The tyre on a uni will wear faster than a bike, that’s normal. The wheels
on a bike are pretty much always just going forwards, whereas on a uni
they’re wiggling from side to side as you turn the pedals. That’s for just
normal straight lines… then there’s always the idling, turning on the
spot, hopping up and down and the lark that wears it even more. The tyre
that came with my first uni I rotated a few times before replacing
completely after about three months. I’m just hoping my new muni tyre will
last longer, it’ll probably cost a lot more…
As for a new tyre, I got a 2" Specialized tyre instead of the el-cheapo
1.75" tyre that came with it. A little bit bigger, a little bit more
squishy and so better for off-road and hopping around ‘n’ stuff.
What kind of pedals have you got at the mo? Mine came with dead cheap
plastic pedals on… when I replaced these with bigger metal pedals with
studs in the difference in grip was amazing! I think you can get pedals
like these from pretty much any bike shop as well as unicycle.com. More
grip, more hard wearing, but watch out for those studs. They’ve not got me
yet, but they look pretty mean…
Phil, just me
“Cattle Prods solve most of life’s little problems.”
Erin <beandawg@direct.ca> wrote
> Hi there! I am here again to report on some new discoveries about my 5
> weeks of uni’ing on my Sem XL. I have three different worn spots on my
tire
> already. One is from my free mounts the other two seem to be from
turns.
> I’m going to rotate the tire soon but am noticing the thread all round
is
> kind of wearing too. Now that seems a whole lot faster wear than I have
> ever experienced on a bicycle. Is that usual with a uni?
>
> I am thinking of ordering a new tire and figure it should be a somewhat
more
> durable one than the one that came on the Sem originally. Any
suggestions?
> I think I will be doing mostly cross country type riding plus some
commuting
> to work (on sidewalks and quiet roads).
>
> As well, the pedals on the Sem are getting pretty trashed - first from
> learning to ride and now again from learning to hop and to come to a
stop
> and do the half revolution backwards thingy. Any ideas about pedal
> upgrades?
>
> Thanks a million for your time and tips.
>
> Cheers,
> Erin
>
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