i saw in JFoss’s pic’s that you tacoed your 29er wheel.
could you tell me how it happened? was it a blunt force hit or bad luck or what?
what kind of rim?
thanx…
Re: PING…Tom Holub
In article <jagur.lfw7b@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
jagur <jagur.lfw7b@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
)
)i saw in JFoss’s pic’s that you tacoed your 29er wheel.
)
)could you tell me how it happened? was it a blunt force hit or bad luck
)or what?
)
)what kind of rim?
It was a Kovachi-built wheel, Sun CR18 rim, 36-hole, with the 29x2.1
NanoRaptor tire.
I was going down a steep section, not quite a drop but too steep to go
slowly on. The total height was maybe 3 or 4 feet, but there was a
little bit of a ledge about halfway down. I tried to use that ledge
to reduce my speed and wound up getting sideways and dropping the last
bit. The combination of an estimated 230 pounds (rider+uni+gear) dropping
a foot or so, with a side force, crunched the thing instantly.
That was about 3 miles into the Slickrock Trail. Fortunately I never go
anywhere without a spoke wrench, and along with some brute force, I managed
to at least get it so it only rubbed the frame when I had a lot of torque
on. The next phase in unicycle technology; reactive braking!
The thing flexed noticably, and I avoided a few drops I would normally
have tried, but it got me through the rest of the ride (~8 miles) and
up to Porcupine Rim on Sunday.
I would say it was a bit of bad luck, combined with poor technique.
It wasn’t quite as pathetic as my crank, though; I bent that about
60 seconds out of the parking lot.
-Tom
thanx for your thoughts
as you may know,im soon building a 29er for some off road use.that CR18 is pretty skinny.im not suprized it folded.i’ll be going with a Rhyno lite at 27mm wide.
i’d hate to fold my wheel on its first day but i hope with some reservations i will be able to do 1 or 2ft drops without damage.
my goal is to create a lighter,faster Muni.
Re: PING…Tom Holub
In article <jagur.lg1iz@timelimit.unicyclist.com>,
jagur <jagur.lg1iz@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
)
)thanx for your thoughts
)
)as you may know,im soon building a 29er for some off road use.that CR18
)is pretty skinny.im not suprized it folded.i’ll be going with a Rhyno
)lite at 27mm wide.
)
)i’d hate to fold my wheel on its first day but i hope with some
)reservations i will be able to do 1 or 2ft drops without damage.
I’ve ridden it off-road many times; just not on stuff as hard and
technical as Slickrock. It’s a fine setup for cross-country dirt
trails and moderate singletrack.
I’m replacing the rim with a Velocity Dyad.
-Tom