I’ve decide to make myself an ultimate wheel. I discovered that to buy one from Juggleart it’d cost me $425. Although it’d be much better quality than the one I’ll build, I couldn’t spend that much on it.
I’ve just got one question…where could I find the things you screw the pedals into? You know, the bits that you put into the wooden disk that have a thread in them. I did a little search but couldn’t find anything. The rest seems easy enough, although I don’t know where I’ll get the wooden disk cut in a circle. Would a hardware be able to do this for me?
One more thing. I couldn’t find any detailed photos of homemade ultimate wheels. Can anyone help me out there? I’m just looking for photos of the basic style ultimate wheels with a wooden disk instead of spokes.
I used the description HERE
because it didn’t know about the inserts and it didn’t require welding. Inserts are much better though. They are easy to install and can be moved if you change your mind on the “crank length”.
So are you saying that a faame-less unicycle is better because it’s more of a challenge, or because you don’t scrape your legs as much or something like that? I think I’d prefer a proper ultimate wheel. That way I could have it both ways…learn on the proper one and then learn to ride a frameless uni.
They said they were out of stock and would ship me some as soon an new orders came in, which they estmated to be 3-4 weeks. According to their website, they have been in stock for about two weeks now, but not heard anything from them so far(hint hint).
I didn’t mean to say that one type is definately better than the other. It’s probably a question preference and what you want to do with the UW.
I’m saying that I like the frame-less unicycle because I like the way I’m able to hop on it and because i will eventually be able to ride it without the tire touching my legs.
It’s also a choice between a heavy and stable wheel and a light and nimble one.
Probably a good idea. Try both and decide what works for you.
I know, but I tried it for abuot 1 minute once and it seemed ridiculously hard.
DasDingus (sorry, I don’t know your name),
Those things look great. Unfortunately I would have to pay a fair bit on shipping for them. I had an idea for a pretty crude but cheap ultimate wheel.
What I thought I could do is put a small hole in the centre of the wooden disk. Then I’d put the cranks (not cut down or anything) on each side and screw them together with some sort of a bolt with a nut at each end. Then, to stop the cranks from spinning, I’d get a small hole drilled near the end of each crank and put a bolt throught the wood and the crank. I’m not at all confident about it staying in one piece though.
I’ve seen a wheel made like that in a club i visited. It was OK to ride and it seemed to hold up fine. It’ll be a little harder to ride than one with brackets, but not much.
The more things you have sticking out of the disk the harder it will be on your ancles and legs/leg armor.
The wheel I saw had the cranks held in place with a capital omega shaped metal piece (sorry, I don’t know what they are called in english ) acros the crank arm instead of the bolt through it. That way there’s no bolt sticking out past the crank, and it is at least as easy to make.
That might work. I don’t think it’ll be especially strong but I expect you are not doing and hopping or MUWni yet. UWs are so easy to make and remake. If your method fails you can easily rebuild it with pedal plates later.
) acros the crank arm instead of the bolt through it. That way there’s no bolt sticking out past the crank, and it is at least as easy to make.