The Nimbus 24" frame is big enough to take the width of a Monty or Onza
2.5 tyre and has held up pretty well on mine. Roger at unicycle.uk.com
might have something to say on developments in the Nimbus line though…
A friend of mine has just asked me about a Nimbus frame with respect to
trials riding - anyone know anything about them?
Joe
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— “J.ROWING” <jr699@soton.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi all > > A friend of mine has just asked me about a Nimbus frame with respect to > trials riding - anyone know anything about them? > > Joe
OK, this is kind of funny. Last year I finally convinced Norco that they
need to produce at least an entry level trials unicycle. I wrote down a
few suggestions (ie flat crown, fit a big tire, etc.). The first sample
prototype that that was sent to Norco from Taiwan was a standard
rounded-fork crown unicycle frame, just slightly larger for a Monty tire.
This is the frame that is the new entry-level Norco Trials uni. Too late
for production, they sent a second prototype to Norco. I thought it was
kind of ugly, honestly, because the vertical stays stuck up higher than
the horizontal crown (they welded the vertical stays outside the
horizontal crown, instead of underneath the crown). However it was fully
functional and the bumpy crown is quite good for grip.
I think that Roger at unicycle.com inadvertently was dealing with the same
production facility in Taiwan as Norco was, and he must have asked them
whether they had any uni frames suitable for a larger diameter 20" tire.
I’m guessing they suggested the Norco prototype, and this has become the
Nimbus frame.
You know you can not give anyone a surprise with you lot!
Yes the new nimbus frame is the one that Norco had been looking at, it has
a larger width and a sort of flat top crown. I think that there is a
picture of the proto type on Danny’s picture page, it is lying on the
grass next to where I am sleeping. It will not be identical to frames that
Norco had been looking at the vertical height has been adapted slightly.
This frame is absolutely superb for stand up on freestyle because it locks
your foot on to the frame - to give you some idea how good it is, even I
can stand up wheel walk with it! The new Nimbus is actually being called
the Nimbus II, it will be sold as a freestyle unicycle in 20" and 24"
sizes. It comes with a coloured aluminium rim, 2.25 high pressure tyre and
matching viscount saddle. Cost… you are going to have to wait till next
week for that, I don’t want to give everything away. We will be selling
the 20" frames separately. The shipment arrives tomorrow but by the time
it clears customs and everything else I don’t think we will be shipping
until the 14th. The other surprise is… well just have a look at the web
site on the 14th (I hope).
> — “J.ROWING” <jr699@soton.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > A friend of mine has just asked me about a Nimbus frame with > > respect to
trials > > riding - anyone know anything about them? > > > > Joe > > OK, this is kind of funny. Last year I finally convinced Norco that they
need to produce at least > an entry level trials unicycle. I wrote down a few suggestions (ie flat
crown, fit a big tire, > etc.). The first sample prototype that that was sent to Norco > from Taiwan
was a standard > rounded-fork crown unicycle frame, just slightly larger for a > Monty tire.
This is the frame that > is the new entry-level Norco Trials uni. Too late for production, they
sent a second prototype to > Norco. I thought it was kind of ugly, honestly, because the vertical
stays stuck up higher than > the horizontal crown (they welded the vertical stays outside the
horizontal crown, instead of > underneath the crown). However it was fully functional and the bumpy
crown is quite good for > grip. > > I think that Roger at unicycle.com inadvertently was dealing with > the same
production facility in > Taiwan as Norco was, and he must have asked them whether they had any > uni
frames suitable for a > larger diameter 20" tire. I’m guessing they suggested the Norco
prototype, and this has become > the Nimbus frame. > > -Kris. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com >
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That looks cool - Will the retail version be the same as the prototype
in the picture? - if so can I have a price? It’ll fill the gap while I
make my frame
