I think you have proof of concept there, that should be enough, especially with that frame - historic items need to be treated gently (also true for historic humans, my back is currently telling me!)
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This makes wheel walking easier
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Honestly I have never been able to feel any differences between frames. I have both round and square crown frames. Some are steel while others are aluminum. Sure they weight differently when carried but for my road and gravel riding they are similar.
For me what makes a big difference in feel is the stiffness of the saddle/handlebar setup. And this M4O with a quite firm ISM saddle strapped tightly on top takes the cake for the most stiff setup I know of. I love it - itās super responsive.
My only real criticism with this unicycle setup is the brake. Itās a low-end v-brake and it has almost no modulation. It has a very binary on/off feel.
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Can you ride the Unicycle and Play the Guitar at the same Moment?
I like your installation, but advocate for using more colourful pedals if all frames are black, grey or chromed.
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Since this picture was taken the 29ā unicycle has gotten green pedals.
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But a disc brake wonāt wear off a structurally important part of your uni.
In the end itās a matter of taste. I like the fact that disc brakes cope better with wet conditions. In theory you can also change wheels (even wheels of different diameters) without worrying about adjusting the brake, as long as they are consistently aligned and use rotors of the same dimensions. But I havenāt yet any real world experience in this regard (soon to be changed 
). On the other hand, rim brakes make for symmetrical wheels on unicycles - theyāre stronger and easier to build.
that is better than in my home office. I just pile them on top of each other and for some reason when I go riding, I want to ride the one that is on the bottom.
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This is because you want to ride the unicycle you havenāt ridden for longest: Queue, First in First out. But you have actually arranged your unicycles as a stack. Last in First out. 
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Yes exactly LiFo that is how it ends up. I get bored riding the same uni even for two rides. Thats why I never hit the freemount right away.
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This should maybe have gone in the ālatest rideā thread but I left it too long so itās not my latest ride
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Took my first ride on this guy today with the stock 26" (Iāve been riding it with a g24 I built for the same frame, parts ordered at the same time).
I was aiming for a longer ride but it was a struggle to put in 10 miles. I was constantly off balance to one side. I decided the Vee Flow Gravity (26x2.5) had to go, so I pulled apart a 15-plus-year-old bike wheel doing nothing. The (somewhat worn) Kenda Kross (26x1.95) will get its first ride on a uni tomorrow, assuming its old inner tube holdsā¦
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I had the same problem on my 26" Club (came standard with a 26x2.125" Duro Easy Ride) where I felt a little off-kilter while riding in a straight line (almost everywhere, including banked roads). I put the tire on backwards and it seemed to solve the issue. I donāt ride much in the wet so Iām not too worried about tread direction 
+1 on this. This can massively change the behaviour of a tire.
I still love that green, awesome uni. But the slim tire looks a bit awkward 
And you painted the uni yourself as well. It looks very nice
I put the tire on backwards and it seemed to solve the issue.
+1 on this. This can massively change the behaviour of a tire.
Thanks for the advice, Iāll try that next. This tire isnāt long for the world, weāll see how long it staysā¦
And you painted the uni yourself as well. It looks very nice
itās actually the anodized green from Mad4One. The only thing I really did was build out the g24 wheel. I love the color too!
Iāve noticed the tire on my Club 26" is graying a bit 
(Other uni as a reference)
The Club is probably the uni Iāve had the longest. I think during the first year or two of me owning it, it has been left outside for extended periods. Iām guessing maybe that one side of the tire has been more exposed to the sun than the other side, but I feel like the color change is relatively recentā¦ I donāt know 
I tried wiping it off with a wet paper towel but it didnāt seem to help, so Iām thinking itās probably the tire itself. Thoughts?
EDIT: Just to add, thankfully thereās no cracking in the sidewall or tread. Itās just the funny color that has me curious