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Hi, everybody. I’ve been away from the list for a couple years, so I figured I’d
introduce myself again. =20

I now live in Moscow, Idaho and am a mechanical engineering student at the
University of Idaho. (Anybody that lives close drop me a line.) =20 I love
mountain unicycling. I see that some nice progress has been made=20 in
production Munis in the last couple years. =20

Still, I’ve never met another mountain unicyclist. I’m going to try=20 to make
it to Lake Tahoe this year so I can meet some of you guys. =20

I’ve got two unicycles right now. They both are modified Zephyrs. =20

The first one has a 27x1.25 street tire, 5" cranks, and triple traps. =20 Nice
slaloming on the flat!

The other one has a 26" aluminum rim, Miyata seat converted to air, 170mm
aluminum cranks, pin style platform pedals, and just last week I got a 26x2.6"
Gazzaloddi downhill tire. And I was wondering, what kind of pressure do you guys
run in this tire? So far I’ve been riding on about 13 psi (for maximum bounce).
I weigh about 150 and the unicycle is about 12. Also, the tire shifts on the rim
some when I ride it, so that the valve stem is now angled about 30 degrees off
of perpendicular. Does this happen to any of you? =20

Cheers

Chris

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I figured I’d introduce myself again. =20

I now live in Moscow, Idaho and am a mechanical engineering student at the
University of Idaho. (Anybody that lives close drop me a line.) I love mountain
unicycling. I see that some nice progress has been made in production Munis in
the last couple years. =20

Still, I’ve never met another mountain unicyclist. I’m going to try to make it
to Lake Tahoe this year so I can meet some of you guys. =20

I’ve got two unicycles right now. They both are modified Zephyrs. =20

The first one has a 27x1.25 street tire, 5" cranks, and triple trap=
s. =20 Nice slaloming on the flat!

The other one has a 26" aluminum rim, Miyata seat converted to air,=

170mm aluminum cranks, pin style platform pedals, and just last week I got a
26x2.6" Gazzaloddi downhill tire. And I was wondering, what=

kind of pressure do you guys run in this tire? So far I’ve been riding on
about 13 psi (for maximum bounce). I weigh about 150 and the unicycle is about
12. Also, the tire shifts on the rim some when I ride it, so that the valve
stem is now angled about 30 degrees off of perpendicular. Does this happen to
any of you? =20

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RE: Hello…again.

Chris Reeder wrote:

> And I was wondering, what kind of pressure do you guys run in this tire? So
> far I’ve been riding on about 13 psi (for maximum bounce). I weigh about 150
> and the unicycle is about 12. Also, the tire shifts on the rim some when I
> ride it, so that the valve stem is now angled about 30 degrees off of
> perpendicular. Does this happen

If the tire is shifting, you definitely have to make some kind of change. You
didn’t mention the width of your rim, but if it’s too narrow it’s not a good
combination with the wide tire. The tire only works best with a wide rim, to
provide you the support without folding over or pinching.

I think I run, or ran :frowning: , about 30 psi. Don’t go too high, as John Hooten
found, because it will take away from ride quality on pavement. Let’s see what
others have to say…

John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
http://www.unicycling.com

“Who would ever steal two #$%&@|!@%% MUnis! No matter what they do, they’ll
never get a mountain bike out of it.” - John Foss on February 1, 2000

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Re: Hello…again.

I was just browsing a site on Winter riding (for bikes). They use fat tires and
really low pressure for the snow. They recommend gluing one side of the tire to
the rim with tubular rim cement or other strong contact cement. See
http://www.mosquitonet.com/~aws/winter/winter.html

I don’t have a fat Gazzaloddi tire on my uni yet so I haven’t actually had a
need to try this. Your mileage may vary.

But before I would try gluing the tire to the rim I would first make sure
that the rim is wide enough for the tire and that the tube is fat enough for
the big tire.

Do you happen to coat the tube and inside of the tire with talcum powder? I put
talcum powder in my unicycle tires in the unproven belief that it helps prevent
pinch flats. That would tend to make the tube slip more at low pressures.

john_childs

>The other one has a 26" aluminum rim, Miyata seat converted to air, 170mm
>aluminum cranks, pin style platform pedals, and just last week I got a 26x2.6"
>Gazzaloddi downhill tire. And I was wondering, what kind of pressure do you
>guys run in this tire? So far I’ve been riding on about 13 psi (for maximum
>bounce). I weigh about 150 and the unicycle is about 12. Also, the tire shifts
>on the rim some when I ride it, so that the valve stem is now angled about 30
>degrees off of perpendicular. Does this happen to any of you?

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Re: Hello…again.

At 06:58 08/02/00 GMT, Chris Reeder wrote:
>Also, the tire shifts on the rim some when I ride it, so that the valve
>stem is now angled about 30 degrees off of perpendicular. Does this happen
>to any of you?

Yes, this happens to me sometimes. I shift it round asap so the base of the stem
doesn’t get worn through.