Woo hoo. Our juggling club just took delivery of a brand spanking new 6 foot DM
unicycle. It’s so nice to ride a uni that is actually TALLER than i am (i’m
6’2", so i guess the uni is 6-4 or so)
Just a couple of questions about keeping it in good shape:
how do we know what the correct chain tension is
is there any particular reason it has such a beast of a tyre on it (i assume
it cushions the frame a bit)
Now i have to learn to free mount the danged thing!
uNICycle@tartarus.uwa.edu.au Nic
Q. What has four legs and a wheel?
R. Two drunks trying to learn to unicycle.
Don’t let the water bottle bosses on the Pashley sway your decision too much. A
water bottle on the frame like that is not very useful because the water bottle
tries to jump out of the cage whenever you hit a good bump. Just riding off a
city curb can be enough to launch the water bottle out of the cage.
The best place for water is either on you back or around your waist using
something similar to a CamelBak system.
One advantage to the Pashley is that it will fit a wider tire than the Sem
XL. Wider is better when riding off-road. Your challenge will be in finding a
tire that rolls well on the road and still will work for you off-road. If
you are riding mostly on the road you don’t want a knobby tire. The Sem XL
conversion looks like it has a knobby tire that wouldn’t be ideal for road
riding. I don’t know what tire the Pashley’s come with now, but they used
to come with a tire that had a smooth center section and it rolled well on
pavement and could also handle light trails.
john_childs
From: “Todd Johnson” <tolljohn@inwave.com> >I would like some advice on a new unicycle and this seems like the right place >for that. I would like to get a 26" for distance riding on the road and also >some light MUni riding. > >I’ve done a little looking at the unicyclesource.com page and I see a couple of >interesting models. The Pashley MUni (water bottle bosses on this model seem >like a good idea) and a converted Semcycle XL for light trail riding. Does >anybody have any feedback on these models or the manufacturers in general for >that matter? > >Any and all information would be greatly appreciated. > >Todd
> Don’t let the water bottle bosses on the Pashley sway your decision too much. > A water bottle on the frame like that is not very useful because the water > bottle tries to jump out of the cage whenever you hit a good bump. Just riding > off a city curb can be enough to launch the water bottle out of the cage.
Bike Nashbar sells a water bottle cage that I think is perfect for short trips
on a unicycle - I put one on my 28". It is called the “Kool Hand Keeler Cage”
and it is basically a plastic pad covered with velcro hook material. It comes
with a nice looking waterbottle cover that sticks very well to the velcro
material, and the cover fits tightly over a standard size bottle. My bottle has
never fallen off, even when I’ve dropped the uni. A side benefit is that the
cover also acts like an insulator. The nice thing is that you can mount the
bottle high up under the seat and not have to worry about having enough
clearance above the cage to pull the bottle up and out – with the velcro you
just pull the bottle directly off the pad. It is also easy to replace the bottle
without looking/feeling for the cage opening. They also sell a cover that can be
used to hold a cell phone! The pad and bottle-cover sell for around $10. If you
get one you’ll have to wrap something around your seatpost to mount it because
it is sized for a bicycle frame diameter.
I’m not a big fan of Nashbar stuff, but this one seems to work. Stay away from
their cyclo-computers though…
:> Don’t let the water bottle bosses on the Pashley sway your decision too much. :> A water bottle on the frame like that is not very useful because the water :> bottle tries to jump out of the cage whenever you hit a good bump.
It does all depend on the bottle cage, the standard bent wire ones are not too
hot. Profile kages are great , they are plastic and grip the bottle really well.
One problem with my Coker is that I have no room for a bottle cage… On the
Muni I always have one or two.