Newflash - I have a Coker !

Unicycles and Equipment
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Dear Unicycling Comunity, I’m proud to announce, I too have had a Coker !

For my birthday, and you can see what I did with it @

http://members.tripod.com/~unicycling/coker.HTM

Simon AKA i.o.u

What’s a Coker ? see: http://members.tripod.com/~unicycling/cokd.HTM

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RE: Newflash - I have a Coker !

That is a HUGE Wheel. I MUST get one!!!

Hugh in SC

-----Original Message----- From: Derek B [mailto:derek.b@disciples.com] Sent:
Friday, April 28, 2000 9:02 AM To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: Newflash -
I have a Coker !

Dear Unicycling Comunity, I’m proud to announce, I too have had a Coker !

For my birthday, and you can see what I did with it @

http://members.tripod.com/~unicycling/coker.HTM

Simon AKA i.o.u

What’s a Coker ? see: http://members.tripod.com/~unicycling/cokd.HTM

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Simon Greenway | I.O.U O
I.O.U@mindless.com | | Romsey, Hampshire, UK. | Idiots On Unicycles #/
| http://come.to/muni o
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everybody knows fat birds don’t fly
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RE: Newflash - I have a Coker !

> For my birthday, and you can see what I did with it @
>
> http://members.tripod.com/~unicycling/coker.HTM

In answer to some of Simon’s questions on his Coker page:

> Coker ponderings: I can’t help wondering what would happen if Coker decided to
> make a 45" unicycle - would we all go out and buy one ?

I would start to feel inferior. My big wheel has a rock-hard solid tire, but at
least it’s respectably bigger than the Coker. I would love an air-tire 45"…

> Who decided that 36" would be the optimal size ?

Coker originally made a bicycle with the 36" wheels. The idea for a unicycle
came later, but I don’t know the history of how they chose that size, or what
made them think of doing a unicycle.

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com

“The ultimate wheel – it feels so good. It’s the ultimate feeling”

  • Jack Halpern, 1986
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Re: Newflash - I have a Coker !

Ken, I like the way you think! A 48" Coker sounds great to me! So who do we get
to make them and when will they be ready? -Mark

— Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com>
> wrote:
>>> Who decided that 36" would be the optimal size ?
>
>>Coker originally made a bicycle with the 36" wheels. The idea for a unicycle
>>came later, but I don’t know the history of how they chose that size, or what
>>made them think of doing a unicycle.
>
>A 48" Coker would be a great size for on road use. The 36" Coker works well off
>road, except for extreme trails.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com>
>
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John Foss wrote:
>
> Coker originally made a bicycle with the 36" wheels. The idea for a unicycle
> came later, but I don’t know the history of how they chose that size, or what
> made them think of doing a unicycle.

Guy Hansen made the first Coker unicycle and then suggested the idea of making
the unicycles to Coker. Here’s a picture of Guy riding the Coker he made:
http://www.gilby.com/unicycling/uam/photos/17th/guy_hansen_on_coker.html 

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Re: Newflash - I have a Coker !

>> Who decided that 36" would be the optimal size ?

>Coker originally made a bicycle with the 36" wheels. The idea for a unicycle
>came later, but I don’t know the history of how they chose that size, or what
>made them think of doing a unicycle.

A 48" Coker would be a great size for on road use. The 36" Coker works well off
road, except for extreme trails.

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com>

Microsoft has finally found someone it can’t bully into submission: US
Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm Yahoo links

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Re: Newflash - I have a Coker !

>A 48" Coker sounds great to me! So who do we get to make them and when will
>they be ready?

I like the look of the frames and wheels made by this Austrian group. They said
they’d be willing to make a high-end unicycle around a Coker 36 inch wheel. They
currently use the Greentyre–a non-inflatable, puncture-free, semi-pneumatic. I
asked about the quality of the Greentyre on the bike newsgroup and got trashed
for even considering it.

http://www.wuk.at/hochrad/

David Maxfield Bainbridge Island, WA