I watched Universe again today. I felt so inspired that I went outside and
lowered the pressure in the Gazz 2.6 so I could learn to hop. I’m not all
that comfortable holding the handle yet, and coming to complete stop with
the cranks horizontal was different too. After fifteen minutes, I could
sort of stop and hop for a few times before I fell forward or sideways.
Just hope I don’t bend the cranks or snap the hub. Cheers…Joe in Iowa
Well, if I bend these cheap-o steal ones, I have some aluminum road cranks
to use that are 170mm. They are the ones with the big ring swaged on. I
took the ring off and ground down the splines. If I snap the Hub, I’d
probably bite the bullet, and get the Profile hub and cranks. I wonder if
the profile hub would fit my Semcycle XLW??? Joe in Iowa
-----Original Message----- From: rsu-admin@unicycling.org
["]mailto:rsu-admin@unicycling.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lutkus Sent: Sunday,
December 02, 2001 10:29 PM To: tommy@osage.net
Cc: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: learning to hop
I have to admit, the first time I bent a set of cranks was the coolest
thing ever. (It was also the highest drop I’d ever made to that point.)
Waiting for a new set of cranks to arrive, and bending them too after 5
minutes of use, on the other hand, was not so cool. My new goal is to see
how crazy I can be, and not break anything.
jl
> Just hope I don’t bend the cranks or snap the hub.
> Cheers…Joe in Iowa
I have to admit, the first time I bent a set of cranks was the coolest
thing ever. (It was also the highest drop I’d ever made to that point.)
Waiting for a new set of cranks to arrive, and bending them too after 5
minutes of use, on the other hand, was not so cool. My new goal is to see
how crazy I can be, and not break anything.
jl
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Joe,
I’d be surprised that you could bend the cranks on the semcycle xlw just
by hopping, unless they are really cheap ones. I do hop regularly with my
cheap taiwanese unicycle and they are ok. I Just avoid drops. At first, I
thought I bent one crank but it was rather lose at the connection with the
axle. Be sure they are well tightened…
Good hopping !
Christian.
Joe wrote:
> Well, if I bend these cheap-o steal ones, I have some aluminum road
> cranks to use that are 170mm. They are the ones with the big ring
> swaged on. I took the ring off and ground down the splines. If I snap
> the Hub, I’d probably bite the bullet, and get the Profile hub and
> cranks. I wonder if the profile hub would fit my Semcycle XLW??? Joe
> in Iowa
>
> -----Original Message----- From: rsu-admin@unicycling.org
> ["]mailto:rsu-admin@unicycling.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lutkus Sent: Sunday,
> December 02, 2001 10:29 PM To: tommy@osage.net
> Cc: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: learning to hop
>
> I have to admit, the first time I bent a set of cranks was the coolest
> thing ever. (It was also the highest drop I’d ever made to that point.)
>
> Waiting for a new set of cranks to arrive, and bending them too after 5
> minutes of use, on the other hand, was not so cool. My new goal is to
> see how crazy I can be, and not break anything.
>
> jl
We had a couple of unfortunate happenings at our last ride last Friday
night. First was a 24" blue Schwinn. I had just told the guy he should put
it up since it’s a collector’s item, and he said he probably should, and
started hopping on
it. He had been doing small drops and practicing hops up stairs and such,
but nothing too extreme. He hopped a few inches off the ground and
landed in the same spot, and I saw the rim flatten out against the
ground. I said “hey, your rim”, but he was back in the air. On his
next landing, the rim got tweaked sideways enough to render the uni
unrideable. A little later, our resident punk (we use the term
affectionately) on his 30-year-old 20" Schwinn had a similar
incident. He has been doing hops and 3 to 4-foot drops, riding down
multiple steps, and never had too many problems. The weld on his hub
did break, but he got that fixed and was back riding with no problems
the next week. Anyways, he did a sideways hop down 3 steps and bent
his rim when he landed, enough to make the tire hit the frame. He was
able to force the bent part through the frame and ride it a few feet,
and it was extremely comical, but it was still a bummer that it was
tweaked so badly. The riders were not heavy people, either. I guess
you just have to have the right machine for the task.
John
Christian St-Pierre wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I’d be surprised that you could bend the cranks on the semcycle xlw just
> by hopping, unless they are really cheap ones. I do hop regularly with
> my cheap taiwanese unicycle and they are ok. I Just avoid drops. At
> first, I thought I bent one crank but it was rather lose at the
> connection with the axle. Be sure they are well tightened…
>
> Good hopping !
>
> Christian.
>
> Joe wrote:
>
> > Well, if I bend these cheap-o steal ones, I have some aluminum road
> > cranks to use that are 170mm. They are the ones with the big ring
> > swaged on. I took the ring off and ground down the splines. If I
> > snap the Hub, I’d probably bite the bullet, and get the Profile hub
> > and cranks. I wonder if the profile hub would fit my Semcycle XLW???
> > Joe in Iowa
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: rsu-admin@unicycling.org
> > ["]mailto:rsu-admin@unicycling.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lutkus Sent:
> > Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:29 PM To: tommy@osage.net
> > Cc: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: learning to hop
> >
> > I have to admit, the first time I bent a set of cranks was the coolest
> > thing ever. (It was also the highest drop I’d ever made to that
> > point.)
> >
> > Waiting for a new set of cranks to arrive, and bending them too after
> > 5 minutes of use, on the other hand, was not so cool. My new goal is
> > to see how crazy I can be, and not break anything.
> >
> > jl
We had a couple of unfortunate happenings at our last ride last Friday
night. First was a 24" blue Schwinn. I had just told the guy he should put
it up since it’s a collector’s item, and he said he probably should, and
started hopping on
it. He had been doing small drops and practicing hops up stairs and such,
but nothing too extreme. He hopped a few inches off the ground and
landed in the same spot, and I saw the rim flatten out against the
ground. I said “hey, your rim”, but he was back in the air. On his
next landing, the rim got tweaked sideways enough to render the uni
unrideable. A little later, our resident punk (we use the term
affectionately) on his 30-year-old 20" Schwinn had a similar
incident. He has been doing hops and 3 to 4-foot drops, riding down
multiple steps, and never had too many problems. The weld on his hub
did break, but he got that fixed and was back riding with no problems
the next week. Anyways, he did a sideways hop down 3 steps and bent
his rim when he landed, enough to make the tire hit the frame. He was
able to force the bent part through the frame and ride it a few feet,
and it was extremely comical, but it was still a bummer that it was
tweaked so badly. The riders were not heavy people, either. I guess
you just have to have the right machine for the task.
John
Christian St-Pierre wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I’d be surprised that you could bend the cranks on the semcycle xlw just
> by hopping, unless they are really cheap ones. I do hop regularly with
> my cheap taiwanese unicycle and they are ok. I Just avoid drops. At
> first, I thought I bent one crank but it was rather lose at the
> connection with the axle. Be sure they are well tightened…
>
> Good hopping !
>
> Christian.
>
> Joe wrote:
>
> > Well, if I bend these cheap-o steal ones, I have some aluminum road
> > cranks to use that are 170mm. They are the ones with the big ring
> > swaged on. I took the ring off and ground down the splines. If I
> > snap the Hub, I’d probably bite the bullet, and get the Profile hub
> > and cranks. I wonder if the profile hub would fit my Semcycle XLW???
> > Joe in Iowa
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: rsu-admin@unicycling.org
> > ["]mailto:rsu-admin@unicycling.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lutkus Sent:
> > Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:29 PM To: tommy@osage.net
> > Cc: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: learning to hop
> >
> > I have to admit, the first time I bent a set of cranks was the coolest
> > thing ever. (It was also the highest drop I’d ever made to that
> > point.)
> >
> > Waiting for a new set of cranks to arrive, and bending them too after
> > 5 minutes of use, on the other hand, was not so cool. My new goal is
> > to see how crazy I can be, and not break anything.
> >
> > jl
Joe in Iowa,
My Sem XLW is outfitted with the Profile hub and crank set.
Bruce in Illinois
Joe wrote:
>
> Well, if I bend these cheap-o steal ones, I have some aluminum road
> cranks to use that are 170mm. They are the ones with the big ring
> swaged on. I took the ring off and ground down the splines. If I snap
> the Hub, I’d probably bite the bullet, and get the Profile hub and
> cranks. I wonder if the profile hub would fit my Semcycle XLW??? Joe
> in Iowa
>
> -----Original Message----- From: rsu-admin@unicycling.org
> ["]mailto:rsu-admin@unicycling.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lutkus Sent: Sunday,
> December 02, 2001 10:29 PM To: tommy@osage.net
> Cc: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: learning to hop
>
> I have to admit, the first time I bent a set of cranks was the coolest
> thing ever. (It was also the highest drop I’d ever made to that point.)
>
> Waiting for a new set of cranks to arrive, and bending them too after 5
> minutes of use, on the other hand, was not so cool. My new goal is to
> see how crazy I can be, and not break anything.
>
> jl