A small pay rise this week, and I decided to, er… what do you young people say, er… pimp my ghetto uni, or something.
I ordered Prowheel 102 mm cranks to replace the cheap steel ones that were on it. Saves about 125 grammes per crank.
I ordered an alloy seat clamp with hex bolts instead of a cam lever. About 75 grammes saved.
I ordered some shiny chrome dust caps.
And to make a good job of it, I cut a bit off the bottom of the seat post and saved about 75 more grammes.
Total saving, 400 grammes - almost a pound. Hardly spectacular when my Camelbak changes weight by 1500 grammes as I drink the water, but I think it will be noticeable in some circumstances and will make the uni more responsive -especially the cranks as they are rotating weight.
Be that as it may, the main reason was for the looks.
A bit of bad luck: although the mail order was as prompt as ever (ordered Tuesday evening, arrived Thursday morning) I received two left-sided cranks. No complaint - mistakes are made - but a bit disappointing.
Anyway, I’m not sure how well the photos will turn out, but here we go. First, the unmodified unicycle.
No complaint - mistakes are made - but a bit disappointing.
