<snip> PASHLEY: All the unicycles above are expensive! If you can’t afford
them, the Pashley is the next best thing. A simple steel frame, I’ve never
heard of frame problems, even from Brett Bymaster or Dan Heaton. The only
MUni that comes with water bottle bosses (front and rear)! This frame uses
a lollipop bearing, but not the same one as the cheap Taiwan and Chinese
unicycles. On the Pashley, the attachment bolts go all the way through the
fork so there is less stress on it, but it still places too much stress
where the bolts come out. Brett Bymaster has flat/round washers (made by
Tom Miller) to interface between the bolts and frame. No provision for
brakes or one-footing. Weight is probably medium for this group. Does not
fit the 2.6 Gazz with sufficient clearance to be usable. </snip>
I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with
sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine
for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t
to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits
before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true [is
that the right true?] the wheel).
I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run
chains on the tire.
(I know you were doing this from memory
As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use
the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
> I just ordered a Pashley MUni, and I’m wondering where I can get some > washers like that. How can I get in touch with Tom Miller?
Tom (Tommi) still makes unicycles, and still has a house full of
parts. I’d like to remind all you 24" riders that he still has a lot
of those white 24 x 1.75 tires like the one I use on my red Miyata,
and they’re cheap!
I’ve suggested to John Drummond that he and/or Tom should run off a batch
of these and offer them as a Pashley accessory. Then they would be cheap!
They could probably be made to fit the Torker and other side-bolt lollipop
frames as well.
> I just ordered a Pashley MUni, and I’m wondering where I can get some > washers like that. How can I get in touch with Tom Miller?
Tom (Tommi) still makes unicycles, and still has a house full of
parts. I’d like to remind all you 24" riders that he still has a lot
of those white 24 x 1.75 tires like the one I use on my red Miyata,
and they’re cheap!
I’ve suggested to John Drummond that he and/or Tom should run off a batch
of these and offer them as a Pashley accessory. Then they would be cheap!
They could probably be made to fit the Torker and other side-bolt lollipop
frames as well.
> I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with > sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine > for quite some time
I stand corrected. So why doesn’t Brett Bymaster have one on his, I
wonder?
> As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use > the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Sounds like a great idea also. Though the radius on the round part
probably doesn’t match, it’s better than a flat washer or nothing.
> I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with > sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine > for quite some time
I stand corrected. So why doesn’t Brett Bymaster have one on his, I
wonder?
> As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use > the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Sounds like a great idea also. Though the radius on the round part
probably doesn’t match, it’s better than a flat washer or nothing.
I’ll second the 2.6 Gazz fitting in a Pashley frame. There’s minimal
clearance side to side and not much up top but certainly enough for riding
in the snow. Thankfully the frame’s pretty stiff so there’s no problems
(at the time of writing that is) with it flexing and catching the tyre.
The Pashley’s a great MUni for those with a budget but, for anyone
thinking about getting one, the cost does go up when you upgrade the seat,
tyre, cranks and pedals to anything half decent - IMHO.
> >> I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame > >> with sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz > >> on mine for quite some time > > I stand corrected. So why doesn’t Brett Bymaster have one on his, I
wonder? > > >> As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also > >> use the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes. > > Sounds like a great idea also. Though the radius on the round part
probably > doesn’t match, it’s better than a flat washer or nothing. > > Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com > www.unicycling.com > > > “He who dies with the most toys is dead.”
“John Foss” <john_foss@asinet.com> wrote in message news:52CD02C3DAD2D411A3170002A528514206B51E@SERVER… > > I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame > > with sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz > > on mine for quite some time > > I stand corrected. So why doesn’t Brett Bymaster have one on his, I
wonder?
Since he got the Telford last summer, his Pashley has been in my
garage due to his lack of space, gathering dust. He’s got some basic
~2.1" MTB tire on
it. I think he’s using a 26x2.6 Gazz on the Telford, but I’m not sure.
I’m not looking at it now, but I have to admit I’m surprised at the amount
of space Carl described as available. I would’ve guessed a 2.6" wouldn’t
fit at all. I wonder if all Pashley frames have been made the same width?
Brett’s is not new. In fact you’d have to describe it as used. Very used.
> Since he got the Telford last summer, his Pashley has been in my garage > due to his lack of space, gathering dust.
Tell me about it. I’ve got his roof rack and X-country skis!
> I think he’s using a 26x2.6 Gazz on the Telford, but I’m not sure.
Nope, something more standard, He bought a new tire for our Moab ride. The
guy in the bike shop (a unicyclist) recommended a slick for the slickrock,
but warned that if it rained, things would suck with any tire.
> at all. I wonder if all Pashley frames have been made the same > width? Brett’s is not new. In fact you’d have to describe it as > used. Very used.
Brett got his Pashley in 1997. With the amount of miles he’s put on it, I
think he is one of the best examples of the Pashley’s ruggedness. I
suppose it’s possible they have widened the fork since then.
> Since he got the Telford last summer, his Pashley has been in my garage > due to his lack of space, gathering dust.
Tell me about it. I’ve got his roof rack and X-country skis!
> I think he’s using a 26x2.6 Gazz on the Telford, but I’m not sure.
Nope, something more standard, He bought a new tire for our Moab ride. The
guy in the bike shop (a unicyclist) recommended a slick for the slickrock,
but warned that if it rained, things would suck with any tire.
> at all. I wonder if all Pashley frames have been made the same > width? Brett’s is not new. In fact you’d have to describe it as > used. Very used.
Brett got his Pashley in 1997. With the amount of miles he’s put on it, I
think he is one of the best examples of the Pashley’s ruggedness. I
suppose it’s possible they have widened the fork since then.
>> As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >> the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
> Sounds like a great idea also. Though the radius on the round part > probably doesn’t match, it’s better than a flat washer or nothing.
This is true. I went through the local bike shops parts bins to find them.
Some fit perfectly … others didn’t. In the end I had a good assortment
that fit, but not all perfectly. I actually never knew that Tom Miller
manufactured some specifically for the Pashley (I must look into that).
>> As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >> the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
> Sounds like a great idea also. Though the radius on the round part > probably doesn’t match, it’s better than a flat washer or nothing.
This is true. I went through the local bike shops parts bins to find them.
Some fit perfectly … others didn’t. In the end I had a good assortment
that fit, but not all perfectly. I actually never knew that Tom Miller
manufactured some specifically for the Pashley (I must look into that).
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
>From: “Carl Hoyer” <carl@mountainunicycling.com>
[snip] >I have to disagree with the 2.6" Gazz not fitting the Pashley frame with >sufficient clearance to be usable. I’ve been running a 2.6 Gazz on mine >for quite some time and there is more than enough clearance, which isn’t >to say there is alot of room, but you’d have to take some serious hits >before the wheel would start to rub (in which case you can simply true >[is that the right true?] the wheel). > >I haven’t had any problems with mud or snow clearance and have even run >chains on the tire.
The Gazz Jr does fit in the Pashley, but you run the risk of picking up a
stick on the trail and getting the stick jammed in between the tire and
the crown. If that happens you will end up doing a very very quick face
plant when the wheel locks up. (ouch)
The Gazz tires do like to pick up sticks, rocks, pinecones, and other
objects from the trail. Rocks will bounce off when they hit the crown, but
sticks and pinecones can get stuck under the crown.
It seems to be the very outside knobs of the tire that pick up stuff in
the tread. Maybe taking a belt sander and sanding down those outside knobs
down a bit would help fix the problem. I haven’t tried a Gazz in my
Pashley so I don’t know if sanding them down would help. My DM Vortex
picks up pinecones and stuff, but it has enough clearance that they don’t
get stuck.
[snip] > >As an alternative to the Tom Miller flat/round washers one can also use >the washers off the old cantilever bike brakes.
Brilliant! I’ll have to hunt for some washers with the right curvature at
the local recycled bike shop.
