Why a 20"? That is too small. For me it would be either my KH26 muni or the Nimbus Oracle 29 muni. Those are my go-to unis. I donât care much for tricks, but they are good enough for me to make the distance up to 20km if I want to.
I am too short to ride anything bigger than 20", except the Nightfox, though that is too big to have as your only uni. I ride to school on my 20", which is about a mile, with hills. I have also gone distances such as 2 miles on a 16". Not practical, but possible.
The other unicycle dude in my town is 16 years old. He primarily rides his 36" unicycle everywhere. He is not as tall as me. I hardly ever ride my 36".
The jump down from a 36" is the same for everybody however small or tall you are. I reckon it is just what you want to get used to.
Hey a 16" I donât have yet. My smallest is the trials uni with 19". Iâve ridden trips of 10km with it several times.
This kind of question is exactly what Iâm facing being that Iâll be going to university in a couple months. The dorm rooms arenât big by any means so Iâll probably only be able to bring one, maybe two unicycles.
The 36er is almost guaranteed to be brought over as I really enjoy riding it, though I plan on riding it on the weekends rather than on-campus from class to class. For a campus commuter Iâm between a 20" or a 26" wheel. Given I could probably bring some tools to swap out cranks, I was thinking a 20" with short cranks for commuting and some longer cranks when I feel like practicing tricks. Plus I could probably just bring it into class and not have to worry about locking it up
In terms of just a general âfavoriteâ unicycle⊠The 36er is probably the one!
My KH26er is my absolute favourite, and my go to ride. I enjoy all my unis, with my 36er being my second choice. However, lately Iâve been using my QU-AX 24" for shorter 30 minute rides.
I donât ride much nowadays, and I only rode a few unicycles, so I donât have a lot of choices, but my favorite of all the unicycles Iâve ridden is my QX 27.5:
I suppose it is. The only downside to me is (I let you translate in your language):
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Some people, me included, experience slight issues with q-axle, on which the crank becomes a bit loose after some time, and some of us also lost adjustment caps while riding for the same reason.
Besides this, Iâd say this is a very good unicycle.
I never think in terms of replacement with unicycles. I just want âjust one moreâ. Nowadays my wife frowns upon it. I might just put it in the shed and when she asks tell her Iâve had it since before we got married. She doesnât know the difference between unicycles from 10 years ago vs new unicycles anyways.
I like the looks of your uni. Do you have any preference between KH, Nimbus and QuAx?
And how many wheels could I have for this one unicycle?
Nimbus Oregon, or better yet: a custom made frame like that of the Oregon, but with 100mm bearing spacing instead of 125mm.
But honestly: Having only one uni (no matter how many wheels I would have for it) would suck big time. It would be either too small, too big, too slow, or (seldom) too fast for what I wanted to use it for, or the tire would be too narrow or too fat. I have currently 4 (plus my old one that was my only one for the better part of about 35 years) unis that I use regularly, and Iâd have a hard time to let one of them go - they all have their specific purposes and are all used with great pleasure.
Looking at the uni in your profile pic (I assume itâs yours) I think you should be able to find a 24â that you could ride. Some shops also offer to cut the seat tube and make a new key hole, so you you could drop the seat further. There are also 22â unis, but thatâs a rare wheel size and not as easy to find as 20â or 24â.
For muni, bigger is better, at least up to a certain point. For distance, the biggest you can ride is probably the best.
If i could only have one uni it would be my 19" Impact Gravity i bought from @louis_dbl .
Iâm happy just in a small space trying to learn some tricks for fun.
Iâm a complete over thinker and riding this uni with all my concentration trying to learn something new turns off my over thinking side of my brain.