Re: naming your unicycle.
> > “Bells, lights, horns, pump, water bottle, rack, speedometer,
> > fender, hood ornament, saddlebag, turn signals, safety flag, etc”
> >
> > I’m impressed. Really, really impressed. Trying to figure
> > out how to fit all that on a Coker… maybe not the fender,
> > bells or horns (I scream good), hood ornament (!), saddlebag,
> > or turn signals… you can actually ride that
> > thing? Even with saddlebags?!
The Excessory Cycle is now my wallpaper. Very cool.
> It would be really hard to duplicate all of this on a Coker, for two
> reasons:
>
> 1. Much of this stuff no longer exists. The original setup of the
Excessory
> Cycle, as seen in the picture on my Web site
> (http://www.unicycling.com/garage/special.htm), had just over $100 worth
of
> accessories on it. These days, you might pay $100 each for some of that
> stuff. Sure, it’ll be higher quality stuff, but the Excessory Cycle
> represents a different era in American cycling.
>
> 2. The fender is an important part of the ability to attach all that
stuff.
> Another bunch of it attaches to the luggage rack. Good luck with either of
> those. And then a Coker doesn’t have as much seat post, which is where you
> put things to fit them between your legs. The Coker doesn’t even have a
wide
> wheel, so there’s not that much room to cram stuff inside it. But plenty
of
> room for reflectors!
A luggage rack for a Coker would definitely be a custom item, yah. On the
other hand, the Coker Monster Cruiser has fenders for 36" wheels…
>
> Over the years, the cycle has gotten rust, corrosion, dust, and other wear
&
> tear on it. So right now all the little pieces are in a box, and the big
> pieces are on a shelf. If I get the time, I want to clean them all up
> individually, and try to get the thing back together. I was wise enough to
> take a bunch of pictures of the cycle before taking it apart. Half the
stuff
> on there had to be customized to get it to fit, and the cycle’s forks and
> fender have lots of holes drilled in them.
Very, very cool.
