# How to order a Schlumpf?

**URL:** https://unicyclist.com/t/how-to-order-a-schlumpf/109991
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 3, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/how-to-order-a-schlumpf/109991 "2010-03-03T18:54:38Z")
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### Author: ![johnfoss](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/johnfoss/32/85_2.png) [@johnfoss](https://unicyclist.com/u/johnfoss)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/how-to-order-a-schlumpf/109991/85 "2011-05-09T21:53:58Z")

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Probably the best way to practice for riding a 36" in high gear is to ride around on a 54" unicycle. If you happen to know someone who has one. I was fortunate in that I had a 45", and I used to have a roommate who had made himself a 50" and 56" wheels.

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> Dear Sir,

Not sure who you are writing to, but those giant paragraphs were a mouthful. If it’s to a vendor I highly recommend separating out each question on its own, and providing an itemized list of what you want to order.

I don’t have an opinion on the various clamps mentioned, though I recommend a non-QR, double-bolt one for any road unicycle with a long handle. You can put a lot of torque into a seat post with a setup like that.

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> I have my Impulse Shadow set up (curve up, grips out just like the main picture on UDC) to protect my Bengal Helix 1.1 brake lever when I drop it.

I have mine set up curve down. The brake lever is under the bar, so that would seem the better direction to protect it. But my brake lever is way back toward the seat for upright-seated braking. My Spooner lever is nowhere near ground contact.

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> What would be ideal is to have an alternate place to mount the Spooner under the seat so I could remove the Shadow handlebar for the trails.

The alternate is a different piece of tubing. My inelegant solution is a simple BMX seatpost. It’s chrome and it fits, which were good enough at the time. I added a BMX handlegrip to the end of that, and had me a MUni handle. The purpose of that handle is to be there instead of my beautiful, custom powder-coated Shadow handle for the trails. But yesterday I did several miles of (easy) trails and didn’t even think about having my nice handle on there…

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> My plan is to break my new hub in slow using only the high gear (buttons off) checking/tightening my cranks every 5 miles for the first 20.

That will be good discipline and force you to learn your high gear skills faster, but you might find it frustrating.

You won’t regret choosing the KH frame; I love mine and never a hint of slippage or bearing issues.

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