Custom Qu-Ax unicycles

[Borgschulze]

@Chexjc

Not really. The hubs are different sizes and colors. The cranks are only similar in that they both have a crank and pinch bolt. They are different colors, shapes, weights, and lengths. The frame is also a different shape. The seat is similar, but also different. The seatpost clamp that comes on the torker is crap compared to the one on the Qu-ax. Then there’s the rim which is also different. The new Qu-ax also has a different seatpost.

If you want to say that Qu-ax’s and Torkers are similar, you might as well say that all unicycles are similar (which they are in a sense, but not when you’re comparing individual components).

Torker DX hub and Qu-Ax hub are… 10-Spline, 48h, and both pretty much unbreakable.

Cranks… Qu-ax has some Q from what I hear, as well as different lengths, but they appear to be the same shape and design overall.

Nowhere did I say the frames or anything other than the Hub and Cranks are the same.

Don’t go overboard because you didn’t like my post in the other thread.

[Chexjc]

@Borgschulze

Torker DX hub and Qu-Ax hub are… 10-Spline, 48h, and both pretty much unbreakable.

Cranks… Qu-ax has some Q from what I hear, as well as different lengths, but they appear to be the same shape and design overall.

Nowhere did I say the frames or anything other than the Hub and Cranks are the same.

Don’t go overboard because you didn’t like my post in the other thread.

I’m not going overboard, just saying they aren’t really identical by any means.

The Qu-ax cranks are squared off and the Torker cranks are round.

I’m not saying either brand is better either. I own a Qu-ax Trials and a 24" Torker DX.

[Borgschulze]

@Chexjc

I’m not going overboard, just saying they aren’t really identical by any means.

The Qu-ax cranks are squared off and the Torker cranks are round.

I’m not saying either brand is better either. I own a Qu-ax Trials and a 24" Torker DX.

Eh, they’re probably made in the same factory too.

[forrestunifreak]

I have an almost completly stock Qu-Ax trials that I’ve been riding hard for over two years. I’ve just replaced stuff like the pedals and the seat, etc.

I’ve also got a Qu-Ax Light ISIS 24x3 muni, also stock but I bet not very many people on here has one of those…

[oneisenough]

@oneisenough

my new wheel comes tomorrow, ill post a pic then!

well its not tomorrow, and i dont have a pic yet, but my qu-ax looks sweet. it has a stripped and clear-coated frame, stock (ish) saddle, i cut the foam down to about KH street foam height, Nimbus ISIS trials wheelset, KH moment 137 mm cranks, and Kona pedals(just from my MTB). ill get a pics soon:)

[oneisenough]

Fianally got pics!!

-Qu-Ax Trials Frame(Stripped and Clear Coated)
-KH moment Cranks (137 mm)
-Nimbus ISIS Trials Wheelset (when it was still $86:D )
-Kona Pedals W/ some pins missing
-Custom home-cut seat foam)
-Stock Seat post (stripped & clearcoat)
-Stock Sestpost clamp(I made the engraving deeper)
-Maxxis CC
-And a sweet valve cap( I Gorilla Glued a toy Helmet over a Valve Cap and painted it Gold)

[isaac_steiner]

Your pics arent working but i saw them in your gallery…nice! Looks really good…

Isaac

[oneisenough]

here are links:
seat,
Wheel,
and The whole thing.

[maximus_unius]

@Borgschulze

Torker DX hub and Qu-Ax hub are… 10-Spline, 48h, and both pretty much unbreakable.

Thats like saying the new Nimbus hubs and DX hubs are similar… 10 spline, black, and pretty much unbreakable.

Cranks… Qu-ax has some Q from what I hear, as well as different lengths, but they appear to be the same shape and design overall.

The Qu-ax cranks have tons of Q. Having seen both qu-ax and profile (not side by side though) I would say they have about the same amount of Q, and profile has a lot.

They are definitely NOT the same shape and design. DX are round, while qu-ax are rectangle shape. The pinch bolt end of the DX cranks are triangle shaped, and cover the whole end of the crank, while qu-ax pinch bolt ends are a little thing sticking off the end. DX are also hollow, while qu-ax are solid.

[Chexjc]

@oneisenough

here are links:
seat,
Wheel,
and The whole thing.

That looks pretty sick…but is it really a qu-ax anymore haha. You had trouble fitting that wheelset right? What did you do?

[oneisenough]

@Chexjc

That looks pretty sick…but is it really a qu-ax anymore haha. You had trouble fitting that wheelset right? What did you do?

well, yeah kinda, the frame, seat, seat post, and clamp are stock. (theres not much to a uni to keep it a single brand:p

yeah i did, i just put small dents in the frame where the spokes hit. the dents were only about 2 mm and i got nice clearence now
^^im kinda forgetful, so it may take a few days, but ill try to get soem pics of the frame/spoke clearence

[Chexjc]

@oneisenough

well, yeah kinda, the frame, seat, seat post, and clamp are stock. (theres not much to a uni to keep it a single brand

yeah i did, i just put small dents in the frame where the spokes hit. the dents were only about 2 mm and i got nice clearence now
^^im kinda forgetful, so it may take a few days, but ill try to get soem pics of the frame/spoke clearence

True. I’d say the wheelset of the uni is really it’s core. It is a “Custom Qu-ax” though. Maybe I’ll ride it if I we ride together someday.

[DustinSchaap]

I’ll post pics when I finish (read: start) my custom uni the new Qu-ax has ISIS splined cranks so not very similar to Torker. I agree that the old ones looked a damn lot alike though.

[Triball]

Here’s mine:

Still haven’t taken a better picture:D

[DustinSchaap]

How do those cranks hold up? They look so fragile.. loving the flame sticker but for the rest pretty standard, are there any flaming hot qu-ax unis out there?

[Triball]

They hold up for me, because I’m not really extreme.

[Smilymarco]

@Chexjc

True. I’d say the wheelset of the uni is really it’s core.

I think its the hub that is the real heart of a uni.

Or what do you think is my uni?

Nimbus hub, Tensile cranks, KH rim, Monty tire, Point Racing pedals, KH frame, Koxx Seatclamp, Quax seatpost and CF KH seat.

I think its a nimbus unicycle.
We need another “Custom Nimbus unicycles” thread

[torkerdx]

@Smilymarco

I think its the hub that is the real heart of a uni.

Or what do you think is my uni?

Nimbus hub, Tensile cranks, KH rim, Monty tire, Point Racing pedals, KH frame, Koxx Seatclamp, Quax seatpost and CF KH seat.

I think its a nimbus unicycle.
We need another “Custom Nimbus unicycles” thread

most people take a stock uni and modify it. not buy a bunch of random parts and throw them together.
sounds sick though. how are the tensiles?
and got pics?

[Smilymarco]

I already bend the Tensiles a bit.

Here are some pics of the uni (with different pedals though):

Euer setup

So Leute, hier mal mein neues Setup: Nimbus ISIS Nabe Tensile Kurbeln Quax Magnesium Pedale KH-Felge Monty Eagle Claw Reifen KH-Gabel Koxx Sattelklemme Quax Alu Sattelstütze mit eingeschweißtem Dreieck KH-Streetfusion mit Carbonplatte und natürlich: Smily Ventilkappe Gewicht: genau 5kg (laut Rolands Postwaage) [IMG_4033_klein.JPG] [IMG_4034_klein.JPG] [IMG_4035_klein.JPG] [IMG_4036_klein.JPG]

I will change the cranks soon. I wanna test the Quax CrMo ISIS.
And maybe i’ll get the frame powdercoated black.

[oneisenough]

@Chexjc

True. I’d say the wheelset of the uni is really it’s core. It is a “Custom Qu-ax” though. Maybe I’ll ride it if I we ride together someday.

yeah there wasn’t a nimbus thread, and it did START as a qu-ax until like a week or two ago.