Survey of Coker Riders

Unicycles and Equipment
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Below is a questionaire I put together to collect information for an article on the Coker.

This survey is not intended to be used for statistical purposes, just to give me some idea of how Cokers are used and perceived.

I would also like to do follow ups with some riders and have indicated this on the survey.

If you ride a Coker, please fill it out. Post your responses to the newsgroup if you’d like, but I also ask that you copy your response to CokerArticle@aol.com.

An MS-Word version is available at: http://jjuggle.unicyclist.com/CokerSurvey/CokerSurvey.doc. Fill that out if you prefer and email it to the above email address.

If you know of other Coker riders who do not frequent this newsgroup but might be interested in providing information, please pass it on. For anyone not on the Internet, my address is:

Raphael Lasar
54 Oak Knoll Dr.
Matawan, NJ 07747

When I do write this article I will not use anyones name without express, explicit permission from that individual.

With many thanks in advance,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

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Coker Rider Survey

Name:
Age:
Gender:
City/Town:
State/Province:
Country:
Telephone:
Email:

Are you a member of a unicycling club or group?
Name of club or group:

Do you usually unicycle alone or with others?

Date Coker purchased:
Coker purchase from:

Number of unicycles owned:
Other unicycles with 36" diameter wheels or greater.
Please list:

Approximate percentage of unicycling time spend riding Coker:

Approximate distance Coker ridden since original purchase:

Where do you normally ride? (urban/city, suburb, rural):
Please provide details:

Do you normally ride a Coker for speed or distance? Both
or neither?

Prior to owning a Coker did you ride for Speed?
Distance?

Do you use a Coker to commute to work or school or other?
Approximate round trip distance:

What is the farthest distance you have ridden a Coker in a
single day?

What is the normal distance (approximate) you ride a Coker
during and outing?

What is your normal average speed during a Coker outing?

What is the fastest you have measured yourself riding a Coker?

Have you taken a Coker off-road?
Please provide details:

Have you ridden a Coker in organized event(s)?
Please list, including Event Name, Date, Location:

What modifications have you made to your Coker (seat, cranks,
etc) and why?

Have you ever tacoed (bent the rim) of a Coker?
How:

What name, if any, have you given to your Coker?

Please provide any additional comments/thoughts you have about your Coker or Cokers in general.

Would you be willing to be interviewed as a follow up to this
Survey?

THANKS!

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Re: Survey of Coker Riders

JJuggle.5gyqz@timelimit.unicyclist.com writes:
>
>Below is a questionaire I put together to collect information for an
>article on the Coker.
>
>Raphael Lasar
>Coker Rider Survey
>
>Name:
David Stone
>
>Age:
35 1/2
>
>Gender:
M
>
>City/Town:
Brooklyn
>
>State/Province:
NY
>
>Country:
US
>
>Telephone:

>
>Email:
dstone@packer.edu
>
>
>Are you a member of a unicycling club or group?
>Name of club or group:
Unatics of NY (co-founder)
>
>
>Do you usually unicycle alone or with others?
Alone (commuting). I only ride with others on rare occasions or when the
club meets.
>
>
>Date Coker purchased:

>
>Coker purchase from:


>
>
>Number of unicycles owned:
10
>
>Other unicycles with 36" diameter wheels or greater.
>Please list:
46" “Godzilla” (hochrad, for German speakers), home-made by Tom Mossman
>
>
>
>Approximate percentage of unicycling time spen
t
> riding Coker:
compared to the other unis? I ride a Coker 75 miles a week, a total of
about 11 hours. The other unis get about 2 hours a week at most.
>
>
>Approximate distance Coker ridden since original purchase:
3,000 miles
>
>
>Where do you normally ride? (urban/city, suburb, rural):
city streets and bike paths
>
>Please provide details:
Of the 75 weekly miles, about 50 are on bike paths and the rest are on
streets.
>
>
>Do you normally ride a Coker for speed or distance? Both
>or neither?
Both. I average about 11-13 mph but can maintain 15 mph for an hour (on
bike paths) and have hit 21 mph.
>
>
>Prior to owning a Coker did you ride for Speed?
I had a 26" Sem for a few months, and I rode it as fast as I could to
work.
>
>
>Distance?
Yes, I rode the Sem about 500 miles before the Coker arrived.
>
>
>Do you use a Coker to commute to work or school or other?
Work is school (I am a teacher). I ride to work most days.
>
>Approximate round trip distance:
27 miles twice a week (formerly 4x/wk) and 9.5 miles twice a week.
>
>
>
>What is the farthest distance you have ridden a Coker in a
>single day?
80 miles of the Century ride last September.
>
>
>What is the normal distance (approximate) you ride a Coker
>during and outing?
commuting, so either 13.5 or 4.75. I don’t stop during either ride.
>
>
>What is your normal average speed during a Coker outing?
11-13 mph. MUCH faster on the bike path section.
>
>
>What is the fastest you have measured yourself riding a Coker?
21 mph
>
>
>Have you taken a Coker off-road?
>Please provide details:
I have ridden on grass and on rough roads (roads under some
construction), but not down a trail.
>
>
>
>Have you ridden a Coker in organized event(s)?
>Please list, including Event Name, Date, Location:
Unithon III
Unithon IV (next month)
>
Bike NY 2001 (44 miles, + 7 later on)
NAUCC, Canada – Unlimited Race (officially first place; Chris Cline won
by 6 seconds but had no helmet or wrist guards, so his time wasn’t allowed
to count)
Century Ride, NY (80 mi)
>
>
>What modifications have you made to your Coker (seat, cranks,
>etc) and why?
5" cranks, then 4.3" cranks (for speed)
Paul W’s Extension (superior control and UPD-prevention) – brake not
installed
Air seat
Light
Cycle meter
>
>
>Have you ever tacoed (bent the rim) of a Coker?
No!
>
>How:
>
>What name, if any, have you given to your Coker?
Roger, for Roger Bannister, the first sub-4-minute miler.
>
>
>Please provide any additional comments/thoughts you have about your
>Coker or Cokers in general.
I am very happy with Roger. I have heard others complain about a few
things concerning their Cokers over the years, but I have never had any
problems that I didn’t cause myself.
>
>Would you be willing to be interviewed as a follow up to this
>Survey?
Sure. See you at Unithon IV!
>
>
>THANKS!
>

David Stone
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01

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Re: Survey of Coker Riders

JJuggle.5gyqz@timelimit.unicyclist.com writes:
>
>Below is a questionaire I put together to collect information for an
>article on the Coker.
>
>Raphael Lasar
>Coker Rider Survey
>
>Name:
David Stone
>
>Age:
35 1/2
>
>Gender:
M
>
>City/Town:
Brooklyn
>
>State/Province:
NY
>
>Country:
US
>
>Telephone:

>
>Email:
dstone@packer.edu
>
>
>Are you a member of a unicycling club or group?
>Name of club or group:
Unatics of NY (co-founder)
>
>
>Do you usually unicycle alone or with others?
Alone (commuting). I only ride with others on rare occasions or when the
club meets.
>
>
>Date Coker purchased:

>
>Coker purchase from:


>
>
>Number of unicycles owned:
10
>
>Other unicycles with 36" diameter wheels or greater.
>Please list:
46" “Godzilla” (hochrad, for German speakers), home-made by Tom Mossman
>
>
>
>Approximate percentage of unicycling time spen
t
> riding Coker:
compared to the other unis? I ride a Coker 75 miles a week, a total of
about 11 hours. The other unis get about 2 hours a week at most.
>
>
>Approximate distance Coker ridden since original purchase:
3,000 miles
>
>
>Where do you normally ride? (urban/city, suburb, rural):
city streets and bike paths
>
>Please provide details:
Of the 75 weekly miles, about 50 are on bike paths and the rest are on
streets.
>
>
>Do you normally ride a Coker for speed or distance? Both
>or neither?
Both. I average about 11-13 mph but can maintain 15 mph for an hour (on
bike paths) and have hit 21 mph.
>
>
>Prior to owning a Coker did you ride for Speed?
I had a 26" Sem for a few months, and I rode it as fast as I could to
work.
>
>
>Distance?
Yes, I rode the Sem about 500 miles before the Coker arrived.
>
>
>Do you use a Coker to commute to work or school or other?
Work is school (I am a teacher). I ride to work most days.
>
>Approximate round trip distance:
27 miles twice a week (formerly 4x/wk) and 9.5 miles twice a week.
>
>
>
>What is the farthest distance you have ridden a Coker in a
>single day?
80 miles of the Century ride last September.
>
>
>What is the normal distance (approximate) you ride a Coker
>during and outing?
commuting, so either 13.5 or 4.75. I don’t stop during either ride.
>
>
>What is your normal average speed during a Coker outing?
11-13 mph. MUCH faster on the bike path section.
>
>
>What is the fastest you have measured yourself riding a Coker?
21 mph
>
>
>Have you taken a Coker off-road?
>Please provide details:
I have ridden on grass and on rough roads (roads under some
construction), but not down a trail.
>
>
>
>Have you ridden a Coker in organized event(s)?
>Please list, including Event Name, Date, Location:
Unithon III
Unithon IV (next month)
>
Bike NY 2001 (44 miles, + 7 later on)
NAUCC, Canada – Unlimited Race (officially first place; Chris Cline won
by 6 seconds but had no helmet or wrist guards, so his time wasn’t allowed
to count)
Century Ride, NY (80 mi)
>
>
>What modifications have you made to your Coker (seat, cranks,
>etc) and why?
5" cranks, then 4.3" cranks (for speed)
Paul W’s Extension (superior control and UPD-prevention) – brake not
installed
Air seat
Light
Cycle meter
>
>
>Have you ever tacoed (bent the rim) of a Coker?
No!
>
>How:
>
>What name, if any, have you given to your Coker?
Roger, for Roger Bannister, the first sub-4-minute miler.
>
>
>Please provide any additional comments/thoughts you have about your
>Coker or Cokers in general.
I am very happy with Roger. I have heard others complain about a few
things concerning their Cokers over the years, but I have never had any
problems that I didn’t cause myself.
>
>Would you be willing to be interviewed as a follow up to this
>Survey?
Sure. See you at Unithon IV!
>
>
>THANKS!
>

David Stone
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01

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Re: Survey of Coker Riders

Coker Rider Survey

Name: David Kaplan
Age: 17
Gender: Male
City/Town: Queens
State/Province: New York
Country: U.S.A.
Telephone: (718) 423-4743
Email: JFatSmokes@nyc.rr.com

Are you a member of a unicycling club or group? Yes
Name of club or group: New York Unatics

Do you usually unicycle alone or with others? With others

Date Coker purchased: 4/2001
Coker purchase from: Unicycle.com

Number of unicycles owned: 6
Other unicycles with 36" diameter wheels or greater.
Please list:

Approximate percentage of unicycling time spend riding Coker: 25%

Approximate distance Coker ridden since original purchase: 200mi

Where do you normally ride? (urban/city, suburb, rural): Urban
Please provide details: I usually ride in Central park, or along a bike path by the side of a highway (it is separated by a rail)

Do you normally ride a Coker for speed or distance? Both
or neither? Both

Prior to owning a Coker did you ride for Speed? no
Distance? No

Do you use a Coker to commute to work or school or other? Sometimes
Approximate round trip distance: Work is about 2 blocks, and school is about one mile. Wimpy huh?

What is the farthest distance you have ridden a Coker in a
single day? 25mi

What is the normal distance (approximate) you ride a Coker
during and outing? 10mi

What is your normal average speed during a Coker outing? 10mph

What is the fastest you have measured yourself riding a Coker? I’m guessing 15mph, however, as I was sliding across the ground It felt faster.

Have you taken a Coker off-road? Yep
Please provide details: I rode over a grassy field once.

Have you ridden a Coker in organized event(s)? Yes
Please list, including Event Name, Date, Location: Unithon 3 I dont remember the specifics, but you were there, so you should have that info.

What modifications have you made to your Coker (seat, cranks,
etc) and why? Replaced the stock 6" cranks with 5" ones for speed. Changed Viscount seat to Semcycle airseat for comfort.

Have you ever tacoed (bent the rim) of a Coker? Nope
How:

What name, if any, have you given to your Coker? Bigfoot

Please provide any additional comments/thoughts you have about your Coker or Cokers in general. They are great. There is nothing like it on the market. Personally, I have never had any problems with my coker. It is great. Like A big cushy one wheeled hot rod.

Would you be willing to be interviewed as a follow up to this
Survey? Sure.