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Painting my Guni and figured I should give a sneak peak. Shown here is the barstock.
First person to guess what RR stands for wins.
Not really a current project, but the other day out of the blue I thought āmanā¦ a unicycle with a wooden rim would be a goofy thing to haveā 
With the amount it costs to buy a wood rim I could probably get another carbon rim, but wood.
Just wait until a rim made from this type of wood comes out:
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Wood rimed unicycles have been around for well over 100 years.
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I learned of this when I watched an interesting video of the evolution of bicycles over the years 
Itās cool that thereās still a few companies producing them
EDIT: Correction, I learned of wooden rimmed bicycles then, wooden rimmed unicycles are new to me 
A french guy has been working on the topic of wooden unicycles. He has also produced a video on the subject:
The audio track is in French, but hopefully the English subtitles arenāt too bad 
(PS: auto-translated subtitles donāt seem to be available in the mini-reader directly on the forum. Youāll have to go directly onto YouTube to get them.)
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I wrote the guy an email if he sells any wooden unicycles. It looks really pretty but also sturdy. It might not be the most comfortable though
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Hmmm, Iāve got an old wagon wheel lying about. Should be about the size of a 36er, maybe even bigger. I guess once such a beast is rolling, nothing will stop it, except for a proper wagon brake, of course.
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So I asked the guy who made it for some info in case I decided to buy it. This is what he wrote. Personally I donāt want to spend 4000 EUR on something I will hardly use. But maybe someone else is interested in such a collectorās item, so I figured I could just post it here:
"
*This unique unicycle is a piece of cabinetry made of solid wood. The prototype you saw was designed and crafted by myself in my workshop using traditional wheelwright techniques. *
*The wheel is made of ash (hub and rims) and black locust (spokes). The fork and saddle are made of ash. The axle and rim are made of steel. *
*It has been in use since June and has covered nearly 2 km. It weighs 12.6 kg. *
It took 60 hours of manual labor to make.
I am currently taking orders for the first series this winter.
The price is ā¬3,925 including tax.
Some information:
ā¢ Custom height.
ā¢ 24-inch wheel.
ā¢ If you ride it, I do not apply any anti-rust treatment.
ā¢ Choice of wood types for the saddle and pedals.
ā¢ Oiled finish.
If you would like to see it in person, I will be presenting it next Saturday, October 25, in Sconzier in Haute-Savoie for the French Unicycle Cup at the opening ceremony.
I look forward to meeting you."
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@Holzwurm also made two wooden unicycles. One, that really looked like a unicycle and the other, where the wheel is a solid wood ball. Gmtw 2012 - #25 by Lutz
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This is for my new āMountain Pennyā but I want to make a spam seat attachment so I can ride it as a uni too.
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Hereās another wooden unicycle, ridden by Mimo:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=25246315424990152
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I did a thing!
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The new frontier in challenging unicycle configurationsā¦ The one-way uni
Where did you get the bearings? McMaster Carr? I was browsing there one day and saw the plastic cartridge bearings and thought ābut what if it was on a unicycle?ā
EDIT: Also, more importantly, have you tried riding it? Iām going to guess: it still might be rideable, just impossible to idle or ride backwards
I got these from āsimply bearingsā itās a British company so you may have to pay extra for shipping if you live outside of the uk. I paid about $58 total for both bearings and shipping $17.
I have tried, going backwards is not possible unless you force the bearings to slip. So idling is out of the question but otherwise it rides normally save for anything to do with starting and going backwards like freemounting
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I do unironically think that these could be immensely beneficial in disciplines that require frequent remounting, quick mounts, or mounting while tired such as Muni, road/track, and distance/touring
What does ronically mean? And what does it mean in the context of a uni, aka āunironicallyā? 
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