Hooked on uni - so I’m getting rid of the bikes.
I considered selling my MTB to get some more muni machine stuff, but I know I’d end up wanting to ride with someone else. Maybe in another year or 2 when I see how I hold up against bikers I will make my decision
I still have my last bike, A Miyata Triplecross that I got in 1989 or so.
It has cobwebs on it.
It’s a hybrid, which means it’s a lousy mountain bike and a lousy road bike. For a short while it was an excellent ride-to-work bike, but then I got the Coker and that was it.
I hate to say it, but I’m pretty confident you’ll regret it one day.
Have to agree with Thieum on this.
I reckon you’re still going through the honeymoon stage with your uni.
I got rid of my b*ke about a year and a half ago.
Huge mistake, and I regretted it immediately.
Sure, it’ll be fun to take the uni to Brechfa or Afan.
But when you’re there, I guarantee this thought will enter your head at least once; “Man, I wish I could go faster.”
I love to uni. But I still love to bike also. I still have friends that I ride MTN and road bikes with who absolutely refuse to even consider the uni. Three days a week I ride with them. The other 4 are mine to uni. Yesterday I MTN biked in the a.m. and unied in the afternoon (legs rubbery today!). Variety is the spice of life.
I would also agree with thieum, blue and tsyessny. IMO a unicycle is no substitute bike, it’s a completely different thing.
I am actually considering buying an MTB for my local trails simply because I miss the speed and efficiency of a bike. But this doesn’t mean I will stop unicycling, I will still ride my 36er places, and do trials on my 20".
I have a 5,000$ mountain bike and have almost sold it a few times. i wana get a gates belt driven bike about 2,000$ and spend the rest on a nice muni and some gas money!
I had a $2000 full suspension MTN bike. After 3 years of riding, I snapped the frame, but only after replacing 2 rear derailures, 2 blown air shocks, several pivot bearings and numerous other multi-speed suspended bike parts. Now I ride a $300 single-speed, rigid, steel frame 29er. I can ride it anywhere I rode the expensive full-suspension bike (a little slower) and only change the chain every year.
Now I’m down to a unicycle. If I continue to simplify things, by next year I’ll be running around the woods in a loin cloth and flip-flops.
haha. i want a gates belt drive ss
You tend to regret the things you don’t do.
This may be true; it might be better to wait a while. I know I’ve waited long enough; I never ride mine. But it’s a cool example of a brand that’s no longer in America, so for now I’m keeping it.
But I never ride it.
We do have a Trek tandem that we also don’t ride. Frame is tall for both captain and stoker. Any takers?
I bought a $700 MTB before I got my Trials uni, I was riding it almost everyday. In the last 3 years, I rode it like 2-3 times per season, and this is only because my friend wants me to go MTBing with him. I have a super ghetto fixed gear to go to school with, I also have a cheap Trials bike I use sometimes. Sometimes I just think I should sell all of them to buy a Schlumpf hub for one of my Uni 
They’re gone and I have £300 to spend on a KH20.
Do you have near substitute for that bike? Like a 36er? Cos that 20" is gonna be wayyy slow.
It’s the journey not the destination.
Yes and the journey will be painfully slow, it’s probably the same speed as walking.
I want to get a tandem to ride with my wife. Sounds too tall though.
for you and your wife
Depends on wife height, I guess. I don’t know the proper way to measure bike frames, but here’s the dimensions from the pedal spindle to top of seat tube:
Captain: 24.5"
Stoker: 22.75"
I think that’s taller than average, but maybe not too tall?