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What really is different is the “mounting act”. For me mounting is always the most challenging stage. Even though at first feels weird…after a while mounting became for me much easier than before. As soon as I get some momentum… I rest my elbows on the pads and that’s it. Your balance is much easier to maintain (front to back) than without the bars. Even turning is a lot easier for me now, but this at about 8- 10 miles per hour; turning experience is like in a bike; there is not need for twisting your back,seat or anything else. One great advantage to the setup, is that it got rid of chronic lower backaches I use to experiment after riding with my seat slightly out of alignment ( unintentionally of course). Knee pain is gone also, and I believe all pain is gone due to the fact I’m better armed for steering my Unicycle than before, but this could be nothing but the result of so much riding and muscle build up.
Forget about idling; at least not me.
I’m not looking for lower position for aerodynamics, but for better weight distribution and overall comfort. I’m testing lower position/posture to experience how it feels , since is part of the learning process I’m working on.
For what I’ve learn this far, you can achieve good enough weight distribution without necessarely lowering the front end. In fact lowering the front end too much gives you some neck ache, and you quit enjoying the sight a big deal.
Ultimately again, I think the hardware has to supply with all the options needed to accommodate the final user preferences.
Thanks for your words and valuable input/thoughts.
After this ride, and analyzing the video…I shifted my seat another inch back to get my fork vertical again.
My spline bar has a 42" diameter for the seat mounting, for a taller rider I would device a bigger “diameter” bar. Everything else the same, the spline_bar could be in different nominal sizes, mine been the smaller since I even shop my fork to be able to ride ; 42, 44, 46, 48 inches, etc.
The seat post you currently have now will be re-distributed; part of it joining the bar to the fork/frame ( most of it) , the rest of the length joining the seat to the bar in about the same amount I have mine.
Again , if you are balanced, you can not apply torque to the frame, the weight will be distributed in a way that the tube wants only to penetrate the frame. Got it?
On the balance part ; You got it !!!
On the strength subject; …In engineering terms , we are talking here about “Torsional Moment”.
Alternative bars are typically round tubes, right? Somebody supply me with ID and OD ( Inner and outside diameter) of his current bar and I can calculate how mine compares to it.
I calculated mine so that is has better torsional moment than anything I’ve seen out there.
Not sure if you’re referring to the seat post diameter, or the various touring bars; I only know that the coker big one (newest version) has a 25.4mm [U]seatpost tube /U. KH is 27.2mm OD and the ID is 31.8mm.
(ebevensee, please check your PM)
Thanks for sharing your vision, and thanks for your words.
Notice on my picture there is still some more available slot for shifting the seat post further back, and that the spline bar radius would amplify the effect on the final position of the seat itself. Once you get to around 72 degrees, I do not believe you need to keep going in that direction, and therefore would not need a bar extension to the back. I will recreate this on a sketch sometime in the near future.
Raised seat? No problem. Looking at your edited picture , a custom Spline_bar with a 48" radius should do the trick ( a picture of yours current setup would allow me more precision on my estimation) . Spline_bar attached to a seat post as opposed to mine attached to the frame.
One question: If you have a UPD in that lean-forward-position, can you still run it out or will your face hit the road?
Thank you. Glad someone else got a laugh out of that. The colors and contrast were researched for months 
Well, I guessed it wasn’t planned, but the outcome matters.
Erich since your the only person to have ridden this setup, could you tell us what would might consider the advantages to be over traditional setups? It sure looks cool and very futuristic.
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And how would the (altered) configuration below, compare to your current set up, which has your saddle further back?
Answer:
1.- As of now about two pounds.
2.- A lot more comfortable. I will never go back to standard.
3.- Mild climbing is a lot easier than with a regular setup, downhill much easier also.
4.- My statistics ( all my rides since I first got my 36") jumped from steady 9.5 MPH avg, to 11.4 MPH overnight from the day I started using my Spline_bars.
5.- I feel a lot more stable at high speed than without spline_bar. Rigidity is there also.
6.- I only change my weight distribution a little bit once in a while, Pull the bar to slow down and ride hanging from my elbows and taking weight from the saddle, push forward lift my seat and create conditions to hard pedaling to top speed.
7._ I don’t see why not the standard seat. However when I switch my coker seat for the bike seat, I felt a huge relief. My weight was on my seat bones, period. Nothing else, no restriction for my thighs and knees position once the standard unicycle front part of the seat was gone.
8.- Contrary to the inexperienced on this setup believes, I feel less prong to front UPD.
The configuration you are presenting…Been there , done that!!! as shown on my pictures previously presented on this forum. While riding with it I felt like a T-Rex!!! forced me to have my arms against my chest. I got no room to stretch my back, and I felt I needed to move my seat backward big time.
Such setup make me evolve to what I have now.
Hope this satisfy your curiosity Terry.
Once you go Spline…you will only Smile!!!
Thanks for the answers! oh, and a more catchy (and rhyming) slogan might be, “Once you go Spline…you will feel fine!!!”
(Other possibles: “devine”, “be in line”, “you’re spine will feel fine!”) 
This one kinda bends it a bit, “Once you go spline, you’ll be fly’n!” 
There you have a couple pictures from today’s 40 miles ride. I took a rest on miles 10, 20, 27 and 34. During the week I did try a few lower positions than those on today’s ride, but didn’t feel that comfortable. Probably I will not go lower than what it is shown on this pictures. But then again, after the ride I got a new saddle , I my try a few different positions with it.
if you were riding an invisible uni it would look just like you were on a bike. i wish i had a handlebar…i would go so much farther
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how is it with the seat being being the cranks like that?
i assume you mean behind? anyway i would imagine its more like a bike
Looks like a really cool and versatile design. Then next thing you need to machine is a tripod for your camera!
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