Hey I was just wondering whether there was anyone else out there with the same problem as me… and if they have managed to solve it!!!
I am 5 foot tall but I love MUNI, and enjoy riding on kinda large wheels, but my legs are too short!!! My friends just brought a 26inch uni and i love it but even when the seat is as low is it can go it is kinda impossible to ride with any control as my feet loose contact with the pedals when i ride…
Does anyone know what would be the biggest wheel I could get whilst still maintaing control?
You should be able to ride pretty much any size except probably a coker (36").
To solve the problem with the 26er:
- Buy your own (your friend probably won’t let you mod hers)
- If the seat post is bottoming out in the stem of the unicycle frame, you just need to cut it shorter. You can use a hacksaw.
- If the stem is already short enough, you may need to cut the stem of the unicycle.
- If two and three don’t quite get you there (they should) you can use shorter crank arms.
i got the exact opposite problem. Im too tall, so sometimes seat posts are too short for me. Also, i cant seem to bring my feet up to the crown to glide or whatever 
i do agree with mcalisi tho; hacksawing your seat post is very easy and fast. It only takes a minute.
-grant
I’m about five feet tall (I’m not full grown yet.) and, according to the measurements on unicycle.com I can fit on a 24" wheel. I just ordered the nibus muni.
I have the same problem, I’m only 4’9" and i can hardly reach the pedals on my 20" summit but im still hoping to grow
Yeah unfortunately I think I am fully grown… Thanks for the hints!!! I think i may invest in a 24inch wheel, unsure yet tho!
Rogeratunicycledotcom has made some frames where the seat is directly on top of the frame, with no seat post at all. the seat height is adjusted by having the frame legs adjustable.
I cant find the pictures of it, but I am pretty sure there is a picture somewhere of Gemma riding a Coker with this frame.
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If you do resort to cutting either the frame or the seatpost, you should take it in to a bike shop. Chances are they’re have the tools to cut it down to size and they should do it for free because it’s only about a minute-long job. There’s a great tool that cuts piping at perfect right angles and really smoothly and cleanly. It will look a lot better than a hacksaw job unless you’re particularly gifted with a hacksaw. 
Andrew
I am about 5 foot too but i dont seem to remember having much problems with wheel size! I do find larger wheels more difficult though and have not been able to successful mount a coker unassisted but i think there is some lazyness on my part.
Like Mike says unicycle.uk.com sell adjustable frames for cokers and for taller people you can get extra long seat posts i think!
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> Hey I was just wondering whether there was anyone else out there with
> the same problem as me… and if they have managed to solve it!!!
> I am 5 foot tall but I love MUNI, and enjoy riding on kinda large
> wheels, but my legs are too short!!! My friends just brought a 26inch
> uni and i love it but even when the seat is as low is it can go it is
> kinda impossible to ride with any control as my feet loose contact with
> the pedals when i ride…
> Does anyone know what would be the biggest wheel I could get whilst
> still maintain control?
Crank length + wheel radius = inseam?
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Unfortunately it is more complex than that. I come pretty close when I ask the customer for measurements from their street uni, and take careful measurements from the intended frame and seat, and pedals too if possible.
Air seats are all different, and the air pressure in them. Also, the intended riding type (off-road, on-road) matters, as does the person’s leg formation. For example, my feet are slightly different, affecting my relationship with the pedals, so that my saddle has to be lower than it might be otherwise.
If a person gets a comfortable setting on a smaller uni, then measures from the top of the bottom pedal to the top of the saddle along the seat post, that’s a pretty good measurement to try to transfer to the larger uni. After that it’s lots of riding and some fine tuning.
The design actually works for smaller wheels. We have done one for a child who wanted to ride a 29". He was if I remember rightly 4’6" tall. Joe Mclean has bought the bits and is making a Muni for his 8 year old using the same frame technique - he used a 24" frame as the doner frame.
Picture of the frame is at:
http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=519
Roger
I think if I needed a frame cut down, I’d have a pro do it.
The first time I needed a seat post cut, I took it to my LBS. They used a hacksaw and charged me $7USD. For my next one, I bought a hacksaw for $5USD. The bottom of the seat post is inside the frame so you never see the cut anyways. My cut looks as good (or bad) as the LBS.
here are some pics of Gemma on the coker
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albus73
the coker is the biggest you will be able to ride, but then again most ppl dont want bigger.
hope you sort things out
Des
I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect a bike shop to do work for free. They may not charge you, but they are paying for lots of overhead, people’s time, and wear-and-tear on the tools. Just cutting seat posts alone uses hacksaw blades up quite fast.
It’s underway. Pic at http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuu71/minimuni
with the seatpost plate welded as low as it will go, it just squeezes down to the required 530mm from lower pedal spindle to seat base. (I’m not going to add the adjustment until he grows a couple of inches). Halo Choirboy 24 x 2.6 tyre and wellgo pedals coming from LBS next week. I’m fabricating the handle this weekend, welded to the fork crown, independant of the seat. No doubt he’ll be wanting a brake on it too. I’ve still got 2 weeks until his birthday…
He’s going to have to come on the chopped 20" to the muni ride next weekend. If you’re coming, remember not to mention this 'cos Obie doesn’t know about it yet!!!
I have shortened…
I have shortened few frames including Cocker.
The esasiest is to use pipe cutter.
More difficult part is to recreate formidable split at the back to facilitate fixing the post.
It would be wise to ask professionals to do it unless one likes and can use some simple tools like drills and mini-grinders.