Fat Uni Tire Reference Page Available

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My MUni buddy Carl says I have a fat tire fettish, and maybe he’s right. But for
the trials/MUni/snow stuff I like to do, fat is much better than skinny. There’s
something good about a fat knobby that can quickly kick the dirt/mud/snow right
out of your tire. Yet I’ve not seen a complete fat tire page for the uni
community, so I’ve created one. Check it out at

http://torontounicyclists.tripod.com/tire.htm

Fat tires are the domain of the 24" and 26" wheel. If you’re using a standard
20" rim you’re limited to a width of about 2.25". It seems like bmx’ers don’t do
fat tires. At least you’ll have little problem with tire clearance of your
frame. The other option is the combo Monty 20" tire and Monty 16" rim, which
will run your $110CAD. You’ll then have to get a uni hub and spoke it.

Both 24" and 26" wheels can go up a width of 3". All these tires have a knobby
tread. 24" knobby tires have become more popular as more downhill mtb riders
convert from 26" wheels for a variety of reasons. They can go to 24", get a
wider 3" tire and still be able to fit it into their frame. As a result there
are more 24" knobbies on the market for us.

Pay attention to the tread pattern of the tire. Widely spaced knobs will kick
out guck more efficiently, giving you better traction in mud/snow. Small spaced
knobs will grip dirt better in dry conditions, but will quickly clog with mud,
making your tire lose grip in mud. I’ve read that small spaced knobs in neat
little rows are better for trials. It depends on what conditions you ride.

Then there is the weight problem. The wider the rim and fatter the tire, the
heavier the sucker, which means that if you need to hop, and you will, it’ll be
heavier than a thinner tire. Kris uses tires that are 1.5kg/3.3lbs each. Luckily
he only needs one. I’ve listed all the tire weights I could find.

If you’ve heard of a fat tire and it’s not on my tire page, e-mail
TorontoUnicyclists@Canada.com and I’ll research it and update the page. Try to
include the manufacturer’s web site. You’d be amazed at the lack of information
that some manufacturers publish on the web. Kinda makes you wonder if you should
purchase their products.

Don_Tai@Yahoo.co.uk but I live in Toronto, Canada
http://torontounicyclists.tripod.com

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Re: Fat Uni Tire Reference Page Available

Onza v Monty 2.5" tyres

This weekend at Rocket’s Birthday hockey do (which was fantastic!) we played
about with the Onza 2.5 tyre on a rim. I have had the tyre/rim for a couple of
weeks but this was the first opportunity to play with it. Conclusions…
Quality: it is of better quality than the Monty, the mould is obviously of a
higher quality with no flash marks on the surface and it does fit the rim very
neatly (as a tyre should be), needing tyre levers to get it on and off. Sizes:
rim size according to Leo who built both rims says that they have an identical
bead diameter - so they are interchangeable (we have not tried this yet though).
Rim: the Onza rim is of a similar construction to the Monty but slightly
shallower on depth so needs slightly longer spokes, we had ours 2 cross to fit
the spokes we has. Spoke sizes: the Onza takes the same size spokes as the Susue
hub, I think that is 16 gauge but I hope this can be confirmed by someone, I
cannot find my verniers at the moment. The Monty is drilled for really thick
spokes and if you were to fit the correct ones you need to drill out the hub.
Weight: both identical Tread size: The Monty is bigger definitely, but only by a
couple of millimetres… but this is enough to allow it to fit in a standard
20" Taiwanese frame! :slight_smile:

Conclusion… good tyre, slightly less radical in size (but only slightly),
fits standard size spokes, cheaper and fits in a Taiwanese 20" frame. Generally
it gets the thumbs up for unicycling.

Roger

The UK's Unicycle Source <a href="http://www.unicycle.uk.com/">http://www.unicycle.uk.com/</a>

----- Original Message ----- From: “Don Tai” <donotreply@interbulletin.bogus>
To: <unicycling@winternet.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 5:01 AM Subject:
Fat Uni Tire Reference Page Available

> My MUni buddy Carl says I have a fat tire fettish, and maybe he’s right. But
> for the trials/MUni/snow stuff I like to do, fat is much better than skinny.
> There’s something good about a fat knobby that can quickly kick the
> dirt/mud/snow right out of your tire. Yet I’ve not seen a complete fat tire
> page for the uni community, so I’ve created one. Check it out at
>
> http://torontounicyclists.tripod.com/tire.htm
>
> Fat tires are the domain of the 24" and 26" wheel. If you’re using a standard
> 20" rim you’re limited to a width of about 2.25". It seems like bmx’ers don’t
> do fat tires. At least you’ll have little problem with tire clearance of your
> frame. The other option is the combo Monty 20" tire and Monty 16" rim, which
> will run your $110CAD. You’ll then have to get a uni hub and spoke it.
>
> Both 24" and 26" wheels can go up a width of 3". All these tires have a knobby
> tread. 24" knobby tires have become more popular as more downhill mtb riders
> convert from 26" wheels for a variety of reasons. They can go to 24", get a
> wider 3" tire and still be able to fit it into their frame. As a result there
> are more 24" knobbies on the market for us.
>
> Pay attention to the tread pattern of the tire. Widely spaced knobs will kick
> out guck more efficiently, giving you better traction in mud/snow. Small
> spaced knobs will grip dirt better in dry conditions, but will
quickly
> clog with mud, making your tire lose grip in mud. I’ve read that small
spaced
> knobs in neat little rows are better for trials. It depends on what conditions
> you ride.
>
> Then there is the weight problem. The wider the rim and fatter the tire, the
> heavier the sucker, which means that if you need to hop, and you will, it’ll
> be heavier than a thinner tire. Kris uses tires that are
1.5kg/3.3lbs
> each. Luckily he only needs one. I’ve listed all the tire weights I could
find.
>
> If you’ve heard of a fat tire and it’s not on my tire page, e-mail
> TorontoUnicyclists@Canada.com and I’ll research it and update the page.
Try to
> include the manufacturer’s web site. You’d be amazed at the lack of
information
> that some manufacturers publish on the web. Kinda makes you wonder if you
should
> purchase their products.
>
> Don_Tai@Yahoo.co.uk but I live in Toronto, Canada
> http://torontounicyclists.tripod.com
> _______________________________________________
> Submitted via WebNewsReader of http://www.interbulletin.com