Hello! I’m new to the forum, and thought I should make a formal hello.
“Hello”
I’m going into college next year as a physics major, but love unicycling. I’ve currently uni-less, as I broke my old Coker, but should have my new uni built within the next week or so (Gravity frame, Naomi saddle, Nimbus ISIS hub, Dominator 19x2.5 rim, etc.). I really enjoy the trials/street that I have done, as amateur as it may be, but hope to get into muni soon with a custom-built 29" frame on the rest of a KH 29er.
Other than unicycling, I’m a classically trained alto saxophonist, and play a lot of baroque and romantic pieces, as well as some traditional classical (transposed, of course, since the alto is only 170ish years old). I dabble with other instruments, such as the clarinet, flute, and oboe, but without a band or instructor anymore, it’s difficult to work on anything too much.
As often as I go hiking, getting into muni should be fairly easy, but I hope that the forums can help me in both frame design and easing into the sport.
Have a great day/afternoon/night!
Cheers,
-Brennan (botp)
Hello bottomofthepit and welcome. I’m such a newbie I don’t have any advice for you but there are some very clever people here that can, I’m sure, nudge you in the right direction.
I know a lot of saxophonists but it is rare to find one classically trained. I see you double as well and even on double reed. That should get you a gig in any orchestra I would think.
All the best.
Cheers
I chose the wrong instrument to not like jazz - there are very few spots in an orchestra for saxophones. A spot for oboe would be nice, but I honestly don’t have any interest in music as a career. Physics is where my true passion lies - it is the most fundamental way of understanding the universe, and inherently, ourselves, our origin, and our future.
Do you know of any frame builders here? I have contacted Kris about designing a street frame before, but for muni, and a larger wheel, I would like to get some more advice on the design aspect.
Cheeres, and thanks for the warm welcome!
-Brennan
I don’t know how to edit posts, but that was supposed to say “Cheers”, not “Cheeres”.
-Brennan
Hello bottomofthepit, I know there are a few custom frame builders here, and at least one has built a 24 inch muni, and I assume most of the design principles will still apply to a 29. This is the thread for the muni, built by Jakob Round Crown Aluminum Fat frame (Prototype)
Also, what did you mean when you said “but without a band or instructor anymore, it’s difficult to work on anything too much”? Were you referring to symphonies and other non-solo music pieces?
Edit: The edit button is right next to the quote button, at the bottom right of the page, but the system only allows you to edit your post for a little bit, so if you wait to long to edit, you won’t be able to.
I was referring to the fact that I’ve only been trained on alto; all of my other instruments are just picked-up skills, which are pretty rough and “homebrew.”
Thanks for the link, though; I didn’t know there were 4" rims for 29ers! Where do I get one of these?
Cheers,
-Brennan
Hey Brennan, welcome to the forums.
The widest 29" (622mm) rim I know of is the Surly Rabbit Hole at 50mm. There are a few 4" 26" (559mm) rims. The “fatbike” movement has produced plenty of choices for wide rims and tires. You can read all about them at the MTBR forums.
What are you looking for in a frame? I quite like the look of the one that Jacob made but don’t feel there is much need to go custom unless you have a specific need that isn’t met by what is commercially available. Sometimes that “specific need” is just to have something custom though eh?
The whole point of the custom frame is pretty much to have a custom frame; it’s just a fun project that will help me get the hang of high-impact construction.
I found the Surly wheels/rims - I’ll probably go for a 26" wheel with a fat 4" or even 5" tire for my MUni. The frame is going to be a hybrid between the Nimbus Oracle and the Triton, with a flat-top rounded-corner crown; I’m glad that the fatty bikes are becoming so popular - it’s making MUni possibilities very interesting 
Cheers,
-Brennan
Cool. I had a custom Triton fat frame, it was by far the nicest frame I have ever owned but it had one major flaw. The problem with it was I would hit my legs on the relatively sharp crown. I was going to ask Jacob to build me a frame for a 26x5 with the rounded crown and 125mm spacing and a tab for an internal disk, but something else came up.
Unless you go to a radically different design you will hit the insides of your leg on a fat frame from time to time and I think it is important to factor that into what you want in a fat frame. I would much rather strike a nicely rounded surface than a square one.