Post a picture of your unicycle(s)

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Thank you for that photo! I noticed those stabilizers in an earlier photo, but the photo was too grainy to really see how you had built them. This photo might enable others to recreate what you created, and also own enhanced/upgraded BC wheels!

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Now all it needs is a brake mount!

There are different ways of learning UW. Mostly people learn by standing on it and pushing off away from the wall or post you’re holding. That didn’t work for me. I found a fence of about 50 metres long and would go back and forth along it. The only way to make proper rotations is to let go of the fence, so the balance is in the middle, but the fence helped me getting used to the sway of the wheel. I haven’t ridden it in nearly a year, because I ended up twisting my knees, but the feeling is now in muscle memory, so it won’t require many retries to do 20+ metres. I learned on a 28" which I had bought from Municycle.com.
It would be sad to be able to build one yourself but not ride it. Just like normal unicycling it just requires persistence. Eventually you will be able to ride it.

my wife doesn’t allow me to teach my nearly 2 year-old son :frowning_face:

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Not a great photo, but this pole worked incredibly well as the trunk of my Unicycle Tree.

edit: uploaded a better photo

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27.5"x2.6
Weight 4.8kg
My son unicycle (built by his dad!)

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Good looking uni with black growing on me! What rim is that ?

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can you turn the pole or do you have to move like a snake to get to the back of it?

The pole is fixed. But I can reach things hanging on the other side without squeezing my self back there.

It is a carbon Hattori. Someone point out an offer on a site and I bought it

I guess that was me :grinning_face:

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I guess it’s my turn with Chinese carbon next. I got a nextie rim from a buddy and order one from light bicycle. Going to be doing 2 29" carbon builds for the next uni project with my Schlumpf sold. Hoping to have pictures of the first one next week.

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OMG! Absolutely genius! I love that ideal. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Do the breaks make it easier to free mount?

A few do use brakes to help free mounting but not many. I find that a brake does help for a jump mount and that is the only way I can jump mount my 36er. With the brake set I can pull and push on the uni to get me high enough to get in the saddle.

For those that saw my other posts, my first carbon 29" is complete! Brakeless 29" under 10lbs with an air saddle. Second wheel will be a 700 a 45c build and this one is on a 2.6" tire.

Currently got 90mm cranks on it, but have a set of 100/125/150 VCX for unipacking.

Second wheel for this uni will be paired with a custom 90/114/140 VCX crankset.

Possibly going to be painting the frame hot pink and sparkly.

The first parking lot ride went well, and this was the first wheel build (5th total) that I’ve completed from key spoke to riding in about 5 hours where as it usually take me 15 or so.

The other upgrade was getting some 75mm cranks for my 24" as well to free up these 90mm cranks for this uni.

It will be a summer or short cranks and high speeds!

Looking forward to my first ride with it tomorrow :slight_smile: and first commute on Thursday.

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Looks great! I’ve always loved the way the Maxxis logo accompanies the blue KH frame, super classy.

How did it ride? I just bought a Kris Holm 29er and am not sure what modifications to do first.

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Yeah, not sure if it anecdotal or not but carbon absorbs vibrations better than aluminum and it does feel a bit more smoothe than the aluminum rim.

The weight savings are nice too. And I find you can get a carbon rim from Nextie or Light Bicycle for cheap but they are well reviewed. Just check if it’s hookless or not as hookless rims need tubeless tires that are more expensive.

I tend to already get higher end tires for my uni for the weight savings and performance though.