dirt bike tires on a 20"!!!!

Unicycles and Equipment
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16" motorcycle tires fit on a 20" rim!!! My friend ryan did it to his unicycle. it looks pretty awesome and the tire he has is fairly springy and doesn’t fold, even on his CX rim.

just a few examples that will fit, I just don’t know about frame clearance.

http://www.amazon.com/Shin-3-00-16-TM35943-Chen-Wheels/dp/B000GRN19Y/ref=sr_1_13/002-8777648-9879215?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1174157650&sr=1-13
http://www.amazon.com/Shin-3-00-16-TM35757-Chen-Wheels/dp/B000GRN1IA/ref=sr_1_24/002-8777648-9879215?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1174157650&sr=1-24
http://www.amazon.com/Shin-3-00-16-M858601-Chen-Wheels/dp/B000GROYBS/ref=sr_1_130/002-8777648-9879215?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1174157949&sr=1-130


http://www.amazon.com/Pirelli-100-16-0736600-Tires-Wheels/dp/B000GROYZY/ref=sr_1_122/002-8777648-9879215?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1174158064&sr=1-122
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Where’s the pictures of the tire, on his uni? Thanks

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So it’s too big for a trials rim, right?

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Hey one of my friends did that a couple months ago.
cost him 40 bucks for the tire though.

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40 bucks for a motorcycle tire is good. thats the price of a decent bike one.

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It only weighs 8-11LBS

That’s about as heavy as my uni (Bit less, but wutever)

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How much do these tires actually way? How much more than a Luna or CC? The shipping weight is useally much higher than the actual weight.

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A number of years ago we looked into these tires for use on rear of trials bicycle. I actually bought a couple, to find out:

  1. I don’t remember the weight exactly, but the figure 4 or 5 pounds sounds right.
  2. The compound was not grippy, in fact for cycling (or UNI) application they would not be very grabby. They might be fine on moto-trials, but there you have to ad 150 pounds+ for the weight of the bike… making harder compounds necessary.
  3. The size. If it is the same tire I played with a few years ago (and it looks like it), they were too big.

Sorry for the negetives, just thought I would save some one a few bucks before they made the effort to learn what I did.

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hmm my friend has a 2.5 tire

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this thread is ghey, moto tyres are way too stiff and heavy, and skrobo, your friend isnt the only one with a 2.5 tyre…

and no they would not be grippy.

if you want to use moto tyres, get a dirtbike.

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if you wanna use ISIS cranks get a bike.

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yer well if you wana be i D!CK about it then none of us use any tyres as 99% are designed for bikes…

reason i said that is because it is a useless idea that has greater disadvantages than advantages

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i’d like to see a picture. Coem on people its abit of fun. Ok its probably not as good as a bike tyre, but still its funny.

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i’m not sure i understand, we don’t use tires?

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what he means is all tires are diesigned for bike that unicycles use