote: -
----I have a 20, 24, 26, 28 and Coker. They’re all in a row, equally accessible. If I have two hours to ride, and no clear plans where to go, I take the Coker, almost every time.
I wouldn’t have my Coker as my ONLY unicycle, but if I were told I could only have TWO, then one of them would be the Coker. ----
I was wondering which unicycle you’d choose if you had to pick just one?
Unicycles are like potato chips – You can’t have just one.
