need advice on which unicycle to buy

system · November 1, 2001, 5:50am

If the Miyata green is unappealing to you, you could buy a can of vinyl
spray collor at an auto parts store for about $5 and “paint” it any color
you wanted. I’ve used this product before to restore the color of some
boat seats and it holds up very well.

BTW, my road bike is a Bianchi (in Celeste green) with a Brooks Team
Pro leather saddle! My fellow roadies take a beating on their aluminum
bikes while I ride in perfect comfort on my Italian steel and English
leather combo.

John

-----Original Message----- From: John Childs
[mailto:john_childs@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:30 AM
To: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: need advice on which unicycle to buy

Green is cool, fast and Italian. Bianchi has made it so. All the best and
the fastest Bianchi bikes are that famous shade of Bianchi green.

If only Bianchi made unicycles and sports cars.

john_childs

>From: John <gianniz80@yahoo.com>
>
> I have a green Miyata seat. It rules. Green Miyata seats are the best.
>
> The green Miyata seats were chosen because they are the coolest. Admit
>it.
>
>
>John
>
>
>
>John Foss wrote:
>
> > > Green seats rule. If you watch Universe, you’ll see that all
> > > those guys doing those badass tricks have green Miyata seats.
> >
> > Woah. Did we pick green? I don’t think so. We riders can be directed
>when
> > we have a choice of green Miyata seat, green Miyata seat, or some
> > other seat.
> >
> > John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (My seat wasn’t visible in UniVerse)

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system · November 1, 2001, 9:19am

I’m surprised no one seems to have mentioned the black Miyata covers
available from unicycle.com in two versions - leather and um, not leather.

–
Trevor Coultart (Proud owner of a blue Miyata seat)

“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)

system · November 1, 2001, 10:02am

I have a cheap uni (no name) with basic components (24’’). Lasted weekend
I jumped off a 6’’ curb a couple of times and the uni does not seem to
have any (appearent) damage… I plan to buy a muni though in order to get
in more serious trail riding next summer…

For the seat, I guess Myata with air pillow would be a good compromise
(even though more expensive…). Put some stickers on the handle…

Cheers !

Christian.

tea can wrote:

> Okay, as of last night, I could finally ride my 24" unicycle without
> falling over. I screamed with delight. Of course, I don’t want to stop
> there. I think I love unicycle more than my mountain bike! LOL.
>
> Soo… I want to eventually go off-road. Right now, I have no idea how
> to hop. I think I should practice that first before heading out for the
> trails. Since I don’t want to practice hop on my United unicycle
> (correct me if I am wrong, this $100.00 unicycle was for designed for
> beginners and probably could not stand to hopping pressure), should I
> buy a 20 inch unicycle and practice hopping on that?
>
> Second question: I’m looking for the best bang for the buck. I was
> considering Pashley 26-inch with Miyata at Unicycle.com. It sells for
> $429.00. I plan to go off-road 50% of the time, and spend the other 50%
> on road pavement. Or should I buy the budget-minded Hunter frame that
> sells for $679.00? I “want” to buy a unicycle that can last a long, long
> time. I plan to use it a lot. I don’t want to buy a cheap-o unicycle
> that will break down easily. For most things out there, you get what you
> pay for. So, I wonder if I should go with Hunter over Pashley. Any
> advice on that? Eventually, I would like to do drop offs from ledges
> (not sure how high I want to drop from yet)
>
> I won’t buy any unicycles from Unicycle.com until they start to sell the
> red or blue Miyata seats. I won’t buy that unattractive lime green color
> seat.

system · October 31, 2001, 11:06pm

— Michael Grant <michael_j_grant@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Surely painting a Miyata seat would yield less than desirable results. I
> assume that was a tongue-in-cheek response.
>
> I just got my green Miyata seat and promptly removed the cover to
> examine how it’s put together. Anyone who really wants a different color
> and has access to a sewing machine and a bit of patience could pretty
> easily reproduce the Miyata cover in other colors. I intend to do that
> with mine. However, I’ll add 1 or 2 inches to the (now green) sides to
> accomodate an air pillow. To any who have done this before: Are there
> any pitfalls I should be aware of?
>
> -mg

Hey,

I made my replacement seat cover out of duct tape. Czech it on my site.
http://www.extreme.unicyclist.com

goto the projects section. if it takes a while to load, its not my fault,
its the crappy server that im on.

thanks for looking,

=====
Nick Cegelka

Pyrotechnick13@yahoo.com

NickLikesFire AIM

http://www.uni-psycho.cityslide.com

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http://personals.yahoo.com

system · October 31, 2001, 11:06pm

— Michael Grant <michael_j_grant@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Surely painting a Miyata seat would yield less than desirable results. I
> assume that was a tongue-in-cheek response.
>
> I just got my green Miyata seat and promptly removed the cover to
> examine how it’s put together. Anyone who really wants a different color
> and has access to a sewing machine and a bit of patience could pretty
> easily reproduce the Miyata cover in other colors. I intend to do that
> with mine. However, I’ll add 1 or 2 inches to the (now green) sides to
> accomodate an air pillow. To any who have done this before: Are there
> any pitfalls I should be aware of?
>
> -mg

Hey,

I made my replacement seat cover out of duct tape. Czech it on my site.
http://www.extreme.unicyclist.com

goto the projects section. if it takes a while to load, its not my fault,
its the crappy server that im on.

thanks for looking,

=====
Nick Cegelka

Pyrotechnick13@yahoo.com

NickLikesFire AIM

http://www.uni-psycho.cityslide.com

Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.
http://personals.yahoo.com

system · November 1, 2001, 11:29am

Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the
miyata bumpers ?

Oli-

-----Original Message----- From: Trevor Coultart
[mailto:coultart.remove.this@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001
12:20 PM To: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: Re: need advice on which
unicycle to buy

I’m surprised no one seems to have mentioned the black Miyata covers
available from unicycle.com in two versions - leather and um, not leather.

–
Trevor Coultart (Proud owner of a blue Miyata seat)

“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)

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system · November 1, 2001, 11:29am

Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the
miyata bumpers ?

Oli-

-----Original Message----- From: Trevor Coultart
[mailto:coultart.remove.this@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001
12:20 PM To: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: Re: need advice on which
unicycle to buy

I’m surprised no one seems to have mentioned the black Miyata covers
available from unicycle.com in two versions - leather and um, not leather.

–
Trevor Coultart (Proud owner of a blue Miyata seat)

“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)

rsu mailing list rsu@unicycling.org
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system · November 1, 2001, 11:29am

Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the
miyata bumpers ?

Oli-

-----Original Message----- From: Trevor Coultart
[mailto:coultart.remove.this@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001
12:20 PM To: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: Re: need advice on which
unicycle to buy

I’m surprised no one seems to have mentioned the black Miyata covers
available from unicycle.com in two versions - leather and um, not leather.

–
Trevor Coultart (Proud owner of a blue Miyata seat)

“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)

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http://www.unicycling.org/mailman/listinfo/rsu

system · November 1, 2001, 11:29am

Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the
miyata bumpers ?

Oli-

-----Original Message----- From: Trevor Coultart
[mailto:coultart.remove.this@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001
12:20 PM To: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: Re: need advice on which
unicycle to buy

I’m surprised no one seems to have mentioned the black Miyata covers
available from unicycle.com in two versions - leather and um, not leather.

–
Trevor Coultart (Proud owner of a blue Miyata seat)

“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)

rsu mailing list rsu@unicycling.org
http://www.unicycling.org/mailman/listinfo/rsu

system · November 1, 2001, 11:29am

Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the
miyata bumpers ?

Oli-

-----Original Message----- From: Trevor Coultart
[mailto:coultart.remove.this@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001
12:20 PM To: rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: Re: need advice on which
unicycle to buy

I’m surprised no one seems to have mentioned the black Miyata covers
available from unicycle.com in two versions - leather and um, not leather.

–
Trevor Coultart (Proud owner of a blue Miyata seat)

“Rabbit is clever. Rabbit has brain. I suppose that’s why he never
understands anything” (Winnie the Pooh.)

rsu mailing list rsu@unicycling.org
http://www.unicycling.org/mailman/listinfo/rsu

system · November 1, 2001, 3:35pm

In article <mailman.1004643183.18210.rsu@unicycling.org>, “Olivier Paugam”
<opaugam@aptilon.com> writes:

> Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the miyata
> bumpers ?

It’s very difficult to make anything stick to polyethylene (polythene).
From what I can make out, special bonding materials must be applied at
high temperatures. It sounds like too much trouble to me… but then I
already have a blue one.

FWIW, I have a green one too.

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system · November 1, 2001, 12:43pm

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> Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the miyata
> bumpers ?

This gets you a colored bumper with green scratches. The problem is that
the material isn’t well suited to painting, so it scrapes or rubs off
very easily.

I think we will soon be at a point where somebody in the US (or anywhere
outside Japan) can afford to make a quality unicycle seat we can actually
get when we want it. Everybody wants Miyata seats. Nobody wants green.
Miyata Japan keeps sending us green seats. Why should we put up with that?

Molds are very expensive, but I think it’s possible to improve on the
Miyata design. Maybe we can’t make it cheaper, because I know Miyata still
sells in large numbers in Japan, even though they have been superceded by
cheaper brands. But considering shipping and duty, we can probably come
close to the price of a Miyata seat in the US or Europe. This seat can be
made to attach to rails, or to existing posts of various size.

I hope that when someone wants to do this they will come to the unicycling
community for feedback on how to design it.

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com

“Freedom is not free”

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system · November 1, 2001, 12:43pm

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> Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the miyata
> bumpers ?

This gets you a colored bumper with green scratches. The problem is that
the material isn’t well suited to painting, so it scrapes or rubs off
very easily.

I think we will soon be at a point where somebody in the US (or anywhere
outside Japan) can afford to make a quality unicycle seat we can actually
get when we want it. Everybody wants Miyata seats. Nobody wants green.
Miyata Japan keeps sending us green seats. Why should we put up with that?

Molds are very expensive, but I think it’s possible to improve on the
Miyata design. Maybe we can’t make it cheaper, because I know Miyata still
sells in large numbers in Japan, even though they have been superceded by
cheaper brands. But considering shipping and duty, we can probably come
close to the price of a Miyata seat in the US or Europe. This seat can be
made to attach to rails, or to existing posts of various size.

I hope that when someone wants to do this they will come to the unicycling
community for feedback on how to design it.

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com

“Freedom is not free”

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> Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the miyata
> bumpers ?

This gets you a colored bumper with green scratches. The problem is that
the material isn’t well suited to painting, so it scrapes or rubs off
very easily.

I think we will soon be at a point where somebody in the US (or anywhere
outside Japan) can afford to make a quality unicycle seat we can actually
get when we want it. Everybody wants Miyata seats. Nobody wants green.
Miyata Japan keeps sending us green seats. Why should we put up with that?

Molds are very expensive, but I think it’s possible to improve on the
Miyata design. Maybe we can’t make it cheaper, because I know Miyata still
sells in large numbers in Japan, even though they have been superceded by
cheaper brands. But considering shipping and duty, we can probably come
close to the price of a Miyata seat in the US or Europe. This seat can be
made to attach to rails, or to existing posts of various size.

I hope that when someone wants to do this they will come to the unicycling
community for feedback on how to design it.

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com

“Freedom is not free”

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> Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the miyata
> bumpers ?

This gets you a colored bumper with green scratches. The problem is that
the material isn’t well suited to painting, so it scrapes or rubs off
very easily.

I think we will soon be at a point where somebody in the US (or anywhere
outside Japan) can afford to make a quality unicycle seat we can actually
get when we want it. Everybody wants Miyata seats. Nobody wants green.
Miyata Japan keeps sending us green seats. Why should we put up with that?

Molds are very expensive, but I think it’s possible to improve on the
Miyata design. Maybe we can’t make it cheaper, because I know Miyata still
sells in large numbers in Japan, even though they have been superceded by
cheaper brands. But considering shipping and duty, we can probably come
close to the price of a Miyata seat in the US or Europe. This seat can be
made to attach to rails, or to existing posts of various size.

I hope that when someone wants to do this they will come to the unicycling
community for feedback on how to design it.

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com

“Freedom is not free”

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> Hey, on this topic, I was wondering, anybody tried to paint the miyata
> bumpers ?

This gets you a colored bumper with green scratches. The problem is that
the material isn’t well suited to painting, so it scrapes or rubs off
very easily.

I think we will soon be at a point where somebody in the US (or anywhere
outside Japan) can afford to make a quality unicycle seat we can actually
get when we want it. Everybody wants Miyata seats. Nobody wants green.
Miyata Japan keeps sending us green seats. Why should we put up with that?

Molds are very expensive, but I think it’s possible to improve on the
Miyata design. Maybe we can’t make it cheaper, because I know Miyata still
sells in large numbers in Japan, even though they have been superceded by
cheaper brands. But considering shipping and duty, we can probably come
close to the price of a Miyata seat in the US or Europe. This seat can be
made to attach to rails, or to existing posts of various size.

I hope that when someone wants to do this they will come to the unicycling
community for feedback on how to design it.

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com

“Freedom is not free”

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skunker · November 2, 2001, 12:05am

go to your local hospital and find a prosthetest or orthetest (fake arm/leg guys and brace/insole guy), ask them for help? that’s what i’m looking to do and if your nice they may be able to give you some pointers, they may even try and help you, as far as i know the hospital near me prob. has the facilities to make the bumpers. but then you’d all have to fly to australia. they also have access to titanium, carbon fibre and cool stuff.

tim

i worship jesus

system · November 2, 2001, 6:12pm

“Christian St-Pierre” <Christian.St-Pierre@fse.ulaval.ca> wrote in message

: I plan to buy a muni though in order to get in more serious trail riding
: next summer…

Well… don’t put me in suspense! Which muni have you been “eyeing”
lately?

: For the seat, I guess Myata with air pillow would be a good compromise
(even
: though more expensive…). Put some stickers on the handle…

THAT IS A GREAT IDEA!!! I didn’t think about that! I
“might” do that instead…