Write to: Solipaz Publishing Company
P.O. Box 366 Lodi California 95241
The exact title is How to Build Unicycles and Artistic Bicycles (Second Edition)
By Jack Wiley
The price of the book is $15.95 add $2.00 for shipping and 7% sales tax if you
are in California. (It took me about 3 weeks to get my copy)
The information in the book seems pretty good. I hope to build a giraffe
unicycle using it as a guide. The production quality of the Solipaz publishing
books is pretty low end.
A major disappointment for me was the lack of discussion of large Unicycle
Wheels. I was hoping for information on type and number of spokes to use. What
to use as a rim. What are the options for tires etc.
Despite this I have enjoyed the book and think it is certainly worth having.
>To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: u Content-Type: text/plain; >charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: >owner-unicycling@winternet.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: McCracken Family ><mccracken@worldnet.att.net> > >Can anyone out there tell me where I can purchase a copy of 'How to Build a >Unicycle’ by Jack Wiley? Thanks Frank > >And also how to access the F.A.Q. s page / > >Thanks some more. > >
In a message dated 9/27/98 11:10:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, john_dibble@hotmail.com writes:
<< The information in the book seems pretty good. I hope to build a giraffe
unicycle using it as a guide. The production quality of the Solipaz publishing
books is pretty low end. >>
I used this book to build my 6’ giraffe.
Even though I scrounged up most of the parts and had a friend do the welding, it
ended up costing me about $75US. Then I found a 5’ Savage giraffe for $50 that I
prefer much better.
The homemade model is quite heavy and cumbersome. Unless you are really into
engineering, it can be quite challenging to get everything adjusted just right.
I guess my point is if you’re looking to build one because it’s cheaper, I would
say you’re better off hunting garage sales and the newsgroup. Now if you enjoyed
building models when you were a kid, then go for it!
>I guess my point is if you’re looking to build one because it’s
cheaper, I >would say you’re better off hunting garage sales and the newsgroup.
Now if >you enjoyed building models when you were a kid, then go for it!
On that note, Tim Bustos showed me some used unicycles for sale at a bike shop
in Sacramento. They have two or three old standard unicycles, a 20" Columbia,
20" Japanese similar to the Oxford or Pro that I have and a 24" (I think) cycle
that is older, and may be homemade. Or maybe it’s an old Penguin or something.
But the real treasure are the two giraffes, a 6’ and a 10’. These appear to have
been built by Hamilton’s Bicycle East of Wichita, Kansas. How do I know this? I
have a 5’ that looks just like them. Hamilton’s built custom unicycles back
before Tom Miller was doing it, and you can read about them in old issues of the
USA Newsletter. I think they’re asking $250 for the giraffes, and you’ll have to
call to find out about the others. The giraffes are well worth it.
College Cyclery 2760 21st St. Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 456-2042
Chuck Meyer, Proprietor
Email? What’s that? This place is ancient, and like a museum inside. I think
they have more antique bikes on display (some for sale) than new ones.
RE: How to build a unicycle (Now Giraffe Treasure!)
Well, what can I say? I won’t be building this giraffe. I just got off the phone
and ordered the 6 footer! (Ten Feet seems way cool but got walk before you run)
Anyway, I can’t wait for this unicycle to show up at my door!
jd >From unicycling-owner@icicle.winternet.com Mon Sep 28 01:02:20 1998 Received: >(from server@localhost) by icicle.winternet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA18460 for >unicycling-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 02:45:13 -0500 (CDT) > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: >Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 In-Reply-To: ><5a6377cb.360ed76c@aol.com> Sender: owner-unicycling@winternet.com Precedence: >bulk Reply-To: “John Foss” <unifoss@calweb.com> > >>I guess my point is if you’re looking to build one because it’s >cheaper, I >>would say you’re better off hunting garage sales and the newsgroup. >Now if >>you enjoyed building models when you were a kid, then go for it! > >On that note, Tim Bustos showed me some used unicycles for sale at a bike shop >in Sacramento. They have two or three old standard unicycles, a 20" Columbia, >20" Japanese similar to the Oxford or Pro that I have and a 24" (I think) cycle >that is older, and may be homemade. Or maybe it’s an old Penguin or something. > >But the real treasure are the two giraffes, a 6’ and a 10’. These appear to >have been built by Hamilton’s Bicycle East of Wichita, Kansas. How do I know >this? I have a 5’ that looks just like them. Hamilton’s built custom unicycles >back before Tom Miller was doing it, and you can read about them in old issues >of the USA Newsletter. I think they’re asking $250 for the giraffes, and you’ll >have to call to find out about the others. The giraffes are well worth it. > >College Cyclery 2760 21st St. Sacramento, CA 95818 >(916) 456-2042 > >Chuck Meyer, Proprietor > >Email? What’s that? This place is ancient, and like a museum inside. I think >they have more antique bikes on display (some for sale) than new ones. > >Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone > >-------------------------------------------- >unifoss@calweb.comhttp://www.calweb.com/~unifoss/ > >California Mountain Unicycle Weekend Be there! Oct. 17 & 18 > >